"Do my eyes look very feverish ?" she asked.
"Not so very," he assured her, covering an alarm he felt for the first time.

She did appear to be feverish, and the anxiety of her manner deepened as the meal progressed.

It developed quickly that she had but scant appetite for the choice food now being served.

She could only taste bits here and there.

Her plates were removed with their delicacies almost intact.