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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..."
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“很明显”，他冷冷地回答。“但是，你为什么被录用了呢，费雪小姐？那是我想知道的事情。 我的意思是，你只是走了进来，把你的酒窝对着亲爱的乔夫 刘易斯扑闪了几下，还是他特地来找你，或者什么?你从哪里第一个听说这个工作的?“
戴娜决心尽管在他那坚定目光的灼烧下，不再吞吞吐吐，她在回答之前，缓缓地深吸了一口气。“我的叔叔…”
“裙带关系!”他把这些话吐了起来，好像尝起来很难吃。“我发誓，如果他不是因为裙带关系的话，电视行业里根本就不会有什么人。告诉我，亲爱的孩子，谁是你的叔叔——看门人，还是董事会的第四十二个表亲的主席?”他的声音，仍然是一种令人震惊的柔和，但是她可以感觉到话里充满了讽刺。
“我的叔叔是——乔纳森 费雪，一位在堪培拉非常受人尊敬的记者，”她回击道。“我对所谓的裙带关系一无所知。我只是被告知，这里有一份在我专业范围内的工作。”愤怒不再使她感到恐惧或困惑;她的眼睛像绿宝石一样闪闪发光，怒视着柯南 咖仕。
“没错!好吧，既然你知道这么多，费雪小姐，也许你会很好心地解释一下，你有什么样的专业对我可能会有丁点的用处。”又一次，他的眼睛在她的苗条身材上瞅来瞅去，翻瞅强度如此之大使得戴娜觉得自己完全裸露无遗。
“当然是秘书资格，”她低垂着眼睛反驳道。“我会打字，我有很好的速记能力，还有人告诉我我接电话的表现很不错...””
他打断了她。
“你在堪培拉多久了?”
“三天,但是……“