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Directed by: Julian Holmes Written by: Matthew B. Roberts and Toni Graphia First aired on November 4, 2018 Claire (Caitriona Balfe) says in VOICEOVER: "For centuries humans have held an endless fascination with circles, attributing meaning where they are found. From the eternal rotation of the planets around the sun to the movement of clock hands, to a simple wedding band. And I more than most know full well just how a circle can affect one's life. Or death." Jamie (Sam Heughan) asks a guard, "Would you allow me a moment to bid farewell to my friend?" and slips him a bribe. Then when he finds his friend, he says, " Hayes (James Allenby-Kirk). When they set you free near the gallows, Fergus will create a stramash. Lesley and I will see to the watchmen, and then you run as though the devil himself is chasing you." Hayes replies, "Ye're aff yer heid, Mac Dubh. Do you intend to be hanged as well? I canna let ye die." Jamie exclaims, "You came on this journey to aid us." Hayes replies, "Aye. And I dinna regret it. I shoulda listened to ye, Mac Dubh. I shouldna lain with that woman." Jamie observes, "Men do things drunk they wouldna when clear-headed." Hayes admits, "I didna ken she was marrit till the husband came upon me with a pitchfork. Kicked him down the stairs only to save my own neck. Now it's with my neck that I'll pay." Hayes asks hopefully, "There's two things ye might grant me." "Anything." "First, whisky. With any luck I'll hardly notice when the rope tightens." Jamie says, "A whisky's hard to come by hearabouts, but I do have a wee bit of rum." Then he hands Hayes his flask. Coughing, Hayes says, "I can always count on ye. To my soul." Hayes hands the flask back and Jamie takes a swig. Stephen Bonnet (Ed Speleers), who is overhearing this exchange, asks, "How about a drop for my soul as well?" Jamie hands him the flask and Bonnet says, "To all our souls. Sláinte" Other prisoners join in with "Sláinte" Jamie asks Hayes, "What was your second request?" "I'd like the last face I look upon to be that of a friend. Smiling at me." Jamie promises him, "You have my word." Outside where people are gathered to watch the hanging, Jamie joins Fergus (César Domboy) and Lesley (Keith Fleming) and and tells them, "When they release Hayes, do nothing." Fergus is surprised by this. "You have another plan, Milord?" Jamie replies, "No. This is the way Hayes wants it." Hayes and the other men sentenced to be hanged are led to the gallows by soldiers. There's drumming. Jamie, Fergus and Lesley have found Claire and Marsali (Lauren Lyle) and are watching together. Claire says in VOICEOVER, "It had been four months since we arrived in America. We'd been making our way up the coast when our friend, Gavin Hayes, killed a man and was sentenced to death. Jamie tried everything he could to save Hayes, but the magistrate wouldn't listen." Someone orders, "Stop." And Gavin Hayes is unchained. Then they push and prod him up the steps. The hangman says, "Keep it going. Move. The said Gavin Hayes feloniously and willfully did kill and murder against his Majesty's peace, his crown, and dignity." They put the noose over Gavin's head and he stares at Jamie, who forces a smileas they lock eyes. There's a drum roll, someone pulls the lever, and Gavin is hung, limbs twitching. The hangman says, "Next." Lesley loses it and rushes forward yelling, "No, no! Stupid guards! You let him die! Hayes! It's It's no right! They canna take him from me! I'm sorry! Hayes!" A Redcoat Captain of the Guard (Simon Donaldson) pushes forward, "Move it, boy. Out of the way." One of the other men sentenced to hang takes advantage of the commotion to run off and the guards chase him down. Someone knocks the guy down with a rifle stock. Stephen Bonnet takes advantage of the commotion this time, and runs off in the opposite direction. A woman notices and shouts, "He's getting away!" A gunman shouts, "Halt or I'll fire!" But Bonnet knocks him down. And a Redcoat says, "Quickly, after him!" Jamie, Claire, Marsali and Young Ian (John Bell) are sitting at a table. Jamie says, "I spoke with the harbormaster. The Campagniasets sail