Booth's Words

[BettyO]

Quote:Although it contains some fluff, I can't dismiss all of Booth's own words in his diary..

"Until today nothing was ever thought of sacrificing to our country's wrongs. For six months we had worked to capture, but our cause being almost lost, something decisive and great must be done."

"I can never repent it, though we hated to kill."

Excellent indeed - and spoken in true, Victorian flowery language. Although stilted to 21st Century mindsets and ears; our 19th Century brethren had a language all their own, just as Laurie said. Pure Victorian and pure Booth....