britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“If it was just the two of us, it may be a different story, but I have no wish to walk around in feminine clothes in front of that brute.”

"He wouldn’t really be able to act like a ‘brute’ if he’s in a kimono. And he’d be dressed up, so if he started giving you a hard time, you could comment right back. It’d be no different than how you two normally act, you’d just be in different clothes.”