A dear friend: [When speaking about a challenge from another friend] Indeed, but it is unbefitting of a man to challenge a woman in sexist Victorian and Edwardian societies, as well as laws of etiquette!
Me: Well, my beloved friend, you are under a false assumption if you believe me to be a conventional woman.
Me: Well, my beloved friend, you are under a false assumption if you believe me to be a conventional woman.
