“They aren’t French enough,” said Aurienne. “That’s the problem. We ought to have let the French have their bloody Norman Conquest and be done with it. But no. We beat them back. And now, eight centuries later, here we are, with ten petty kingdoms, and ten clowns in charge, instead of a Noblesse-Obliging Frenchy.” Xanthe ate a piece of cheese and added, “We’d have better Brie, too.”
