DESK
(table)
a type of table that you can work at, often one with drawers;
(service area)
a place, often with a counter (= a long flat narrow surface), especially in a hotel or airport, where you can get information or service;
(newspaper office)
an office which deals with a particular type of news for a newspaper or broadcasting company.
“She covered her face with powder and paint because she didn’t need it, and she refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring. She was conscious that the things she did were the things she had always wanted to do.”