Rose clung onto him. "What do scars matter? Oh I hate to hear you speak of yourself like this, Elijah. I'm sure it would be the other way round. That I'd be unworthy of you. I'm such a bad cook, and I'm impatient, and I'm plain, and..." She shook her head. "I don't understand why you don't think you could make a woman happy. You're the kindest person I know."