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We need to play both sides.
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Oh, I intend to do that as negotiator,
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but your position is not as flexible.
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Are you with Maud or are you against her?
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That's what Stephen will think.
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And as of this moment, you are most decidedly with.
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Well then, if he wins,
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you will have to intercede for us.
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You presume our position is that of equals,
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I need you to serve me, not command me.
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Dear Lady, you mistake my meaning entirely.
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Well, then, what would Your Eminence have me do?