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Date Posted: Wed, March 16 2022, 20:42:09
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Thursday, March 17, 2022

The following quote is from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, The Fox’s Lair.” Copyright © 1992 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“Pausing by the horse trough, he glanced around the courtyard as though looking for someone. His eye passed over me without registering, then suddenly snapped back, clearly startled. He stepped forward and thrust his face pugnaciously forward, an unshaven gray beard bristling like a porcupine’s quills.
‘Who the hell are you?’ he demanded.
‘Claire Fraser, er, I mean, Lady Broch Tuarach,’ I said, belatedly remembering my dignity. I gathered my self-possession, and wiped a drop of water off my chin. ‘Who the hell are you?’ I demanded.
A firm hand gripped my elbow from behind, and a resigned voice from somewhere above my head said, ‘That, Sassenach, is my grandsire. My lord, may I present my wife?’
‘Ah?’ said Lord Lovat, giving me the benefit of a cold blue eye. ‘I’d heard you’d married an Englishwoman.’ His tone made it clear that this act confirmed all his worst suspicions about the grandson he’d never met.
He raised a thick gray brow in my direction, and shifted the gimlet stare to Jamie. ‘No more sense than your father, it seems.’
I could see Jamie’s hands twitch slightly, resisting the urge to clench into fists.
‘At the least, I had nay need to take a wife by rape or trickery,’ he observed evenly.
His grandfather grunted, unfazed by the insult. I thought I saw the corner of his wrinkled mouth twitch, but wasn’t sure.”

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[> With every paragraph, I'm reminded how much I dislike Lord Lovat. -- DianaH, Thu, March 17 2022, 10:27:04


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[> [> I think of how often history makes heros or villains of people when often they’re neither. I enjoy learning through historical fiction and am so glad Diana is so amazing with research along with so compelling to read. I enjoy the learning and feel like I’m getting a truer picture of the factual people in the books. -- Kathy in PA, Fri, March 18 2022, 7:40:06


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[> [> [> Through the years, I've found that I learn far more about history by reading novels. Yes, the characters may be some what villanized or romanticized, but the events tend to stay in my brain better if they are wrapped in a story. -- DianaH, Fri, March 18 2022, 9:12:07


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