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Date Posted: Thu, August 10 2023, 10:31:39
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Thursday, August 10, 2023

The following quotation is from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 73 One Ewe Lamb Returns To The Fold

He affected to ignore their distraction, though, and sat down to drink tea and hear Willie’s experiences.

The telling calmed William a little. Grey watched William’s face change as he talked, sometimes haltingly, and felt a deep pang at seeing it. Pride, yes, great pride; William was a man now, a soldier, and a good one. But Grey had also a lurking regret for the disappearance of the last traces of Willie’s innocence; the briefest look at his eyes proved that had gone.

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[> Yes, talk about bittersweet. The first time you see your child as an adult. -- Kathy in PA, Fri, August 11 2023, 13:43:44


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