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  1. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    He stirred, though, at the sounds of the garden gate opening and low voices. "Tom?" he came out from under his sheltering quince, to find both Tom and Rodrigo-both of whom were amazingly, if flatteringly, delighted to see him. "We thought you was done for, sure, me lord," Tom said for the third or fourth time, following Grey into the kitchen. "You sure you're all right, are you?" The tone of accusing doubt in this question was so familiar that Grey felt tears come to his eyes. He blinked them away, though, assured Tom that he was somewhat banged about but essentially undamaged. "Gracias a Dios," Rodrigo said, with such heartfelt sincerity that Grey looked at him in surprise. He said something else in Spanish that Grey didn't understand; John shook his head, then stopped abruptly, wincing.
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  2. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    Grey stood up as they came in, Azeel hovering protectively behind Rodrigo. The young man stopped, taking a deep breath before bowing deeply to the gentlemen. "Your…servant. Sah," he said to Grey, and then straightened, turned upon his axis, and repeated this process to the general, who watched him with a mixture of fascination and wariness. Every time he saw Rodrigo, Grey's heart was torn between regret for what the young man had once been-and a cautious joy in the fact that some of that splendid young man seemed still to be present, intact, and might yet come back further. He was still beautiful, in a way that made Grey's body tighten every time he saw that dark, finely carved head and the tall straight lines of his body. The lovely cat-like grace of him was gone, but he could walk again, almost normally, though one foot dragged a little.
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  3. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    suppose-maybe medicines? They're covered,
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  4. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    Muchas gracias, my dear," he told her, and bowed low over her hand. "Azeel, please tell her that we could not even contemplate this venture without her courage and help. The entire British Navy is in her debt.
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  5. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    It will be all right," he said, taking her hand. "We will succeed-and we will rescue Señor Stubbs. I promise you.
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  6. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    It was going to be a bloody business, on both sides. He didn't like the thought but didn't shy away from it. It was war, and he was-once again-a soldier.
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  7. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    I would like you to go with me to Cuba," Grey said, looking from one to the other. "Rodrigo could go where I could not go, and hear and see things I couldn't. But…there might be some small danger, and if you choose not to go, I will give you enough money for passage to the colonies. If you do choose to come with me, I will take you from Cuba to America, and you will either remain in my employment or, if you prefer, I will find you a place there." Man and wife exchanged a long look, and at last Rodrigo nodded. "We…go," he said.
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  8. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    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 most of his speech," Grey explained to the general. "But only Spanish, that being his first language. He only remembers a few scattered words of English. We"-he smiled at Azeel, who ducked her head shyly-"hope that will improve, too, given time. But for now…he tells his wife things in Spanish, and she translates them for me.
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  9. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    GENERAL STANLEY WAS still blinking in astonishment at Grey's brief description of the events that had culminated in his own appointment as military governor-Grey judiciously suppressing the facts that Azeel had commissioned an Obeah man to drive the previous governor mad and that Rodrigo had gone one step further and arranged to have the late Governor Warren killed and partially devoured-
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  10. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    I, um, had had it in mind to take Azeel and Rodrigo with me to South Carolina. But they may be helpful to the present venture, if…er…if Rodrigo is sufficiently recovered." "Has he been ill?" Worry creased the general's already-furrowed brow. "I hear the yellow jack comes to the West Indies at this season, but I hadn't thought Jamaica was badly affected." "No, not ill, exactly. He had the misfortune to run afoul of a houngan-a sort of, um, African wizard, I believe-and was turned into a zombie.
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  11. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    He put his arm around her and drew her head down on his shoulder, and they sat silently together, waiting for the light to come back.
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  12. Diana Gabaldon _ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall

    When you write it down…" he said. "Does that make it-whatever it is-real again? Or does the act of putting it into words make it unreal? You know, something…separate from yourself.
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