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Date Posted: Sat, July 09 2022, 6:45:20
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Saturday, July 9, 2022

The following quotation is from Written In my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2014 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 70 A Single Louse


“Like picking one louse out of a Frenchie’s wig,” he murmured, and patted Goth’s neck. The horse was fresh and frisky, couldn’t wait to reach the open road and break into a gallop. Clinton’s division was holding the rear guard at Middletown - enough distance to take the edge off Goth’s bounciness. First, though, they’d have to get through the spreading mass of camp followers, struggling out of sleep into a desperate haste. He kept Goth on a short rein, lest he trample a child - there were dozens of the little buggers, swarming over the ground like locusts.

Glancing up from the ground, he caught sight of a familiar form, standing in line for bread, and his heart gave a small leap of pleasure. Anne Endicott, dressed for the day but without her cap, dark hair in a thick plait down her back. The sight of it gave him a frisson of intimacy, and he barely stopped himself calling out to her. Time enough, after the fight.

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[> This is one of those instances when I have to remind myself of how young William is, early 20's. I do hope we see Anne Endicott again. He wanted to save Jane but had thoughts of courting Anne. Very aware of his position in society even though he knows he's Jamie's son. -- kgp, Sat, July 09 2022, 6:49:06


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[> [> And Anne is very taken with him too. Maybe that will be part of his growing up - the British realizing “stature” isn’t as easily born in the new country. You earn it. But also, you’re not as shamed by your birth if it isn’t “right.” -- Kathy in PA, Sat, July 09 2022, 7:49:03


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