I was very glad to hear it.

That Stella was well--quite well.

You meant that, didn't you?
It's the truth ?" "Yes, it's the truth." "Thank you ...

I was a little afraid ...

thank you!" He took his hand from the donkey's neck, and Hillyard rode forward on the long and dreary stage to the one camping ground between Senga and Senaar.
For a little while he wondered at this insistence of Harry Luttrell upon the physical health of Stella Croyle, and why he had been afraid.