Friday, January 18, 2013

spotlessly clean to the end


Marie Antoinette, with only the crudest conveniences, kept herself spotlessly clean to the end. And when they called to take her to the guillotine, she asked only for the time to put on a clean shift. 

Wilson, Marjery. The Woman You Want to Be. 1942. Philadelphia. J.B. Lippincott Co. p.68

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