James was actually enjoying the play and flirt around propriety, perverse soul that he sometimes was. He wasn't sure that Mr.St.John would have the same ideas though, so he was careful to catch himself before he went too far.
"Why, good Doctor, it was only on the fourth of this month, though I confess much has happened in that time, and in all the best ways, it feels like longer since I first arrived. Indeed, as the saying goes, home is where the heart is, is it not? I confess that a part of my heart will always be on the other side of the great ocean, but a greater part still has travelled with me."