[furious, following his deposing as Earl of Shiring] She betrayed me! My own wife!
If you kick a dog, it may someday bite you. Your mother never learned that and now she burns in eternal fire.
Nonsense! She's in Heaven, kneeling before the throne of God!
She's in Hell, William, and rumor has it you put her there.
[afraid] What can I do? I'll build a chapel in exchange for her salvation.
Too late for that. All you can do is save yourself now.
How?! I'll do anything! [Waleran raises an eyebrow] This isn't fair!
No, it isn't. Very little in this life is fair when the forces of evil are strong...and make no mistake about it, it's the Devil we're fighting and the scores are even.
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