بالتأكيد»، قال أثلستان، «النساء أقلّ الكائنات جديرةً بالثقة، باستثناء الرهبان والرؤساء الدينيين».

“Certainly," quoth Athelstane, "women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted.”Walter Scott — The Complete Novels of Sir Walter Scott: Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Heart of Midlothian and many more (Illustrated): The Betrothed, The Talisman, Black Dwarf, The Monastery, The Abbot, Kenilworth, Peveril of the Peak, A Legend of Montrose, The Fortunes of Nigel, Tales from Benedictine Sources… (2015)