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Why, what's the matter wi' the poor child? she demanded of Jamie. Has she had an accident o' some sort? No, it's only she's married me, he said, though if ye care to call it an accident, ye may.
Diana Gabaldon
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Diana Gabaldon
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 11
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