I'm a thoroughly respectable woman."
"You don't kiss like one.

“I want him to have everything, but all he has is me.”

“I’m pretty sure you just kissed me.”“Yes, I did. Shall I apologize?” “What for?…”

“Nev was the man in the parlor and the painter in his studio, the banker and the…”

“I thought you didn’t sit,” she said. The dimple appeared. “The way I’ve worked …”