The latter said that, if he might, he would take it with him; he had that morning to make a railway journey to Ipswich, and would read it on the train.

He said he would bring it back with him when he came again in the evening.
I went up to my room to bring it down; but I could not find it anywhere.

I had a distinct recollection of having left it on the little table beside my bed, when I had come up after Miss Trelawny's going on duty into the sick-room.

It was very strange; for the book was not of a kind that any of the servants would be likely to take.

I had to come back and explain to the others that I could not find it.
When Doctor Winchester had gone, Mr.Corbeck, who seemed to know the Dutchman's work by heart, talked the whole matter over with me.