I doubt I called him illegitimate, sir. I wouldn't use that sort of word. I probably called him a bastard. (Bernard Cornwell)

I doubt I called him illegitimate, sir. I wouldn't use that sort of word. I probably called him a bastard.

Bernard Cornwell

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