Six months after Char has left for Ayortha, what does he directly ask Ella in a letter?

Six months after Char has left for Ayortha he sends Ella a letter in which he complains that he has told her so much but Ella only makes hints about herself without revealing anything. Char asks Ella flat-out if she will marry him and confesses that he has been in love with her since they met at her mother's funeral.