Reassurances

"I didn't tell you I'd been deathly ill because I wasn't deathly ill anymore," Watson explained hoarsely, and then had to stop to pull more air into his lungs.

"I had no idea I was risking your health," I said stiffly.

"Just my life, hey?" Watson said, grinning despite the effort that it cost. "I take more chances being sneezed upon by sick children any day of the week. In any case, I'd far rather have been there to pull you off that ship before it exploded than to be sitting in Kensington reading in the papers about your demise."

Reassurances

"I didn't tell you I'd been deathly ill because I wasn't deathly ill anymore," Watson explained hoarsely, and then had to stop to pull more air into his lungs.

"I had no idea I was risking your health," I said stiffly.

"Just my life, hey?" Watson said, grinning despite the effort that it cost. "I take more chances being sneezed upon by sick children any day of the week. In any case, I'd far rather have been there to pull you off that ship before it exploded than to be sitting in Kensington reading in the papers about your demise."