The young man didn't have the courage to go over and see what had happened to Sergeant Braden.  He just stayed there, leaning across the truck, cursing himself for letting them get away.  He didn't know, and would never believe, that he had, in fact, done better than many trained police officers could have done! And by the time Jessie, Tom, and Ray got to the den, Daufin was crouched on the floor intent on rereading the dictionary from cover to cover?