A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)

by Deanna Raybourn

Men, I had often observed, were never happier than when they believed they were imparting wisdom.

it was not my place to tutor them in misdemeanors.

“Will you talk about it?” “Someday,” he told me. “I have never spoken of it. But someday I might, and if I do, you may be certain it will be with you.”