1 00:00:15,787 --> 00:00:16,955 [Claire] Previously... 2 00:00:17,122 --> 00:00:18,498 I mean, you don't intend to live your life 3 00:00:18,665 --> 00:00:20,125 in order to please other people's expectations. 4 00:00:20,292 --> 00:00:21,418 [Claire] May I call you by your Christian name? 5 00:00:21,543 --> 00:00:23,336 Why, yes. 6 00:00:23,837 --> 00:00:24,880 It's Elspeth. 7 00:00:25,046 --> 00:00:26,423 And I'm Claire. 8 00:00:26,590 --> 00:00:29,092 All I'm asking is that you contact this Claudel fellow 9 00:00:29,259 --> 00:00:30,427 and encourage him to meet with me. 10 00:00:30,594 --> 00:00:31,595 I'll consider it. 11 00:00:31,762 --> 00:00:33,472 Ye think Frank is torturing you? 12 00:00:33,638 --> 00:00:36,016 I just don't know what's real or not anymore. 13 00:00:36,433 --> 00:00:37,893 Rob Cameron. 14 00:00:38,018 --> 00:00:39,770 [Roger] He read my guide for time travel by accident. 15 00:00:39,936 --> 00:00:42,230 [Jamie] No one on the Ridge kens of this gold's existence. 16 00:00:42,397 --> 00:00:43,940 Canna let them find out. 17 00:00:44,065 --> 00:00:45,609 Daddy's book warns of a battle coming to the backcountry. 18 00:00:46,193 --> 00:00:48,069 We're gonna need a lot more than just a few hunting rifles, 19 00:00:48,236 --> 00:00:49,821 and Savannah is the place to get them. 20 00:00:49,988 --> 00:00:52,073 Lord John Grey included a letter of safe passage 21 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:53,533 with his invitation. 22 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:56,036 You're raising a Loyalist militia on my land. 23 00:00:56,161 --> 00:00:56,953 I am. 24 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:58,038 You are sorely mistaken 25 00:00:58,205 --> 00:00:59,748 if you think I will allow it! 26 00:01:03,210 --> 00:01:06,129 I've reconsidered your plan to get guns to arm the Ridge. 27 00:01:06,296 --> 00:01:08,715 It'll still be dangerous, but Randall's book says 28 00:01:08,882 --> 00:01:10,509 the battle to end the siege of Savannah 29 00:01:10,634 --> 00:01:12,344 will be on the ninth of October. 30 00:01:13,303 --> 00:01:14,971 Continentals will fail. 31 00:01:15,138 --> 00:01:16,681 The battle will be bloody, but... 32 00:01:16,848 --> 00:01:18,308 it willna reach the center of the city. 33 00:01:18,475 --> 00:01:19,851 So if you wait out the fighting there, 34 00:01:20,018 --> 00:01:22,521 you should be safe enough, as will Fergus, Marsali. 35 00:01:23,021 --> 00:01:25,649 And the children can stay here with us, of course. 36 00:01:26,483 --> 00:01:29,277 Take this to Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion. 37 00:01:29,444 --> 00:01:31,905 The book says he'll be with the Continental Army 38 00:01:32,030 --> 00:01:32,905 in Savannah. 39 00:01:33,697 --> 00:01:35,492 He has a great deal of experience with militias. 40 00:01:35,617 --> 00:01:38,036 Might be keen to arm men from the backcountry. 41 00:01:38,161 --> 00:01:39,871 So we're starting our own militia? 42 00:01:40,038 --> 00:01:43,166 Oh, it's that, or we join Benjamin Cleveland 43 00:01:43,333 --> 00:01:44,792 and his Overmountain Men. 44 00:01:45,710 --> 00:01:49,339 I'll be damned if I'll report back to that murdering bastard. 45 00:01:49,506 --> 00:01:51,842 You'd think it'd at least have the decency to shine, 46 00:01:52,008 --> 00:01:53,385 like in a film. 47 00:01:54,177 --> 00:01:57,054 [dramatic music plays] 48 00:01:57,222 --> 00:01:58,223 ♪ ♪ 49 00:01:58,390 --> 00:02:01,059 Um, what about bandits? 50 00:02:01,852 --> 00:02:02,978 Do you want to make it into musket balls 51 00:02:03,144 --> 00:02:04,688 -like you did the last time? -No. 52 00:02:05,188 --> 00:02:06,356 There's no time. 53 00:02:06,523 --> 00:02:08,315 But I do have an idea. 54 00:02:08,482 --> 00:02:11,444 ♪ ♪ 55 00:02:16,825 --> 00:02:19,369 ♪ Sing me a song ♪ 56 00:02:19,494 --> 00:02:23,623 ♪ Of a lass that is gone ♪ 57 00:02:23,790 --> 00:02:27,085 ♪ Say, could that lass ♪ 58 00:02:27,252 --> 00:02:30,380 ♪ Be I? ♪ 59 00:02:32,465 --> 00:02:34,926 ♪ Merry of soul ♪ 60 00:02:35,093 --> 00:02:39,014 ♪ She sailed on a day ♪ 61 00:02:39,180 --> 00:02:42,058 ♪ Over the sea ♪ 62 00:02:42,225 --> 00:02:45,937 ♪ To Skye ♪ 63 00:02:46,938 --> 00:02:49,774 ♪ Billow and breeze ♪ 64 00:02:49,941 --> 00:02:52,736 ♪ Islands and seas ♪ 65 00:02:52,861 --> 00:02:55,614 ♪ Mountains of rain ♪ 66 00:02:55,780 --> 00:02:58,617 ♪ And sun ♪ 67 00:02:58,992 --> 00:03:01,995 ♪ All that was good ♪ 68 00:03:02,162 --> 00:03:04,998 ♪ All that was fair ♪ 69 00:03:05,165 --> 00:03:07,292 ♪ All that was me ♪ 70 00:03:07,459 --> 00:03:12,422 ♪ Is gone ♪ 71 00:03:14,090 --> 00:03:16,301 ♪ Sing me a song ♪ 72 00:03:16,426 --> 00:03:19,512 ♪ Of a lass that is gone ♪ 73 00:03:19,679 --> 00:03:22,307 ♪ Say, could that lass ♪ 74 00:03:22,474 --> 00:03:25,518 ♪ Be I? ♪ 75 00:03:25,644 --> 00:03:28,188 ♪ Merry of soul ♪ 76 00:03:28,355 --> 00:03:31,900 ♪ She sailed on a day ♪ 77 00:03:32,067 --> 00:03:35,862 ♪ Over ♪ 78 00:03:36,029 --> 00:03:40,075 ♪ The sea ♪ 79 00:03:40,241 --> 00:03:46,957 ♪ To Skye ♪ 80 00:03:48,833 --> 00:03:51,711 [dramatic music plays] 81 00:03:51,878 --> 00:03:54,838 ♪ ♪ 82 00:04:12,315 --> 00:04:14,150 [indistinct chatter] 83 00:04:14,317 --> 00:04:17,194 [light music plays] 84 00:04:17,362 --> 00:04:19,114 ♪ ♪ 85 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:21,116 [Marsali] What is that abominable smell? 86 00:04:21,282 --> 00:04:23,284 [Roger] It's a wee gift from Jamie and Claire. 87 00:04:23,410 --> 00:04:24,911 It's sauerkraut. 88 00:04:25,412 --> 00:04:27,914 [groaning] 89 00:04:28,039 --> 00:04:31,001 [coughing] 90 00:04:31,167 --> 00:04:34,129 ♪ ♪ 91 00:04:38,508 --> 00:04:41,720 -Oh, ho, ho, ho. -[laughs] 92 00:04:41,886 --> 00:04:43,221 Magnifique! 93 00:04:43,972 --> 00:04:45,974 The whiskey, eh? Not the stench. 94 00:04:46,141 --> 00:04:48,935 It was Da's idea. Perfect hiding place. 95 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:50,770 Mm, thank you. 96 00:04:55,525 --> 00:04:56,735 [Marsali] Gold? 97 00:04:56,901 --> 00:04:59,154 It's for muskets. Jamie's forming a militia. 98 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,489 And there's an officer in the Continental camp, 99 00:05:01,656 --> 00:05:03,074 Francis Marion 100 00:05:03,241 --> 00:05:06,786 who's been known to arm backcountry patriots. 101 00:05:07,912 --> 00:05:10,498 We thought it best to leave this minor detail 102 00:05:10,665 --> 00:05:12,125 out of our letter to you. 103 00:05:12,292 --> 00:05:15,045 I don't imagine you intend to traipse into an army camp 104 00:05:15,211 --> 00:05:17,172 with a king's ransom in bullion? 105 00:05:17,964 --> 00:05:18,798 No. 106 00:05:19,424 --> 00:05:21,760 I don't want to invite any trouble, 107 00:05:22,761 --> 00:05:24,554 nor do I expect Marion will have crates 108 00:05:24,721 --> 00:05:26,848 of guns just lying around the camp 109 00:05:27,015 --> 00:05:28,516 that he can readily part with. 110 00:05:28,683 --> 00:05:30,769 Arrangements will have to be made. 111 00:05:30,894 --> 00:05:34,397 -So we were hoping you could-- -Aye. 112 00:05:35,106 --> 00:05:36,608 Course you can leave the gold wi' us. 113 00:05:37,025 --> 00:05:39,152 Fergus has got plenty of hiding places. 114 00:05:39,319 --> 00:05:41,780 I wouldn't be surprised if you found the crown jewels. 