He laid her down again, settled the pillows, and left her.
Olga lay very still.

She felt as if a strange glow were dawning in her brain, a kind of mental radiance, inexpressibly wonderful, absorbing her pain as mist is absorbed by the sun.

Gradually it grew and spread till the pain was all gone, swamped, forgotten, in this curious flood of warmth and ecstasy.

It was the most marvellous sensation she had ever experienced.

Her whole being thrilled responsive to the glow.