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Date Posted: Fri, September 08 2023, 9:16:35
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Friday, September 8, 2023 - Sorry I missed yesterday, massive heat headache.

The following quotation is from An Echo In The Bone by Diane Gabaldon. Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved. Chapter31 A Guided Tour Through the Chambers of the Heart


“Is the lady summat recovered?” a young boy asked politely. “Cap’n says if she’s dead, you’re no longer needed here, and he desires you to come above and speak to him prompt, sir.”

“And if I’m not dead?” I inquired, trying to straighten out my petticoats, which were wet round the hems, damp through, and hopelessly rumpled. Drat. Now I had left my gold-weighted skirt and pocket aboard the Pitt. At this rate, I’d be lucky to arrive on dry land in my chemise and stays.

The boy - at second glance, he was likely twelve or so, he looked much younger - smiled at this.

“In that case, he offered to come and drop you overboard himself, ma’am, in hopes of concentrating your husband’s mind. Cap’n Hickman’s a bit hasty in his speech,” he added, with an apologetic grimace. “He doesn’t mean much by it. Usually.”

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[> Sorry about your headache and hope you feel better today. The weather has been brutal. This whole boat episode was crazy. -- Kathy in PA, Fri, September 08 2023, 18:09:13


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[> Fcf -- kgp, Fri, September 08 2023, 19:33:57


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