'long-shafted hands caused a small moan of ecstasy to burst, very circumspectly, from Mr. Hislop’s baby-pink lips.'

shaft eh, Dunnett. I see you.

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Kuzum has a 'belligerent blue stare' in RC. You know, regardless of whose kid is whose, spiritually that child is Lymond's lol.

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'There he called on Sybilla, the Dowager Lady Culter, and delivered to her certain papers at Philippa Somerville’s behest.'

My guess: another bomb that is going to detonate later eh? Big or small, idk, but will.

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'The men laid him on these, at the feet of the one other person the carriage contained'

and I love how DD gives you a "placeholder" detail and you just trust she'll fill it - sometimes soon, sometimes much later.

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'He escaped from his room, left the precincts and acquired his prearranged horse with no incident at all, and merely the expenditure, as throughout his discreet dispositions from sickbed, of a modest outlay in bribes.' - PiF

love love love how DD compresses time when needed #LymondChronicles

Lymond is 5'6 (my height too!) and that makes Philippa shorter than 5'0 according to PiF which says Lymond is about a head taller.

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“nor was he allowed to taste his broth, his rice, his bread and sesame oil until he had recited the words he did not understand”

That is a meager diet not enough for a child. Compare to the splendid feasts described on other pages. Heartbreaking for Khaireddin he deserved better

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Let me translate: "Lymond, let's stop fighting this stupid game and accept we both love each other, run away together, and raise our kids together"

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'He seemed to remember when it was better still, on a long, long journey inside a boat' from Zakynthos to Algiers, about 1,000 nautical miles. #LymondChronicles

Joleta gets babies drunk. Khaireddin can hold a drink. He recalls a long ship journey (prob Zakynthos to Algiers) and was always sleepy (alcohol). Described as 'thin' + adults 'forgotten to feed him.' Explains why a 3 year old looks 2.

My heart breaks for that poor child.

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'Gabriel’s face remained pleasant. “You won’t take a little? Then have it all, my sorry, hungering slut,” he said lightly'

“I won’t checkmate you. I’ll give you stalemate in a handful of moves. Stalemate….A draw, neither winning. You go free, and so do I.”

Gabriel 'loves' him.

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was the n word known in scotland in the 60s as being an offensive term? bc i think when dunnett uses it, she uses it from the pov of a man we're not supposed to like so it was intentional (PiF chapter 17)
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Lymond: Marthe, you and Jerott go off on a mission together completely unsupervised ok

me: Lymond you little wingman you.

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Chapter 14 confirms it: Gabriel had his own twisted version of a crush on Lymond this entire time. Maybe everyone in the story is at least a little in love w Lymond though, so it is not an outrageous claim.

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Pour one out for Madame Donati. She tried her best.

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Kuzum just appears as such a darling, charming little infant.

On chapter 13.

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My heart breaks for Marthe already. She was born a few hundred years too early.

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Sea imagery this peach imagery that. But have you noticed in book 3, how Joleta's eyes are described as "sea-blue" and "sea-green," my friends?

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Reading #LymondChronicles

Pitched and submitted a draft of an article to Whispering Gallery about #LymondChronicles wish me luck everyone thank you. First time I've submitted a magazine essay about anything, I do not identify as a writer tho it seems DD trains me into one.