[ { "chunk": 54, "story": 4, "summary": "Torchy introduces a typist whose fine clothes and grand manner make everyone take her for a society lady; on his first day he mistook her for a visitor and held the door for her.", "predicament": "A newcomer in a humble post dresses and carries herself so grandly that everyone takes her for someone far above it." }, { "chunk": 55, "story": 4, "summary": "The furious top boss sends Torchy to fetch whoever typed a badly misspelled letter; she comes along perfectly calm, as if invited to tea, while Torchy promises to defend her.", "predicament": "Someone at the bottom is summoned to face the angry boss over sloppy work, and walks in as calm as a guest." }, { "chunk": 56, "story": 4, "summary": "The boss starts to roar about her spelling, looks up, sees how striking she is and loses his temper entirely; she calmly complains that his marks mean she must retype it.", "predicament": "An angry boss about to tear into a careless subordinate is disarmed by her poise and good looks." }, { "chunk": 57, "story": 4, "summary": "The boss corrects her gently, holds the door for her, and quietly assigns a plain, expert typist to fix her work; she keeps coming in whenever she likes and brushes off the secretary's rebuke about hours.", "predicament": "A boss too charmed to discipline a poor worker quietly has someone else correct her, while she ignores every rule." }, { "chunk": 58, "story": 4, "summary": "Everyone agrees she should be fired, but the boss and his son pass the task down to the secretary, who is so polite that she talks him into promising her a raise; the male clerks court her in vain.", "predicament": "Nobody will fire a poised but useless worker, and the one finally sent to do it comes back having promised her a raise." }, { "chunk": 59, "story": 4, "summary": "A rumour spreads that she is a ruined society girl, and the whole staff, especially the snobbish secretary, start fawning on her; Torchy mockingly nicknames her 'Lady Mildred'.", "predicament": "A rumour that a colleague comes from grand people makes the whole staff fawn on her, and one junior mocks it." }, { "chunk": 60, "story": 4, "summary": "The nickname sticks and she accepts it without blinking; the staff wait on her and invent grand stories about her, though the boss's son treats her as a joke.", "predicament": "A whole workplace spins flattering legends about a reserved colleague, who neither confirms nor denies them." }, { "chunk": 61, "story": 4, "summary": "Torchy enjoys insulting the boss's son's haughty chauffeur; one evening he is sent down to tell the chauffeur to wait half an hour.", "predicament": "Someone junior who likes needling a haughty servant of the boss is sent down with a message for him." }, { "chunk": 62, "story": 4, "summary": "In the sleet the typist comes out, and on a whim Torchy bows her into the boss's son's car and orders the chauffeur to drive her home; she plays along without a question.", "predicament": "On a whim, someone junior lends the boss's car to a colleague for a ride home, without asking anyone." }, { "chunk": 63, "story": 4, "summary": "Too late, Torchy sees the boss's son's painfully shy, plump friend already sitting in the car; he introduces them anyway and slams the door on the friend's protests.", "predicament": "Someone junior's prank turns out to involve a painfully shy friend of the boss, and he pushes ahead with it anyway." }, { "chunk": 64, "story": 4, "summary": "Expecting to be fired, Torchy waits for a reprimand that never comes; when the shy friend next appears Torchy hides behind the water cooler.", "predicament": "Someone junior who has played a prank on the boss's friend waits for a reprimand that does not come." }, { "chunk": 65, "story": 4, "summary": "Weeks later the typist quits without explanation, and the boss's son asks Torchy to help solve a mystery: his friend met a charming woman in his car and will say no more; Torchy owns up.", "predicament": "Called in about a mystery, someone junior confesses a prank before he learns whether it went well or badly." }, { "chunk": 66, "story": 4, "summary": "Torchy offers to be fired, but the boss's son wants to know all about her, then reveals she and his friend are to be married next month.", "predicament": "Someone junior braced for punishment learns his prank has led a shy friend of the boss to an engagement." }, { "chunk": 67, "story": 4, "summary": "The son finds she is no heiress but a Midwestern girl who learned dressmaking and polish while waiting for a chance; the family come round, and the friend makes Torchy an usher at the wedding.", "predicament": "A colleague's grand airs turn out to be self-made, and the junior who brought about her match is rewarded instead of fired." } ]