[it made Rose blush to say so out loud but she couldn't make herself regret it] Well, if you must...but if you don't want to blush, I'll try to keep myself in line. But even blushed bright red, you still look beautiful beyond words. You do. small>[and pause] Well, if that's how you feel...I won't deny or counter it.

It is. One of the scoops of vanilla has hot fudge, one has strawberry, and the other has pineapple! [it's hard to come by in Rose's time, too. she remembers the dessert carts on the Titanic, the most appreciated sweet being a peeled orange. but Rose always wanted the chocolate eclairs, though Mother stopped her from getting them as much as Rose wanted them]

And it's not right to treat you strangely because you don't know anything. It's not. Despite...everything, you weren't exposed to the outside world the way most girls are. That's not your fault. Nor is it something you can help. It is what it is and those who care about you should be able to look at it that way, that you're still terribly clever and even more kind after the way you've befriended so many animals. They wouldn't let themselves be befriended by a person who didn't deserve it.

And, I'll do my best to enjoy every new thing with you. Not simply because who knows, it might be new to me too!

I--I want to be around you all the time, too. I've never known anyone so kind as you.