He then said that this King would marry me but would not expect to share my bed more than two or three times a year.

As much as that?

Well, he...he is enraptured.

Naturally.

But... his affairs would otherwise keep him in Spain.

Then the King is a fool. What could ever be important enough to keep him from your bed?

Robert, you should not say such things.

Then I shall only think them.