Combining bitter resentment, the soothing taste of gin, and a fondness for females, if Lord Vile thinks he understands betrayal, he hasn't seen anything yet Why would a charming man accept such a terrible epithet? Lord Michael Alder has always behaved himself. Then treachery shatters his gentlemanly character. So be it If the bon ton thinks him a rogue, he may as well shed the burdensome, boring veneer...