She was so overcome she could not speak.
"Be reasonable now," he said.

"I don't want to hold you.

You can go if you want to, but why don't you think it over?
Lord knows, I don't want to stop you." He received no answer.

Carrie was quieting, however, under the influence of his plea.
"You stay here now, and I'll go," he added at last.
Carrie listened to this with mingled feelings.

Her mind was shaken loose from the little mooring of logic that it had.