"I would still have proposed," he admitted, albeit sheepishly, and moved to hug her sobbing form. Holding her close he kissed her shoulder. "I just do not like how you are seen in their eyes. You are not like that impression at all. If I can make you an honourable woman, at least to them, it will be worth telling them. But... I want you to tell them when you are ready. I am sorry I overreacted, darling."