" Miss Princeton is . . .” He searched for a way to describe her. “Reckless.”
“Reckless?” The word escaped all four men in perfect harmony.
He sighed. It wasn’t like him to talk about personal matters. Drawing attention to himself was not his style. Back home in Phoenix people expected their ministers to be dignified and sedate. At age thirty, he’d served his church well. He could only imagine what his congregation would say if they knew how their esteemed leader bared his soul to a group of near strangers.
“Maybe that’s not the right word but . . .” He couldn’t think of another. “She taught our church ladies to play rounders.”
The eye behind the monocle never wavered from its examination of him. “Far as I know, rounders isn’t a sin. Why are you all riled up? "

― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)