Maddy was in no particular order an heiress, a celebrity, and a renowned kinkstress with enough BDSM accoutrements to open her own dungeon.

Yandher English taecher called our lil one 'a stupid Manxie'.

Adam gave her—the spaniel, not Mrs. Florin—a gentle prod with his foot and a lump of sugar. She licked his shoe with evident cordiality. Adam was not above feeling flattered by friendliness in dogs.

The colonel now addressed me, […] adding, I hope we shall send you to your regiment up the country quite a proficient, and calculated to reflect credit on your instructors in the Zubberdust Bullumteers.