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Date Posted: Fri, March 18 2022, 21:00:59
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Saturday, March 19, 2022

The following quote is from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 47, “Loose Ends.” Copyright © 1992 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘And the Old Fox? Lord Lovat?’ Her voice was little more than a whisper. ‘The shadow of an ax …’
‘Yes.’ Roger’s fingers stroked the slick jacket of the book unconsciously, as though reading the words within by Braille. ‘He was tried for treason, and condemned to be beheaded. He made a good end. All the accounts say that he met his death with great dignity.’
A scene flashed through Roger’s mind; an anecdote from Hogarth. He recited from memory, as closely as he could. ‘“Carried through the shouts and jeers of an English mob on his way to the Tower, the old chieftain of clan Fraser appeared nonchalant, indifferent to the missiles that sailed past his head, and almost good-humored. In reply to a shout from one elderly woman—‘You’re going to get your head chopped off, you old Scotch cur!’—he leaned from his carriage window and shouted jovially back, ‘I expect I shall, you ugly old English bitch!’”
She was smiling, but the sound she made was a cross between a laugh and a sob.
‘I’ll bet he did, the bloody old bastard.’
‘When he was led to the block,’ Roger went on cautiously, ‘he asked to inspect the blade, and instructed the executioner to do a good job. He told the man, “Do it right, for I shall be very angry indeed if you don’t.”’”

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[> History made a heroic Scot out of a two faced, self preserving goat. The only, as far as I I know of, good that came out of him was Brian and therefore Jamie, Brianna, Jem and Mandy. So far, as I realize William will probably have kids but I don’t care too much yet. -- Kathy in PA, Sat, March 19 2022, 13:26:59


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