"You have brought it on yourself," she answered without looking at him.
"Just the same I will not submit to it."
"What are you going to do about it?" she asked scornfully.
"I'll go down to the little deck outside the entrance hall on the port, that is the left-hand side. I will wait for you there. If you do not come to me before we pass under Brooklyn Bridge, I'll jump overboard."
She looked at him startled and searchingly. "You can't frighten me that way," she said proudly.
"I'm not trying to frighten you. I'm making a simple statement. You know what it is to have a strong will. Very well, others may have as strong a will as your own. When I say a thing I'd die rather than go back on it."
Corinna paled, but would not weaken. "I am not your keeper," she said. "You must do as you will."
"Give me five minutes talk alone with you, and I'll go ashore willingly. That's all I came for."
"I will not come. You will only make a fool of yourself."
"Very well, you have your choice," said Evan. He turned and went down the stairway.