for home in three weeks, allowing us time to visit my Aunt Jocasta at River Run." Fergus and Lesley come in the room and Marsali says, "Fergus?" Claire asks Fergus, "Did you speak with a minister?" He replies, "Thieving wretch. He will not have a convicted felon in his graveyard. Not without a good deal of recompense for his sins." Jamie observes, "An immoral wretch as well. He's willing to take a bribe." Jamie asks Lesley, "Did ye bring Hayes?" "Aye. He's in our wagon." Ian suggests, "We could bury him in the wood." Jamie replies, "No. No, Gavin wouldna care for being alone in the woods." Lesley adds, "He was mortally scairt of spirits. D'ye recall, Mac Dubh, at Ardsmuir, how he told us of the tannasghe encountered?" They chuckle. Jamie declares, "We'll not lay him in unconsecrated ground. We'll lay him to rest tonight in the company of other souls." Claire says, "It's a good idea." Marsali states,"I'm very tired." Fergus asks Jamie, "Might I take her up to her room to rest?" "Aye. Aye, we'll manage without ye." Lesley is still shaken. "A man such as Hayes should ne'er have met wi' such an end. Without so much as a proper lament sung for him. Well, he shall have a caithris." Lesley starts singing in Gaelic, "Och nan och tha sinn fo mhulad Dh'fhag thu Gabhain sin fo leon Mac Sheumais Mac Louisa Dh'fag thu 'n tait rinn d'arach og" More and more people join in, "Eisd ris eisd ris Dh'fhag thu gabhainn Sinn fo bhron Eisd ris eisd ris 'S truagh nach eil thu Fhathast gle og Thogadh thu ann an Cill-Mhartainn Ann an sgire Dhun Domhnuill Rugadh thu ann am baile breagha Seachd ciad deug fichead agas seachd Eisd ris eisd ris Dh'fhag thu Gabhain Sinn fo bhron Eisd ris eisd ris 'S truagh nach eil thu Fhathast gle og Eisd ris eisd ris Dh'fag thu Gabhainn Sinn fo bhron Eisd ris Eisd ris 'S truagh nach eil thu Fhathast gle og Eisd ris eisd ris 'S truagh nach eil thu Fhathast gle og They are traveling at night. Lesley and Ian are in the wagon and Claire and Jamie are following on horseback. Claire says in VOICEOVER: "And so we were off to bury our friend. Sadly Hayes would never return home to Scotland. And the only way the rest of us would make it back was to sell a gem stone we salvaged from the wreck of the Artemisa." Claire says to Jamie, "The Lillington's dinner certainly seems promising. And perhaps we'll be able to find a buyer for the gem stones there." Jamie adds, "Aye, the gems will fetch a bonny price. Here'll do, lads. Lesley, stay here with Claire. Watch over Hayes. Ian and I will find a good place." Claire asks, "Won't you need a headstone? Surely they'll notice a newly-dug grave." "Aye, they might. I shouldna think the minister would trouble himself to dig him up for nothing." Ian and Jamie are digging a grave. Jamie is loosening the dirt with a shovel and Ian is using a bucket to scoop it out of the hole. Ian is starting to have flashbacks of when he was with Geillis, when she was naked in her blood bath. Ian asked her, "What do you do with the boys?" And she replied, "I have my way with them." Jamie notices that Ian is getting more and more upset. Shaking, crying... Jamie asks, "All right, lad?" But Ian is stuck in the memory of Geillis stating, "I have my way with them." "Ian. What's the matter?" Ian remembers Geillis saying, "And after that..." He tells Jamie, "The Bakra." Geillis added in Ian's memory, "I've no use for them." Jamie shouts, "Ian, Ian! Ian. Ian, what is it?" Jamie understands and tries to help, "Some ghosts can only be banished by speaking their name and foul deeds aloud. I I, too, had a festering pain inside. Until I shared it with your Aunt Claire." Ian opens up. "When I was taken to the woman ye called Geillis She was naked In a basin of blood. She talked about bedding virgins. As plain as though she asked me whether I had parritch for breakfast. I spoke true and I told her I wasna chaste. That answer was not to her liking. She needed someone chaste for her purposes. She took my hand, and upon my life, she made me come to bed and lie down. She made me do things. Unspeakable things. Have you ever lain wi' someone when ye didna want to do it?" Jamie confesses, "I have." "Then ye understand how it can