Noble nodded. Slowly, he raised the edges of the chemise and pulled it over her head — she was now before him, nearly bare except for her bloomers. Noble was half-hard in his trousers. He kept one hand on her hip, over the edge of her bloomers, and reached out with his other to cup her breast. He'd never done this before — too many layers had separated them.

He wasn't sure what to do. He actually found himself wishing he had read Clem's sex pamphlet more closely — although there was something it had mentioned that he wanted to try. He pressed another fervent kiss to her mouth — he was still in his shoes, which was firmly ridiculous of him but he was too distracted to deal with it right now — and circled her nipple with his thumb.