It is possible that he was conscious of the sidelong scrutiny which he was undergoing.
"And you--you have been all right ?" she said lightly.
"Oh, yes," with a laugh.

"I have not brought the infection down to Loango; you need not be afraid of that." For a moment she looked as if she were going to explain that she was not "afraid of that." Then she changed her mind and let it pass, as he seemed to believe.
"Joseph constructed a disinfecting room with a wood-smoke fire, or something of that description, and he has been disinfecting everything, down to Oscard's pipes." She gave a little laugh, which stopped suddenly.
"Was it very bad ?" she asked.
"Oh, no.

We took it in time, you see.

We had eleven deaths.

And now we are all right.