The men’s attention had shifted to a young man crouched on a stool in the corner. He had barely looked up through my appearance and interrogation, but kept his head bent, hand clutching the opposite s...
The greylag mate for life. If ye kill a grown goose, hunting, ye must always wait, for the mate will come to mourn. Then ye must kill the second, too, for otherwise it will grieve itself to death, cal...
The first evening in an inn, though, I had remained awake for a good half-hour, fascinated by the remarkable variety of noises the male respiratory apparatus could produce. An entire dormitory full of...
The eyes were steady, and told me no more than would my own, seen in a looking glass.
The dark came down on All Hallows’ Eve. We went to sleep to the sound of howling wind and pelting rain, and woke on the Feast of All Saints to whiteness and large soft flakes falling down and down in...
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.’ He did that, every day, for a long time.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. The
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.
That’s simple. You reason with them, and when you’re through, I’ll take them out and thrash them.
That's what marriage is good for; it makes a sacrament out of things ye'd otherwise have to confess. Jamie Fraser
Thank ye, John, he said. I hadna time to say it earlier. I’m verra grateful to ye. Thank me? It was hardly my choice. You abducted me at gunpoint. Jamie smiled; the tension of the last hour had eased,...
Testosterone poisoning,
Tell him I hate him to his guts and the marrow of his bones!
Talkin’ like dogs fightin’, he explained. Grrrr! Wuff! He growled, shaking his head in illustration like a dog worrying a rat, and I saw Fergus’s shoulders shake in suppressed hilarity. Scots for sure...
Tad bučiuoki mane tu šimtą sykių,Visą tūkstantį, antrą šimtą sykių,Vėl dar tūkstantį, dar ne vieną šimtą...Daugel tūkstančių kai sudėsim šitaip,Juos sujaksime, kad nebūtų skaičiaus.
THE WIG WOULD have been much too large, given Malcolm’s round-headed resemblance to an oversize muskmelon, but Grey’s own hair—yellow and noticeable, as Malcolm had so tactfully noted—was thick, and w...
THE VENOM OF THE NORTH WIND July 1774 Brianna drove the sharp end of the spade into the muddy bank and pulled out a
Still, that would not solve the problem; Percy would merely languish in prison until such time as Grey was recovered enough to testify. No, he decided, Hal’s response would more likely be to knock Gre...
Sorcha, he whispered, and realized that he had called her so a moment before. Now, that was odd; no wonder she had been surprised. It was her name in the Gaelic, but he never called her by it. He like...
So remember it, lad. If your head thinks up mischief, your backside's going to pay for it. Brian Fraser to young Jamie