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Date Posted: Mon, November 14 2022, 19:38:44
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Tuesday, November 15, 2022

The following quote is from Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 131, “Thunderstorms on the Ridge.” Copyright 2021 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“He made a sudden, urgent sound and, reaching up, took hold of the dangling small leather bag that had slipped out from its place between my breasts when I bent over him.
‘What is this?’ he demanded, pushing the wicker mask aside with his other hand. He looked shocked. ‘What is in it?’
‘Ahh…to be honest, I don’t know, exactly,’ I said, and took it gingerly from his fingers. ‘It’s a…um…I suppose you’d call it a medicine bag—a sort of…amulet? An Indian healer gave it to me, some years ago, and once in a long while, I add something to it—a stone, perhaps, or a bit of herb. But…it didn’t seem right to pour out what she’d put in.’
His look of shock had faded into one of intense interest, tinged with what looked like respect. He put out a tentative forefinger and, raising one brow to ask my permission, touched the worn leather. And I felt it. A faint pulse that throbbed once, against the palm of my hand.
He saw me feel it and his face changed. It was still gray with pain and cold and blood loss, but he was no longer scared—of me, Jamie, or anything else.
‘It is your moco,’ he said softly and nodded, certain.”

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