He flushes -- it would be easier if Susan would demure, wave him away from the thought. But he knows that, if she did, she would not be Susan. He doesn't want that.

"I understood, once he pressed me, that there are several reasons I would stay here, rather than return to court, no matter how deep my love for the king and queen." He holds himself like a man who is bracing for something, for one more shattering thing to happen. "But foremost in those reasons, is thee. I thought of thee. I would stay with thee."