moving quickly into the doorway to the reception area:
again seated at his desk. he stares out the window, in the throes of a moral conflict. then making some sudden resolve he opens a drawer, takes out an envelope and a paperback book and lays them on the desk.
stepping into the doorway, holding struge in a painful armlock:
as lee opens his van and takes out a leash.
as he restrains the impulse to follow, then does so. *