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Date Posted: Thu, June 20 2024, 10:55:11
Author: Janet
Subject: QOTD

Quote of the Day for Thursday, June 20, 2024

The following quote is from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 10, Jocasta. Copyright 1997, all rights reserved

I found her at once, among the people hurrying out of the house and down the walk. I would have know her for a MacKenzie, even if I hadn’t known who she was. She had the bold bones, the broad Viking cheekbones, and high, smooth brow of her brothers, Colum and Dougal. And like her nephew, like her great-niece, she had the extraordinary height that marked them all as descendants of the same blood.

A head higher than the bevy of black servants who surrounded her, she floated down the path from the house, hand on the arm of her butler, though a woman less in need of support, I had never seen.

……Suddenly, the truth dawned on me: her hand on the butler’s arm, her touching Jamie’s face in greeting, the glass put ready for her grasp, and the shadow on her face when Ian talked about her painting. Jocasta Cameron was blind.

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[> Nice to meet you, Jocasta! Like all the MacKenzie's, there's a lot hidden beneath surface impressions. -- kgp, Thu, June 20 2024, 18:22:03

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[> Blind or not, we find Jocasta to be a force, not a helpless woman. She's as sly as any Mackenzie. -- DianaH, Fri, June 21 2024, 9:32:59

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