I hope the sight of blood doesn't make you feel green," said Max, with a one-sided twitch of the lips that was scarcely a smile.
He removed his hand to her relief, and stood up.

Olga stood up too, but she was trembling all over.
"Oh, I can't! Indeed, I can't! Dr.Wyndham, please!" She glanced round desperately.

"There's Nick! Couldn't you ask him ?" "Unfortunately this is a job that requires two hands," said Max.
"Besides, you did the mischief, remember." Olga gasped and said no more.

Meekly she laid her work on the chair by the hammock and accompanied him to the house.

It was the most painful predicament she had ever been in.