Glinda's smile broke into something more coquettish. "I shall have you know, dear Matthew, that I know many an impropriety and yet more dirty words." That she chose not to use them was another matter. It was yet another thing that had to be left behind. One couldn't be the flirting and bawdy waif in the vicious world of politics. Not when so many expectations rested upon your shoulders. "I am just mindful of whom I share them with."

"Probably not a great deal but in moments like this, I find it difficult to care if the sky were to fall." Especially when Matthew's presence and closeness was quite so intoxicating.