115 00:05:41,905 --> 00:05:43,948 -It shouldn't be for long. -It's no trouble. 116 00:05:44,115 --> 00:05:46,367 Now, can we please seal these barrels tightly 117 00:05:46,534 --> 00:05:49,120 until I can find some Germans who will eat this? 118 00:05:49,287 --> 00:05:50,579 [laughter] 119 00:05:50,747 --> 00:05:52,999 Let us secrete the gold and drink to our reunion. 120 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:54,834 It's been too long since I've tasted 121 00:05:55,001 --> 00:05:56,544 Milord's divine elixir. 122 00:05:56,711 --> 00:05:58,046 [Brianna chuckles] 123 00:06:02,425 --> 00:06:03,760 To be safe, 124 00:06:03,927 --> 00:06:06,054 do you think you should leave for the camp now? 125 00:06:06,679 --> 00:06:08,014 Oh, dinna fash. 126 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,016 There's plenty of time to find Marion 127 00:06:10,141 --> 00:06:11,643 and be back before the battle. 128 00:06:11,810 --> 00:06:14,646 [dramatic music plays] 129 00:06:14,813 --> 00:06:16,648 ♪ ♪ 130 00:06:16,773 --> 00:06:19,025 A wee dram will speed me on my way. 131 00:06:19,192 --> 00:06:22,153 ♪ ♪ 132 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,157 [lively music plays] 133 00:06:26,282 --> 00:06:29,285 ♪ ♪ 134 00:06:37,168 --> 00:06:39,045 Cunningham wasn't exaggerating. 135 00:06:39,212 --> 00:06:40,755 I was collecting rents, 136 00:06:40,922 --> 00:06:42,257 trying to ascertain the loyalties of the settlers 137 00:06:42,423 --> 00:06:44,217 without arousing suspicion. 138 00:06:45,135 --> 00:06:47,387 Most of the families here are loyal to the Crown, 139 00:06:47,554 --> 00:06:49,514 and those who aren't would be reluctant 140 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,850 to join a militia that oppose it. 141 00:06:52,475 --> 00:06:54,144 I canna try to recruit them 142 00:06:54,310 --> 00:06:57,856 without risking it getting back to Cunningham. 143 00:06:58,439 --> 00:07:00,942 Surely the Ardsmuir men will fight when it comes to it. 144 00:07:01,067 --> 00:07:02,652 Ah, of course. 145 00:07:03,194 --> 00:07:04,946 And a few others, but it willna be enough. 146 00:07:05,113 --> 00:07:08,950 I'll need to recruit men from further afield. 147 00:07:09,701 --> 00:07:13,079 I leave today with Ian and Josiah. 148 00:07:13,663 --> 00:07:14,998 They ken the outposts 149 00:07:15,165 --> 00:07:17,083 that have cropped up while we were away. 150 00:07:17,208 --> 00:07:20,253 Well, you can't keep Cunningham waiting forever. 151 00:07:20,545 --> 00:07:21,754 I mean, he's going to realize 152 00:07:21,921 --> 00:07:24,257 that you've no intention of joining him. 153 00:07:25,049 --> 00:07:28,595 Wouldn't it be simpler to just evict him and be done with it? 154 00:07:29,053 --> 00:07:30,430 If I evict him or even kill him, 155 00:07:30,555 --> 00:07:33,183 someone will replace him or come to avenge him. 156 00:07:33,308 --> 00:07:35,935 No, it's better if I have him close 157 00:07:36,060 --> 00:07:37,562 so I can keep an eye on him. 158 00:07:37,728 --> 00:07:38,688 Ah. 159 00:07:40,523 --> 00:07:42,483 He told me his commander 160 00:07:42,650 --> 00:07:44,569 is Major Patrick Ferguson. 161 00:07:45,778 --> 00:07:48,364 Frank wrote of the man. 162 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,825 He's the one that formed the Loyalist militia 163 00:07:50,992 --> 00:07:53,536 that fight at Kings Mountain. 164 00:07:54,245 --> 00:07:56,539 I still am not sure of Frank's motives 165 00:07:56,706 --> 00:07:58,124 in writing that book. 166 00:07:58,249 --> 00:08:00,627 Aye, but what he wrote-- it's happening before our eyes. 167 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:02,212 I met Cleveland, 168 00:08:02,378 --> 00:08:04,547 and now Cunningham speaks of Major Ferguson. 169 00:08:04,714 --> 00:08:06,966 Well, that's not proof that you fight. 170 00:08:07,133 --> 00:08:08,259 He could be lying. 171 00:08:08,801 --> 00:08:11,346 The book says that Major Ferguson is vicious, 172 00:08:11,930 --> 00:08:14,140 ruthless on the battlefield and off, 173 00:08:15,058 --> 00:08:17,435 burning the homes of Rebels without warning, 174 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,187 forcing their allegiance. 175 00:08:21,689 --> 00:08:23,107 I'm not certain I will fight, Claire, 176 00:08:23,274 --> 00:08:26,694 but if Cunningham is forming a militia, 177 00:08:27,487 --> 00:08:31,282 we need to be ready, regardless of the book. 178 00:08:32,075 --> 00:08:34,868 ♪ ♪ 179 00:08:35,036 --> 00:08:38,539 To muskets, liberty, and sauerkraut, mes amis. 180 00:08:38,705 --> 00:08:41,334 -[laughter, glasses clinking] -Slainte. 181 00:08:45,296 --> 00:08:46,381 Mmm. 182 00:08:46,506 --> 00:08:48,132 Strange for a minister and his wife 183 00:08:48,258 --> 00:08:50,426 to smuggle guns, no? 184 00:08:50,593 --> 00:08:52,637 That was Brianna's idea, actually. 185 00:08:53,221 --> 00:08:55,390 The last people anyone would ever suspect. 186 00:08:55,556 --> 00:08:57,100 And once we get back to the Ridge, 187 00:08:57,267 --> 00:09:01,479 well, our family has a doctor, a soldier, a minister. 188 00:09:02,272 --> 00:09:03,606 Thought we needed an armorer. 189 00:09:03,773 --> 00:09:05,316 Ah, there's me thinking you came all this way 190 00:09:05,483 --> 00:09:08,611 to visit us and paint a wee picture for Lord John. 191 00:09:08,736 --> 00:09:11,239 It happens I recently received a letter from His Lordship. 192 00:09:11,406 --> 00:09:14,200 He suggested I meet with one of his associates-- 193 00:09:14,659 --> 00:09:15,994 Percival Beauchamp. 194 00:09:16,703 --> 00:09:18,371 Are either of you familiar with this man? 195 00:09:18,538 --> 00:09:20,456 -No. -Mm-mm. 196 00:09:20,623 --> 00:09:21,791 He claims to have information 197 00:09:21,958 --> 00:09:23,418 that will be of great interest to me. 198 00:09:23,584 --> 00:09:26,462 But Lord John says he can be a slippery fellow. 199 00:09:26,879 --> 00:09:28,089 I must make up my own mind 200 00:09:28,214 --> 00:09:29,966 whether what he says is trustworthy. 201 00:09:30,425 --> 00:09:32,677 You know, our mother's maiden name was Beauchamp? 202 00:09:33,094 --> 00:09:34,721 I mean, obviously, the English pronounce it "bee-cham," 203 00:09:34,887 --> 00:09:36,055 but that's quite a coincidence. 204 00:09:36,180 --> 00:09:37,974 -[glass shatters] -[screams] 205 00:09:38,308 --> 00:09:40,893 Merde. Merde! 206 00:09:41,311 --> 00:09:44,147 [dramatic music plays] 207 00:09:44,314 --> 00:09:47,275 ♪ ♪ 208 00:09:52,572 --> 00:09:53,823 Cowards! 209 00:09:53,990 --> 00:09:56,951 ♪ ♪ 210 00:10:04,292 --> 00:10:05,418 Merde. 211 00:10:06,127 --> 00:10:07,462 Are you two all right? 212 00:10:07,628 --> 00:10:09,464 [Brianna] I'm- I'm fine. Are you? 213 00:10:09,630 --> 00:10:11,591 Yeah, they didna bother to put a note on it this time. 214 00:10:11,758 --> 00:10:12,842 "This time?" 215 00:10:13,426 --> 00:10:14,802 What, this has happened before? 216 00:10:15,261 --> 00:10:16,512 Aye, we've had some horrible threatening letters. 217 00:10:16,637 --> 00:10:18,973 Filth. Bag full of dead rats. 218 00:10:19,140 --> 00:10:20,266 Another with a serpent. 219 00:10:20,433 --> 00:10:22,769 -The bastard escaped. -[sighs] 220 00:10:26,022 --> 00:10:27,565 [Brianna] Wait. What is going on? 221 00:10:28,024 --> 00:10:29,901 [Marsali] These days, when people dinna like the news, 222 00:10:30,068 --> 00:10:31,402 they tend to blame the printer. 