Mr. Kida, please stop using that word with Phoebe. It's vulgar and it would make her uncomfortable.
[He's actually not sure that it would, which is mortifying in its own way. Monty knows full well that Phoebe might be an innocent, but she's no stranger to passions or enticing men. There are certain ways a woman learns her wiles, and she hadn't a mother still living to have learned them from.]
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Mr. Kida, please stop using that word with Phoebe. It's vulgar and it would make her uncomfortable.
[He's actually not sure that it would, which is mortifying in its own way. Monty knows full well that Phoebe might be an innocent, but she's no stranger to passions or enticing men. There are certain ways a woman learns her wiles, and she hadn't a mother still living to have learned them from.]