““The loan of a jacket is little hardship,” Fox replied mildly. “I retain my shirt, waistcoat, trousers, and much else besides. Truly the vast difference in the quantity of fabric allocated to fashionable men and women is inexplicable.”

—  David D. Levine

Source: Arabella and the Battle of Venus (2017), Chapter 11, “Prisoners” (p. 166)

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