223 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,238 Has someone discovered you're Patriots? 224 00:10:35,031 --> 00:10:37,241 Jamie mentioned you'd been printing for the cause. 225 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:40,370 The culprit is as likely to be a Patriot as not. 226 00:10:41,245 --> 00:10:43,331 While, privately, we print pamphlets for the Rebels, 227 00:10:43,456 --> 00:10:45,375 publicly, we take a more impartial approach. 228 00:10:45,541 --> 00:10:48,211 Yeah, in trying to not anger one side, 229 00:10:48,378 --> 00:10:49,921 you end up angering both sides. 230 00:10:50,046 --> 00:10:51,464 [solemn music plays] 231 00:10:51,631 --> 00:10:53,925 Just the life of a news printer in these troubled times. 232 00:10:54,050 --> 00:10:57,512 ♪ ♪ 233 00:11:13,778 --> 00:11:15,113 [Jamie] Ye have any weapons? 234 00:11:15,238 --> 00:11:17,115 [recruit] Aye, but, uh... 235 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,283 just the one rifle twixt the three of us. 236 00:11:22,203 --> 00:11:23,996 That willna do, not in war... 237 00:11:24,163 --> 00:11:25,873 [chuckles] ...nor hunting, 238 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,085 I wouldna think, but it doesna matter. 239 00:11:29,252 --> 00:11:31,129 I'm expecting a shipment shortly. 240 00:11:31,879 --> 00:11:33,673 When the time comes, you'll each have your own 241 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,091 musket and shot. 242 00:11:38,344 --> 00:11:39,804 We'll ride with you, Mr. Fraser. 243 00:11:39,971 --> 00:11:41,139 Excellent. 244 00:11:41,472 --> 00:11:43,057 Josiah will take down your names. 245 00:11:43,182 --> 00:11:45,393 -What's your surname? -Miller. 246 00:11:47,270 --> 00:11:48,186 [Ian] Uncle. 247 00:11:49,689 --> 00:11:50,857 What is it, lad? 248 00:11:52,275 --> 00:11:53,568 Maybe it's nothing. 249 00:11:54,110 --> 00:11:55,778 I've recruited three more men. 250 00:11:56,696 --> 00:12:00,283 There's this Scottish fellow over yonder. 251 00:12:00,450 --> 00:12:02,368 And when he heard I was from Fraser's Ridge, 252 00:12:02,493 --> 00:12:04,495 he- he mentioned he was heading there himself, 253 00:12:05,455 --> 00:12:07,957 that he kent Roger and Brianna... 254 00:12:09,667 --> 00:12:11,085 from Scotland. 255 00:12:12,044 --> 00:12:13,588 He says he's looking for them. 256 00:12:14,589 --> 00:12:16,215 -Cameron. -Aye. 257 00:12:16,382 --> 00:12:19,218 [tense music plays] 258 00:12:19,343 --> 00:12:22,388 ♪ ♪ 259 00:12:31,856 --> 00:12:32,732 [gun clicks] 260 00:12:32,857 --> 00:12:34,358 I'm James Fraser. 261 00:12:34,734 --> 00:12:35,818 I understand you're acquainted 262 00:12:35,985 --> 00:12:37,987 with my daughter, Brianna MacKenzie. 263 00:12:38,529 --> 00:12:40,072 [person] I am. Aye. 264 00:12:41,657 --> 00:12:43,284 You're Robert Cameron, then. 265 00:12:43,784 --> 00:12:45,369 [person] Christ, no, man. 266 00:12:45,995 --> 00:12:47,747 I'm no' Rob Cameron. 267 00:12:49,707 --> 00:12:52,877 My name is William Buccleigh MacKenzie. 268 00:12:53,836 --> 00:12:55,129 Come to tell Roger and Brianna 269 00:12:55,296 --> 00:12:58,758 that Cameron won't be botherin' them again 270 00:12:59,425 --> 00:13:02,595 and to return Roger's wee book. 271 00:13:06,015 --> 00:13:08,643 Don't want it to fall in the wrong hands a second time. 272 00:13:09,685 --> 00:13:12,563 [dramatic music plays] 273 00:13:12,730 --> 00:13:16,484 ♪ ♪ 274 00:13:16,651 --> 00:13:18,069 Buck McKenzie. 275 00:13:20,655 --> 00:13:22,990 You remind me of your father. 276 00:13:23,366 --> 00:13:26,869 ♪ ♪ 277 00:13:27,036 --> 00:13:29,038 Perhaps when you've finished painting Lady Grey, 278 00:13:29,205 --> 00:13:31,707 you could paint a portrait of Marsali and me. 279 00:13:31,832 --> 00:13:33,376 [chuckles] I'd be happy to. 280 00:13:33,501 --> 00:13:34,877 I'll paint the whole family. 281 00:13:35,044 --> 00:13:36,462 Oh, we need to send to Philadelphia 282 00:13:36,587 --> 00:13:39,298 -for a canvas big enough. -[laughter] 283 00:13:39,465 --> 00:13:41,634 Don't linger at the Continental camp. 284 00:13:42,301 --> 00:13:44,804 Talk among the merchants is that a battle is imminent. 285 00:13:45,179 --> 00:13:46,722 I'll return as soon as I'm able. 286 00:13:48,182 --> 00:13:49,225 -Be safe. -You too. 287 00:13:49,392 --> 00:13:50,726 See you soon. 288 00:13:51,519 --> 00:13:53,311 With any luck, I'll see you both soon. 289 00:13:53,729 --> 00:13:54,772 Good luck. 290 00:13:57,858 --> 00:14:00,027 [wind howling] 291 00:14:00,194 --> 00:14:02,655 [creaking] 292 00:14:06,367 --> 00:14:08,953 [thudding, creaking] 293 00:14:14,166 --> 00:14:16,210 Do you think houses are alive? 294 00:14:16,961 --> 00:14:18,546 That was the wind. 295 00:14:21,632 --> 00:14:22,800 But, yes. 296 00:14:23,718 --> 00:14:25,511 I think places 297 00:14:25,636 --> 00:14:28,389 that people live in for a time 298 00:14:28,973 --> 00:14:31,892 absorb a little bit of them. 299 00:14:33,144 --> 00:14:37,315 I often think that houses affect the people living in them, 300 00:14:37,898 --> 00:14:40,151 so why wouldn't it work both ways? 301 00:14:43,029 --> 00:14:47,116 So do you think Amy Lindsay's still in her cabin, 302 00:14:47,283 --> 00:14:48,451 haunting it? 303 00:14:49,201 --> 00:14:51,871 I don't know about her cabin exactly. 304 00:14:55,041 --> 00:14:56,500 When people die... 305 00:14:57,585 --> 00:15:01,547 naturally, the people they leave behind sense them, 306 00:15:02,214 --> 00:15:03,507 you know, sense... 307 00:15:05,009 --> 00:15:07,094 that a part of them is still with them in a way. 308 00:15:07,219 --> 00:15:10,348 I don't know that I would call that haunting, though. 309 00:15:10,806 --> 00:15:12,224 It's more like... 310 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:14,393 a memory. 311 00:15:14,852 --> 00:15:16,020 A longing. 312 00:15:18,814 --> 00:15:21,275 [softly] I wish Jane would haunt me. 313 00:15:22,401 --> 00:15:23,653 Fanny. 314 00:15:24,779 --> 00:15:26,280 [sighs] 315 00:15:28,949 --> 00:15:31,035 You won't forget her. 316 00:15:31,952 --> 00:15:34,538 And she won't forget you either. 317 00:15:36,666 --> 00:15:40,503 You know, talking about the people we've lost 318 00:15:41,587 --> 00:15:44,840 can make it seem as though they're still with us. 319 00:15:46,759 --> 00:15:48,219 [crying] 320 00:15:48,386 --> 00:15:50,513 Janey used to whisper... 321 00:15:51,347 --> 00:15:53,391 "Good night, ma chérie" 322 00:15:53,808 --> 00:15:55,393 before we went to sleep. 323 00:15:58,688 --> 00:16:00,314 She spoke French? 324 00:16:00,940 --> 00:16:02,108 A little. 325 00:16:02,608 --> 00:16:05,069 She said that's what our mother used to call me, 326 00:16:05,778 --> 00:16:07,196 "ma chérie." 327 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,117 Janey used to tell me about our parents before bed. 328 00:16:16,122 --> 00:16:18,833 She was trying to help you keep their memory alive. 329 00:16:20,042 --> 00:16:24,463 She would tell me good things or funny things, 330 00:16:25,339 --> 00:16:29,051 but we would never talk about anything serious. 331 00:16:29,844 --> 00:16:31,470 She talked to the other girls at the brothel. 