When they went downstairs, the clerk was back behind his desk, reading a newspaper.

I glanced at the window of the store and saw that the clerk was reading a book, not paying any attention to us.

The slouching clerk read Harry's name; then wrote 222 after it.

The clerk then read the indictment, which was in the usual form.

"The clerk will now read the charges," said the herald.

The clerk was reading a newspaper that had just arrived.

The prisoner, too, had a look in her eyes that was a challenge to the crowded court, as the clerk read the indictment.

Still, if the clerks read poetry there must be something nice about them.

An old wasted-looking night clerk was reading the paper behind the desk.

My young clerk reads to her sometimes of an afternoon.