"I could, is the thing. It was... I was so green with envy that I had no want to. It was as if I could have that little bit of what he had, and I took it greedily." Not that he was beyond greed, but that hadn't been what he felt at the time.
He dared a glance at her face as she said she needed to keep an eye on him. Was that mischief in those beautiful green eyes? "You just may." He dared a bit of mischief himself. "Though I feel as if I have a good hold on my self preservation enough not to allow such a thing to happen again." Unless Marian asked, and he was sure she was herself when she did so.