with the dire circumstances his country was facing , due to the damage caused by the terrible earthquake , he would not be able to propose marriage , just yetconstances eyebrows rose sharplybut it would please him greatly if she would keep in correspondence with him , if she would consider inviting him to see her in diachona again , and furthermore , if she would allow him the divinity of now gracing her with a farewell salute , since he would be leaving for his land on the morrow .