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Date Posted: Tue, February 15 2022, 22:02:53
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The following quote is from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 27, “Up in Flames.” Copyright © 1994 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“He felt very odd in my arms; nearly as big as a full-grown man, but with fine, light bones, and so little flesh on them that it was like holding a skeleton. He was talking into the depths of my bosom, his voice so disjointed by emotion and muffled by fabric that it was difficult to make out the words.
‘ … mortal sin …’ he seemed to be saying, ‘ … damned to hell … couldna tell Da … afraid … canna go home ever …’
Jamie raised his brows at me, but I only shrugged helplessly, smoothing the thick, bushy hair on the back of the boy’s head. At last Jamie leaned forward, took him firmly by the shoulders and sat him up.
‘Look ye, Ian,’ he said. ‘No, look—look at me!’
By dint of supreme effort, the boy straightened his drooping neck and fixed brimming, red-rimmed eyes on his uncle’s face.
‘Now then.’ Jamie took hold of his nephew’s hands and squeezed them lightly. ‘First—it’s no a sin to kill a man that’s trying to kill you. The Church allows ye to kill if ye must, in defense of yourself, your family, or your country. So ye havena committed mortal sin, and you’re no damned.’
‘I’m not?’ Young Ian sniffed mightily, and mopped at his face with a sleeve.
‘No, you’re not.’ Jamie let the hint of a smile show in his eyes. ‘We’ll go together and call on Father Hayes in the morning, and ye’ll make your confession and be absolved then, but he’ll tell ye the same as I have.’
‘Oh.’ The syllable held profound relief, and Young Ian’s scrawny shoulders rose perceptibly, as though a burden had rolled off of them.”

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[> Oh, Ian, poor wee mannie that he is at this point in his life. Will his life settle down to more "normal" with Rachel and their family? Time will tell. -- DianaH, Wed, February 16 2022, 9:24:09


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