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Good-night , Mr. Medlicot . '' Then the man took himself into his hut , and was safe from further questioning that night . All the Saturday night Heathcote had been on the run , and he did not return home to bed till nearly dawn on the Sunday morning . At about noon prayers were read out on the veranda , the congregation consisting of Mrs. Heathcote and her sister , Mrs. Growler , and Jacko . Harry himself was rather averse to this performance , intimating that Mrs. Growler , if she were so minded , could read the prayers for herself in the kitchen , and that , as regarded Jacko , they would be altogether thrown away . But his wife had made a point of maintaining the practice , and he had of course yielded . The service was not long , and when it was over Harry got into a chair and was soon asleep .