"The same thought was in my mind Magnificent," answered the secretary.

A secretary answered the call, recognized his voice, and put him on hold.

"People have been asking what salary we receive," he said, "and so the first secretary answered, in the press."

A secretary of state must answer to the people and to Congress.

"Someone does every now and then, or so they say," his secretary answered.

A secretary answered the phone, and I repeated my request.

A secretary answered and I had to hold the line until he finished with another call.

The old man's secretary answered, asking me to come out at once.

A secretary answered the phone, which by then was ringing every ten minutes.

It would have been quite interesting to get Juliet to expand on this but her secretary answered the call.