"And oh, Max, I do feel so sick." He stood up.

"Come along!" he said.

"I'm going to carry you in." She raised a feeble protest to which he paid no more attention than if it had been the buzzing of a fly.

Very steadily and strongly he lifted her.
"Put your head on my shoulder!" he said, and she obeyed him like a child.
They encountered no one on the way back to the house.

Straight in and straight upstairs went Max, finally depositing her upon her bed.