“女士们、先生们……”市长法斯特拉德的就职演讲才刚刚开始,却见站在出口处的秘书向他招手。“对不起。”他说道,起身朝她走去。全市的四千名行政秘书、主任、助理主任、经理、主管和督察们都很惊讶,但只好耐心地等着他回来。十分钟后,整个会厅充斥着闲谈、怨声和愤怒的鄙视。正当大厅里怒情汹涌的时候,那个秘书又露面了。她手里拿着一个袖珍录音机,朝着麦克风走去。 “Ladies and Gentlemen ... ” The mayor Frank Faustrad’s inaugural speech has just begun, but he was seen standing in the exit of the Secretary waving to him. “Sorry,” he said, rising to her. The city’s 4,000 chief secretaries, directors, assistant directors, managers, supervisors and inspectors were both surprised, but they waited patiently for him to come back. Ten minutes later, the entire hall filled with chatting, displeasure and anger despised. Just when the raging turmoil in the hall, the secretary appeared again. She held a pocket recorder in her hand and headed for the microphone.