Madame said she would not need me for a couple of hours.

I will send a steward for you if he wakes; you need rest yourself." That I needed rest was quite true, for I had been up all the night before; still I hesitated.

She saw my hesitation, and added: "It is not much that I can do, still I should like to do it.

I can at least watch." Then, very earnestly: "He watched beside Hector." I left her with him, her fingers moving the small bag of ice about his forehead to allay the fever and her eyes patiently regarding him.

I went on deck again.