No, no! I have nourished these projects too long; they are a part of me.

Laughed at, you say?
Have I not been laughed at from one end of the continent to the other ?" passionately.

"It is my turn now, and woe to those who have dared to laugh.

I shall sweep all obstacles away; nothing shall stop me.
Mine the crown is, and mine it shall be.

I am a woman, and I wished to avoid bloodshed.