The comic turns out to be the night clerk at the hotel.

The office where the night clerk sat at his desk was directly below the sign.

We've never felt it necessary to bond the night clerk.

He would still be a night clerk, if it weren't for me.

The night clerk asked if I needed a wake-up call in the morning.

So, early this morning, I presented myself to the night clerk and asked him to let me in.

He asked her to send the night clerk down with a master key and she walked away toward the office.

Maybe the night clerk would remember me, but I wasn't planning to test him.

He asked the night clerk for a book of matches.

"I want to use your 'phone a minute," he said to the night clerk.