332 00:16:31,637 --> 00:16:33,848 I know she was trying to protect me. 333 00:16:34,598 --> 00:16:36,350 Sometimes I wish she hadn't. 334 00:16:40,438 --> 00:16:43,023 [window thudding] 335 00:16:43,607 --> 00:16:44,567 [breathes sharply] 336 00:16:44,734 --> 00:16:46,610 I better go close that window. 337 00:16:56,537 --> 00:16:59,415 [dramatic music plays] 338 00:16:59,582 --> 00:17:02,543 ♪ ♪ 339 00:17:04,253 --> 00:17:06,172 And your little dog too. 340 00:17:06,338 --> 00:17:07,465 [Fanny] What did you say? 341 00:17:09,049 --> 00:17:10,176 [sighs] 342 00:17:10,341 --> 00:17:11,969 Mrs. Cunningham's coming. 343 00:17:12,470 --> 00:17:13,596 Could you show her into the parlor? 344 00:17:13,763 --> 00:17:15,181 I'll be right there. 345 00:17:15,306 --> 00:17:16,432 She's probably come for the slippery elm powder 346 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:17,725 I promised her. 347 00:17:20,186 --> 00:17:21,645 [Fanny] Good evening, Mrs. Cunningham. 348 00:17:21,811 --> 00:17:23,397 Do you want to wait in the parlor, please? 349 00:17:23,563 --> 00:17:26,524 [Elspeth] I most certainly will not wait! 350 00:17:26,901 --> 00:17:28,360 I need help! 351 00:17:28,778 --> 00:17:30,654 [gasping, grunts] 352 00:17:31,238 --> 00:17:32,239 Frances, chair. 353 00:17:32,364 --> 00:17:35,409 [panting] 354 00:17:35,826 --> 00:17:37,495 Go get some whiskey, please. 355 00:17:37,661 --> 00:17:38,662 Oh. [gasps] 356 00:17:39,121 --> 00:17:40,289 What happened? 357 00:17:40,956 --> 00:17:41,707 Fell. 358 00:17:42,291 --> 00:17:44,168 Tripped over the scuttle like a fool 359 00:17:44,335 --> 00:17:45,795 and fell on my shoulder. 360 00:17:45,961 --> 00:17:48,339 [Claire] Well, don't worry. I can fix it. 361 00:17:48,798 --> 00:17:50,299 I wouldn't have staggered two miles 362 00:17:50,466 --> 00:17:53,093 through buggering brambles if I didn't think you could! 363 00:17:53,260 --> 00:17:55,179 [panting] 364 00:17:55,346 --> 00:17:56,931 And where is your son? 365 00:17:57,097 --> 00:17:58,182 Mm. 366 00:17:58,516 --> 00:17:59,517 He's away. 367 00:18:01,936 --> 00:18:04,605 [panting] 368 00:18:08,192 --> 00:18:10,194 [grunts] 369 00:18:12,655 --> 00:18:15,449 [Claire] As I thought--dislocated. 370 00:18:21,288 --> 00:18:22,414 Fanny... 371 00:18:23,582 --> 00:18:26,377 hold her tight here. 372 00:18:27,169 --> 00:18:28,212 That's it. 373 00:18:28,379 --> 00:18:29,588 Elspeth... 374 00:18:30,256 --> 00:18:31,882 this is going to hurt. 375 00:18:32,508 --> 00:18:33,467 Mm. 376 00:18:35,261 --> 00:18:36,470 [exhales shakily] 377 00:18:36,595 --> 00:18:38,013 Mm. 378 00:18:42,518 --> 00:18:43,269 [breathes deeply] 379 00:18:43,435 --> 00:18:44,562 [Claire] All right. 380 00:18:45,938 --> 00:18:46,981 Ready? 381 00:18:48,691 --> 00:18:50,109 [whimpers] 382 00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:51,694 [crunching] 383 00:18:51,861 --> 00:18:53,320 Aah! [gasps] 384 00:18:53,487 --> 00:18:57,408 Grass-combing son of a buggering sod! 385 00:19:04,957 --> 00:19:06,584 What, child? 386 00:19:07,126 --> 00:19:10,254 It's been a long time since I heard language like that. 387 00:19:11,005 --> 00:19:13,215 Well, if you have to do with soldiers, young woman, 388 00:19:13,382 --> 00:19:17,052 you acquire their vices as well as their virtues. 389 00:19:18,512 --> 00:19:21,432 Where, may I ask, did you hear language like that? 390 00:19:21,765 --> 00:19:23,017 I lived in a brothel. 391 00:19:24,101 --> 00:19:25,144 Indeed. 392 00:19:26,729 --> 00:19:29,064 Well, I suppose whores 393 00:19:29,189 --> 00:19:32,693 also have their virtues as well as their vices. 394 00:19:32,860 --> 00:19:34,403 [Fanny] I don't know about the virtues, 395 00:19:34,987 --> 00:19:37,364 unless you count being able to satisfy a man in two minutes 396 00:19:37,531 --> 00:19:39,199 -by the clock. -[coughs] 397 00:19:39,366 --> 00:19:42,369 Oh, I- I think that would be classed as a skill, 398 00:19:42,536 --> 00:19:44,455 rather than a virtue. 399 00:19:45,164 --> 00:19:47,291 Though a useful one, I dare say. 400 00:19:47,458 --> 00:19:50,210 I'm sure everyone has their strong points. 401 00:19:50,377 --> 00:19:52,004 Fanny, would you go to the kitchen 402 00:19:52,129 --> 00:19:54,256 and make up a plate for Mrs. Cunningham? 403 00:19:57,593 --> 00:20:00,971 You know, I have always wondered 404 00:20:01,138 --> 00:20:02,806 about the term "grass-combing." 405 00:20:03,599 --> 00:20:07,645 Is it actual bad language, or is it just descriptive? 406 00:20:08,020 --> 00:20:09,688 Well, it usually applies 407 00:20:09,855 --> 00:20:13,484 to someone who is either idle or incompetent. 408 00:20:14,026 --> 00:20:15,903 Well, why combing grass 409 00:20:16,070 --> 00:20:19,114 should invoke either attribute is unclear, 410 00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:21,825 but it isn't actually bad language 411 00:20:21,992 --> 00:20:24,662 unless the term "bugger" is applied. 412 00:20:24,828 --> 00:20:28,248 But I've never actually heard it without "bugger." 413 00:20:30,209 --> 00:20:31,877 [Claire] You must have heard much more 414 00:20:32,044 --> 00:20:33,796 if you were traveling with the army. 415 00:20:34,838 --> 00:20:36,799 Oh, it's worse than you think. 416 00:20:37,341 --> 00:20:39,677 My first husband was a sailor. 417 00:20:41,679 --> 00:20:44,723 [Claire] Well, I believe you shocked Fanny, 418 00:20:45,557 --> 00:20:47,851 not with the actual language, but... 419 00:20:48,602 --> 00:20:51,188 that it came from a respectable woman such as you. 420 00:20:51,313 --> 00:20:52,606 Oh, well... 421 00:20:53,190 --> 00:20:54,858 women tend to be freer in their speech 422 00:20:55,025 --> 00:20:57,277 when there aren't any men present. 423 00:20:58,237 --> 00:21:00,364 She's a remarkable child. 424 00:21:01,073 --> 00:21:02,700 But you must try to persuade her not to-- 425 00:21:02,866 --> 00:21:04,994 She knows not to talk like that in public, 426 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,454 -as I'm sure do you. -[chuckles] 427 00:21:07,621 --> 00:21:10,082 But you're free to say anything you like here tonight, 428 00:21:10,249 --> 00:21:11,917 as I'm not letting you go back to your cabin 429 00:21:12,084 --> 00:21:13,502 in your condition. 430 00:21:13,669 --> 00:21:17,381 By my condition, whether you mean injured or inebriated, 431 00:21:18,048 --> 00:21:21,385 I'm not sure, but in either case, thank you. 432 00:21:21,552 --> 00:21:23,012 [chuckles] 433 00:21:38,193 --> 00:21:39,611 [door closes] 434 00:21:40,070 --> 00:21:41,238 William. 435 00:21:41,572 --> 00:21:43,157 Bloody hell, it's you. 436 00:21:46,410 --> 00:21:49,747 Oh, W-William, would you like to invite our guest in? 437 00:21:49,913 --> 00:21:51,415 She's had quite a long journey. 438 00:21:51,582 --> 00:21:53,292 Forgive me, Mrs. MacKenzie. 439 00:21:53,959 --> 00:21:55,961 The unexpected pleasure of seeing you again 440 00:21:56,086 --> 00:21:57,629 has caused me to forget myself. 441 00:22:06,805 --> 00:22:07,765 I was delighted when you accepted 442 00:22:07,931 --> 00:22:09,433 my invitation, my dear. 443 00:22:09,558 --> 00:22:11,727 I was beginning to fear I'd never see you again. 444 00:22:11,894 --> 00:22:13,103 [chuckles] Feels like a lifetime 445 00:22:13,228 --> 00:22:14,688 since we all met. 446 00:22:15,439 --> 00:22:18,525 Allow me to introduce Amaranthus, Viscountess Grey, 447 00:22:18,692 --> 00:22:20,444 my late nephew's widow. 