Newer to authority than the superintendent of the dayshift, he was also of a more active temperament and much more self-assertive.

He was not impressed by the detective's years or even by his errand.

It was a busy night, a very busy night--new hands in every department.

To take him through the building at present was quite out of the question.

Perhaps later it might be done; but not now, not now.
With that the night superintendent bustled out.