Oscar

“A trained fighting man, accustomed to hard words and hard blows and the company of men like himself, for years ruled by the self-discipline required by the world's greatest order of chivalry, Jerott had come to terms now with the fact that one man could make him feel and act like a rhinoceros in a cloud of mosquitoes.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, Pawn in Frankincense

“I find it so helpful,” continued Lymond, “when some of my gentlemen have well-defined codes of conduct. It makes them more predictable.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, The Game of Kings

“She helps everybody ... Wait until you are wed. She’ll do your breathing for you.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, The Ringed Castle

“You haven’t enough artillery, have you?’

‘Against you or the Germans?’ said Lymond.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate