noon
My daughter still has you . You have not run away again , '' he seemed to be saying to himself . The day grew warm and the sky , seen through the shop window by the bench where Hugh tried to work , was overcast with clouds . At noon the workmen went away , but Clara , who on other days had come to drive Hugh to the farmhouse for lunch , did not appear . When all was silent in the shop he stopped work , washed his hands and put on his coat . He went to the shop door and then came back to the bench . Before him lay an iron wheel on which he had been at work .