Book Tag

PlainJane unfairly tagged me this morning with this book tag.  She knows this is a tag-free zone and she did it anyway!  How could she?! (She could, because she knew I would do this one!)  Okay, here's the tag:

Rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book of at least 123 pages.

2. Open the book to page 123.

3. Find the 5th sentence.

4. Post the next 3 sentences.

5. Tag 5 people.

With all the junk on my computer desk, it's sort of weird that I would have to go hunt up a book.  But I found one, no, three.  Here you go:

From George Orwell's 1984:
But at some time or another he had tasted chocolate like the piece she had given him. The whiff of its scent had stirred up some memory which he could not pin down, but which was powerful and troubling.
    "Where did you get this stuff?" he said.
    "Black market," she said indifferently.

(Can you imagine a world without chocolate?  Horrors!)

Next, from The Sword, The Ring, and The Parchment, by Ed Dunlop, first in the Terrestria Chronicles:
    "Believe it or not, these people are subjects of King Emmanuel. If you were to ask any one of them, he or she would claim loyalty to His Majesty. In fact, every person here used to dwell in the Village of Dedication."
    Josiah looked at him in astonishment. "The village by the Castle of Faith?"
    Sir Faithful nodded. "Some of them used to dwell in the castle itself."
    "What happened to them? If they used to live in the Village of Dedication and they served King Emmanuel, why would they want to leave there and come to this dreadful place?"

And finally, from Daughters of Destiny, by Noelle Wheeler Goforth:
    In an instant the axe fell, and the tragedy was consummated. An involuntary groan from the assembled multitude seemed to acknowledge that vengeance had been satisfied, but justice outraged.
    Lady Jane -- or Queen Jane, as she should more properly be called -- was little more than seventeen years old when she thus fell a victim to Mary's jealous fears and hate. Her heroic death demonstrated how well she had profited by the lessons in her early years. She did not waver in her faith, but rather drew strength from Christ, the Great Comforter. With this vision before her eyes, Lady Jane bore herself with serene dignity and with the true courage of a martyr.

Excuse me while I get over my fit of giggles here, lol!  Jane, it's nothing personal, honest.  It's not revenge for tagging me, honest!!!  I pray your faith and courage might be as Lady Jane Grey's.

Okay, I tag some new friends:
hanbury
nikowa
honeybee10269
patiecake
bcdricks