I had forgotten that I had it.' The circumstances under which it had been lent to him came back very clearly now.

It was after that visit to his friend which had come so unhappily between him and Adela.

When he went to bid her good-bye he found her alone, and she was reading this book.

She spoke of it, and, in surprise that he had never read it, begged him to take it to Oxford.
'I have another copy,' Adela said.

'You can return that any time.' The time had only now come.