"...You may shoot me, or beat me to a mummy: my person is in your power, but my mind is beyond your reach."
-Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore when faced by her husband's pistol after he kidnapped her.
"...You may shoot me, or beat me to a mummy: my person is in your power, but my mind is beyond your reach."
"...my mind is beyond your reach"- very deep- I like it a lot.
ReplyDeleteOh my!
ReplyDeleteShe was quite the lady! Her husband on the other hand...
ReplyDeleteWow! She was a brave and wise lady. He sure didn't deserve her.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness the things he did to her make me sick...that's why her new biography is worth a read!
ReplyDeleteWhat a powerful statement - it must have incensed him immensely! I am looking forward to reading more about her life, although I have the feeling that I'll want to put my fist through the pages at punch her husband in the face =) I'll try to contain myself.
ReplyDeleteOh you will!! I guarantee it. Supposedly after she said this he remarked (although I don't have the exact quote here), "Good God you are an amazing woman."
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