“If I tell you something, you can’t mock me for it. And I don’t only mean now. You can’t whip this out and mock me for it at some later date when you’re feeling peevish.” “I’m not going to mock you.” She takes another huffy breath, nostrils flaring, then says, “I’ve been studying medicine.” “Medicine? Since when have you been interested in that?” “Since my whole life.” “Where do you learn about medicine?” “I read. I’ve been stripping the covers off amatory novels and swapping them with medical textbooks for years so Father wouldn’t find out. He’d rather I read those trampy Eliza Haywoods than
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