Then, finding me firm, he changed his tone, and there were hidden threats mixed with his entreaties.

It would be a bad thing for me if I refused to go with him, he said; I would have cause to repent my folly for the rest of my life.
He said a great deal, using every argument it is possible to imagine; and there was always the same threatening under-tone.

He could not move me in the least, as you may fancy, Nell.

I told him that nothing upon earth would induce me to leave my husband, or to think ill of him.

And in this manner we walked up and down for nearly two hours, till I began to feel very tired and faint.