be? How you can do it without wishing to, detesting it. And all the while it feels Pleasing?" "Well, lad What it comes down to What it comes down to is that your cock doesn't have a conscience, but you have. It's not your fault, lad. Ye did what ye must and survived. That's all that matters. Well, that hole is deep enough. So Let's bring Hayes along then, huh?" "Lesley, let's get on with it." Lesley says, "Gathering, I can't, what another fellow needs. Life without him doesna seem right." He starts to pull off the tarp covering Hayes' body, and something is moving inside the wagon and everyone's freaking out! "Ifrinn an Diabhail!" "A Dhia, thoir cobhair!" Ian exclaims, "Christ alive! Where did it come from?" Lesley answers, "From Hell. May it return there at once!" Jamie uses the shovel to knock down the person under the tarp in the wagon, uncovering the intruder, and answers, "Not from Hell. From the gallows." Stephen Bonnet says, "My apologies for frightening ye." Jamie says, "Come." Bonnet grunts and says, "All right, all right." Jamie pushes him up against a tall rock wall and asks, "How long were you in the wagon?" "Since Since midovernoon. I crawled up there once the frog loaded up poor old Hayes. I was keeping him company, hopin' that you'd be leaving town and takin' me with you. Stephen Bonnet, sir." "Mr. Bonnet." "Mmm." "For what crime were you condemned?" "Thieving, smuggling, piracy." "And how many men have you killed in commission of your crimes, Mr. Bonnet?" "None that were not tryin' to kill me first. Same as your friend." Jamie let him go, grudgingly. "All right. You can go. I'll not hinder ye." But Bonnet isn't quite done. "Might I trouble you for conveyance? There'll be watchmen and soldiers out on the road tonight hunting me. You could take me safely past them to a creek with an outlet down to the sea. From there you'll be on your way, free of the taint of my company. I won't bother you again. You have my word. I'm begging you, sir. In the name of Gavin Hayes. He said you'd never turn your back on a friend." Lesley asks Jamie, "For a friend of Gavin?" "All right. We'll take ye." Bonnet is pleased. "Great." Claire adds, "I'll go with you. Husband and wife will seem less suspicious." Jamie agrees. "Fine. First, we lay Hayes to rest. After we're done, you two take the horses return to the tavern. We'll deliver Mr. Bonnet to safety." Bonnet says, "Thank you. I'd only ask one more thing. Well, that you allow me to help bury a friend." Jamie and Claire are in the wagon and are stopped by a Redcoat officer, Sergeant Heyns (Peter Collins). "Halt. Make yourselves known." Jamie stops the horses. "James Fraser and my wife, Claire Fraser." Sergeant Heyns asks, "What is it that brings you out so perilously late?" Claire answers, "A family matter." "What have you in the wagon?" the Sergeant asks. Jamie answers this time, "Nothing of worth. What little we have for our own provision. A cut of venison, sack of oats. And a body." "A what?" "A corpse. One of the men what was hanged this afternoon." Claire adds, "We're taking him for a proper burial with his kinsman." "Have a look, Griswold." Private Griswold (James Ringer Beck) investigates, "Yes, sir. It's a body. Wrapped in a shroud." Heyns orders, "Take your bayonet and make sure it's good and dead inside there." Claire is shocked, "That's sacrilegious, Sergeant." Jamie adds, "Would you defile a body, sir?" Heyns orders, "Get on with it. Stab it in the leg, Griswold, to be sure." Private Griswold does as ordered, and stabs the body in the leg, reporting, "Yeah, not a twitch. Dead as a doornail." Sergeant Heyns is satisfied. "Be on your way, then, Mr. Fraser." After a while Jamie stops the horses. "Whoa." He and Claire jump out of the wagon to check on their cargo. Claire asks, "Are you wounded, Mr. Bonnet?" Bonnet replies, "Um Danu the luck giver was with me. I think the venison bore the brunt of it." Claire looks on. "Huh." Bonnet adds, "They pinked me in the thigh a bit, though." Jamie says, "Well, let my wife tend to your leg. She's a healer." Claire takes charge, "Here, let me look. It's not bad." Bonnet notices her rings. "Two wedding bands you wear." Claire explains, "I've