448 00:22:21,487 --> 00:22:22,529 Pleasure. 449 00:22:22,863 --> 00:22:25,032 I'm sorry for your loss. 450 00:22:26,075 --> 00:22:28,702 Lord John mentioned he'd sent for a portrait painter. 451 00:22:29,536 --> 00:22:31,038 Didn't realize it would be a woman. 452 00:22:31,205 --> 00:22:32,581 [John chuckles] 453 00:22:32,748 --> 00:22:34,333 You must be very skilled for him to ask you to come. 454 00:22:35,250 --> 00:22:38,087 -Where is it you traveled from? -North Carolina. 455 00:22:38,253 --> 00:22:40,464 Oh, surely you did not undertake the journey alone? 456 00:22:40,631 --> 00:22:41,882 I was under the impression 457 00:22:42,049 --> 00:22:44,176 that your husband would be accompanying you. 458 00:22:44,343 --> 00:22:46,845 Ah, he did, but he's currently, uh, 459 00:22:47,304 --> 00:22:49,056 attending to an errand outside the city. 460 00:22:49,556 --> 00:22:52,017 It- it's time for Trevor's bedtime feed. 461 00:22:52,142 --> 00:22:54,812 It was a pleasure, Mrs. MacKenzie. 462 00:22:58,816 --> 00:23:03,153 Yes, well, uh, various important matters 463 00:23:03,278 --> 00:23:04,738 require my attention, 464 00:23:04,905 --> 00:23:06,990 so I will leave you two 465 00:23:07,157 --> 00:23:09,827 to become reacquainted. 466 00:23:15,707 --> 00:23:18,127 [both chuckling] 467 00:23:18,293 --> 00:23:20,295 You came from North Carolina? 468 00:23:20,462 --> 00:23:22,714 Last we met, you were on your way to Boston. 469 00:23:23,465 --> 00:23:24,967 These are dangerous times. 470 00:23:25,342 --> 00:23:26,844 We thought it best to be with family, 471 00:23:27,010 --> 00:23:28,887 so we returned to Fraser's Ridge. 472 00:23:29,847 --> 00:23:32,474 You must have met Fanny, then. Is she well? 473 00:23:32,599 --> 00:23:34,726 [Brianna chuckling] Yes, she is. 474 00:23:34,852 --> 00:23:37,563 My mother has taken quite a liking to her. 475 00:23:38,689 --> 00:23:40,023 So has my father. 476 00:23:41,108 --> 00:23:44,653 Well, I mean, our father. 477 00:23:44,778 --> 00:23:47,990 [dramatic music plays] 478 00:23:48,157 --> 00:23:49,074 [scoffs] 479 00:23:49,241 --> 00:23:51,118 ♪ ♪ 480 00:23:51,243 --> 00:23:52,536 Did you know? 481 00:23:52,953 --> 00:23:54,246 The day we met in Wilmington, 482 00:23:54,413 --> 00:23:56,874 did you know what we were to each other? 483 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,418 ♪ ♪ 484 00:23:59,585 --> 00:24:00,627 I did. 485 00:24:01,712 --> 00:24:03,338 I wanted to tell you. 486 00:24:04,339 --> 00:24:05,716 Roger, my husband, was with me. 487 00:24:05,883 --> 00:24:08,844 He was just around the corner at the inn-- 488 00:24:09,219 --> 00:24:11,555 and my children, Jem and Mandy. 489 00:24:11,889 --> 00:24:12,973 I... 490 00:24:13,682 --> 00:24:15,934 really wanted you to meet them... 491 00:24:16,935 --> 00:24:19,980 even if you didn't know we were... 492 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:22,566 well... 493 00:24:22,983 --> 00:24:24,151 yours. 494 00:24:24,860 --> 00:24:26,069 Mine? 495 00:24:27,863 --> 00:24:29,823 I should probably say something polite, 496 00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:32,242 like, only if you want us, but thats-- 497 00:24:32,409 --> 00:24:35,746 A bit late for that-- to lie about the truth, I mean. 498 00:24:37,497 --> 00:24:40,667 I do apologize for not telling you. 499 00:24:41,376 --> 00:24:44,963 But Lord John and Da felt so strongly... 500 00:24:46,089 --> 00:24:47,299 [sighs] 501 00:24:47,758 --> 00:24:48,884 It wasn't my place. 502 00:24:49,051 --> 00:24:50,969 ♪ ♪ 503 00:24:51,094 --> 00:24:52,638 I accept your apology. 504 00:24:53,972 --> 00:24:56,850 Though, in all honesty, I'm glad you didn't tell me. 505 00:24:57,851 --> 00:24:58,977 [grunts] 506 00:24:59,144 --> 00:25:00,270 I- I wouldn't have known how to respond 507 00:25:00,437 --> 00:25:02,272 to such a revelation at the time. 508 00:25:02,397 --> 00:25:03,607 Hmm. 509 00:25:04,358 --> 00:25:06,026 And you do now? 510 00:25:06,193 --> 00:25:07,236 No, I bloody don't. 511 00:25:07,402 --> 00:25:08,570 [Brianna chuckles] 512 00:25:09,780 --> 00:25:12,074 But I haven't blown my brains out. 513 00:25:12,241 --> 00:25:13,742 When I was eighteen, I might have. 514 00:25:13,867 --> 00:25:16,703 ♪ ♪ 515 00:25:16,870 --> 00:25:18,330 I apologize. 516 00:25:18,455 --> 00:25:20,791 I- I didn't mean that with any derogatory reference 517 00:25:20,916 --> 00:25:22,334 to you or your family. 518 00:25:22,876 --> 00:25:25,337 Your family, you mean. 519 00:25:26,129 --> 00:25:29,132 ♪ ♪ 520 00:25:37,099 --> 00:25:38,475 [door opens] 521 00:25:38,642 --> 00:25:39,643 [Percy] Thank you for coming, Monsieur Fraser. 522 00:25:39,810 --> 00:25:40,602 Allow me to send for wine. 523 00:25:40,769 --> 00:25:41,979 Ooh, no, thank you. 524 00:25:42,104 --> 00:25:43,397 I came to hear what you have to say, 525 00:25:43,563 --> 00:25:45,649 but I must get back to my work. 526 00:25:46,733 --> 00:25:48,026 Very well then, sir. 527 00:25:48,902 --> 00:25:50,487 I'll get right to it. 528 00:25:53,490 --> 00:25:56,285 I wish to acquaint you with the facts of your birth... 529 00:25:58,287 --> 00:26:00,747 ...facts I think you do not know. 530 00:26:02,416 --> 00:26:03,959 Have you heard of a man by the name 531 00:26:04,126 --> 00:26:05,711 of le Comte St. Germain? 532 00:26:08,255 --> 00:26:09,464 Why? 533 00:26:10,048 --> 00:26:11,258 You are his son. 534 00:26:12,217 --> 00:26:13,552 [scoffs] 535 00:26:16,013 --> 00:26:17,389 I'm sure you have an explanation 536 00:26:17,556 --> 00:26:21,685 as to how you came to this preposterous conclusion. 537 00:26:23,228 --> 00:26:26,356 As you may have surmised, I am not French myself. 538 00:26:27,107 --> 00:26:30,819 I have, however, married into a prestigious French family. 539 00:26:31,361 --> 00:26:34,114 My wife is the sister of the Baron Amandine. 540 00:26:34,281 --> 00:26:37,492 And as with any old dynasty, 541 00:26:38,035 --> 00:26:40,537 there is a sordid family secret. 542 00:26:41,997 --> 00:26:43,707 Many years ago, my wife's older sister 543 00:26:43,832 --> 00:26:45,584 began a torrid affair with the Comte 544 00:26:45,751 --> 00:26:47,961 and, not long after, disappeared, 545 00:26:48,503 --> 00:26:50,088 fled into the night with her jewels 546 00:26:50,255 --> 00:26:54,009 and, they supposed, into the arms of another lover. 547 00:26:54,926 --> 00:26:56,219 I take it you wish me to believe 548 00:26:56,386 --> 00:26:58,513 I'm the result of this tryst? 549 00:26:59,723 --> 00:27:01,308 Perhaps the name of the woman in question 550 00:27:01,475 --> 00:27:02,893 will convince you. 551 00:27:04,519 --> 00:27:06,438 Amélie LeVigne Beauchamp. 552 00:27:09,983 --> 00:27:14,154 [speaking French] 553 00:27:15,155 --> 00:27:16,156 Yes. 554 00:27:16,782 --> 00:27:17,824 Yes, she is dead. 555 00:27:19,493 --> 00:27:20,535 You may continue. 556 00:27:21,828 --> 00:27:24,206 A few years ago, I uncovered the truth 557 00:27:24,373 --> 00:27:26,041 from one of the Comte's servants. 558 00:27:26,833 --> 00:27:29,044 Amélie did not run away with a lover. 559 00:27:29,211 --> 00:27:30,921 The Comte simply grew weary of her 560 00:27:31,088 --> 00:27:34,383 and, learning she was pregnant, lured her away from home, 561 00:27:34,549 --> 00:27:37,844 drugged her with opium, and sold her to a brothel. 