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She had had a sleep and a delicious lunch and the quiet trees around her were soothing. She smiled up at him; he was safe and solid and a good companion. “Oh, yes.”

“Then perhaps you know what I am going to say next. Will you marry me, Sophie?”

Her smile melted into a look of utter surprise. “Marry you? Why? Whatever for?”

He smiled at that. “We are good friends. Have we not just agreed about that? We enjoy doing the same things, laughing at the same things…. I wanted someone to share my life, Sophie, a companion, someone to make my house a home, someone to be friends with my friends.”

She met his intent look honestly, although her cheeks were pink. “But we don’t—that is, shouldn’t there be love, as well?”