[Ah, he IS being brazen, that's not right. And towards a lady no less! He stops immediately, holding his hands up.]

Sorry - sorry, I do apologize, miss, it was not my intention to frighten you. I merely wish to know where I am and why I am here - questions that, perhaps, you too ask yourself?

[No one's going to get any answers if they get upset, and the last thing Raoul wants to do is upset a lady he's never met before now.]