I love this: The symmetry of Harriet revealing her last weakness, and Peter being forced to drop for a moment the mask of balance and order (Harriet says that he reveals his weakness in the Dean's sitting room, but this is of course far from the truth). Harriet having the strength of mind, in the face of her realization that she's fallen in love, to remind him that if he truly wants equality, he will have to take as well as to give. And Harriet, impatient, irritable and incurably honest cutting straight to the point:
‘Will you marry me, Peter? Then for God’s sake, hold my hand.’
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Date: 2010-07-12 06:08 pm (UTC)‘Will you marry me, Peter? Then for God’s sake, hold my hand.’