Mrs.Rintoul," the Doctor said.
"It has done you more good than all my medicines.

I don't believe I have prescribed for you for the last month, and I haven't seen you looking so well since you came out." "I suppose I have not had time to feel ill, Doctor," Mrs.Rintoul said, with a slight smile; "all this has been a sort of tonic." "And a very useful one, Mrs.Rintoul.We are all of us the better for a little stirring up sometimes." Captain Forster had, as usual, secured a place next to Isobel Hannay.

He had been near her all day, carrying the bags as he filled them to her to sew up.

Bathurst was sitting at the other end of the table, joining but little in the conversation.
"I thought Bathurst was going to faint again when the firing began, Miss Hannay," Captain Forster said, in a low voice.

"It was quite funny to see him give a little start each shot that was fired, and his face was as white as my jacket.