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Date Posted: Thu, February 23 2023, 18:36:33
Author: Betsy BFS
Subject: QOTD for 02/24/23

Enough of Jocasta and her fluid love life. I couldn't find what I was looking for, so I closed my eyes, reached for a Book, opened it, and pointed my finger. The following is totally random.

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The following quote is from 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes,' by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 56, "Tar and Feathers." Copyright © 2005, by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


The doorway was filled by a short, stocky woman, dressed in a very odd combination of garments. For an instant, I thoughtshe was an Indian, for she wore no cap, and her dark hair was braided-- but then she came into the shop, and I saw that she was white. Or rather pink; her heavy face was flushed with sunburn and the tip of her pug nose was bright red.

"Which one of you is Claire Fraser?" she demanded, looking from me to Melanie Bogues.

"I am," repressing an instinctive urge to take a step backward. Her manner wasn't threatening, but she radiated such an air of physical power that I found her rather intimidating. "Who are you?" I spoke from astonishment, rather then rudeness, and she did not seem offended.

"Jezabel Hatfield Morton," she said, squinting intently at me. "Some geezer at the docks tellt me that you was headin' here." In marked contrast to Melanie Bogue's soft English accent, she had the rough speech I associated with people who had been in the backcountry for three or four generations, speaking to no one in the meantime save raccoons, possums, and one another.

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[> I liked Jezabel Morton. I wonder why Isaiah cheated on her. -- kgp, Fri, February 24 2023, 10:08:05


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