"Oh, thanks!" said Green. "Kinder and kinder. Silly to be cross on your account, is that it? Well, it certainly sounds silly."
Juliet smiled. "No, silly to think I am not capable of taking care of myself."
"Oh!" said Green. "Well, I have some reason for thinking that, haven't I?"
"None whatever," said Juliet.
"All right. I haven't," he said, and looked away.
"You are cross!" ejaculated Juliet, and broke into a laugh.
Green smoked steadily for some seconds with his eyes upon the sea. A few yards below them Robin wandered bare-footed along the shore, accompanied by Columbus who had bestowed a condescending species of friendship upon him.
Green's dark, alert face looked strangely swarthy against the rock behind him. His expression was one of open discontent.
"I hate to think of you turning into that woman's slave," he said abruptly. "To be quite honest, that was what brought me along to-day, intruding upon your picnic with Robin. I want to warn you, I've got to warn you."
"You have warned me," said Juliet.