The words I wanted so much to say choked me and I could not speak them.

I love you.

I have loved you from the very first moment, that blessed moment when I looked up over your pony's head to see the sweetest face the sun ever shone on.

I'll be the happiest man on earth if you will say you care a little for me and promise to be my wife.
"It was wrong to kiss you and I beg your forgiveness.

Could you but see your face as I saw it last night in the moonlight, I would not need to plead: you would know that the impulse which swayed me was irresistible.