Quincy gets serious
Then he said that he had spoken as if he wasn't serious. He hoped that I would forgive him if he had made a mistake in doing this. Because for him this was a very serious and very important moment. He really did look serious when he was saying it, and I couldn't help feeling a bit serious too. I know, Mina, you will think me a horrible flirt - but I couldn't help feeling a bit proud and happy that I was getting two proposals of marriage in one day.
And then, before I could say a word he began to speak in a very seriously romantic way. He truly laid his heart and soul at my feet. He looked so earnest about it. Never again will I think that, just because a man jokes sometimes, he must always be playful and never mean what he says. But I suppose he saw something in my face which made him stop. Suddenly he began to speak with real, manly emotion. I could have loved him just for that - if my heart had been free.