a mooncast shadow

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"Rob Roy" is a movie in which Liam Neeson plays Robert McGregor an 18th century Scottish folk hero who has gotten crossways with some of the nobility. He is about to do one of those things that “a man’s gotta do”, something either foolish or honorable depending on your point of view. His wife, played by Jessica Lange, goes to see the Duke of Argyle to get him to intervene on Rob’s behalf. She explains that her husband would not appreciate her being there, but she must or else give him over entirely to his enemies. “And though I love his honor, it is but a mooncast shadow of the love I hold for him.”

corrected 5-26-11