It had not crossed my mind however, that he would wish me to go with him, nor could I understand how we could both be absent at a moment which he himself declared to be critical.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
If matters came to a crisis I should endeavour to be present in person; but you can understand that, with my extensive consulting practice and with the constant appeals which reach me from many quarters, it is impossible for me to be absent from London for an indefinite time.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
He scribbled the appointment on his shirt-cuff and hurried off in his strange, peering, absent-minded fashion.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
If absent, please return wire to Sir Henry Baskerville, Northumberland Hotel.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— not present at a usual or expected place : MISSING
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Macmillan
— not in the place where you should be or are expected to be
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absented
absenting
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3 uses of ‘absent’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle