IIRC (may be wrong, read as a kid), those ladies used to signal which aristocrats should be chopped vs. not, by signalling with their knitting needles, or a nod or shake of the head, or some such - while sitting in the front row before the guillotine.
Ghoulish. Of course, as a kid, you (I) lap up and relish that stuff, like breakfast cereal.
- La Guillotine
- Madame Defarge and friends
- etc.
from A Tale of Two Cities.
IIRC (may be wrong, read as a kid), those ladies used to signal which aristocrats should be chopped vs. not, by signalling with their knitting needles, or a nod or shake of the head, or some such - while sitting in the front row before the guillotine.
Ghoulish. Of course, as a kid, you (I) lap up and relish that stuff, like breakfast cereal.
Edit: Links:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Defarge
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities
Wow, I did not know before just now seeing the Wikipedia article above, that, to quote it:
[ As Dickens's best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is said to be one of the best-selling novels of all time. ]