Todays Outlander Quote is from Diana Hamish shrugged this off as a threat of no consequence. Clearly there was something of more importance on his mind. “John—“he started, wrinkling his sandy brows in thought, “John said-- “ “John the stable-lad, John the cook-boy, or John Cameron?” Jamie asked. “The stable-lad.” Hamish waved a hand, pushing away the distraction. “he said, er, about getting married…” “Mmm?” Jamie made an encouraging noise, keeping his face tactfully turned away. Rolling his eyes upward, his glance met mine, as I peered over the edge. I grinned down at him, causing him to bite his lip to keep from grinning back. Hamish drew a deep breath, and let it out in a rush, propelling his words like a burst of birdshot “He-said-ye-must-serve-a-lass-like-a-stallion-does-a-mare-and-I-didna-believe-him-but-is-it-true?” I bit my finger hard to keep from laughing out loud. Not so fortunately placed, Jamie dug his fingers into the fleshy part of his leg, turning as red in the face as Hamish. They looked like two tomatoes, set side by side on a hay bale for judging at a county vegetable show. “Er, aye…weel, in a way…” he said, sounding strangled. Then he got a grip on himself. “Yes,” he said firmly. “Yes, ye do.” Hamish cast a half-horrified glance into the nearby stall, where the bay gelding was relaxing, a foot or so of reproductive equipment protruding from its sheath. He glanced doubtfully down into his lap then, and I stuffed a handful of fabric into my mouth as far as it would go. “There’s some difference, ye ken,” Jamie went on. The rich color was beginning to fade from his face, though there was still an ominous quiver around his mouth. “For one thing, it’s…more gentle.” “Ye dinna bite them on the neck, then?” Hamish had the serious, intent expression of one taking careful notes. “To make them keep still?” “Er…no. Not customarily, anyway.” Exercising his not inconsiderable willpower, Jamie faced up manfully to the responsibilities of enlightenment. “There’s another difference as well,” he said, carefully not looking upward. “Ye may do it face to face, instead of from the back. As the lady prefers.” “The lady?” Hamish seemed dubious about this. “I think _I’d_ rather do it from the back. I dinna think I’d like to have anyone lookin’ at me while I did something like that. Is it hard,” he inquired, “is it hard to keep from laughing?”
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:30:16 +0000
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