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Date Posted: Fri, May 05 2023, 19:37:23
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Saturday, May 6, 2023

The following quotation is from Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2021 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 102 The Winds Of Winter


“He said it was your idea.” William said mildly. “That he should pretend to be dead.”

“I couldn’t stop him.” She spoke to the yellow toile de Jouy wallpaper, through her teeth by the sound of it. “I begged him not to do it. Begged him.” She turned around then and glared at him. “But you know what they’re like, these Greys of yours. Nothing matters to them when they’ve made up their minds - nothing. And nobody.”

“I wouldn’t say that,” William said. His heart had slowed down a bit after his first sight of her, but it was speeding up again. “It’s true that you can’t change their minds - but they do care, sometimes. Ben cared.” He cleared his throat. “For you.” He had the bruises to prove it.

And still does. He didn’t say it out loud, but he saw from her face that he didn’t need to.

“Not enough,” she said shortly, though there was a quiver in her voice. “Not nearly enough. It was only my telling him what it would do to Trevor - having a traitor for a father - that finally made him agree to disappear quietly, instead of having a blazing row with his father and stamping off to glory with his precious rebels. That’s what he would have liked,” she added, with a twitch of the mouth that might have been either bitterness or reluctant amusement.

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[> If this is true it makes me wonder if Ben is the crack that might lead Lord John especially, but maybe more Greys to become “traitors” and come on over to our side! -- Kathy in PA, Sat, May 06 2023, 3:32:28


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[> [> Since Dottie has already become a rebel by marriage I think Hal has suffered enough. Losing Minerva Joy just capped it. And poor Minnie - all by herself in London while her entire family is going through so much. -- Kgp, Sat, May 06 2023, 14:01:48


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