THE NIGHT-WATCH When Stella saw Tommy again, he greeted her with a smile of welcome that told her that for him the worst was over.

He had returned.

But his weakness was great, greater than he himself realized, and she very quickly comprehended the reason for Major Ralston's evident anxiety.
Sickness was rife everywhere, and now that the most imminent danger was past he was able to spare but little time for Tommy's needs.

He placed him in Stella's care with many repeated injunctions that she did her utmost to fulfil.
For the first two days Monck helped her.

His management of Tommy was supremely arbitrary, and Tommy submitted himself with a meekness that sometimes struck Stella as excessive.