He arranged the water bottle.

Then he put another cover on the bed.
Aaron lay still, rather grey and peaked-looking, in a stillness that was not healthy.

For some time Lilly went about stealthily, glancing at his patient from time to time.

Then he sat down to read.
He was roused after a time by a moaning of troubled breathing and a fretful stirring in the bed.

He went across.