"You know," Miles says suddenly, as a different strategy occurs to him, "what did my wife ever do to you, anyway? She married me, granted, but for a haut-lady that's not really a matter of choice as such. And you can hardly argue that she's Barrayaran. Barrayar does not love her, I guarantee you that. So what? Someone stuck the name Vorkosigan to her like a 'Kick Me' sign, and now you're going to—what are you going to do to us?"