You wonder about her crime. She was condemned
to death for stealing clothes from her employer, from
the wife of her employer. She wished to make herself
more beautiful. This desire in servants was not legal.


Selected Poems 1976-1986 (1987) - Marrying the Hangman

Margaret Atwood Quotes

You wonder about her crime. She was condemned to death for stealing clothes from her employer, from the wife of her employer. She wished to make...

You wonder about her crime. She was condemned to death for stealing clothes from her employer, from the wife of her employer. She wished to make...

You wonder about her crime. She was condemned to death for stealing clothes from her employer, from the wife of her employer. She wished to make...

You wonder about her crime. She was condemned to death for stealing clothes from her employer, from the wife of her employer. She wished to make...