" I know why you want to wear the plum,” Marcelline said. “It’s ravishing. It’ll make Longmore swoon.”
“It might make him do some things,” Sophy said. “But swooning isn’t one of them. He’s the sort of man who tells a girl he l-loves her—and then l-laughs. As though
it’s a j-joke. "

― Loretta Chase , Scandal Wears Satin (The Dressmakers, #2)