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'But, fairest Hypatia, conceive yourself struck in the face by a great stone, several hundred howling wretches leaping up at you like wild beasts -- two minutes more, and you are torn limb from limb. What would even you do in such a case?'
'Let them tear me limb from limb, and die as I have lived.'