The doctor _sahib_ smiled upon him only this afternoon and told him he was a damn' fraud.

So my _mem-sahib_ may set her mind at rest." Obviously the term constituted a high compliment in Peter's estimation and the evident satisfaction that it afforded to Stella seemed to confirm the impression.

He retired looking as well pleased as Stella had ever seen him.
She finished dressing as speedily as possible, ate a hasty meal, and hastened to Tommy's room.

To her surprise she found it empty, but as she turned on the threshold the sound of her brother's laugh came to her through the passage.

Evidently Tommy was visiting his fellow sufferer.
With a touch of anxiety as to Monck's fitness to receive a visitor, she turned in the direction of the laugh.