With her restored strength, there seemed to have come a tenderness even exceeding that which she had at first shown to her sick father.

I could not but be moved by the loving touches as she fixed his pillows and brushed the hair from his forehead.
I was wearied out myself with my long spell of watching; and now that she was on guard I started off to bed, blinking my tired eyes in the full light and feeling the weariness of a sleepless night on me all at once.
I had a good sleep, and after lunch I was about to start out to walk to Jermyn Street, when I noticed an importunate man at the hall door.

The servant in charge was the one called Morris, formerly the "odd man," but since the exodus of the servants promoted to be butler pro tem.
The stranger was speaking rather loudly, so that there was no difficulty in understanding his grievance.

The servant man was respectful in both words and demeanour; but he stood squarely in front of the great double door, so that the other could not enter.

The first words which I heard from the visitor sufficiently explained the situation: "That's all very well, but I tell you I must see Mr.Trelawny! What is the use of your saying I can't, when I tell you I must.