[His voice is soft, quiet.]

I know. Actually, I never would have asked him for marriage if we were back home. I know him, I know he just... Well, in Wilde's book, Henry Wotton advises Dorian not to marry because it only winds up in disappointment for both parties.

[Ah, great. Now he's starting to feel guilty about proposing in the first place. Again.]

It's just that things are different here... Oh, maybe it's just me thinking up stupid things like that...