"Things are developing more rapidly than we imagined," Roger said softly.
"By the resurrection of the Lord of Heaven, I swear the English have always been this way. Not one of them is to be trusted. When the Danish come, they serve the Danish. When the Norwegian come, they serve the Norwegian, utterly shameless. Then, when the Danish and Norwegian are driven out, they casually swear allegiance to their 'liberator' as if nothing happened, as if they were all loyal subjects who had endured great humiliation for a noble cause.
I saw through them long ago. I wouldn't even be surprised if they sold off London City right now. The only way to deal with the English is to break every bone in their bodies, one by one. Make them howl in pain all day, make them do nothing but writhe and twitch on the ground.
