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[spoiler]Thursday's quote:
Ep #1151 (1840) - Lamar - 'He has the arrogance still to wear it-- it MUST have been a gift from the devil himself.'
From "#1150/1151: Robservations 11/03/03: Gerard Gives Daphne Dreams"
Remember Lorna Bell? Asks Trask--remember the mark on her forehead?--t was the mark of the devil, remember it? Gerard appears to have a dizzy spell. Trask shows him a paper with the symbol from Quentin's ring--think carefully, says Trask, have you ever seen that mark before. Yes, says Gerard, it's on Quentin's ring. Exactly! says Trask, he has the arrogance still to wear it--it must have been a gift from the devil himself. I'm afraid you're wrong, says Gerard--I gave him that ring. You? asks Trask. Yes, says Gerard, we were in a little village in Brazil, up the river, and one of the crew members got suddenly ill--Quentin had heard of a witch doctor who could perform miracles, or so Quentin said. You let him take a Christian soul to a pagan? Asks Trask. Gerard explains it wasn't his decision--but when the witch doctor was doing his incantations, Quentin mentioned the ring he was wearing--when the ceremony was over, I could see plainly Quentin wanted that ring very much, but was afraid to ask for it--so I bought it for him.
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The Robservations references the quote perfectly...