"I struggled from the bottom of society to lead a life I wanted, yet you calculated and plotted against me repeatedly, trying to drag me down. Christopher Robinson is formidable, I couldn't touch him, I couldn't even get into Madeline Carter's place, but you're different! You're arrogant, opinionated, and disobedient, Christopher Robinson can't control you."
"Look, both of us are pitiful. As Christopher Robinson's women, neither of us would have a good end."
"There's no hope for you. The elevator has malfunctioned, and you'll slowly bleed to death in it. Two lives lost with one body! It doesn't matter if I die, but I'll make Christopher Robinson suffer."
Ben Clinton, half-embracing Amelia Cobb and covering the wound on her shoulder, heard Lydia Shire's words and stomped on her leg, snapping it. "Crazy woman."