“But,” I repeated firmly, “not everyone who lives on the Ridge has had such experiences, and many of them have never met anyone who has. Most of them have lived in small villages in Scotland, many of them aren’t educated. They would be shocked, perhaps, if you told them very much about…where you lived. How you and your sister—” “They’ve never met whores?” she said, and blinked. “I think some of the men must have.”
