He was out, the department secretary had no idea when he'd be back.

I nearly killed the department secretary by dropping furniture all over her office.

Professor Found approached the department secretary as if he thought what she had was catching.

The department secretary answered his line after four rings, which surprised me.

As he left, the department secretary handed him a pink message slip.

Ramsey, unable to reach him in his office, had left a message with Joyce, the department secretary.

I went back through the switchboard and found myself speaking to the department secretary, a bored older woman.

From a pay phone in the hallway, I contacted the university and spoke to the department secretary, a woman my age who knew everything about everyone.

The department secretary handed her a note: sent normal, one spec contaminated.

When you didn't answer I rang the department secretary.