But I didn't think that sort of a proposal was a very romantic one, so in the end I had to imagine it out as well as I could.
I made it very flowery and poetical and Bertram went on his knees, although Ruby Gillis says it isn't done nowadays.

Geraldine accepted him in a speech a page long.

I can tell you I took a lot of trouble with that speech.

I rewrote it five times and I look upon it as my masterpiece.

Bertram gave her a diamond ring and a ruby necklace and told her they would go to Europe for a wedding tour, for he was immensely wealthy.