absent

She longed to inquire of the housekeeper whether her master were really absent, but had not courage for it.

“True; but that gentleman being absent, his secretary, by his orders, opened his letters; thinking this one of importance, he sent for me, but not finding me, took upon himself to give the necessary orders for arresting the accused party.”

Douglas, and that she would display acute uneasiness if her absent husband should ever be particularly late in his return.

Tomorrow morning I start for Paris; four days to go, and the same to return, with one day to discharge the commission entrusted to me, is all the time I shall be absent.