562 00:27:40,555 --> 00:27:41,807 Maison Elise. 563 00:27:41,973 --> 00:27:44,142 That is where she gave birth to a child. 564 00:27:45,685 --> 00:27:46,686 You. 565 00:27:50,524 --> 00:27:51,608 And Monsieur le Comte? 566 00:27:52,150 --> 00:27:54,277 He was last seen more than thirty years ago. 567 00:27:54,569 --> 00:27:56,113 And while no body was found, 568 00:27:56,279 --> 00:27:58,073 the circumstances of his disappearance 569 00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,408 were so mysterious 570 00:27:59,574 --> 00:28:01,284 that a magistrate declared him deceased. 571 00:28:02,285 --> 00:28:05,414 His estate is currently held in trust 572 00:28:05,580 --> 00:28:07,457 by his solicitor in Paris, 573 00:28:07,999 --> 00:28:10,919 but it would undoubtedly be released 574 00:28:11,086 --> 00:28:14,423 should a petition be filed by his heir. 575 00:28:17,050 --> 00:28:19,636 Unless the law in France has changed of late, 576 00:28:20,345 --> 00:28:22,514 a bastard cannot inherit property, so... 577 00:28:23,765 --> 00:28:24,850 Claudel. 578 00:28:26,351 --> 00:28:28,937 If I may use your original name. 579 00:28:29,104 --> 00:28:31,940 [tense music plays] 580 00:28:32,107 --> 00:28:35,569 ♪ ♪ 581 00:28:35,735 --> 00:28:37,446 You may not, sir. 582 00:28:38,488 --> 00:28:39,781 Very well. 583 00:28:41,241 --> 00:28:42,451 I found this 584 00:28:43,076 --> 00:28:45,745 hidden in the pages of a dusty family Bible. 585 00:28:46,246 --> 00:28:48,081 I'm quite certain I'm the only one living 586 00:28:48,248 --> 00:28:50,250 who knows of its existence. 587 00:28:52,836 --> 00:28:54,504 It is a contract of marriage. 588 00:28:54,671 --> 00:28:57,632 ♪ ♪ 589 00:29:02,721 --> 00:29:05,307 [Fergus inhales deeply] 590 00:29:10,270 --> 00:29:11,646 [sighs] 591 00:29:14,024 --> 00:29:16,485 [Percy] It appears Amélie relinquished her virtue 592 00:29:16,651 --> 00:29:18,153 at a high price-- 593 00:29:18,737 --> 00:29:21,823 by demanding the Comte marry her in secret 594 00:29:22,491 --> 00:29:24,409 before welcoming him to her bed. 595 00:29:24,576 --> 00:29:27,621 ♪ ♪ 596 00:29:29,706 --> 00:29:31,833 Allow me to congratulate you, sir. 597 00:29:33,043 --> 00:29:34,711 You are not a bastard. 598 00:29:36,171 --> 00:29:38,340 Assuming the document isn't forged, 599 00:29:39,382 --> 00:29:41,927 plainly, you have something you want out of this. 600 00:29:43,303 --> 00:29:45,931 Something Monsieur le Comte's heir might accomplish for you? 601 00:29:46,806 --> 00:29:49,726 Le Comte St. Germain owned-- his estate still does own-- 602 00:29:49,851 --> 00:29:51,353 a majority of the stock of a syndicate 603 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,230 investing in land in the New World, 604 00:29:53,730 --> 00:29:55,565 the main asset of which is a large parcel 605 00:29:55,732 --> 00:29:58,985 in what is known as the Old Northwest. 606 00:29:59,778 --> 00:30:00,737 Some... 607 00:30:01,321 --> 00:30:02,989 interests of mine in Paris 608 00:30:03,156 --> 00:30:05,492 believe that while Britain is preoccupied 609 00:30:05,659 --> 00:30:07,244 with this rebellion, 610 00:30:07,702 --> 00:30:10,413 there is an opportunity to establish a French colony 611 00:30:10,580 --> 00:30:14,084 on the land with French settlers. 612 00:30:15,502 --> 00:30:18,088 Unfortunately, le Comte's solicitor 613 00:30:18,213 --> 00:30:21,383 refuses to sell the stock at any price. 614 00:30:22,217 --> 00:30:25,053 ♪ ♪ 615 00:30:25,220 --> 00:30:28,014 But if a legitimate heir were to appear, 616 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,100 the land would become his. 617 00:30:30,225 --> 00:30:33,728 And my associates would pay said heir a significant sum 618 00:30:33,895 --> 00:30:35,522 for said land. 619 00:30:37,607 --> 00:30:40,402 A significant sum. 620 00:30:49,578 --> 00:30:51,413 [William] Have I done something to offend you? 621 00:30:52,289 --> 00:30:54,833 I'm simply trying to enjoy my literature in solitude. 622 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,209 Should you require company, 623 00:30:56,376 --> 00:30:58,795 perhaps Mrs. MacKenzie will oblige you. 624 00:31:00,046 --> 00:31:02,340 Lady Grey, are you jealous? 625 00:31:02,507 --> 00:31:03,717 Don't be absurd. 626 00:31:05,468 --> 00:31:06,928 Though anyone with eyes can see 627 00:31:07,095 --> 00:31:09,014 that there's a history between the two of you. 628 00:31:09,431 --> 00:31:10,682 [scoffs] 629 00:31:11,266 --> 00:31:12,642 I suppose you're right. 630 00:31:12,809 --> 00:31:15,103 She is a person of some significance in my life. 631 00:31:15,270 --> 00:31:18,148 Please. I thought we... 632 00:31:18,940 --> 00:31:21,318 [scoffs] It doesn't matter. 633 00:31:21,860 --> 00:31:22,986 I was foolish. 634 00:31:25,697 --> 00:31:29,534 Ms. MacKenzie, Brianna, is my sister. 635 00:31:34,247 --> 00:31:36,374 You told me you didn't have any siblings. 636 00:31:39,628 --> 00:31:40,879 [sighs] 637 00:31:41,421 --> 00:31:42,422 I'm a bastard. 638 00:31:43,548 --> 00:31:45,175 Well, I'm not legally a bastard, 639 00:31:45,342 --> 00:31:46,635 since the Eighth Earl of Ellesmere 640 00:31:46,801 --> 00:31:48,678 and my mother were married when I was born. 641 00:31:49,679 --> 00:31:53,141 But the Eighth Earl was not my father. 642 00:31:54,726 --> 00:31:56,686 The man who sired me was-- 643 00:31:57,604 --> 00:32:00,482 is Brianna's father. 644 00:32:03,568 --> 00:32:04,527 Well... 645 00:32:05,278 --> 00:32:08,156 whoever he was, he must have been a- 646 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,326 a very striking gentleman. 647 00:32:13,787 --> 00:32:15,080 He is. 648 00:32:16,831 --> 00:32:18,166 Has he acknowledged you? 649 00:32:18,333 --> 00:32:19,918 [William] Not publicly, no. 650 00:32:20,335 --> 00:32:21,503 Nor do I want him to. 651 00:32:21,670 --> 00:32:23,797 He, uh- he owes me nothing. 652 00:32:25,799 --> 00:32:29,302 I'm only telling you this because you asked. 653 00:32:32,013 --> 00:32:33,723 Because I enjoy your company. 654 00:32:35,475 --> 00:32:38,645 May I be so bold as to presume you enjoy mine? 655 00:32:43,566 --> 00:32:45,318 That is bold... 656 00:32:48,488 --> 00:32:50,156 ...though perhaps not incorrect. 657 00:32:52,492 --> 00:32:53,576 Well... 658 00:32:54,494 --> 00:32:55,745 I think it's only fair 659 00:32:56,329 --> 00:32:59,416 one comprehends the person whose company one is enjoying. 660 00:33:02,711 --> 00:33:05,255 I am not the Ninth Earl of Ellesmere... 661 00:33:06,297 --> 00:33:07,632 not really. 662 00:33:08,758 --> 00:33:09,926 I never was. 663 00:33:11,094 --> 00:33:13,263 Of late, I've found myself wishing I could renounce 664 00:33:13,430 --> 00:33:14,848 the damn title altogether... 665 00:33:15,849 --> 00:33:19,018 though English law makes that all but impossible. 666 00:33:19,853 --> 00:33:21,020 Well, you may not be able to renounce it, 667 00:33:21,187 --> 00:33:22,689 but you could hand it on-- 668 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,567 abdicate in favor of your heir, I mean. 669 00:33:26,151 --> 00:33:27,485 I don't have an heir. 670 00:33:28,194 --> 00:33:30,363 Well, you could marry me and give it to our firstborn. 