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Date Posted: Thu, March 16 2023, 21:01:36
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Friday, March 17, 2023

The following quote is from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 11, “The Torremolinos Gambit.” Copyright 1994 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘I had meant to thank you sometime, Major,’ the Scot said softly.
Grey was startled.
‘Thank me? For what?’
The Scot looked up, eyes dark over the finished game.
‘For that night at Carryarrick where we first met.’ His eyes were steady on Grey’s. ‘For what ye did for my wife.’
‘You remembered,’ Grey said hoarsely.
‘I hadna forgotten,’ Fraser said simply. Grey steeled himself to look across the table, but when he did so, he found no hint of laughter in the slanted blue eyes.
Fraser nodded at him, gravely formal. ‘Ye were a worthy foe, Major; I wouldna forget you.’
John Grey laughed bitterly. Oddly enough, he felt less upset than he had thought he would, at having the shameful memory so explicitly recalled.
‘If you found a sixteen-year-old shitting himself with fear a worthy foe, Mr. Fraser, then it is little wonder that the Highland army was defeated!’
Fraser smiled faintly.
‘A man that doesna shit himself with a pistol held to his head, Major, has either no bowels, or no brains.’
Despite himself, Grey laughed. One edge of Fraser’s mouth turned slightly up.
‘Ye wouldna speak to save your own life, but ye would do it to save a lady’s honor. The honor of my own lady,’ Fraser said softly. ‘That doesna seem like cowardice to me.’”

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[> I felt like this exchange sowed the seeds of the mutual respect that is the bedrock of Jamie & LJG's friendship. -- DianaH, Fri, March 17 2023, 11:56:57


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[> CindyG, thank you for a wonderful week of the chess match if two of our favorites! -- DianaH, Fri, March 17 2023, 11:58:24


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[> [> This isn’t what I had originally intended but I think it’s been ok. I’m glad you enjoyed it -- CindyG, Fri, March 17 2023, 13:03:37


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