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Date Posted: Wed, April 20 2022, 4:46:06
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Wednesday, April 20, 2022

The following quotation is from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 1994 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 15 By Misadventure

The cook’s thin mouth stretched in a bright, malicious smile. “Oh, I don’t say as ‘e’d know whose it was, now – but there’s one sure way ‘e’d know it wasn’t ’is, now isn’t there?”

Jeffries stared at the cook, tilting back on his chair. “What?” he said. “You mean to tell me his Lordship’s incapable?” A broad grin at this juicy thought split his weatherbeaten face. Jamie felt the omelet rising, and hastily gulped more brandy.

“Well, I couldn’t say, I’m sure.” The cook’s mouth assumed a prim line, then split asunder to add, “though the chambermaid did say as the sheets she took off the weddin’ bed was as white as when they’d gone on, to be sure.”

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[> The potential ramifications of someone finding out that Jamie is the child's father are frightening. -- DianaH, Wed, April 20 2022, 7:19:36


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[> [> I agree, Diana! We love him but he probably wouldn’t have lasted a month in real life. The servant talking about the sheets would have disappeared along with Geneva once he had a boy. Especially such a braw one from Jamie’s loins that he could claim. -- Kathy in PA, Thu, April 21 2022, 5:10:20


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[> [> [> But what could they do? Jamie isn't an ordinary servant who could be dismissed or flogged. He is a POW under Lord John's supervision. John could flog him or transfer him elsewhere, transport him to the colonies or back to a cell in London. -- kgp, Thu, April 21 2022, 8:14:45


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