Benito Mussolini January 1945 by Madeleine Mollier, a few months before he was captured and executed by Italian anti-fascist partisans, he stated flatly: "Seven years ago, I was an interesting person. Now, I am little more than a corpse." He continued: On 25 April 1945, allied troops were advancing into northern Italy, and the collapse of the Salò Republic was imminent. Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci set out for Switzerland, intending to board a plane and escape to Spain. Two days later on 27 April, they were stopped near the village of Dongo (Lake Como) by communist partisans Valerio and Bellini
The Woman Who Lived has renamed herself "Me" due to her loneliness, although he still calls her Ashildr. She begs the Doctor to take her away from this world, but he refuses. Flicking through her journal, the Doctor finds memories ripped out and pages stained by Me's tears. He also discovers that Me previously had three children, all of whom she lost to the Black Death. Me and the Doctor steal the artifact from a house, flee by climbing out of the chimney and escape an ambush by a rival highwayman, Sam Swift. The Doctor calls the artifact 'the Eyes of Hades' and he