The sec­re­tary had come in, famil­iarly def­er­en­tial, and with that cer­tain mod­est aware­ness, com­mon to all sec­re­taries, of supe­ri­or­ity to their supe­ri­ors in their knowl­edge of affairs, came over to Oblon­sky with some papers and, in the form of a ques­tion, began explain­ing some dif­fi­culty. Oblon­sky did not let him fin­ish, but ami­ably placed his hand on his sleeve:
“No, do it the way I told you to,” he said, soft­en­ing the remark with a smile, and briefly explain­ing his view of the mat­ter handed the papers back and said: “So do it that way, please.”
The embar­rassed sec­re­tary went off.
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