At the time she did not pause to thank him, but went swiftly past, taking her way straight along the verandah to Tommy's room.
The window was open, and a bar of light stretched therefrom like a fiery sword into the streaming rain.

Just for a second that gleaming shaft daunted her.

Something within her shrank affrighted.

Then, aware of Monck immediately behind her, she conquered her dread and entered.

She saw that the bar of light came from a hooded lamp which was turned towards the window, leaving the bed in shadow.