been married twice." Bonnet observes chuckling, "Oh, two lucky men, then. And you've never parted with the ring from the first?" "No." Bonnet admits, "I never married. But I've always been partial to rings. The watchmen dispossessed me of mine. There's something about the notion of an infinite circle that fascinates me." "Ah. The hangman's noose is a circle you'd do well to avoid in the future." "It's not the noose I fear, madam." "No?" "Since I was a lad, I've been plagued by nightmares of drowning over and over again. You'd think I'd foresee it and waken. But I never do. Not till the water's over my head. I know it'll be the death of me. Gray waters, dark with mud, things swimmin' blindly in it. Waiting for the sea to have her way with me. That they might do the same when she's done." Claire states, "Well, nightmares can't harm you." "Ah, no. It's the sea herself pullin' at me. Have you ever felt the sea pullin' at you?" "I almost drowned once. In a storm at sea." "Then you know what I speak of." Jamie asks, "Where will you go from here, Mr. Bonnet?" "Oh, some of my associates intended to weigh anchor in a nearby tributary before the weather turns. I pray I'm not too late." Jamie asks, "Aye, why is it I get a feeling 'tis pirates that ye speak of?" "Ah Well certainly the governors of the Carolinas would call them so. The merchants of Wilmington would regard them otherwise. No doubt you'll be, uh, seeking some reward for your assistance? That can be settled." Jamie states, "I saved ye for Hayes' sake. I'll no seek reward for such service." Bonnet offers, "Well, thank you, sir. You truly are a rare gentleman indeed. I might advise you to be wary. Travelers in these woods, they're they're often set upon by thieves and outlaws." Jamie says, "We will. Thank you." Bonnet spreads his arms and bows, "I must bid you now adieu." Then he starts to limp off grunting. Claire adds, "I hope your good luck continues, Mr. Bonnet." "Oh, I found that a man most often makes his own luck." Back in the wagon, Jamie observes, "I fear we may rouse suspicion if we pass by the redcoats so soon. Hate to deprive you of a warm bed, but we'll have to stay in the woods tonight." "I don't mind." "Nor do I." Jamie agrees. "Let's find a safe place to camp." Later they're sitting near a fire, Claire in her shift and Jamie with his shirt off. She says, "It's been such a terrible day. I feel so lucky to be here with you." "It isn't wrong to be alive, Sassenach." "You're right. We have to treasure these moments." "Aye. You and I ken better than most how fleeting life can be. Hmm." "Still, can't help but feel sometimes that all of this could be ripped away at any moment." "It doesn't matter, Sassenach." "Hmm?" Kisses. "Don't you see how small a thing death is between is? After you left me, after Culloden, I was dead. Yet all that time I loved you." "I loved you too. I never stopped." More kisses... Jamie clarifies, "When my body dies, my soul will still be yours. Nothing is lost, Sassenach. Only changed." Claire observes, "That's the first law of thermodynamics." "No. No. That's faith." She climbs onto his lap facing him. "I don't care what it is. I want to feel alive with you right now." And they get down to business feeling alive, then kissing tenderly... He nips her shoulder. Later in the morning, Claire asks Jamie, "Do you know what lies beyond those trees?" "Aye. More trees." "Yes, a lot more. They stretch all the way past a mighty river named the Mississippi. The Great Plains. This is just the start of what America will become. Eventually it will reach all the way to the Pacific Ocean. North Carolina will just be one of 50 states." "Hmm. [KISSES] - All filled with Scots." Chuckles... "Oh, there will be lots of different people here from countries all over the world. And all hoping to live what will be called the American Dream." "Is that the same as our dream?" "I suppose it is." "Hmm. A chance to live in a place where the only limitations are a person's own abilities. And the will to succeed. That's the dream. Oh, they'll come here in their thousands. And then millions." "What about those already here? The natives. What becomes of them?" "Well They