Lady Gwendolyn laughed. "Oh, come, come my lord! It does a man good to have a little scandal attached to his name. The Duke of Dorset is universally known to seduce only married women and everyone still likes him. And Fox! Poor Fox gambled away several fortunes before he was twenty, drinks like a man dying of thirst and lives with one of the most notorious courtesans in London but everyone adores him. Well, except Prime Minister Pitt, but Pitt doesn't like anything but Mr. Pitt doesn't like anything but drinking."
Hm. Interesting, interesting. An insult to England or France? This required careful investigation. "Yes- and all turning up their noses at roast beef and begging for frog's legs. I suppose you prefer a nice haggis, but have you ever tried frog's legs? La, I almost prefer the snails."