ButwhenMissNightingalepleaseGod!shallreturnsafeamongstus:whensheshallceasefromgazinginthegreatmultitudeofwistfuldyingeyes，andcomebacktotheusualsightsoflife:whenthemoansofthewoundedshallbeasorrowfulmemory，notapainfulrealityinherPage109
ears:when，instead，sheshallhear，asshelandsonhernativesoil，theshoutedwelcomesofapplaudingandreverentialhearts，——williteveroccurtothemenofEnglandthatthebest\"testimonial\"totheworthofsuchwomen，wouldbetogivethesextheybelongto，astatus，which，inourcountryalone，isdeniedthem?andlawsofprotection，whichFrance，Germany，Prussia，——aye，evenAustriaandRussia，——finditeasiertoenactthanourselves。
ItwillgohardwiththeloyaltyofsuchofyourMajesty\'sfemalesubjectsassufferlikeme，buttheywillwishthemselvessubjectsinanyothercountry；where，atleast，iftheyaretosuffer，theymustoffendagainstthelaw，andnot，asinEngland，sufferwithoutoffending。TheHaynausofEnglandaretheywhowillnothelptochangesuchlaws!HadIbeenaman，Iwouldhaveworkedouttheirrevisionandreform:butIamonlyawoman——and，inthelandwhichmyQueengoverns，womencountfornothinginimportantmatters。I
amonlyawoman——andbythelawtaughtinthoseInnsofCourtwherethePrinceConsortisaBencher，myexistenceis\"absorbedinthatofmyhusband；\"
andmyintelligenceisonlysofaravailable，thatitenableshimtosubpoenamypub-Page110