P is a disreputable Frenchman who lived in Australia on an immigrant visa for one year.
He wished to remain in Australia. On 15th May 1998, he proposed marriage to R, an Australian woman aged 35, who had led a rather sheltered life. He told R that he was deeply in love with her, that he had a vineyard in France, that he was 49 years old, and that he was a bachelor. He also said that if she did not marry him, he would throw himself off the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the next Sydney Harbour Yacht Race. R talked to her mother and father, who persuaded her that, at age 35, she should make the most of this opportunity, as she was unlikely to have another chance of marrying.