Mary Stuart was Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567. After Mary's husband, Lord Darnley, was murdered and she was implicated in the plot, she was forced to abdicate. Mary fled to England, where she faced a murder inquiry and became a prisoner of the English government. After conspiracies to put her on the throne of England were uncovered, she was tried for treason and ultimately beheaded. Some accounts say her executioners asked for her forgiveness. What is she said to have replied?

DEFINITION: (verb) Spread or diffuse through. SYNONYMS: imbue, permeate, pervade, diffuse, riddle, penetrate. USAGE: Crossing his arms on his chest, as if to control this new sensation of delight, he drank in delicious draughts of that mysterious air which interpenetrates at night the loftiest forests.

DEFINITION: (adjective) Exhibiting or feeling great or offensive satisfaction with oneself or with one's situation; self-righteously complacent. SYNONYMS: self-satisfied. USAGE: On his face was the smug look of a toad breakfasting on fat marsh flies.

The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgement shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision.