Charles Dickens - That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows;...

That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never tolerate the idea of their wives laying their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never endure the notion of their children laying their heads on their pillows; in short, that there never more could be, for them or theirs, any laying of heads upon pillows at all, unless the prisioner's head was taken off. The Attorney General during the trial of Mr. Darnay