The important question is, what will your wear for a wedding dress, Alexia? You look horrible in white.

He has been mad for you these many months, ever since you prodded him in the nether regions with a hedgehog.

The Earl of Woolsey was indeed completely nude. He did not seem particularly perturbed by this fact, but Miss Tarabotti felt the sudden need to close her eyes tight and think about asparagus or something equally mundane.

Great, Alexia thought, I have gone from soul sucker to electrical ground. The epithets just get sweeter and sweeter.