HE TOOK HIS FIANCÉE TO HIS POOR HOMETOWN TO TEST HER—BUT THE PAPER SHE HANDED HIM LEFT HIM TOO ASHAMED TO MEET HER EYES

From gratitude.

Because on the day he brought Lucia to that poor, worn-down house to test her, he thought he was about to discover whether she deserved him.

Instead, he discovered that he needed to become worthy of her.