His eyes flicked to the secretaire over her shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [A Wicked Gentleman] Reference
Rising, he gave the bell rope hanging over the secretaire a sharp tug. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
La secretaire grand sourire me dit qu'elle a retrouvé les resultats!!. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
Sterling rested the empty glass on the secretaire before facing them all. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
Mrs. Soher began to dust a secretaire, talking all the while to her niece. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
Sterling collapsed against the secretaire, pressing his fingertips to his brow. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
John had sunk into a seat before a secretaire, and shielded his eyes from the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
He strode through the dusty gloom to the towering secretaire and slammed open one of the doors. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
Sterling was seated at the secretaire, his hand moving rapidly as he scrawled something on a piece of stationery. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
La secretaire me dit alors qu'elle va bien noter a coté de mon nom qu'il faut faire vite fait car j'ai un entretien a 15H. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
He turned back to the secretaire, busying himself with capping the ink and shoving the wax sealing sticks back into a cubbyhole. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
Herself she was not displeased with her work; though she mourned the absence of the inlaid secretaire, the card-table, the ottoman. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
The secretaire was locked, as was the writing bureau. From Wordnik.com. [The Clue of the Twisted Candle] Reference
"And if he comes out, monsieur le secretaire-general?". From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Stopper] Reference
'Then go,' he said, 'to my old secretaire and open it.'. From Wordnik.com. [In Homespun] Reference
"From 'er Majesty's secretaire," Count Lovoresco corrected. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion's Mouse] Reference
Can't you picture the scene, monsieur le secretaire-general?. From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Stopper] Reference
She sat down at the secretaire, and glanced over the page of figures. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat and the Thin] Reference
"Monsieur le secretaire-general, when Napoleon I fell from power ...". From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Stopper] Reference
She walked to her little secretaire, opened it and pulled out a drawer. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel of Terror] Reference
"Why, surely, monsieur le secretaire-general, you know as well as I do!". From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Stopper] Reference
(Puts hat down on chair in front of secretaire and seats himself on sofa.). From Wordnik.com. [Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts] Reference
One remembered where there used to be a picture or a carpet, or a secretaire. From Wordnik.com. [PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All] Reference
She got up and went back to the secretaire, as if trying to restrain herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat and the Thin] Reference
"But you spoke to me of a man called Nicole, monsieur le secretaire-general.". From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Stopper] Reference
One remembered where there used lo be a picture, or a carpet, or a secretaire. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Dailies] Reference
"Well, monsieur le secretaire-general, I'm thinking that Daubrecq has many enemies.". From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Stopper] Reference
"Do your reports mention nothing at all suspicious, monsieur le secretaire-general?". From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Stopper] Reference
Mrs. Cowperwood, who was before her secretaire in her new boudoir, lifted her eyebrows. From Wordnik.com. [The Financier, a novel] Reference
"And who says, monsieur le secretaire-general, that he is not working on his own behalf?". From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Stopper] Reference
SCENE: -- The same; MRS. SELWYN is discovered seated at secretaire writing; GRACE looking over her shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts] Reference
SAME SCENE: -- DIBBS discovered by secretaire, large sword in hand, and polishing it with emery cloth, L. DIBBS. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts] Reference
Then after locking up his former costume in a drawer of his secretaire, he sat himself down and wrote the following lines. From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
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