Answer:
He promised he would treat her like a lady.
Step-by-step explanation:
(This is part of Jody and Janie's last conversation before the day she runs away with him)
"De day you puts yo' hand in mine, Ah wouldn't let de sun go down on us single. Ah'm uh man wid principles. You ain't never knowed what it was to be treated lak a lady and Ah wants to be de one tuh show yuh. Call me Jody like you do sometime" (Hurston 29).