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Date Posted: 06:20:43 10/15/07 Mon
Author: Jane
Subject: That John would do this for a man he'd only met once, a man who even implied he might be tempted to blackmail him, makes John all that more amazing.
In reply to: JessieR 's message, "Just couldn�t resist�From the first chapter of Drums of Autumn: Jamie�calling out to Gavin Hayes shortly before he is to be hanged, one of my most favorite Jamie moments. There�s something impressive about a man who will help another die a dignified death." on 20:30:37 10/14/07 Sun

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And he goes beyond witnessing, to a strange act of near "mercy-killing" (another recurring theme in DG) - - so, why do you think he is moved to act in this "brotherly" fashion, when, it's true, unlike Jamie and Gavin, he barely knows Bates? (NT) -- pamelalass, 06:32:33 10/15/07 Mon
- He had paid for a leg-puller to perform that office but they weren't there. I think it was an act of mercy for a fellow officer as well as the motivation that it might so easily have been him on the gallows for the crime of sodomy had he been less fortunate or of a lesser social standing. John has a strong sense of justice and honor. (NT) -- kgp, 06:58:37 10/15/07 Mon

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