"You've spoken to me once or twice in a way I don't like. I think we shall get on better if you ask me to do things."
"Don't forget that I can make you do them," he said brutally.
"How?" Really, he was amusing!
"Well, I'm stronger than you are."
"A man can hardly use force in his dealings with a woman," she reminded him.
"O-o-o-oh?"
"You seem surprised."
"What's going to prevent him?"
"Don't be so silly," she retorted as she turned to look once more out of the window. But her hands were clammy and, somehow, even though her back was turned toward him, she knew that he was smiling.