For the doctor came every day, ordered me all sorts of good things, and insisted on a fire being kept in my room, and no lessons.
And if I wished to see any of my friends I might do so, and on no account was I to be allowed to fret or be disturbed in mind.

I couldn't help feeling half sorry for Miss Henniker being charged with all these uncongenial tasks; but Stonebridge House depended a great deal on what the doctor said of it, and so she had to obey his orders.
I took advantage of the permission to see my friends by requesting the presence of Smith very frequently.

But as the Henniker generally thought fit to sit in my room at the same time, I didn't get as much good out of my chum as I might have done.

I heard he had had a very smart flogging for his share of that eventful night's proceedings, and that another was being saved up for me when I got well.
It was quite a melancholy day for me when the doctor pronounced me convalescent, and said I might resume my ordinary duties.

It was announced to me at my first appearance in school, that on account of my delinquencies I was on the "strict silence" rule for the rest of the term, that my bed was removed to the other dormitory, and that I was absolutely forbidden to hold any further communication, either by word or gesture, with my friend Smith.
Thus cheerfully ended my first term at Stonebridge House..