‘Stand up, young woman … and tell me what sort of a barbarous people your country folk are, where…
The Scottish law attaches a presumption of infanticide to concealed pregnancy, secret delivery and a missing child. The shorter alternatives omit part of that legally…
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‘Stand up, young woman … and tell
me what sort of a
barbarous people your country folk
are, where child-murder is become
so commonplace as to require the
restraint of laws like yours.’
The queen in Scott’s The Heart of
Midlothian is referring to a strange
Scottish law according to which if a
woman
Answer and explanation
Correct answer B
The Scottish law attaches a presumption of infanticide to concealed pregnancy, secret delivery and a missing child. The shorter alternatives omit part of that legally significant conjunction, while deliberate proved killing is a different and much simpler statement.
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