"There's no time to go into things again, dear. I said it should rest with you to decide."
"Yes, and then used threats to force me!"
"I haven't threatened you, Nessa."
"It doesn't matter what you call it. The change of a word doesn't change the act. It's what you're doing, not what you're saying, that I care about."
"Are you going? That's what I care about."
"Shall you go to the police if I don't?"
"Certainly."
"Do you understand that it's just breaking my heart to go—unless you wish to break it?"
"Will you give me a chance of mending it when we meet at Rotterdam?"
She leant back in her chair, elbow on knee, and rested her chin on her hand. "We shan't meet there."