Then, apologetically, "I don't want to be any trouble.

I hate to be troublesome.

I've never let anybody wait on me." "I don't know when I've had as much pleasure as this is giving me." And he made a bow that hid its seriousness behind a smile of good-humored raillery.
She watched him descend with a sinking heart.

The rock--the world--her life, seemed empty now.

He had reminded her that there were human beings with good hearts.