No need to worry, the thread of the story was not there to follow. James was manipulating an old, old Scottish tale called... are you ready for this?... "Michael Scott". Yes, indeed, there's an old Highland story about one Michael Scott who fights a wyrm, cuts it into 3 pieces, eats the middle piece, and thereby gains control of the dead. He raises up a zombie army and becomes quite the powerful guy. So, um, yeah... but since Pam couldn't even understand the opening bit he had to keep backtracking and eventually he just kind of fumbled out a story more based on what was going on with him and Pam then anything having to do with "Michael Scott". So there you go. You were completely right to not understand what the hell he was talking about.

Roy of Nuneaton's worse, let me tell ya. At least the Irish Knight follows his chivalric code whenever he thinks he'll get caught. Roy doesn't abide to any code since he's just a local bully. That will become more apparant as the story progresses. This was just Ryan's only chance to have a good time before he was back among his peers.

 Is that just what a man would have done at that point (withdraw), or was he unsure how welcomed the attention was? Very good question and difficult to answer. At this point in time the knights of England were the main peace-keeping and law-giving units operating under either the King (and his designated nobles) or the Church. Depending on who your master was, raping a woman was completely acceptable. In this case, since she didn't scream, James was in a quandry. It could have been an agreeable tryst for all he knew. The other BIG problem here for James is that these are foreigners. He's not exactly sure what is acceptable and not acceptable under their moral codes. Since Ryan has been described as a Knight of a Holy Order (and thus under the Archbishop's eventual rule), it would suggest that this fornication would be, at the least, looked down upon with disdain and requiring eventual penance. However, by James calling him a rogue, he's telling everyone that he, James, goes by a higher code of chivalry. It kind of sucks that at this time the law-keeping force was also the most likely to commit these transgressions without fear of reprisal. If Ryan had been Kenric and James knew that Kellieth did not seek his advances, James would not have hesitated to stop him. Ryan gets a lot of leeway because a) he's a knight and b) he's got some really powerful connections.

And yes, what Kellieth did in the forest is the equal of Kelly's asking Jim in the kitchen to find out if Ryan likes her and wants to date. She is expecting to get married and have lots and lots of babies! He's soooo perfect! He's going to own his own business one day! (That is, own his own castle) Chances of Kellieth getting swollen with child and having no husband named Ryan.... I'm guessing 89% unless divine intervention (deus ex machina) occurs.