She smiled. “I read it in a book once and have been waiting ages to ‘taste the nectar of your lips,’ or the other one, ‘delve into the honeyed recess of your mouth.’”
“They actually write that bawdy drivel in books young ladies read? When I return to work, I shall have to introduce a censorship bill to protect the modesty and chastity of our future generations.”
If it weren’t for the laughter in his voice, she might have thought him serious, and that would have truly raised her ire. “You wouldn’t! Think of all the... inspired young ladies out there who will be disappointed if they could no longer read of Lady M’s flirtation with Lord N. Why, a full half the population of this country would revolt. We would riot!” She stared into his amused hazel eyes, with her serious ones. “Think on thi
