"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
"Not another one!"
"Did someone get to you first?"
"Two, in fact!"
"I thought I was original when I thought of pranking you with a proposal."
"Fake proposals seem to be on trend, Colonel."
"Who else thought of this?"
"Before you came Mr Collins."
"That fool! And who was the other one?"
"Your dour cousin who has a hidden sense of humour."
"Darcy? No, he doesn't."
"You do not know him that well then."
You may be correct. I did not know he loves you.