可怜的王后魄散魂离，威风扫地，甚至于没先征求我的同意，就不敢把那个作曲者 处以绞刑 。

The poor queen was so scared and humbled that she was even afraid to hang the composer without first consulting me.

这个场面发生在7月19日的国会听证会上，这场听证会的醉翁之意就是要让她的丈夫默多克威风扫地。

The scene occurred at the parliamentary hearings on July 19, hearings designed, metaphorically, to knock her husband, Rupert, off his pedestal.