Those must be strong who can bathe in Rhine water through a hole in the ice and take no hurt." "Don't scold, woman," he answered, "I have no time for it.

If you were ducked yesterday, it served you right for losing your cursed temper.
Could you not see that I had my own game to play, and you were spoiling it?
Must I be flouted before my men, and listen while you warn a lady with whom I wish to stand well against me ?" "You generally have a game to play, Excellency, but when it ends in my being first robbed and then nearly drowned beneath the ice--well, that is a game which Black Meg does not forget." "Hush, mother, you are not the only person with a memory.

What was the reward?
Twelve florins?
Well, you shall have them, and five more; that's good pay for a lick of cold water.

Are you satisfied ?" "No, Excellency.

I wanted the life, that heretic's life.