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“Obviously”, came the cold reply. “But why were you hired, Miss Fisher? That’s what I want to know. I mean , did you just walk in and flash your dimples at dear old Geoff Lewis , or did he specially come looking for you, or what? Where did you hear about the job in the first place?” Determined not to falter again beneath that steely gaze, Dinah took a deep, slow breath before replying.”My uncle ...” “Nepotism!”He spat on the words as if it tasted bad. “I swear if it wans’t for nepotism there wouldn’t be any people at all in the televison industry .Tell me ,dear child, who is your uncle----the janitor , or the chairman of the board’s forty -second cousin?” His voice , still alarmingly soft, dripped sarcasm she could almost see. “My uncle is --was --Jonathan Fisher, a thoroughly well respected journalist here in Canberra,” she shot back.” And I don’t know anything whatsoever about nepotism. I was given to understand there was a job here that was within my qualifications.” Anger had dwarfed her fear and confusion; she was glaring back at Conan Garth through eyes that sparkled like emeralds. “Right !Well, since you know so much,Miss Fisher, perhaps you'd be kind enough to explain just what kind of qualifications you have that would be of the slightest possible use to me." Once again his eyes roamed over her slim figure, probing with such intensity that Dinah felt she might as well be naked. "Secretarial qualifications, of course," she restored with downcast eyes. "I type, I have excellent shorthand, I've been told I have an excellent telephone presence..." He interrupted."How long have you been in Canberra?" "Three days, but..." 翻譯： “很明顯”，他冷冷地回答。“但是，你為什么被錄用了呢，費雪小姐？那是我想知道的事情。 我的意思是，你只是走了進來，把你的酒窩對著親愛的喬夫 劉易斯撲閃了幾下，還是他特地來找你，或者什么?你從哪里第一個聽說這個工作的?“ 戴娜決心盡管在他那堅定目光的灼燒下，不再吞吞吐吐，她在回答之前，緩緩地深吸了一口氣。“我的叔叔…” “裙帶關系!”他把這些話吐了起來，好像嘗起來很難吃。“我發誓，如果他不是因為裙帶關系的話，電視行業里根本就不會有什么人。告訴我，親愛的孩子，誰是你的叔叔——看門人，還是董事會的第四十二個表親的主席?”他的聲音，仍然是一種令人震驚的柔和，但是她可以感覺到話里充滿了諷刺。 “我的叔叔是——喬納森 費雪，一位在堪培拉非常受人尊敬的記者，”她回擊道。“我對所謂的裙帶關系一無所知。我只是被告知，這里有一份在我專業范圍內的工作。”憤怒不再使她感到恐懼或困惑;她的眼睛像綠寶石一樣閃閃發光，怒視著柯南 咖仕。 “沒錯!好吧，既然你知道這么多，費雪小姐，也許你會很好心地解釋一下，你有什么樣的專業對我可能會有丁點的用處。”又一次，他的眼睛在她的苗條身材上瞅來瞅去，翻瞅強度如此之大使得戴娜覺得自己完全裸露無遺。 “當然是秘書資格，”她低垂著眼睛反駁道。“我會打字，我有很好的速記能力，還有人告訴我我接電話的表現很不錯...”” 他打斷了她。 “你在堪培拉多久了?” “三天,但是……“ |
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