“I'll leave it to you, Sassenach," he said dryly, "to imagine what it feels like to arrive unexpectedly in the midst of a brothel, in possession of a verra large sausage.”

—  Diana Gabaldon, book Dragonfly in Amber

Source: Dragonfly in Amber

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