A young clerk, Hall Pycroft, consults Holmes with his suspicions concerning a company that has offered him a very well-paid job.

A clerk there didn't even consult her supervisor, so innocuous was the phoned inquiry from Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jim Brennan of the FBI's Oklahoma City office.

The clerk consulted a card index.

The clerk consulted a terminal.

The clerk consulted his records once more.

The clerk consulted his machines again, then returned both disks.

The clerk, somewhat puzzled, consulted the list "Neither.

Esmay handed over one of the copies, and the clerk compared the dates and consulted a graphic of relative dates.

The clerk wrote the number down and consulted a terminal.