Summary Of Mrs. Stevenson's False

Mrs. Stevenson, an invalid lady who is waiting at her home impatiently for her husband to come back home from work. Leona became querulous and demanding owing to the fact that she overheard a phone call as the operator accidentally dialed the wrong number and hears two men planning on murdering an unidentified, elderly woman. Becoming increasingly frantic and devastated about what had just happened, the operator will not seem to get her to reconnect the phone call of these two unsuspected men, she tries to call the cops, she tries to get that phone call reported. Mrs. Stevenson dejected and miserable, keeps wanting to trace that phone call but cannot happen because she has no evidence of the two men talking. Eventually, miss Stevenson is told

to contact the police and let them worry about this problem. Agitated about how everyone is brushing the situation away, she has a stressful and fearful night, but then figures out that the woman in danger was actually her.
Due to Mrs.Stevenson's condition, she is required to stay home and the only connection to the outside world she has is the telephone. Instead of comforting her at home and making her feel safe, she is frightened which leads into her frustration.