she remembers sinbad, who has the only boast in the area. She then approaches sinbad, asking him to take her across. He replies, "yes, i'll take you across if you'll stay with me for one week." Shocked at this offer, she turns to another acquaintance, frederick, and tells him her story. Frederick responds by saying, "yes,rosemary, i understand your problem, but it's your problem, but it's your problem,not mine." Rosemary decides to return to sinbad, and stays with him for own week. Sinbad then takes her across the river.
Her meeting with geoffrey is warm. But on the evening before they are to be married, rosemary feels she must tell geoffrey how she succeded in getting across the river. Geoffrey responds by saying, "i wouldn't marry you if you were the last woman on earth."