I do wish Slumtrimpet could do something about undermining that young woman's sense of the ridiculous.

“Virtue - even attempted virtue - brings light; indulgence brings fog.”

“But in Friendship, being free of all that, we think we have chosen our peers. I…”

“As he rose to his feet he noticed that he was neither dripping nor panting for …”

“By knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”