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And there was no coach to take him back to Oakbourne that day . Well , he would walk : he could n't stay here , in wretched inaction . But the innkeeper , seeing that Adam was in great anxiety , and entering into this new incident with the eagerness of a man who passes a great deal of time with his hands in his pockets looking into an obstinately monotonous street , offered to take him back to Oakbourne in his own `` taxed cart '' this very evening . It was not five o'clock ; there was plenty of time for Adam to take a meal and yet to get to Oakbourne before ten o'clock . The innkeeper declared that he really wanted to go to Oakbourne , and might as well go to-night ; he should have all Monday before him then . Adam , after making an ineffectual attempt to eat , put the food in his pocket , and , drinking a draught of ale , declared himself ready to set off . As they approached the cottage , it occurred to him that he would do well to learn from the old woman where Dinah was to be found in Leeds : if there was trouble at the Hall Farm -- he only half-admitted the foreboding that there would be -- the Poysers might like to send for Dinah .