At this, Ophelia laughed aloud. She had heard of unfortunate women who sold their bodies, but it had never occurred to her that any man might. Who would hire them? Women didn't have such fervent desires as she had been told men did, which was supposedly the reason they visited such fallen women in the first place. Outside of this very particular set of circumstances, Ophelia couldn't imagine a male in that 'profession' would have much business.

"Well, be that as it may," she said, shaking her head. "I'm sure she could manage it. There are other things men might want besides money and good company," she pointed out. An enterprising servant might do it simply to have the blackmail material — though even in relatively safe company Ophelia could never go so far as to suggest that aloud.