She had done with school now, but she evinced a commendable yearning for further cultivation, buying copy-books with her pocket-money, imitating Dale's Clerkly hand; so that already at a pinch she was able to help in the office work.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
On the mention of this raiment a Clerkly-looking man, who had been loitering in the office of the concierge, moved to the neighborhood of the door, where he occupied himself in study of a railway map hanging on the wall.
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang
Here the Clerkly person, laying down his notes, asked if English gentlemen usually spoke of persons whom they had just met for the first time on board the steamer as their friends?
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang