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she asked , in a loud , angry voice . ` I do n't know , ' her husband replied ; ` there is some mistake ; it will be cleared in time . But keep it from Maude ; I think the news would kill her . ' Meantime Tom had sat with his brows knit together , as if intently thinking ; and when at last he spoke he said to his father : ` I shall go to Springfield on the ten o'clock train , and you 'd better go with me . ' To this Frank made no objections . If his wife 's diamonds were really found , he ought to be there to receive them ; and , besides , he might say a word in Harold 's defence , if necessary . So ten o'clock found him and Tom at the station , where also was Dick St. Claire , with several other young men , pacing up and down the platform and excitedly discussing the news , of which they did not believe a word .