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God, I love that quarrel on the moor so much. SO MUCH. SO FUCKING MUCH. Alan falling to his knees crying, because no matter the insult, he cannot bring himself to kill or injure Davy!

And then the bit immediately after, where Davy realizes the magnitude of what he's done, and the only way he can think of to walk it back is to PRETEND THAT HE'S DYING. (This was a VERY formative book for me, and that was my principal take-away: the best way to salvage a friendship is to PRETEND YOU'RE DYING.)

(Okay, yes, yes, he really was sick! But he ABSOLUTELY hammed it up for Alan!)

*collapses on my fainting couch while I take a moment*

12-inch height difference: I suspect they're playing it up in that moment, just for the pleasure of being friends again, but I'll bet you anything it's still something absurd. A good nine inches, at least, if not more.

I have seen no adaptations, although someone shared on tumblr a snippet of one from the 60s just a short while ago... (Here.) I'd like to see the one that has Paul McGann as a redcoat, because Paul McGann, but there's a part of me that's loathe to see ANY adaptation, because I have loved this book too long and too hard to risk someone else's casting getting stuck in my brain.