I left it on the table when I went for a stroll before dinner.
I remember most distinctly laying it down among the pens.

I went into my study ten minutes ago; and wanting to make a note as to this afternoon's work looked for the pencil and it was gone.

The window was open as usual, and it is possible that tramps passing along the road may have come into the garden and have got in at the window.

As in the case of the book I suspect no one, but two such occurrences as these are very uncomfortable for us all.

I shall not propose any search this time, for had any of you taken it, which I cannot for a moment believe, he would not have been careless enough to put it in his pocket, or conceal it in his desk or boxes, but would have stowed it away somewhere where there would be no chance whatever of its being found.