It is deliverance that I am offering you.

Of course you can refuse, and I shall still do my utmost to save you.

But the chances are not equal.

I hope you will not refuse." The moderation of this speech calmed her somewhat.

In her first wild panic she had almost imagined that he could take her against her will.
She saw that she had been unreasonable, but she was too shaken to tell him so.