Posted by Jon on November 19, 2014 at 14:54:10 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: Ransome's language posted by Dave Thewlis on November 18, 2014 at 05:44:46:
I do believe you're right - and IIRC it's in several places, spoken by Harriet and Peter among others. I seem to recall Harriet describing her earlier behaviour to Peter in those terms (Gaudy Night?), though that reference may have been "a perfect beast".