"Anybody.

One of the office messengers maybe.

I've risen to be the Senior of this office and we are all very good friends here, but don't you think that my colleague that sits next to me wouldn't like to go up to this desk by the window four years in advance of the regulation time?
Or even one year for that matter.

It's human nature." "I could not help turning my head.

The three fellows who had been skylarking when I came in were now talking together very soberly, and the long-necked chap was going on with his writing still.