Mind you take plenty of quinine!" With which piece of fatherly advice he left her with the determination to keep an eye on her and see that Ralston did not work her too hard.
Stella, however, had no fears on her own account.

She went to her task resolute and undismayed, feeling herself actually indispensable for almost the first time in her life.

Her influence upon Monck was beyond dispute.

She alone possessed the power to calm him in his wildest moments, and he never failed to recognize her or to control himself to a certain extent in her presence.
The attack was a sharp one, and for a while Ralston was more uneasy than he cared to admit.

But Monck's constitution was a good one, and after three days of acute illness the fever began to subside.