With stierne face and with ful trouble cheere,
And seyde thus: "Grisilde," quod he, "that day
That I yow took out of youre povere array,
And putte yow in estaat of heigh noblesse –
Ye have nat that forgeten, as I gesse?
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk’s Tale. Looking all stern and troubled, Walter reminds Griselda of the day that he plucked her from poverty and raised her to a position of high nobility. You haven’t forgotten, he asks? – making sure she won’t. There appears to be a "you owe me" coming up next!