The incident had not affected him, as it had her.

Neither of them said anything about it.
A young man had been waiting to see Brainard and as he entered he asked him in.
Just then Sheppard walked casually through the reception room and into the board room.
Constance quickly closed her door.

She heard the young man leave Brainard's office but she was too engrossed to pay attention to anything but the voices that were coming through the microphone.

She was writing feverishly what she heard.
"Yes, Sheppard, I saw her again last night." "Where ?" "She was to meet me here, but he stayed later than usual with that new secretary of his.

So I cut out and met her at the street entrance." "And ?" "I told her of the new secretary.