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Date Posted: Sun, December 11 2022, 21:02:28
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Monday, December 12, 2022

The following quote is from “The Custom of the Army,” in Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2010 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“Beside him, Tom was fairly vibrating with excitement, his eyes out on stalks, not to miss anything.
‘Cor, is that a red Indian?’ he whispered, leaning close to Grey in the boat.
‘I don’t suppose he can be anything else,’ Grey replied, as the gentleman loitering by the landing was naked save for a breechclout, a striped blanket slung over one shoulder, and a coating of what—from the shimmer of his limbs—appeared to be grease of some kind.
‘I thought they’d be redder,’ Tom said, echoing Grey’s own thought. The Indian’s skin was considerably darker than Grey’s own, to be sure, but a rather pleasant soft brown in color, something like dried oak leaves. The Indian appeared to find them nearly as interesting as they had found him; he was eyeing Grey in particular with intent consideration.”

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[> How fascinating it must have been to encounter "a red Indian!" -- DianaH, Mon, December 12 2022, 13:22:59


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[> [> Yes! Tom is so innocently fascinated with the things and people he meets with Lord John. In a couple words, he was eyeing Grey in particular with intent consideration, Diana let me know the gaydar is alive and well. Manoke was an enjoyable “mushroom.” -- Kathy in PA, Mon, December 12 2022, 17:16:37


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