Lottie Cummings sat silently under the tirade pressing her hands together to prevent them from shaking. You are supposed to be scandalous, so behave scandalously! If Lord Bor-rodale wanted a block of ice in his bed he would be at home with his wife!" "He said that you were so cold you unmanned him. I did not expect a shrinking virgin." She threw her hands up. "I hired you as a novelty, an attraction, the most notorious woman in London. "You are supposed to be an investment, madam!" Her genteel accent was slipping under duress. "One hundred guineas that cost me!" She put her hands on her hips and viewed with utter exasperation the woman sitting at the dressing table. Tong, resident procuress of The Temple of Venus, strode into the opulent boudoir with a hissing swish of angry silk skirts. "That is the fifth gentleman this week to demand his money back." Mrs.
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