"Well, a chaperone would protect good little me from big bad you. I choose to think that you see us on more equal footing than that." "A nice way of saying that I have no teeth." To her surprise, he didn't seem offended by the notion. Lord Geoffrey, if he ever offered to take her anywhere, would more than likely make some comment that she would need a chaperone to protect her maidenly virtue from his manly rakishness. "It's not that," she returned. "I think you have teeth. It's just that you also have honor." He looked at her for a moment, the expression in his eyes growing cool again. "You're wrong about that, but thank you." Benjamin trotted around the"