There must have been some sound that made me look up, but I wasn’t aware of having raised my head. John Grey was standing in the doorway of my room. His neckcloth was missing and his shirt hung limp o...
There is nothing more delightful in life than a feather bed and an open fire—except a feather bed with a warm and tender lover in it.
There is an oath upon her, he said to Arch, and I realized dimly that he was still speaking in Gaelic, though I understood him clearly. She may not kill, save it is for mercy or her life. It is myself...
There is a great difference between those phenomena which are accepted on faith, and those which are proved by objective determination, though the cause of both may be equally ‘rational’ once known. A...
There are things ye maybe canna tell me, he had said. I willna ask ye, or force ye. But when ye do tell me something, let it be the truth. There is nothing between us now but respect, and respect has...
There are things that I canna tell you, at least not yet. And I'll ask nothing of ye that ye canna give me. But what I would ask of ye---when you do tell me something, let it be the truth. And I'll pr...
There are only two people in this world to whom I would never lie, Sassenach, he said softly. Ye’re one of them. And I’m the other.
Then the room relaxed in cheers and babbling, and she turned in his arms to kiss him hard and cling to him, and he thought perhaps it didn't matter that they faced in opposite directions - so long as...
Then kiss me, Claire, he whispered, And know that you are more to me than life, and I have no regret.
Then kiss me, Claire he whispered. And know that you are more to me than life, and I have no regret. I couldn't answer, but kissed him, first his hand, it's crooked fingers, warm and firm, and the bra...
Then came the sound of a single pair of footsteps, and then the whoosh and creak of someone settling heavily into a chair. There was silence for a moment. Then Lord John said You can get up now, if yo...
Then I laid my head upon his chest and gave my dreams up to his keeping.
The wean might be about to fall face-first into the fire, but nobody—save maybe Ian—was going to know it, if it killed him. Ian
The shadows of the tombstones in the graveyard stretched out long and violet, and the sound of the flies buzzed in my ears, louder than the ringing of the shots that still came—were coming closer—to t...
The rest of the journey passed uneventfully, if you consider it uneventful to ride fifteen miles on horseback through rough country at night, frequently without benefit of roads, in company with kilte...
The removal of his infected adenoids and tonsils had not cured Keziah’s deafness, but had improved it markedly. He
The other men also disarmed, as was suitable in the house of God, leaving an impressively bristling pile of lethality in the back pew.
The night was cold, and very quiet, as though we were the only two souls in the world.
The lines of stress in Grey’s face eased a little. I see, he said slowly. So—you have not seen him since—my God, that’s twenty years! He stared at me, dumbfounded. And four months? Why—how— He shook h...
The large thumb, now—she did lean forward then and touch it lightly—that wouldn’t change much. Means you’re strong-minded, and have a will not easily crossed. She twinkled at me. Reckon your husband c...