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Date Posted: Sun, April 09 2023, 20:10:39
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Monday, April 10, 2023

The following quote is from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 14, “A Marriage Takes Place.” Copyright 1991 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“If I was a radiant bride, the groom was positively resplendent. My mouth fell open and stayed that way.
A Highlander in full regalia is an impressive sight—any Highlander, no matter how old, ill-favored, or crabbed in appearance. A tall, straight-bodied, and by no means ill-favored young Highlander at close range is breath-taking.
The thick red-gold hair had been brushed to a smooth gleam that swept the collar of a fine lawn shirt with tucked front, belled sleeves, and lace-trimmed wrist frills that matched the cascade of the starched jabot at the throat, decorated with a ruby stickpin.
His tartan was a brilliant crimson and black that blazed among the more sedate MacKenzies in their green and white. The flaming wool, fastened by a circular silver brooch, fell from his right shoulder in a graceful drape, caught by a silver-studded sword belt before continuing its sweep past neat calves clothed in woolen hose and stopping just short of the silver-buckled black leather boots. Sword, dirk, and badger-skin sporran completed the ensemble.
Well over six feet tall, broad in proportion, and striking of feature, he was a far cry from the grubby horse-handler I was accustomed to—and he knew it.”

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[> I absolutely love this description. “ A Highlander in full regalia is an impressive sight” is one of my Outlander mantras. Lol -- Kathy in PA, Mon, April 10 2023, 4:45:37


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[> The grubby horse handler was pretty good looking also. -- kgp, Mon, April 10 2023, 5:11:30


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