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Date Posted: Sat, February 05 2022, 5:05:39
Author: LadyDuBois
Subject: QOTD for Saturday, Feb 5, 2022. The following is from "The Space Between" written by Diana Gabaldon All Rights Reserved




“It has been some time since I was last here,” he said. No lie there. “I wonder if another old acquaintance might be still alive—Ma?tre Raymond, otherwise called the Frog?”

There was a tiny quiver in the air, a barely perceptible flicker of attention, gone almost as soon as he’d sensed it—somewhere behind him?

“A frog,” Maxim said, meditatively pouring himself a drink. “I don’t know any frogs myself, but should I hear of one, who shall I say is asking for him?”

Should he give his name? No, not yet.

“It doesn’t matter,” he said. “But word can be left with Madame Fabienne. You know the place? In the Rue Antoine?”

The dwarf’s sketchy brows rose, and his mouth turned up at one corner.

“I know it.”

Doubtless he did, Rakoczy thought. “El Maximo” hadn’t referred to Max’s stature, and probably “Le Grand” didn’t, either. God had a sense of justice, as well as a sense of humor.

“Bon.” He wiped his lips on his sleeve and put down a coin that would have bought the whole keg. “Merci.”

He stood up, the hot taste of the brandy bubbling at the back of his throat, and belched. Two more places to visit, maybe, before he went to Fabienne’s. He couldn’t visit more than that and stay upright; he was getting old.

“Good night.” He bowed to the company and gingerly pushed open the cracked wooden door; it was hanging by one leather hinge, and that looked ready to give way at any moment.

“Ribbit,” someone said very softly, just before the door closed behind him

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[> Master Raymond playing with the Comte? -- kgp, Sun, February 06 2022, 8:08:44


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[> [> I think so. Master Raymond doesn't suffer the same malady of vanity that St Germain does. -- LadyDuBois, Sun, February 06 2022, 15:52:30


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