Ina Reads’s Reviews > A Man Above Reproach > Status Update

A half an hour later, he heard a butler announce Ana’s arrival from his post prowling in a parlor near the entryway. One might call it blatant eavesdropping, if one was looking at it from the outside. He preferred to call it investigation. He had to be prepared with the harridan in his house.

"She refuses to listen to reason, even when I am endeavoring to protect her. She has a most vexing collarbone. Should I have noticed that? I keep forgetting that she is not a lady. I saw her smoke, Nic, smoke! She drank her wine in two gulps. She belongs in Bedlam where she can’t cause any trouble. Or maybe I do. Do I sound mad, Nic?” Nicholas was asleep, openmouthed, against the window.

Ach. Stories set in brothels are not my cuppa. Hoping this setting changes rather quickly.