"By the way, if we are going to be brothers, you had better call me by my Christian name." "By Jove, I will," said Tommy eagerly.

"And if there is anything I can do, old chap--anything under the sun--" "I'll let you know," said Monck.
So, like the lifting of a thunder cloud, Tommy's very unwonted fit of temper merged into a mood of great benignity and Ralston complained no more.
Monck took up his abode at the Club before the brief winter season brought the angels flitting back from Bhulwana to combine pleasure with duty at Kurrumpore.
Stella accepted his departure without comment, missing him when gone after a fashion which she would have admitted to none.

She did not wholly understand his attitude, but Tommy's serenity of demeanour made her somewhat suspicious; for Tommy was transparent as the day.
Mrs.Ralston's return made her life considerably easier.

They took up their friendship exactly where they had left it and found it wholly satisfactory.

When Lady Harriet Mansfield made her stately appearance, Stella's position was assured.