"Am I then, so distasteful to you that you would rather wait here and suffer a half hour longer while I go for assistance?
It is only common courtesy on my part.

I do not want to carry you.

I think you would be quite heavy." He said this in a hard, bitter tone, deeply hurt that she would not accept even a little kindness from him.

He looked away from her and waited.

Presently a soft, half-smothered sob came from Betty and it expressed such utter wretchedness that his heart melted.