With a resigned shrug, she screamed and collapsed into a faint. She stayed resolutely fainted, despite the liberal application of smelling salts, which made her eyes water most tremendously, a cramp in the back of one knee, and the fact that her new ball gown was getting most awfully wrinkled.
Soulless: Book 1 of The Parasol Protectorate (ed. Hachette UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9780748121489