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As soon as Boswell understood this reproach he jumped a fence and smelt every stump or tuft of grass , every bush and hummock , until the carriage dwindled in the distance . Then he made the dust smoke under his feet as a sudden June shower will do for a few seconds , and usually overtook the carriage with all of his tongue unfurled and his lungs working like a furnace . Johnson reproved him with a glance , and he at once dropped his tail and trotted beside Johnson , as if throwing himself on that superior dog for support in the hour of affliction . At noon no trace of Robert and Corinne had been seen . Grandma Padgett halted , and when Zene came up she said : `` We 'll eat a cold bite right here by the road , and then go on until sunset . If we do n't find them , we 'll turn back to town and take another direction . '' They ate a cold bite , brought ready packed from the Richmond tavern .