I came for you and to reiterate my offer.” “Your offer of marriage?” She struggled to maintain a serious look as she spoke. The anger, that had been close to boiling over, disappeared entirely, and once again, her head flew back in laughter. “You cannot possibly want me as a wife! I am not like your Greek women. You do realise that. I am not placid, agreeable, reserved, content to spend my days lounging idly in the heat, eating grapes and figs and drinking more wine than is socially acceptable. That is not a life I have any desire for.” “Then it will not be the life you will lead. Nothing
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