Question

why did mark think that his marriage proposal might not come through?​

Answer 1

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As Natalya doesn't know that he has come to propose her, she thinks that he has come to claim oxen meadows as his own, she starts quarrelling. This results in one after another quarrel. ... Then the proposal is made and accepted. Finally, they get engaged.