[It's really just a few breathes, a few long breathes maybe. When he pulls back enough to lick his own lips there is finally a flush there, though whether or not it's from embarrassment is hard to say.

He sits up a bit more, opens his mouth once or twice apparently intending to say something, and eventually does get it out. Despite his apparent slight fluster he is once again looking straight at Curtain]

Curtain. ...Appointment with Death under a Curtain.. I have a proposal.