I once met a respectable country-woman who, in the 1960s, threatened violence against a gaggle of be-suited, bloodless officials over a patch of violets.

• 我曾经遇到一位受人尊敬的乡间女子,在上世纪60年代,为了一偏紫罗兰暴力威胁对抗一群衣冠楚楚冷血的官员。