Stop being so stubborn! he wants to shout at her, but instead his hands just clench on the stick he carries.

"A promise made under duress is no promise at all." Be reasonable, his voice pleads. It must do the asking for him, because she will not look at his face.

He does not know how to say anything different, or to give her another reason to change her mind, so he must appeal to her reason, to her heart, which he cannot believe wishes to be united with Gisborne's.