Promise me to have nothing to do with him.

Avoid him as you would a pestilence." I spoke passionately, pleadingly.

She turned her head to reply, and I was bending my head so as not to miss a word when a subtle power seized me.

I did not wait for her reply, but turned my head in a different direction.
"Let us join the others," I stammered with difficulty, and rode away without waiting for her consent.
She came up by my side again presently, however, but there was a strange look on her face.

Disappointment, astonishment, annoyance, and hauteur, all were expressed.