"I understand completely. You want an acceptance to be completely genuine. And I shouldn't expect you to change any more than you expect it of me." She smiled. "Of course...were an offer to be made, acceptance wouldn't be strictly for your benefit." She smirked a little and then nodded at his question.
"Maybe not as long as most, but definitely a couple of months. I know in your time marriages tended to fall fairly quickly after proposal." She smiled a little. "Some people have been known, in modern times, to wait years between engagement and marriage. Though I don't plan to wait that long." Sje chuckled a little and squeezed his hand.