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"It was laid catty-wumpus, but she brought it so cleverly, and made it breathe-we thought 'twas dead, it was so still, but it wasn't!
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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"'Mrs. Fraser brought the child,' Mrs. Tolliver explained eagerly. 'It was laid catty-wumpus, but she brought it so cleverly, and made it breathe—we thought 'twas dead, it was so still, but it wasn't! Isn't that wonderful, Tolly?'"
—Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (New York: Bantam Dell, 2005), 777
February 3, 2010