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He remained some time after that in the room talking to me about other business; and while I was sitting and writing, I have reason to believe that he took one of those 2 notes out of the serutore; which, I believe, was not locked. / Qu: wr reason to think that he took one of them.
Ansr: / A few days after I perceived that one of them was gone. I am sure that I put them into the serutore after I had looked at the dates