Gentleness shown once is mercy, shown twice is folly.

“Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved …”

“Laurence felt his face going red; she was sitting there in breeches that showed…”

“Well, I would have struck him, but I would have had to get up. You have no noti…”

“We leave tonight," he continued, very cold and calm, "and we take the eggs with…”