If he finished reading the book and closed it, merely forgetting to dog-ear it the way you suggested, and then put it on his night table, then he would get up, he would go to his desk, take out his medical report, he would read it,
Da je završio s čitanjem, zatvorio je i zaboravio označiti stranicu, kao što vi predlažete, i odložio je na noćni ormarić...