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Date Posted: Sun, January 16 2022, 18:54:36
Author: JudithONH
Subject: QOTD for Monday 17 January 2022

The following quote is from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 10, “The Oath-taking.” Copyright © 1991 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.
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This same process was repeated over and over, from vow to ceremonial drink. Viewing the number of men in the line, I was impressed anew at Colum's capacity. I was trying to work out how many pints of spirit he would have consumed by the end of the evening, given one swallow per oath taker, when I saw Jamie approach the head of the line.
Dougal, his own oath completed, had taken up a station to Colum's rear. He saw Jamie before Colum, who was occupied with another man, and I saw his sudden start of surprise. He stepped close to his brother and muttered something. Colum kept his eyes fixed on the man before him, but I saw him stiffen slightly. He was surprised, too, and, I thought, not altogether pleased.

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[> And Jamie manages to pull off his expression of kinship and support to the MacKenzie, without swearing fealty to him. Clever lad! -- DianaH, Mon, January 17 2022, 9:55:09


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[> [> Always loved that part. No matter how many times I read it I always get a big kick out of it. 😍😍 -- JamesG, Mon, January 17 2022, 16:04:34


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[> Muttered something. Makes me want to put a match to the back of Dougal's kilt. Jamie, of course, is one step ahead of him, though. In his usual way, he stated exactly the right thing. Dougal is such a sleazy character. -- Betsy BFS, Tue, January 18 2022, 7:21:18


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[> [> That said, there are a couple of places Dougal has real human feelings. During the boar hunt, with Geordie, and in the cottage when Rupert (I hope it was Rupert....I may have the wrong name) asks Dougal to kill him and get his dying over with. And he does, with great grief. For those two things, I grudgingly give Dougal a thumbs sort-of up. -- Betsy BFS, Tue, January 18 2022, 7:32:14


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