Quincy gets serious
Then he said that he had spoken in a light manner. He hoped that I would forgive him if he had made a mistake in doing this on so grave, so very important an occasion. 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 sort of exultation that he was Proposal Number Two in one day.
And then, my dear, before I could say a word he began pouring out a real torrent of love-making. He truly laid his heart and soul at my feet. He looked so earnest about it that I shall never again think that just because a man is sometimes joking he must always be playful and never sincere. I suppose he saw something in my face which made him stop. For he suddenly said with a sort of manly fervour that I could have loved him for - if my heart had been free.