I tell him I'll leave word with my secretary at work to break in if he should call.

She did not return a call left with her secretary.

"Do you think I could have a word with his secretary?"

Bad coffee seemed to be an art form with his secretary.

I'd like you to make me a list of the names, though, and leave it with my secretary.

He did not return a telephone message left with his secretary.

One of them landed where he'd been sitting while talking with his secretary.

"He came back and met with the Secretary at around 2:30," the official said.

Perhaps I'd better just have a word with my secretary.