Down in the kitchen, the staff is busy with the wedding preparations. Stella and Maria talk about the guest list when Carla joins them. She takes Stella by the hands and leads her to a corner of the room, then asks her if she could get away from the wedding preparations for a while. Stella is not so sure about that, but Carla insists.

She tells Stella that she has to attend to something first, but then she needs to see Stella. When Stella wants to know why, Carla tells her that it is a surprise. They start to kiss, but get interrupted by the cook, who needs Stella’s help. After Stella has left the kitchen with the cook, Carla asks Justus to send a bottle of champagne and a  bouquet of roses up to her room.

Carla returns to the castle with a ring. When she looks at it, Elisabeth comes up from behind her and sees the ring. Carla confesses to Elisabeth that she intends to propose to Stella.

She tells Elisabeth that Stella tried one of the wedding dresses on and looked so beautiful as a bride that Carla just knew that this is it. Elisabeth is happy for Carla, and says that the wedding preparations seem to be contagious. Carla agrees, then adds that she hopes that Stella feels the same way, too.

Back in the kitchen, Stella is close to a nervous breakdown when things seem to get out of hand. Maria tries to calm her down, but Stella talks herself into a rage, and says that it was a stupid idea to organize Gregor’s wedding, that all the wedding hullabaloo gets on her nerves, and that nobody needs that anyway. Unfortunately, Carla hears Stella’s rant.

Carla is pacing up and down in the salon, holding the ring in her hand. Elisabeth comes into the room and asks her whether she is trying to come up with the right words for the proposal. Carla replies that not even the right words would help her now.

She tells Elisabeth about the rant, and that Stella apparently thinks that weddings are the last thing anybody needs. Elisabeth tries to comfort Carla. She explains to Carla that Stella was probably just stressed and did not mean it that way, but Carla is not convinced.

Sadly, she puts the ring away and says that the one time she tries to be spontaneous, it backfires. Elisabeth continues to talk insistently to Carla, telling her that she should not get discouraged that easily, but Carla replies that she would just make a fool of herself, because getting married is the last thing for Stella.

That’s when Stella rushes into the salon and says that she and Carla need to talk. She grabs Carla’s hand, apologizes to Elisabeth, and drags Carla out of the room.

Stella leaves the castle through the front door. While Carla is trying to keep up with her, she hurries down the stairs and starts to list everything that is going wrong with the wedding preparations. She says that it is just one mishap after another and that she does not know how to get it all done.

Stella tells Carla that she has a huge problem, and that is that she wants the wedding to be unforgettable for Gregor and Louise because they deserve it so much as they had to fight so hard for their love. She stops and looks at Carla and says: “Just like we had, hadn’t we?” Carla smiles at her and nods.

Breathlessly, Stella goes on to say that if she does not say this now, she will never say it. She takes Carla’s hands, looks at her and asks: “Carla, will you marry me?”

Carla is surprised at first. Then she says yes. She hugs Stella passionately and shouts “Of course!” and “I will”. Then they kiss and hug again.

Carla decides to propose to Stella, but gets discouraged when Stella makes a negative remark about weddings. She has already given up the thought of getting married when Stella surprises her with a question...

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