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him to state what took place. His explanation, a copy of which is sent to you, absolutely negatives your charge that he "booked" them.
The meaning of "to take" is to seize by surprise or artifice. The inference I draw from them is that they were "taken" away for your use and are now not to be found. I should be obliged by your furnishing me with a list of these "several papers" and a statement of the power you had against the will of the owner, this being the charge you intended to make.
You and Mr. Hazeland are therefore at issue in your statements. I must leave it where it is. You refer in your letter to your having lost certain papers and say "the only account I can give of them is that they were in his power to 'take them' without my knowledge or consent." These words express by clear implication that you charge him with having done so without your knowledge or consent, and explain your loss.
I shall be obliged if during the vacation you will collect all the Rules which from time to time have been given to