I truly believe "I want to marry you, if you can put up with me and all that" / "That makes forty-seven, but I admit I've never been proposed to by a dead man before; that at least has the air of novelty" has legs

I think you should absolutely request this for Yuletide, because the prospect of Peter investigating a murder while—at least part of the time—officially dead is not logistically sillier than the prospect of Peter investigating a murder while—at least part of the time—successfully maintaining a double life.

(I forgot until this comment that he wears horn-rims while being Mr. Bredon. Damn it, Leslie Howard.)