The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2)

by Mackenzi Lee

“It was you who decided you couldn’t bear to be seen with me because I was so embarrassingly unfeminine. You abandoned me. You tossed me out for prettier friends.” “Felicity, I never abandoned you. I made a choice to remove myself from our relationship because you thought that me liking pearls and pomade meant you were superior to me.” “I did not.” “Yes you did! Every time you rolled your eyes and every little smart remark you made about how silly it was for girls to care about their looks. You refused to let me—or anyone!—like books and silks. Outdoors and cosmetics. You stopped taking me seriously when I stopped being the kind of woman you thought I had to be to be considered intelligent and strong. All those things you say make men take women less seriously—I don’t think it’s men; it’s you. You’re not better than any other woman because you like philosophy better than parties and don’t give a fig about the company of gentlemen, or because you wear boots instead of heels and don’t set your hair in curls.”