I don't think there was ever anything to occasion much alarm, but his father got frightened.

I expect we shall bring him back from Switzerland as well as ever he was.' 'What ever has he done with himself the last two months ?' mused the girl.
'Well, it has been rather hard to keep him occupied away from books.

He has been riding a good deal, and smoking a good deal.' 'And talking a good deal ?' 'Well, yes, Wilf is fond of talking,' admitted Mrs.Rossall, 'but I don't think he's anything like as positive as he was.

He does now and then admit that other people may have an opinion which is worth entertaining.

Celia Dawlish was with us a fortnight ago; she declared him vastly improved.' 'She told him so ?' 'No, that was in private to me.' 'But I think Celia and he always got on well together,' said Beatrice in an idly meditative tone, moving the edge of her fan backwards and forwards a few inches above her face.
A few minutes later, after a silence, she said-- 'Do you know what I am thinking ?' 'What ?' asked Mrs.Rossall, with an air of interest.
'That if I were to close my eyes and keep quiet I should very soon be fast asleep.' The other laughed at the unexpected reply.
'Then why not do so, dear?
It's warm enough; you couldn't take any harm.' 'I suppose the walk has tired me.' 'But if you had no sleep last night?
How is it you can't sleep, I wonder?
Is it the same when you are at Cowes ?' 'No, only in London.