"We do not keep a horse and I really--" "Don't trouble yourself in the least," I said.

"I can take you to your home without any difficulty whatever.

If you will mount your machine I can push you along very easily." "But then you would have to walk yourself," she said, quickly, "and push your wheel too." Of course it would not have been necessary for me to walk, for I could have ridden my bicycle and have pushed her along on her own, but under the circumstances I did not think it wise to risk this.

So I accepted her suggestion of walking as if nothing else could be done.
"Oh, I do not mind walking a bit," said I."I am used to it, and as I have been riding for a long time, it would be a relief to me." She stood perfectly still, apparently afraid to move lest she should hurt her foot, but she raised her head and fixed a pair of very large blue eyes upon me.

"It is too kind in you to offer to do this! But I do not see what else is to be done.