are driven from their ancestral lands. Killed. Or forced to live in reservations. It's not unlike what the English did to the Highlanders." "A dream for some can be a nightmare for others." Claire says in VOICEOVER: "I suggested to Jamie we try and sell the ruby. As we got ready for the Lillington dinner that night, our hopes were high that we'd find a buyer." Claire and Jamie are dressing for the party. Claire asks, "It's not too much mutton dressed as lamb, is it?" "Never. Only thing missing is a wee bit of jewelry. Took it to the goldsmith. Used some of our coin to fashion this mount. Only had time for any but the simplest design." He shows her the ruby necklace he took out of his pocket. She states, "No, simple is best." "Mmm. Heard Governor Tryon (Tim Downie) will be in attendance, along with a Baron Penzler (Rainer Sellien) . It's said the Baron's love of money is accompanied by a love of the fine objects that come with it." "Hmm, well, let's hope he's a fondness for rubies." "Hmm." "Hmm." They kiss, then he takes her hand and asks formally, "Might I request the pleasure of your company for dinner? Madam?" "You may." Jamie and Claire are seated at a large dining table with eight other well-dressed people (5 men and 3 women). There are several slaves serving as waiters. In the distance we hear Mr. Lillington (Geoffrey Newland) say to Governor Tryon, "Governor, Mrs. Lillington and I are so pleased ..." Mr. Stanhope (Graeme Stirling) complains, "Four shillings poll tax And four pence per gallon rum duty. Will it never end?!" Phillip Wylie (Chris Donald) replies, "That's the very least of it, Stanhope. It's the never-ending expenses incurred in dividing our land from that of the Cherokee savages which worries me." A woman sitting next to Jamie states, "Yes, that's a good question." Phillip Wylie continues, "All from our taxes." Baron Penzler, sitting next to Claire, adds, "It beggars belief, does it not, Mistress Fraser? Mmm, though I doubt many women will be familiar with such provincial matters." Claire answers, "Well, on the contrary, Lord Penzler. I'm sure the very thought of inequitable taxes brings out the savage in all of us. I'm particularly savage when it comes to taxes that bear disproportionately on the poor." Mr. Stanhope gets the joke. "Yes, that's very good. The savage in all of us. Yes, indeed." He starts coughing on some crumbs. Phillip Wylie admonishes her, "You must try not to be so amusing, Mistress Fraser. It may be the death of poor Stanhope." Judith Wylie (Ainsley Jordan), Phillip's sister, asks Claire snidely, "Is Is this the the style in Edinburgh, Mistress Fraser? How How charming." Baron Penzler notices Claire's ruby necklace. "Such a beautiful stone. You will permit me to look more closely?" "Certainly." Claire replies. As Penzler leans in, Claire deftly removes the necklace and drops it into his hand. He examines it closely, then pulls out a magnifying glass to inspect it more closely. Penzler says, "Thank you. Beautiful. Sehr, sehr schon. And without flaw." Mr. Lillington says, "The Governor and I have heard that you are the nephew of the widow Cameron of River Run. Have we been informed correctly, Mr. Fraser?" Jamie confirms, "Aye, uh, Jocasta Cameron is my late mother's sister. Either of you acquainted with her?" Lillington answers, "Yes, um, I've been acquainted with Mistress Cameron for many years. A most charming woman. Are you familiar with her estate, Your Excellency?" addressing the Governor. Governor Tryon replies, "Mmm, my wife and I passed several days at Cross Creek last year during our tour of North Carolina. River Run, I believe, is situated on the Cape Fear River at the foot of the mountains." Jamie answers, "Aye. You know, my family are Highlanders. Mountains are like home to us." The Governor continues, "Well, the Blue Ridge mountains are some of the most majestic you'll see anywhere, Mr. Fraser." "Hmm, I intend on seeing them when I visit my aunt before returning to Scotland." Governor Tryon has a proposition, "Hmm. Would you, um, join me after dinner for a pipe and some brandy? I have a case imported from France. There's a matter I wish to put before you." Later, Jamie and