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Date Posted: Mon, September 04 2023, 9:06:13
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Monday, September 4, 2023

The following quotation is from An Echo In The Bone by Diane Gabaldon. Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved. Chapter30 Ships That Pass In The Night


Roberts gave the terse order to heave to,and the sails loosened, the ship slowing. I could see seamen at the guns and rail of the cutter; glancing side-ways at Jamie, I saw that he was counting them and glanced back.

“I make it sixteen,” Ian said, low-voiced.

“Undermanned, God damn it,” said the captain. He looked at Ian, estimating his size, and shook his head. “They’ll likely mean to press what they can out of us. Sorry, lad.”

The rather formless alarm I’d felt at the cutter’s approach sharpened abruptly at this - and sharpened still further as I saw Roberts glance appraisingly at Jamie.

“You don’t think they - “ I began.

“Shame you shaved this morning, Mr. Fraser,” Roberts observed to Jamie, ignoring me. “Takes twenty years off your age. And you look a damned sight healthier than men half your age.”

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