She exclaimed at the sight of his flowers.

He deposited the big bunch by the side of her, and seated himself on the edge of the bed.

She had been reading a book, and he noticed it was the sort of book that Langton and he had seen so prominently in the book-shop at Abbeville.
If he had expected to find her depressed or ashamed, he was entirely mistaken.

"Oh, you darling," she cried in clipped English.

"Kiss me, quick, or I will forget the orders of the doctor and jump out of bed and catch you.