671 00:33:32,907 --> 00:33:34,659 I'm a widow, after all. 672 00:33:35,827 --> 00:33:37,579 We could retire into private life 673 00:33:37,746 --> 00:33:39,372 and breed dachshunds. 674 00:33:42,751 --> 00:33:43,918 [chuckles] 675 00:33:44,085 --> 00:33:46,171 I can't imagine anything more tiresome. 676 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,923 Surely you don't mean to imply that being married to me 677 00:33:49,090 --> 00:33:50,884 would be tiresome, William. 678 00:33:52,135 --> 00:33:54,012 You might just possibly enjoy it. 679 00:33:56,264 --> 00:33:57,640 [soft music plays] 680 00:33:57,807 --> 00:34:00,018 Thank you, Amaranthus, 681 00:34:00,977 --> 00:34:03,229 for not thinking less of me. 682 00:34:03,354 --> 00:34:05,857 ♪ ♪ 683 00:34:06,024 --> 00:34:07,442 As I've told you, 684 00:34:08,193 --> 00:34:10,987 I'm the daughter of F. Cowden, bookseller. 685 00:34:12,697 --> 00:34:14,615 That's all my father is to the world. 686 00:34:16,242 --> 00:34:19,245 I thought I would be a merchant's wife. 687 00:34:20,955 --> 00:34:23,666 But now I am Viscountess Grey. 688 00:34:25,668 --> 00:34:28,171 And my son will be the Duke of Pardloe. 689 00:34:30,048 --> 00:34:31,423 While you may disagree, 690 00:34:31,548 --> 00:34:34,718 I believe a title is something you simply have, 691 00:34:35,135 --> 00:34:36,805 not something you are. 692 00:34:37,597 --> 00:34:39,641 By law, you are the Earl of Ellesmere. 693 00:34:40,475 --> 00:34:42,101 That's all the world needs to know. 694 00:34:42,267 --> 00:34:45,188 ♪ ♪ 695 00:34:49,108 --> 00:34:51,151 But you're not only that, William, 696 00:34:52,111 --> 00:34:53,446 not to me. 697 00:34:54,072 --> 00:34:57,492 ♪ ♪ 698 00:34:57,659 --> 00:34:58,993 How's the pain? 699 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,287 In my shoulder or my head? 700 00:35:02,664 --> 00:35:04,040 Both, I suppose. 701 00:35:04,207 --> 00:35:06,417 -Bearable. -[thudding] 702 00:35:07,001 --> 00:35:09,838 Though I wish the girl would refrain from slamming doors. 703 00:35:10,004 --> 00:35:11,840 Oh, that's not Fanny. 704 00:35:12,549 --> 00:35:15,468 She's taking milk over to Evan Lindsay's. 705 00:35:16,052 --> 00:35:16,928 Then who? 706 00:35:17,095 --> 00:35:19,138 Houses make sounds, Elspeth. 707 00:35:19,264 --> 00:35:22,225 And all I know is that when the wind is in the east, 708 00:35:22,392 --> 00:35:25,353 ours makes that particular noise from the attic. 709 00:35:25,770 --> 00:35:28,147 Why build an attic in the first place? 710 00:35:29,357 --> 00:35:32,735 Because my husband is the Fraser of Fraser's Ridge. 711 00:35:33,778 --> 00:35:35,989 If there should ever be any kind of emergency 712 00:35:36,155 --> 00:35:38,074 that causes our tenants to have to leave their home, 713 00:35:38,241 --> 00:35:41,953 well, then they can take refuge here with us. 714 00:35:42,579 --> 00:35:45,498 And what kind of an emergency might that be? 715 00:35:53,548 --> 00:35:54,757 Your son-- 716 00:35:55,216 --> 00:35:58,511 do you believe what he says about... 717 00:35:58,636 --> 00:36:00,263 My grandson's death? 718 00:36:00,805 --> 00:36:03,391 Yes, I do believe him. 719 00:36:03,766 --> 00:36:04,976 It is a comfort. 720 00:36:06,769 --> 00:36:09,689 I was thinking specifically about... 721 00:36:10,523 --> 00:36:11,858 what he said to him, 722 00:36:12,525 --> 00:36:15,028 that he, your grandson, would see Charles again 723 00:36:15,361 --> 00:36:16,946 in seven years' time. 724 00:36:17,864 --> 00:36:19,157 Do you believe that? 725 00:36:19,657 --> 00:36:20,742 [sighs] 726 00:36:20,867 --> 00:36:22,243 I only know that he believes it. 727 00:36:24,162 --> 00:36:25,914 [knocking] 728 00:36:30,835 --> 00:36:32,170 Good day, Mrs. Fraser. 729 00:36:32,921 --> 00:36:34,547 I'm here to collect my mother. 730 00:36:35,173 --> 00:36:36,799 I'll help her get her things. 731 00:36:36,966 --> 00:36:39,469 No need. I'll do it myself. 732 00:36:44,682 --> 00:36:46,601 You'll find her through here. 733 00:36:49,771 --> 00:36:51,022 Mother, are you well? 734 00:36:51,147 --> 00:36:52,523 I heard that you were injured. 735 00:36:52,690 --> 00:36:53,858 Yes, my shoulder, 736 00:36:54,025 --> 00:36:56,152 but Mrs. Fraser was able to heal it 737 00:36:56,319 --> 00:36:57,779 quite satisfactorily. 738 00:36:58,237 --> 00:37:00,239 She's been most hospitable. 739 00:37:00,406 --> 00:37:02,158 I've enjoyed the company. 740 00:37:02,325 --> 00:37:05,078 Her husband's away at the moment on business. 741 00:37:05,244 --> 00:37:06,162 Is he? 742 00:37:06,621 --> 00:37:07,789 I had wondered. 743 00:37:08,581 --> 00:37:10,500 He's a hard man to pin down, your husband. 744 00:37:10,667 --> 00:37:12,919 We had been meaning to talk... 745 00:37:13,836 --> 00:37:15,672 or so I thought. 746 00:37:15,838 --> 00:37:16,965 [chuckles] 747 00:37:17,131 --> 00:37:19,384 Well, he's anxious to speak with you too. 748 00:37:20,009 --> 00:37:22,971 But this business couldn't wait. 749 00:37:23,638 --> 00:37:24,847 Well... 750 00:37:25,473 --> 00:37:27,141 I thank you, ma'am, for the care 751 00:37:27,308 --> 00:37:28,810 you've shown my mother. 752 00:37:29,936 --> 00:37:32,271 She should be fully recovered within a week or so. 753 00:37:32,438 --> 00:37:34,607 But, uh, here are some herbs 754 00:37:35,483 --> 00:37:37,777 that should ease her discomfort. 755 00:37:37,944 --> 00:37:40,238 [dramatic music plays] 756 00:37:40,405 --> 00:37:42,657 You have a very fine home. 757 00:37:43,408 --> 00:37:44,659 It must feel very empty 758 00:37:44,826 --> 00:37:47,787 with him away and you here all alone. 759 00:37:47,954 --> 00:37:50,915 ♪ ♪ 760 00:37:53,459 --> 00:37:55,294 [Claire exhales sharply] 761 00:37:56,629 --> 00:37:57,922 I'm fine. 762 00:37:58,798 --> 00:38:00,174 I can assure you. 763 00:38:01,968 --> 00:38:04,095 I expect him home at any moment. 764 00:38:04,804 --> 00:38:07,056 I'll let him know you stopped by. 765 00:38:07,807 --> 00:38:10,435 ♪ ♪ 766 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:12,937 Charles, did you bring the cart? 767 00:38:13,104 --> 00:38:14,439 Of course, Mother. 768 00:38:14,605 --> 00:38:17,567 ♪ ♪ 769 00:38:20,570 --> 00:38:23,656 Until next time, Mrs. Fraser. 770 00:38:23,990 --> 00:38:27,660 ♪ ♪ 771 00:38:27,827 --> 00:38:30,580 [door opens, closes] 772 00:38:30,747 --> 00:38:33,458 ♪ ♪ 773 00:38:33,624 --> 00:38:35,543 Do you think he's telling you the truth? 774 00:38:35,710 --> 00:38:37,211 He very well may be. 775 00:38:38,629 --> 00:38:41,007 Amèlie, I knew her, but I... 776 00:38:42,133 --> 00:38:43,134 [scoffs] 777 00:38:43,301 --> 00:38:45,053 ...I didn't know she was my mother. 778 00:38:47,263 --> 00:38:49,766 There are many children born in a brothel. 779 00:38:49,891 --> 00:38:52,560 The little ones, they would call any whore "maman," 780 00:38:52,727 --> 00:38:54,270 anyone who would feed them. 781 00:38:55,271 --> 00:38:56,773 And if a whore had to attend a customer 782 00:38:56,898 --> 00:38:58,191 and her child was hungry, 783 00:38:58,357 --> 00:39:00,568 she'd just hand him to another jeune fille. 784 00:39:02,361 --> 00:39:04,530 Amélie, they called her "The Baroness" 785 00:39:04,697 --> 00:39:06,491 for her haughty manner. 786 00:39:09,368 --> 00:39:10,953 Even then, I knew the name was cruel, 787 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:14,582 but until today, I didn't realize how cruel. 