Jamie has held my life in his hands for a good many years now," he answered softly. "I will trust him with William's." "And what if Willie remembers a groom named MacKenzie better than you think? Or happens to take a good look at his own face and Jamie's?" "Twelve-year-old boys are not remarkable for their acute perception," Grey said dryly. "And I think that if a boy has lived all his life in the secure belief that he is the ninth Earl of Ellesmere, the notion that he might actually be the illegitimate offspring of a Scottish groom is not one that would enter his head-or be long entertained there, if it did.
( Diana Gabaldon )
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