the Governor are having a conversation seated in front of a beautifully ornate fireplace. Governor Tryon states, "Mr. Lillington tells me you've been both a farmer and a soldier and are newly arrived to the Colonies. Are you familiar with conditions here?" "To which conditions might you refer, sir?" "North Carolina, though not as prosperous as its neighbors, still offers wealth and prosperity for those willing to persevere and work the land. The Crown encourages settlement by industrious, God-fearing families." "His Majesty is wise to encourage settlement of lands so rich in opportunity, Your Excellency." "To this end, there is established a system of land grants whereby large acreage may be given to men who would undertake to persuade numbers of emigrants to come and settle on part of it under their sponsorship." "I did hear mention of such grants, yet Yet is it not true they come with a steep quitrent per acre that must be paid in coin?" "That is true. But in frankness, Mr. Fraser, there is the law, and there is what is done. It may be possible to dispense with the requirements of quitrents while one acquires settlers. Provided, of course, one swears an oath of loyalty to his Majesty the King, if not already done so. And so not wishing to remind you of any past indignity, it is my duty to ask..." Jamie jumps in, "And mine to answer. I'm a pardoned Jacobite. I've sworn the oath. Like so many others that paid that price to keep their lives. It's late, Your Excellency. I must beg to take my leave of you." "Well, good night, Mr. Fraser. Um, do consider my offer." "Mmm." Jamie and Claire are getting undressed after the dinner party. It was a success! "One hundred pounds sterling. For a single ruby! All thanks to you. The Baron (Penzler) nearly dropped his eyeballs into your bosom, the filthy lecher. Had a right mind to challenge him over it." Claire reminds him, "Discretion is the better part of valor. I've yet to meet a Scot who seemed to think so." "Hmm. Eh, be that as it may, the Baron's eye for fine gemstones means we've enough money to secure passage to Scotland many times over. With what's left over, I can I can purchase a printing press. You can practice your healing. Ah, do no fash, Sassenach. It'll be fine. John Grey used his influence to withdraw the warrant. I'm no longer a wanted man." "It's not that." "You're a terrible liar." "No, it's nothing." "Ah, thinking so loudly, I can hear ye from here." "Well, I was thinking about the offer the Governor made to you." "Ah. I was thinking on the matter myself." "And?" "Eh. Oh, he's he's no offering me land for the sake of my bonny blue eyes. Bees that have honey in their mouth have a sting in their tail. Ask yourself this. Why me? An outsider with few ties and no known loyalties." "Except to the man that's offering you a large tract of land. "Hmm. The man's a soldier. A man of strategy. He kens me as one. And I understand he's had trouble with the Regulators a year past." "Who are the Regulators?" "They're men from the wilderness. They've taken offense at what they believe is illegal behavior on the part of Tryon's tax collectors. So they've taken matters into their own hands. They called meetings, drawn up petitions, stirred up a spirit of resistance. The Governor's clearly worried." Claire gets it. "So if things heat up, he wants to buy the loyalty and obligation of an experienced soldier for the cost of a few acres of the King's land. Hmm, he's much sneakier than I thought. He's practically Scottish." "No." "Oh, Jamie, you have to remember there's going to be another war in eight years. The American Revolution. If you accepted the Governor's offer of the land, he'd expect you to fight for the Crown against the revolutionaries." "You know, I've fought in wars before, Sassenach." "Yes, but unlike Culloden, this one the British will lose. We would be on the wrong side of history again. We would be branded as loyalists, and the land the Governor has offered you would be taken from us." "Hm. This This becomes Brianna's country, does it not?" "Yes, she was born here." "I dinna wish to fight in wars again or or have you in danger, Sassenach, but If there's a bit I can do to make