[He's glad that she doesn't seem offended, if not at him then at least at Constance speaking with him about it]
I'll tell you as I told her -- that I don't expect for you to speak with me, if you'd rather not, but... Constance is loyal to you to a fault. If it's a matter of keeping a secret, you know that everything will stop with her. [She won't betray you.]
If it is a matter of... waiting for someone, though. [hesitates a moment, erm.] I can say that you could speak with me -- if only because I can understand that feeling.