Instead of flinging open the door he dropped his bag into a corner.

His face flushed with sudden anger.
"I didn't suppose you'd mind my doing a little extra work out of hours, Mr.Harwood.Colonel Ramsay was in the office to see Mr.Bassett this afternoon and asked me to take some dictation for him.

I guess it's about time for me to go home." She pulled the sheet of paper from the typewriter with a sharp _brrrrr_ and dropped it into a drawer with a single deft twist of the wrist.
"The Colonel didn't mention it to me," remarked Dan, feigning indifference and not looking at her.

"He was making a speech at Terre Haute to-night when I left there." He tried to minimize the disagreeable aspects of the matter.

Rose had been employed by Bassett as stenographer to one of his legislative committees before Dan's relations with the politician began.