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Date Posted: Tue, January 18 2022, 20:34:15
Author: JudithONH
Subject: QOTD for Wednesday 19 January 2022

The following quote is from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 21, “Un Mauvais Quart d'Heure After Another.” Copyright © 1991 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.
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"And when ye screamed, I went to you, armed wi' nothing but an empty gun and my two hands." Jamie was speaking, a little more calmly now, but his eyes were still wild with pain and rage. I was silent. Unsettled by the horror of my encounter with Randall, I had not at all appreciated the desperate courage it had taken for him to come into the fort after me.
He turned away suddenly, shoulders slumping.
"You're right," he said quietly. "Aye, you're quite right." Suddenly the rage was gone from his voice, replaced by a tone I had never heard in him before, even in the extremities of physical pain.
"My pride is hurt. And my pride is about all I've got left to me." He leaned his forearms against a rough barked pine and let his head drop onto them, exhausted. His voice was so low I could barely hear him.
"You're tearin' my guts out, Claire."

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[> Waahhhhh 😫. So much sorrow and anguish, and Jamie feeling defeated - Claire’s realization. I hate BJR. And once again the title is so full of this bad, bad feeling. -- Kathy in PA, Wed, January 19 2022, 5:37:59


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[> JudithONH, I'm loving these many sides of Jamie and Claire. -- DianaH, Wed, January 19 2022, 7:00:57


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[> [> Thanks, DianaH! -- JudithONH, Wed, January 19 2022, 10:16:46


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[> AS I"m reading this I'm thinking about how much each has changed over the years. Jamie is not so much concerned with pride as with honor. Claire has become much lass impulsive. -- kgp, Thu, January 20 2022, 4:48:21


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