company man

A former CIA director who has worked in government for decades, Robert Gates is a company man in a one-industry town.

A Company man, his tunic shabby and open in a negligent fashion at his thick throat, stood waiting for them.

In about ten minutes time he was relieved, and a D Company man took his place.

The fellow looked more like a turf-stack than a light-company man.

"We can make them of wood," I suggested, remembering the tale of a company man.

That was one day when the best company man became a clock-watcher.