When told, Anne decides to lie about who gets it and claims that she inherited it.
Because Anne tells her that her mother would tell her who would inherit the bad blood, Patsy allows her to visit her mother again. Before she is able to go down, Patsy finds out her sister has been visiting her mother secretly. One day when Anne sneaks down to visit her mother, she is told by her mother that she would learn who would inherit the bad blood next time she goes down. However, she is eventually forced to tell her siblings when things get out of order in the household.
Rumors spread about a madwoman locked in a cellar in the town, and Patsy does her best to conceal it from the public. As Sarah begins to lose her mind, she also gains the ability to supposedly see the future. This leaves Patsy to become the head of the house with her father gone persuading the Americans to rebel against Britain. This results in her confinement in the cellar to prevent any danger that she could pose. Her family is left to cope with her absence, even as they are threatened to be torn apart by the knowledge that their middle child may have inherited their mother's disease.Įverything in the Patrick Henry household is fine until Sarah Henry, the mother, begins to lose her mind. Patrick Henry travels throughout the Thirteen Colonies, advocating independence from Britain.Īs the mother of a large family and wife of Patrick Henry succumbs to a genetic mental disorder, she is removed to a cellar prison in her own house, where she shows the power to predict future outcomes.
It is also told by his younger daughter, Anne Henry. The story is told through the eyes of his daughter, Patsy Henry. Or Give Me Death ( ISBN 0-15-216687-4) is a 2003 work of historical fiction by Ann Rinaldi based on the possibility that the famous words of Patrick Henry's " Give me Liberty or Give me Death" may have been first spoken by his dying, mentally ill wife, Sarah, whom he kept locked up in a cellar to prevent her from hurting anyone.
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