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Date Posted: Mon, July 18 2022, 3:13:05
Author: Kathy in PA
Subject: QOTD for Monday, July 18, 2022. From “A Breath of Snow and Ashes” by Diana Gabaldon




Chapter 29
PERFECTLY FINE


He glanced back, unable not to. She bent over the water, studying her face. Her hair hung wet and tangled down her back, and she skimmed it back with the palm of a hand, holding it out of the way as she surveyed her battered features with dispassionate intentness.

She prodded gently here and there, opening and closing her jaw as her fingertips explored the contours of her face. Testing, he supposed, for loose teeth and broken bones. She closed her eyes and traced the line of brow and nose, jaw and lip, hands as sure and delicate as a painter’s. Then she seized the end of her nose with determination and pulled hard.

Roger cringed in reflex, as blood and tears poured down her face, but she made no sound. His stomach was already knotted into a small painful ball; it rose up into his throat, pressing against the rope scar.

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[> I'm with Roger on this - Claire setting her own broken nose curdled my wame. -- DianaH, Mon, July 18 2022, 8:58:52


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[> [> I set my own nose once, by accident....I'd fallen and thought it was broken, reached up to feel and pushed a little to see if it hurt when snick....back into place. Had it checked by a dr. later and he said I did a good job. But this was immediately after the break, with no swelling or bruising (that came later!) -- Janet, Mon, July 18 2022, 10:31:30


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[> Major cringe!! Oooohh, noooo! -- kgp, Mon, July 18 2022, 10:28:06


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