Both Uses of
parley
in
Jane Eyre
- Bessie and Abbot having retreated, Mrs. Reed, impatient of my now frantic anguish and wild sobs, abruptly thrust me back and locked me in, without farther parley.†
p. 22.8 *
- Some parleying was audible in the hall, and soon the new-comer entered.†
p. 220.5
Definition:
a negotiation or discussion -- especially between enemies