He punched out the number and, when there was no reply, tried again through the hotel switchboard.

Keene's personal phone was dead like everyone else's, and the hotel switchboard hadn't answered.

Which is why I always use the hotel switchboard for a wake-up call.

The hotel switchboard must have shielded me from the shock of making this discovery earlier in the day.

That produced quite a spin at the hotel switchboard.

She answered immediately when the hotel switchboard put him through.

Victor picked up the phone and gave a number to the hotel switchboard.

I tried her again, placing the call through the hotel switchboard.

I resealed the door and checked with the hotel switchboard when she was gone.

He doesn't like using hotel switchboards to transmit orders.