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Date Posted: Wed, January 18 2023, 13:17:57
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Wednesday, January 18, 2023

The following quotation is from Written In my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2014. Chapter 112 Daylight Haunting


I found Henri-Christian in the first place I looked: down the street, playing with the two smallest Phillips girls. The Phillipses had ten children, and even Henri-Christian could blend into their household without causing much notice.

Some parents kept their children from coming anywhere near Henri-Christian - whether from fear that dwarfishness was catching, I supposed, or from the common superstition that his appearance was the result of his mother having fornicated with the devil. I’d heard that one now and then, though everyone in the neighborhood knew better than to say it anywhere in the hearing of Jamie, Fergus, Ian, or Germain.

The Phillipses were Jewish, though, and apparently felt some kinship with a person whose differences set him apart. Henri-Christian was always welcome at their house.

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[> I really enjoyed Henri-Christian’s parts of the stories, until the end of course. We really got to know how precarious it was to be different back then and how a loving family literally saved and/or protected them from society. It felt like Fergus’ horror at what his life might turn out to be makes his death bearable. For me, another subtle reference to Diana’s faith, better off in heaven. -- Kathy in PA, Thu, January 19 2023, 5:01:01

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