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Date Posted: Sat, March 26 2022, 5:41:30
Author: LadyDuBois
Subject: QOTD for Saturday, March 26th. the following quote is taken from Lord John And The Hand Of Devils written by Diana Gabaldon. All Rights Reserved


No, me lord. It’s full of bits of stored rubbish. Or, rather—’tisn’t in use for what you might call devotions. Folk do go there.” The boy flushed a bit, and frowned intently at his work. Grey deduced that Ilse might have shown him another use for a deserted chapel, but chose not to pursue the matter.


“I see. Was Ilse able to tell you anything else of interest?”


“Depends upon what you call interesting, me lord.” Tom’s eyes were still fixed upon his needle, but Grey could tell from the way in which he caught his upper lip between his teeth that he was in possession of a juicy bit of information.


“At this point, my chief interest is in my bed,” Grey said, finally extricating himself from the waistcoat, “but tell me anyway.”


“Reckon you know the nursemaid’s still gone?”


“I do.”




Bonus QOTD;

Mr. Coles,” he said, inspired by thought of battering rams, and seeing that the only way of progressing in his own interest was by bluntness, “I collect that you are acquainted with the Thackeray family—specifically, with a Miss Barbara Thackeray?”


Coles blinked, looking almost comically nonplussed.


“Oh! Yes,” he said, a little uncertain. “Of course. I, er, have the honor to consider myself a friend of the family.” Meaning, Grey thought, that Mr. Thackeray was probably unaware of Coles’s friendship with Barbara.


“I flatter myself that I may count myself a friend to them, as well,” Grey said, “though our acquaintance is so new.” He smiled, and Coles, sunny by disposition, smiled back.


An understanding thus established, there seemed no reason to avoid mention of Mr. Lister with Coles, and so Grey put the matter before him straightforwardly.


“Miss Barbara said that she had had a note from her sister, forwarded by your kind offices,” Grey said carefully, and Coles blushed.


“I should have taken it to her father, I know,” he said awkwardly. “But … but … she … I mean, Miss Barbara Thackeray is …”


“A friend,” Grey finished for him, echoing Barbara Thackeray’s own words—spoken, he noted, with precisely the same blushing intonation. “Of course.”


Skating away from that delicate subject, he said, “Mr. Lister believes there is a possibility that Anne Thackeray is or was with child. From something that Mr. Thackeray let slip during our conversation, I believe he may have the same impression. I wonder, Mr. Coles, whether you can shed any light on this possibility?”

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[> Tom gets such joy out of being able to help “milord”. He and Ilse were an item if I remember; I would love to see more of Tom. There are so many plots for Diana to write and I hope Lord John gets a lot more time. Mr Coles and Miss Barbara’s situation is quaint isn’t it? I feel bad that kids today have to grow up so fast, there’s not much blushing going on. -- Kathy in PA, Sun, March 27 2022, 4:39:36


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