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Date Posted: Thu, February 09 2023, 16:35:50
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Friday, February 10, 2023

The following quotation is from Written In my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2014. Chapter 120 A Crackling of Thorns


“What? What is it?” Jenny was struggling out of the quilts on her pallet in the corner.

“We’re on fire!” I shouted. “Hurry - help me!”

I heard a cracking noise from the kitchen and a scream from Marsali. I didn’t know what had happened, but in desperation I grabbed Félicité bodily out of bed, still shouting at Joan to wake up, for God’s sake!

I felt the vibration of the ladder against the loft and Jamie was there, snatching Joan up out of the bed.

“The lads, where are the lads?” he asked urgently. In the frantic need to wake the girls, I’d forgotten Germain and Henri-Christian. I looked round in an urgent daze; there was a thin mattress on the floor, flattened and dented by bodies, but no sign of the boys.

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[> This is one of the most heartbreaking parts for me . Sweet Henri Christian, brave way beyond his years Germaine - this was horrible. I learned about the literary tool of “thirds” and it made me wonder about terrible fires in the books; this one, the big house, was there another one? -- Kathy in PA, Sat, February 11 2023, 7:51:35


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[> [> There was the print shop in Edinburgh, back in Voyager -- kgp, Sat, February 11 2023, 9:25:15


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[> [> [> Thank you! -- Kathy in PA, Sun, February 12 2023, 5:49:16


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