It's from the short story 'Reginald' by H: H. Munro, aka Saki.
Here.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Wed 4 Oct 2017, 9:20, archived)

No good to me, I can't read.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 4 Oct 2017, 9:34, archived)

OK, I'll arrange it for smoke signals and pigeons.
I used to have a pigeon. I named it Vodafone. It was a carrier pigeon.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Wed 4 Oct 2017, 10:05, archived)

I enjoyed this joke in spite of myself.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 4 Oct 2017, 10:44, archived)

*demure curtsy*

( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Wed 4 Oct 2017, 10:50, archived)