“He seems to have declared war on the King’s English as well as on the English king.”
“Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the king’s English.”
“He might as well have been talking English, for all Mae understood him.”
“You seem to forget, Dickon, that we are dealing with the Spider King. Louis realized, just as you have, that it would take more to mate dog to cat than a shared lust for the English crown.”
“English kings married their cousins and so their kids were as sharp as clubs.”
“Stupid English.""English isn't stupid," I say."Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about our favorite subject, and I wanted to write about lunch, but he won't let me.""Why not?""He says lunch isn't a subject."I glance at him. "It isn't.""Well," Jacob says, "it's not a predicate, either. Shouldn't he know that?”