" Of course I do know it is the French who are so wicked; but there are all these people who keep coming and going - the Austrians, the Spaniards, the Russians. Pray, are the Russians good now? It would be very shocking - treason no doubt - to put the wrong people in my prayers. "

― Patrick O'Brian , H. M. S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin #3)