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`` At any rate , he 's not here . '' Tom said nothing , but when Clara had told the story of Hugh 's disappearance , drove quickly away . `` He 'll come to the shop , '' he thought and went there , leaving his horse tied to a post in front . At two o'clock his son-in-law came slowly over the Turner 's Pike bridge and approached the shop . He was hatless and his clothes and hair were covered with dust , while in his eyes was the look of a hunted animal . Tom met him with a smile and asked no questions . `` Come , '' he said , and taking Hugh by the arm led him to the buggy .