@Ifrittuccia I disagree, while romantism is fine and good to look at, Albert is doing the right thing. Say, if he had truly confessed his love, in his current position, being unable to trully marry her he would end up bringing nothing but sorrow to the maid.
Instead, he chose to not foment any feelings watsoever between them, maintaining the current professional status quo. Confessing here would be pretty damn egoistic and irresponsible.