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He gaped at it with distended eyes , and then , with a loud cry , he jumped up and fled home , with fear raging in his heart . He fell asleep , after a long , wakeful night , and did not hear the maid who called him . Mr. Quinn , when he was told of the heaviness of Henry 's slumber , said `` Let him lie on ! '' and so it was that he did not rise until noon . He came down heavy-eyed and irritable , and wandered about the garden in which he took no pleasure . Marsh came to him while he was there , full of enthusiasm because more pupils had attended the Language class than he had anticipated . `` That girl , Sheila Morgan , was n't there ! ''