Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for one night. And they do say that abstinence makes the heart grow firmer, no? Absence, I said, dodging the spoon for a moment. And fonder. If anything’s growin...
Despite the disorder, he knew where the decanters were kept, and quickly had his guests supplied with whisky. He’d put quite a lot of soda in Brianna’s, but noticed that she sipped at it as though her...
Delay for a few seconds longer, Mr. Fraser, and you may well go back to being dead. John had gone to the window, peering down into the street. He turned, and I saw that his face was pale but glowing l...
Deftly whipping a small tuning fork from his pocket, he struck it smartly against a pillar and held it next to Jamie's left ear. Jamie rolled his eyes heavenward, but shrugged and obligingly sang a no...
Dawn was coming up in streaks and slashes over the foggy moor.
Damn Frank! he said ferociously. Damn all Randalls! Damn Jack Randall, and damn Mary Hawkins Randall, and damn Alex Randall—er, God rest his soul, I mean, he amended hastily, crossing himself.
Daddy, Daddy … I’m here, he whispered into Jem’s hair, the tears running down his own face. I’m here, I’m here. Don’t be afraid. Jem took a shuddering breath,
Could it be possible that he really did have enough imagination to be able to grasp the truth?
Continentals on it, Lord John
Coming back, he saw the dark spots on the back of Jamie’s shirt, blotches where fresh blood had seeped through the bandages. The sight filled him with fury, as well as fear. He’d seen such things; the...
Ci sono cose che io non posso dire a te, almeno non ancora. E non insisterò affinché tu mi riveli i tuoi segreti. Però ti chiedo questo: quando mi dici qualcosa, fa che sia la verità. E io ti prometto...
Calmar el dolor y el miedo a la muerte servía para atenuar los propios temores.
But war has a long fuse, and a slow match.
But then, I didn’t think I’d tell them you were here. What makes you think they don’t know? I asked, beginning to feel rather hollow, despite my earlier resolve to brazen it out. I cast a quick glance...
But Grey had refused to abandon Rodrigo, and so had Azeel. She had brought him slowly, slowly back to humanity—and then had married him, to the extreme horror of everyone in King’s Town. He’s got back...
Aye, lass, courage like that is uncommon rare. It wasna ignorance, mind; he’d just seen two men flogged and he knew the same was coming to him. It’s just he had made up his mind there was no help for...
Auntie, may I present my
As yet too hungry and too clumsy for tenderness, still he made love with a sort of unflagging joy that made me think that male virginity might be a highly underrated commodity.
And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours. Claire—I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you. [...] Nothing is lost, Sassenach; only changed. That’s the first law of t...
And a long time, he said. I am a jealous man, but not a vengeful one. I would take you from him, my Sassenach—but I wouldna take him from you.