- Portia Featherington: Sweet child, many men make declarations of love when they want to make love. But rare is the man whose love remains true when the consequences of lovemaking are brought to his attention.
- Daphne Bridgerton: Simon. Tell me. Tell me!
- Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings: All right! All right! What happens between a husband and a wife... Well, it is a natural continuation of what happens at night.
- Daphne Bridgerton: At night?
- [chuckles]
- Daphne Bridgerton: What happens at night?
- Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings: When you are alone.
- Daphne Bridgerton: When I am sleeping?
- Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings: Not when you are sleeping. When you touch yourself. You do touch yourself? When you are alone, you can touch yourself. Anywhere on your body, anywhere that gives you pleasure, but especially... between your legs. And when you find a feeling you particularly enjoy, you can carry on with that until the feeling grows, and eventually you reach a pinnacle, a release. And that should help you.