A white daisy and small blue wildflowers are tied together with a pale ribbon against a soft green background.

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Maxim de Winter

I’m asking you to marry me, you little fool.

— Rebecca

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The proposal is made explicit, but the form of address complicates its tenderness. Little fool brings condescension into a statement of intended intimacy. The contrast matters within the words themselves, though the excerpt does not establish how the listener receives it or how the speaker delivers it.

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