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Date Posted: Wed, July 19 2023, 9:07:56
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The following quotation is from Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2021 All rights reserved. Chapter 77 City Of Brotherly Love


“I think we canna just bury him,” Ian said. “If anyone should come here looking for him, a fresh grave wouldna be that hard to find. Can ye get him dressed, d’ye think?”

Her eyes went round, and she glanced at the body, then back at Ian. Her mouth opened, then closed.

“I can,” she said, sounding breathless.

“Do that then,” he said. He looked up at the sky; it was the color of tarnished pewter and still spitting a few random snowflakes. He could feel more coming, though; there was a sense of the North Wind on the back of his neck.

“I’ll be back before evening comes,” he said, turning toward his horse. “Pack what ye can. That horse is his, I expect?” There was a fine-looking bay gelding twitching his ears under the sparse shelter of a leafless tulip tree; clearly it didn’t belong to the Hardman household.

“Yes.”

“I’ll need that one to move the body. But I’ll bring another to help carry you and your bairns.”

Sylvia blinked and pushed a lank strand of hair behind her ear.

“Where are we going?”

He grinned at her - reassuringly, he hoped.

“I’m takin’ ye to meet my mother.”

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[> The ever practical Ian! -- DianaH, Wed, July 19 2023, 10:17:02


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[> [> He's certainly changed a lot over the years and through a lot of adventure. Remember him at 15? -- kgp, Wed, July 19 2023, 11:49:23


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