"It's too late to marry for love." Ben said. "Of course this proposal, so rushed, would have been ridiculous if she weren't pregnant. Tobias himself told me he would never have dared to propose such a thing if it weren't for her situation. But we're dealing with this situation, Elijah, not another. We both want what's best for Alice." He looked at his daughter. "We proposed that she would take time, to make up her mind. But she accepted instantly."