"Plan to accost other innocent young debutantes, then?" Clarissa said in response to the other mans muttered words, a faux lightness to her tone. "And I am neither unruly nor a shrew. You are simply a mannerless cur and I protected myself." She didn't know who this man was but he honestly couldn't possibly be someone she should be careful about possibly offending. Besides, he had offended her first so it was fair. She also doubted she would ever see him again after this moment.



