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Date Posted: Wed, June 05 2024, 7:07:32
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Wednesday

The following quotation is from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Copyright 1991 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 3 The Man In The Woods


Had he been a snake, I would have stepped on him. He stood so quietly among the saplings as almost to have been one of them, and I did not see him until a hand shot out and gripped me by the arm.

Its companion clapped over my mouth as I was dragged backward into the oak grove, thrashing wildly in panic. My captor, whoever he was, seemed not much taller than I, but rather noticeably strong in the forearms, I smelled a faint flowery scent, as of lavender water, and something more spicy, mingled with the sharper reek of male perspiration. As the leaves whipped back into place in the path of our passage, though, I noticed something familiar about the hand and forearm clasped about my waist.

I shook my head free of the restraint over my mouth.

“Frank!” I burst out. “What in heaven’s name are you playing at?”

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[> In rereading this part (for the umpteenth time) I'm struck by the choice of the word 'gripped' rather than 'grabbed'. If you grab something it's less certain than if your grip something. It's more deliberate, less spontaneous. Our man here wasn't playing. -- kgp, Wed, June 05 2024, 7:10:32

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