this a good land for Brianna, if my presence here now can be felt by her later, then... Then that would be something." "Yes, it would." Jamie and Claire are outside walking toward Young Ian. "Ian? Ian, where have you been? And what's this beast you have with you?" "Isn't he a handsome dog, Uncle?" Claire observes, "Don't think that's a dog, Ian. More like a bloody wolf." Jamie clarifies, "Broader through the head and chest than a wolf. He's a fine creature. Where'd you get him?" "I won him. Lucky roll of the dice. So I called him Rollo." "Ye were dicin'?" "Aye, with sailors. But he's not the only thing I won." Ian hands Jamie some coins. "Christ, ya shouldna stake yer life gambling with sailors." "But you're always at it, Uncle. Every tavern we've seen fit to rest, you've wagered our coin." "That's cards, not dice. And I ken what I'm doing." "Well, I won, did I no? We have need of the money for the journey home." "Aye, well, if your mother hears of this..." "I won't do it again. Promise." Claire states, "You're right, you won't. And you won't need to. We've plenty of money now. We found a buyer for the ruby last night." "Well, that's some good news, Auntie." Jamie orders, "Aye, well, bring your mongrel and we'll go inside. We'll have some food. Then there's some things we need to talk about." Ian orders, "Come on, Rollo." They all go inside the tavern. Jamie, Claire, Ian, Lesley, Fergus and Marsali are eating. Fergus asks, "S-Staying in America?" Jamie answers, "Aye. Aye, Claire and I have decided to try and make a life here." Ian is happy! "That's a fine idea. We could stay" Jamie cuts him off. "Not we, lad. Ye'll still be on a ship bound for Scotland." "Oh, please, Uncle. I'll no be a worry to ye. Truly, I swear it. I'll work to earn my bread. I've a talent for selling. Fergus will tell ye." "Ye ken I would like nothing more than to have ye with me, but in what God's name would your mother say?" "I dinna ken. But she'll be saying it in Scotland, won't she? She kens I'm safe with ye. Ye wrote to her back in Georgia." Lesley points out, "I canna say that particular bit of knowledge will be over-comforting to her, Ian." Jamie adds, "Your parents dinna want a vagrant's life for you, lad. They want you to grow to be a man of learning and influence. A man of worth. You'll amount to something for yer mother's sake. If it kills us both. Yer life's no meant to be wasted." Fergus asks, "Where will you settle?" Claire answers, "We don't know yet. We thought we would work that out when we're visiting River Run." Jamie says, "Mmm. Fergus, I want ye to have a portion of the profit from the ruby. It will pay for ye and Marsali to return to Scotland, if that's what you choose. And there's a bit for Marsali to take home to her mother. For the alimony I promised. There's enough for you as well, Lesley." Lesley says, "I appreciate it, Mac Dubh. But I'd have ye keep your coin if I may travel with ye a bit longer. This is a wild country, and my place is at your side." Jamie is happy to have him. "Aye, ye may." Fergus states, "We would like to stay in North Carolina as well, Milord. Marsali would not be well-suited to a long journey. She is with child." "What?" Big Smiles! Claire adds "Well, it certainly is a happy surprise." Marsali admits, "Aye, was a surprise to us as well. Of course we are delighted." Jamie pounds the table, beaming! "May God bless you both." Fergus states, "For now Marsali and I will stay in Wilmington." Marsali says, "It's a wee bit bigger than Broch Mordha. I hope to find work as a seamstress, while Fergus seeks employment himself." Jamie declares, "Aye, he'll do fine, Marsali." And to Fergus, "And you you'll make a fine father." Fergus is beaming, "Thank you, Milord." Jamie says to Ian and Lesley, "Uh, Campagnia leaves in under a fortnight. You two will accompany us to River Run until then." Hugs all around. Lesley adds, "Oh, congratulations. Great news." Marsali laughs, "Thanks." The group is on a river boat named the "Sally Ann". Both Lesley and Ian are pushing them forward with sticks. And a large elderly black man is up top steering. There is also a captain on board. Claire and Jamie are sitting on the deck