"Oh, thank you so much. I've hurt my ankle; if you would be so kind as to dip my handkerchief in the water----"
She looked up at me with a pair of eyes which she ought to have kept veiled, and held out a small wisp of white material. It was entirely inadequate for any purpose whatever, so I dipped my handkerchief instead.
"Perhaps you will permit me to bind it for you, it is so difficult to do it oneself."
"Thank you very much."
She removed her shoe and stocking, and a sweet slim foot was placed hesitatingly out; there was a very nasty scratch which must have been quite painful. I bound it up with great care, making my handkerchief nice and tidy, with hers placed over it.
"There, I think you will find that comfortable."
"Indeed, yes; I am extremely grateful to you. Are you a surgeon?"
"No, nothing so useful, I am afraid, merely a passer-by."
"Yes. Are you generally so successful?"
She laughed merrily; and I remembered the pose in which she must have first caught sight of me.