The Shadow, standing near by, could read the message.

The Shadow read the word that his agents had reported.

The Shadow, when he discovers the office, will read the letter.

The Shadow was reading the reports of his agents.

Holding them toward the window, The Shadow read the details.

The Shadow read the message as quickly as if it had been in ordinary writing.

The Shadow opened the paper and read the coded words.

The Shadow raised the note and read its written lines.

The news item on page seven was the first account of his wife's death that Shadow had read.

The Shadow had already read those, and they didn't matter much.