Cara: When my servants drop things, or grumble or whine,
It’s never too long before they’re back in line.
Margrave: Tell me how you manage it, Princess.
Cara: Once, long ago, I was training a slave,
who endeavored most stubbornly, not to behave.
So I cut off a finger or two with a knife,
and threatened to slaughter his child and his wife.
Then I stripped him down naked and strapped to a horse,
and dragged him through miles of bramble and gorse.
Poured salt in his wounds and rolled him in rubble,
that was the last time he gave any trouble.

Legend of the Seeker 2x13 - “Princess”