He came toward us, looking worried. As the birth grew closer, we had both been edgy; Frank irritable and myself terrified, having no idea what might happen between us, with the appearance of Jamie Fraser's child. But when the nurse had taken Brianna from her bassinet and handed her to Frank, with the words "Here's Daddy's little girl," his face had grown blank, and then-looking down at the tiny face, perfect as a rosebud-gone soft with wonder. Within a week, he had been hers, body and soul.
( Diana Gabaldon )
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