morning, noon
And by degrees , as the slow days wore away , her disorder wore away too , or wore itself out , and she came back to her normal condition in all except strength . That was very failing , even after the fever was gone . And still Basil kept his post . He began now , it is true , to attend to some pressing outside duties , for which in the weeks just past he had provided a substitute ; but morning , noon , and night he was at Diana 's side . No hand but his own might ever carry to her the meals which his own hand had no inconsiderable share in preparing . He knew how to serve an invalid 's breakfast with a refinement of care which Diana herself before that would not have known how to give another , though she appreciated it and took her lesson . Then nobody could so nicely and deftly prop up pillows and cushions so as to make her rest comfortably for the taking of the meal ; no one had such skilful strength to enable a weak person to change his position .