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Date Posted: 18:02:38 11/05/07 Mon
Author: teddie ()
Subject: Quote Of The Day for Tuesday November 6, 2007

The following quote is taken from Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 4 – "Chisping". Copyright (c) 2007 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

"Quite suddenly, he wondered whether he could recall Percy Wainwright's face. He had spent all of a two-hour luncheon the day before yesterday in gazing at it, but was suddenly unsure. And much of the second hour in imagining the form that lay beneath the neat blue suit; he was more sure of that, and his heart sped up with anticipation.

What he saw in his mind's eye, though, was another face, another form, vivid as flame among the damp greens and grays of the fells. He saw it, the long suspicious nose, the narrowed eyes hostile as a leopard's, as though the man himself stood before him, and the pleasant thrum of his blood changed at once to something deeper and more visceral."

Thanks for your comments so far! Here, I like how John's memory of Percy is sensual and pleasant, while that of James is dark and rather frightening. Yet, John's love for Jamie precludes his ability to love another...or does it?

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