talking. She asks, "So what is your Aunt Jocasta like?" "She's a MacKenzie. Hmm. Hmm. She's my mother's sister. And I haven't seen her since I was a wee lad. She wed a John Cameron and left Leoch before my parents married." "She's never visited Lallybroch?" "Aye, once or twice. Then John died of a flux so she wed his cousin, Hugh Cameron. Well, he was killed hunting. So, then she wed Hector Cameron." "Well, she seems to have quite the taste for Camerons. Is there something special about them as a clan? Outside from being accident-prone." "Ah, well, they have a way wi' words. Camerons are poets and jesters." "So which is Hector? A poet or a jester?" "Neither. He's dead now too." "So how did they come to be in North Carolina?" "Well, after the Rising, he and Jocasta fled Scotland and came here. He was granted land, built a house and a saw mill, planted tobacco. And then he died of a morbid sore throat a year past." "Well, I hope the messenger arrives with your letter before we do." Ian jumps into the conversation. "He'd arrive before we do if he crawled on his hands and knees." Jamie says, "Well, keep going, lad. I expect ye'll have us in River Run before nightfall." Claire notices theman steering the river boat and says, "Poor man deserves a rest. Shouldn't have elderly slaves on their feet all day." Captain Freeman (Grant Stott) answers, "Needn't worry yourself, madam. He earns a fair wage for his work. Isn't that right, Eutroclus (Leon Herbert)?" "Yes, I do, captain." Claire asks, "You mean to say that you're free?" Eutroclus replies, "Yes, madam." Captain Freeman adds, "He used to be my slave. Till one day I fell asleep with the lamp still burning. The cabin caught fire and Troklus pulled me out in time. After that, petitioned a court for his release on the grounds of meritorious service and offered a surety for his freedom. Been working for me ever since. Best waterman on the river." Claire observes, "You must be grateful every day for what he's done for you." Eutroclus is giving Claire a lesson on steering the river boat. "Keep your eye up river. You'll want to steer around any logs." Jamie tells Ian, "All right, lad. It's your turn at the pole." Claire states, "This is harder than it looks. The current is stronger than I imagined." Jamie asks Claire, "Will you join me, Sassenach?" "Of course. Well, what's this?" "A present. Open it." Claire opens the wooden box filled with medical instruments and bottles of supplies. Claire gasps, and Jamie asks, "Do ye like it?" "Oh, Jamie. It's wonderful. Where did you find it?" "I saw the box when I when I went to the goldsmith to have the ruby set." "Oh, my God. It's a microscope." "Aye. And perhaps one day I'll deck ye in laces and jewels. I havena been able to give ye much ever, save for this wee ring. And my mother's pearls." "You've given me so much more. Brianna, for one. I gave the pearls to her. They're an heirloom, after all. And this ring is all I need." "Twenty-four years ago I married ye, Sassenach. I hope I haven't ever given you cause to regret it." "Not for a single day." Later that night the boat is docked, and everyone is asleep. Rollo hears something, barks, and goes outside. He jumps on a man and they both go into the river. Stephen Bonnet jumps into the cabin saying, "Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, pleasure to see you again." "Stephen." Ray Charles singing "America The Beautiful" plays and most of the other sounds are drowned out. Bonnet punches Jamie and runs outside, then when Jamie follows, his men jump him and start beating him up. Captain Freeman and Eutroclus are on the beach being held at gunpoint. Other pirates are ransacking inside the cabin. One of them finds Jamie's stash of gemstones and gives it to Bonnet. Another pirate is attacking Claire and Lesley pulls him off, only to have Bonnet slit his throat/font>. Then Bonnet yells at Claire and forces her to remove her rings, but she puts them inher mouth. Bonnet chokes her and fishes one of them out, Jamie's ring. Bonnet is satisfied with that one and heads out, taking his men with him. Claire coughs up Frank's ring as Jamie comes into the cabin and sees Lesley dead and Claire weeping.