Her husband was Guillotined last May, and from her home she was taken-no time to write to a friend-no time to save anything she had, except a string of pearls, which round her waist for many weeks, she had worn.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
I feel almost as if I were waiting to be told on what day I am to be Guillotined, like a French criminal.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
Cosse had been Guillotined that day.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune