CHAPTER VII. 

"I WISH YOU'D LIKE ME." 

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. He had been in the saddle during sixteen hours of the previous day and night, and was entitled to be fatigued. His wife sat beside him, every now and again protecting him from the flies, while Kate Daly sat by with her Bible in her hand. But she, too, from time to time, was watching her brother-in-law. The trouble of his spirits and the work that he felt himself bound to do touched them with a strong feeling, and taught them to regard him for the time as a young hero. 

"How quietly he sleeps!" Kate said. "The fatigue of the last week must have been terrible." 

"He is quite, quite knocked up," said the wife. 

"I ain't knocked up a bit," said Harry, jumping up from his chair. "What should knock me up? I wasn't asleep, was I?" 

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. When did he finally go to sleep?
2. When?
3. How long had he been out?
4. What had he been doing?
5. What is his name?
6. What happened at lunchtime?
7. By who?
8. Who is someone else who is involved?
9. Who else?
10. Anyone else?
11. Does he want to go?
12. Why not?
13. Who does he think can manage it by themselves?
14. Who won't appreciate them?
15. Did it take a long time?
16. What did he do afterwards?
17. To do what?
18. How long had he been on a horse?
19. Was someone next to him?
20. Who?

Numbered answers:
1. nearly dawn
2. on the Sunday morning
3. All night
4. on the run
5. Harry
6. prayers were read out
7. Mrs. Heathcote and others
8. her sister
9. Mrs. Growler
10. yes Jacko
11. no
12. averse to this performance
13. Mrs. Growler
14. his wife
15. no
16. got into a chair
17. sleeping
18. sixteen hours
19. yes
20. His wife