Hat in hand, he greeted them.
"You'll let me carry those parcels, Miss O'Brien?"
"No, thanks."
"Please let me; and you'll let me carry yours, too," to Molly, "won't you?"
"Thank you," said Molly, shyly.
"Good for you, old chap! I did my best, but I've only one pair of arms, don't you know," observed Denis.
"Newspaper parcels seem incongruous with you, somehow," said Nell, unkindly.
He flushed up.
"Hand 'em over, Nell!" said Denis, frowning. "Don't keep us all standing here!"
Nell walked on quickly.