After meeting Malborn and giving him some of my best equipment ... I head off to meet Delphine at the stables .... but upon meeting her and speaking with her .... Everytime the game freezes ......... So I've basically had my best bow stolen from me buy a dude I'll probably never meet again ..............Is it just me or???????

That svcks. I had a really bad feeling about this quest so I save right before giving Malborn anything. In general when an NPC says "Give me your most important stuff" it's time to make sure you have a backup file before doing so. Luckily this didn't happen to me... but yeah, story line quest glitches are unacceptable anyway.