After a few minutes he came back with a tumbler of beaten egg and milk, to which he had added brandy, and told her she must drink it.
Her hand was too weak to hold the tumbler.

He put one arm under the pillow, raised her head and held the glass to her lips until she had drunk every drop of the mixture.

All this with no show of tenderness or one unnecessary word.

She needed the nourishment and stimulant, and after them felt better.
'I remember....

I must have been ill.