parleying
1. It seemed to him that he really ought to quit, and here he was parleying with himself.
他揆情度势,似乎确实应该跟她断绝的,想到这里,他就不得不同自己谈判起来。
2. Yet here she was parleying with him.
可是她就要在这里跟他谈判了。