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Date Posted: Mon, July 17 2023, 16:58:39
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Tuesday, July 18, 2023

The following quotation is from Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2021 All rights reserved. Chapter 77 City Of Brotherly Love


Fredericks snapped the belt so fast that Ian scarcely saw it; only felt the blow that knocked the gun from his hand. He didn’t bother trying to pick it up, but grabbed the end of the belt as it rose for another blow and jerked Fredericks toward him, butting him in the face as he stumbled. Ian missed the nose, though, and Frederick’s jawbone slammed into his forehead, making his eyes water.

He tripped Fredericks, but the man had his arms around Ian’s body and the both went down, landing with a thud among the dead leaves. Ian grabbed a handful and smashed them into the man’s face, grinding them into his eyes, and got his own leg up in time to avoid being kneed in the balls.

There was a lot of screaming going on. Ian got hold of Frederick’s ear and did his best to twist it off while kicking and squirming. He heaved and rolled and got on top then, and got his hands round Frederick’s throat, but it was a fat throat, slippery with sweat, and he couldn’t get a good grasp, not with the man hammering his ribs with a fist like a rock. Enough of this foolishness, said the Mohawk part of him, and he took his hand off Frederick’s throat, grabbed a sturdy stick from the litter on the ground, and drove it straight into the man’s eye.

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[> Once again, by pulling out a section so I read it slowly, I’m blown away by the rage and desperation described in this scene. Though it’s rough, and I couldn’t do it, I applaud Ian’s cold blooded realistic solution. -- Kathy in PA, Wed, July 19 2023, 3:22:20


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