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Date Posted: Thu, January 06 2022, 4:11:37
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Thursday, January 6, 2022

The following quotation is from Written In my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2014 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 25 Give Me Liberty


And as the sun set on the third day since he had left his home, Lord John William Bertram Armstrong Grey found himself once more a free man, with a full belly, a swimming head, a badly mended musket, and severely chafed wrists, standing before the Reverend Peleg Woodsworth, right hand uplifted. Reciting as prompted:

“I, Bertram Armstrong, swear to be true to the United States of America, and to serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies and opposers whatsoever, and to observe and obey the orders of the Continental Congress and the orders of the generals and officers set over me by them.”

Bloody hell, he thought. What next?

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[> John is tough. Raised in the lap of luxury as the younger son he might have been so much less than he is. Being gay in the 18C and managing to survive and hide it well but still find relationships. He is so quick on his feet and dryly witty, something I admire but don’t have, so I love to read his dialogue. Here he is, basically beat to shite, swearing loyalty to the “rebels” - stuck in a horrible situation but already planning his next move. Reminded me of Jamie having to swear loyalty to the crown. Oaths given under pressure shouldn’t be honored. -- Kathy in PA, Fri, January 07 2022, 3:56:47

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[> [> He also hasn't used his own name, therefore it isn't binding. -- kgp, Fri, January 07 2022, 4:11:25

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[> [> [> Ooh I didn’t even think of that! -- Kathy in PA, Fri, January 07 2022, 4:30:53

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