And so it is.
"So long as you are secure, you will count many friends, Jamie quoted [from Ovid]. If your life becomes clouded, you will be alone. D'ye not think that is the case for poor Tom Jones and wee Perry Pickle?"
"But surely true friends wouldnae abandon a man, only because he is in some difficulty!" Malva objected. "What sort of friend is that?"
"Rather the common sort, I'm afraid," I said. "Luckily, there are a few of the other kind."
-A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon
"But surely true friends wouldnae abandon a man, only because he is in some difficulty!" Malva objected. "What sort of friend is that?"
"Rather the common sort, I'm afraid," I said. "Luckily, there are a few of the other kind."
-A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Diana Gabaldon