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Boldwood is trying to convince Bathsheba once again to give him a positive response; this time, though, he’s attempting to extract not an actual agreement to marry him, but a promise to at least consider marrying him in six years, since she’s not yet a legal widow. As Bathsheba, who doesn’t want to marry Boldwood any more than she ever has, tries to tell Boldwood that she does respect him, he insists on knowing exactly how much she likes and respects him. It’s that demand that leads Bathsheba to the frustration she expresses in this passage. She’s frustrated that Boldwood…