[The pause gives Elizabeth a moment to catch her breath, and catch up with what she's said. She means it, of course, but she hadn't meant to let it come out now.]

I had never thought there would be someone who could understand what happened to me, who wouldn't be afraid of me, who could see past all of it. There will never be another person like you, there will never be another courtship like this one. When I thought I had lost all of that, when I thought I had lost you-- [She huffs out a breath, keeping her composure as a result.] --I knew I would never be in love again.