Stephen gulped. "You do love to put me on my knees, don't you?"
"I like to make you know your master", Crane said. "It's only fair. The rest of the time you've got me so thoroughly enslaved, I might as well be wearing a collar with your name on it.

“Nobody ain't going to lay a finger on you, missus," said Merrick. "Not while me and my lord are standing. You tell Mr. Day about it and don't worry no more"
"Since when did you talk to law?" demanded Leonora in Shanghainese.
"Since his nobility's fucking it. You want the shortarse on your side.”

Everyone can do evil. Some people can be forced to it, and some fight against it, and some don’t even need an invitation.