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Date Posted: 05:19:11 10/02/07 Tue
Author: Conmama
Subject: I want to jump in on this bandwagon *g*. I've thought alot about this scene in the past, because it's one of my favorites. My first take on it was that Jamie was embarrassed with what John said, period. Now, after this lengthy and interesting discussion/debate I have a more in-depth opinion about the scene. Jamie, out of love and the utmost respect for Claire, would never have said anything to her in public about her comment to Lord John. (although he would have in private, I suspect). But, Lord John took what Claire said and ran with it. At THAT point, Jamie knew he wanted to put a stop to this runaway, snippy exchange. However, it was John who crossed the line, so to speak....but it was also intended to stop Claire from going any further...but without humiliating her because he loves her. Sooooo...in the final analysis....it was both for John AND Claire to stop...but he was smacking LJG's hand, so to speak.
In reply to: pamelalass 's message, "Yes, "throwing cold water" on it - that's what I was trying to say, only you captured it so much better! And reading this new book does make me look at some of my favorite parts of the older books with new eyes - - as you say, John's comment is kind of a bonus to the reader (though clearly nothing of the sort for Claire and Jamie!), and I hadn't thought of it that way before. It's part of his richness as a character, that he's not perfect, and acts like a jerk sometimes." on 15:11:32 09/30/07 Sun


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