AN: Characters and so on aren't mine :(.
"I think we should get married."
"Robert, I don't know."
"Why not?"
"Because we've only known each other for two months and it is not the end of the season yet."
"Do you think that someone else will propose to you at the end of the season? Someone better?"
"That is not what I mean."
"Yes it is. You are waiting for the duke to propose. I am only number two on your list."
"I, Robert, that is so difficult. No matter whom I marry, I will sign my fortune away for a title. And shouldn't I wait for the best bargain?"
"Maybe. But then I would have to marry Sarah Meissner. Because she has got more money than you."
"She is also ten years older than me and as dumb as humanly possible."
"Which is why I would never propose to her. I couldn't live with a stupid woman."
"Robert, you haven't proposed to me either. Not really."
"Would you like me to? Would you really like me to get down on one knee, present you with my grandmother's engagement ring and swear my undying love for you?"
"You don't love me."
"No. And you don't love me either. That is why I didn't really propose. I didn't want to insult your intelligence."
"I'll marry you. Because the duke would have proposed exactly how you described it and I would have been insulted."
"Good. The sooner we tell our parents the sooner it will all be over."
"What will all be over?"
"The wedding. Don't tell me you are looking forward to that."
"I don't. It'll be a show and nothing else."
"So we agree."
"We do."