Surprise was overtaken by annoyance. Who did she think she was to question him?
"I believe the bra's owner is the one in position to call me that," Tiberius said with a scowl. "Of course, she seems to have the ability to take a joke, even an off-coloured one, otherwise I would have been turned to jelly a long time ago." And if it was indeed Alice's bra and she would have taken offense, he thought, he'd be a cold, rotting corpse by now.
"Or maybe she's a lady and therefore considers herself above such behaviour," he added. "You, clearly, are no lady."