prude

Give me the Black Death over a Victorian prude any day. At least the dying screw like it's their last day on earth.

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Nim looked aghast. __f course not. Do you think my future wife would be a servant? No__t__ Number Seven of the wives. Her name is Begonia.___h, no, Nim,_ Vesper said. __ou can__ fall for one of the wives! She__ married. And to the king, no less. That__ illegal. Maybe it shouldn__ be, but you__l still probably be arrested if anyone finds out__r worse.___ knew you__ say that,_ Nim said, turning away. __ou__e such a prude, Vesper. Love is above things like rules. And the king has so many wives and mistresses__e doesn__ even remember all of them.

Why not? If you're not going to let me see you naked, we might as well be girlfriends.""You're a twisted little man.""Come on, Stretch, share with the class.""No!" I laughed."Prude.""Perv.""Schoolmarm.""Some other word that essentially means perv.

Lying mouth to mouth, kiss to kiss in the pillow dark, loin to loin in unbelievable surrendering sweetness so distant from all our mental fearful abstractions it makes you wonder why men have termed God antisexual somehow (p. 148)

He gave a wry smile. With all this vigilant vigils on virginity, you would think the country would have controlled its population by now.

One of the Christian's biggest fears is appearing 'too Christian'. God forbid, because that's often characterized as god-awful! We want to be one, but without being 'one of them'.

On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.