The kissing scene on the balcony was largely improvised. Sir Alfred Hitchcock told Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman to just speak as lovers would. To get around possible censor objections to kissing scenes that were too long and passionate, Sir Alfred Hitchcock devised a scene where Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman would neck and nibble at each other for a few minutes while they discussed food, moved about the apartment, and spoke on the phone.
I am a little high but what if people proposed with beautiful, intricate knives. Ladies would gather around the table and be like “guess what finally happened!!” And pull this beautiful, intricate dagger out of her purse and all the other ladies would gasp and congratulate her