788 00:39:23,257 --> 00:39:24,801 Was she kind to ye? 789 00:39:25,384 --> 00:39:26,969 She detested all of the children 790 00:39:27,136 --> 00:39:28,554 of the brothel, but... 791 00:39:30,223 --> 00:39:31,057 me most of all. 792 00:39:31,224 --> 00:39:34,227 [somber music plays] 793 00:39:34,393 --> 00:39:35,686 I understand now. 794 00:39:36,104 --> 00:39:39,190 I was the spawn of the man who took everything from her. 795 00:39:40,441 --> 00:39:41,609 Her love, 796 00:39:42,777 --> 00:39:44,278 her freedom... 797 00:39:45,822 --> 00:39:47,156 even her family. 798 00:39:47,782 --> 00:39:51,327 ♪ ♪ 799 00:39:51,452 --> 00:39:54,122 I think I was maybe six years old when she died. 800 00:39:54,288 --> 00:39:56,582 She contracted the morbid sore throat. 801 00:39:56,999 --> 00:40:00,086 ♪ ♪ 802 00:40:00,253 --> 00:40:02,964 I remember she summoned me to her chamber. 803 00:40:04,423 --> 00:40:06,050 What did she say? 804 00:40:07,093 --> 00:40:08,886 Sois un bon garçon. 805 00:40:10,555 --> 00:40:11,848 "Be a good boy." 806 00:40:12,265 --> 00:40:13,975 [scoffing] 807 00:40:14,142 --> 00:40:17,103 ♪ ♪ 808 00:40:22,733 --> 00:40:23,901 It wasna fair for her 809 00:40:24,026 --> 00:40:25,945 to blame you for what happened to her. 810 00:40:27,029 --> 00:40:28,906 I wouldn't expect fairness from one whose life 811 00:40:29,031 --> 00:40:31,325 was filled with so much cruelty... 812 00:40:32,285 --> 00:40:33,995 at the hands of such a villain. 813 00:40:34,162 --> 00:40:36,080 ♪ ♪ 814 00:40:36,205 --> 00:40:37,248 Le Comte St. Germain-- 815 00:40:37,415 --> 00:40:39,292 in France, he tried to kill milady. 816 00:40:40,793 --> 00:40:43,379 And now to learn that he sired me... 817 00:40:44,046 --> 00:40:45,298 You are not him. 818 00:40:46,340 --> 00:40:48,509 I know that better than anyone, my love. 819 00:40:49,510 --> 00:40:51,345 But if you are truly his heir, 820 00:40:52,013 --> 00:40:54,307 then you can use what he's left you for good. 821 00:40:55,266 --> 00:40:57,602 If you take this Beauchamp up on his offer... 822 00:40:57,768 --> 00:41:00,229 That man is a whore. I should know. 823 00:41:01,147 --> 00:41:02,690 He's likely been one all his life. 824 00:41:02,857 --> 00:41:04,817 Monsieur Beauchamp is too old to sell his ass, of course, 825 00:41:04,984 --> 00:41:08,321 but he would sell himself from necessity. 826 00:41:08,487 --> 00:41:09,614 All he's asking, though, 827 00:41:09,780 --> 00:41:12,241 is that you sell him some land, no? 828 00:41:13,075 --> 00:41:15,244 Land that you have a right to by birth. 829 00:41:15,411 --> 00:41:16,829 Yes, but why? 830 00:41:17,955 --> 00:41:19,582 What effect will that have, 831 00:41:19,707 --> 00:41:21,459 selling it to these interests in Paris? 832 00:41:21,626 --> 00:41:23,753 They want to install a French colony 833 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,296 on American soil, but... 834 00:41:26,214 --> 00:41:28,799 we've devoted ourselves to the Patriot cause. 835 00:41:29,425 --> 00:41:30,885 [Marsali sighs] 836 00:41:31,052 --> 00:41:33,054 We're not fighting to be free of a British king 837 00:41:33,221 --> 00:41:35,598 just to become servants of a French one. 838 00:41:36,432 --> 00:41:38,267 You dinna ken it'll come to that. 839 00:41:40,228 --> 00:41:41,687 You don't know that it won't. 840 00:41:43,606 --> 00:41:45,107 That isn't everything. 841 00:41:45,942 --> 00:41:47,443 I ken you, Fergus Fraser. 842 00:41:48,778 --> 00:41:51,822 Why is this offer so difficult to consider? 843 00:41:52,865 --> 00:41:56,577 To claim this inheritance, this land... 844 00:41:58,287 --> 00:41:59,747 I must publicly acknowledge 845 00:41:59,914 --> 00:42:02,458 that Le Comte St. Germain was my father. 846 00:42:04,543 --> 00:42:07,964 Monsieur Beauchamp told me what every orphan wants to hear, 847 00:42:08,756 --> 00:42:10,800 that I'm the son of a great man. 848 00:42:11,717 --> 00:42:14,637 ♪ ♪ 849 00:42:14,804 --> 00:42:18,182 But I'm already the son of a great man. 850 00:42:18,349 --> 00:42:21,143 ♪ ♪ 851 00:42:21,310 --> 00:42:23,813 [Marsali chuckling softly] 852 00:42:27,233 --> 00:42:30,611 [indistinct chatter] 853 00:42:32,613 --> 00:42:34,949 [booming in distance] 854 00:42:35,116 --> 00:42:36,325 Do not worry, my dear. 855 00:42:36,450 --> 00:42:38,661 Um, a French warship, the Truite, 856 00:42:38,828 --> 00:42:41,122 has taken to firing her cannon on occasion. 857 00:42:41,497 --> 00:42:43,916 -[distant cannon fires] -Dreadful nuisance. 858 00:42:45,167 --> 00:42:47,503 She's anchored on the far end of Hutchinson Island, 859 00:42:48,087 --> 00:42:50,589 out of range to do any damage here in town. 860 00:42:53,134 --> 00:42:54,468 I assure you, 861 00:42:54,885 --> 00:42:56,220 you're perfectly safe. 862 00:42:56,637 --> 00:42:58,472 [booming continues] 863 00:42:58,639 --> 00:43:00,558 Oh, glad to hear it. 864 00:43:02,643 --> 00:43:03,728 So... 865 00:43:04,562 --> 00:43:06,397 why didn't you tell William I was coming? 866 00:43:08,107 --> 00:43:09,900 B-because, um... 867 00:43:10,985 --> 00:43:12,987 because I didn't know how he would react. 868 00:43:15,489 --> 00:43:19,285 It seems William has been, um... lost 869 00:43:19,660 --> 00:43:21,954 since he learned the truth of his parentage. 870 00:43:22,413 --> 00:43:24,957 But, um, you and he share 871 00:43:25,124 --> 00:43:26,959 a rather unique experience, 872 00:43:27,877 --> 00:43:30,212 discovering that James Fraser is your father. 873 00:43:30,379 --> 00:43:31,756 [chuckles] 874 00:43:31,922 --> 00:43:33,591 So that's why you invited me here. 875 00:43:34,300 --> 00:43:36,844 Not to paint a portrait of Amaranthus. 876 00:43:37,011 --> 00:43:38,471 You think I can help William. 877 00:43:38,637 --> 00:43:41,807 No, I-I-I do think that a portrait of his grandchild 878 00:43:41,974 --> 00:43:43,726 and daughter-in-law will do my brother the world of good, 879 00:43:43,893 --> 00:43:46,187 but... yes. 880 00:43:46,354 --> 00:43:47,438 [chuckles] 881 00:43:48,439 --> 00:43:50,316 If there's anyone who can talk some sense into William 882 00:43:50,483 --> 00:43:52,234 about his present difficulties, 883 00:43:53,194 --> 00:43:54,195 it's you. 884 00:43:55,321 --> 00:43:57,239 You could have just told me the truth, you know. 885 00:43:58,574 --> 00:44:00,076 I would have come anyway. 886 00:44:00,618 --> 00:44:01,994 [Grey] I don't believe you've been entirely truthful 887 00:44:02,161 --> 00:44:03,454 with me either. 888 00:44:03,996 --> 00:44:07,041 Or should I ask precisely what, um, errands 889 00:44:07,166 --> 00:44:09,210 your husband has outside the city? 890 00:44:09,794 --> 00:44:11,462 Does it perhaps have something to do 891 00:44:11,629 --> 00:44:14,465 with the Continental Army encampment there? 892 00:44:15,257 --> 00:44:16,550 [Brianna clears throat] 893 00:44:18,177 --> 00:44:20,388 I-I-I could have been 894 00:44:21,097 --> 00:44:25,476 more direct about my intentions for this visit, 895 00:44:25,893 --> 00:44:26,727 but... 896 00:44:27,478 --> 00:44:29,814 I couldn't take the chance you'd rebuff me now. 897 00:44:31,857 --> 00:44:35,528 I-if there's one trait that James Fraser 898 00:44:35,694 --> 00:44:39,281 has successfully passed to all his children, 899 00:44:39,782 --> 00:44:41,617 it's stubbornness. 900 00:44:41,784 --> 00:44:44,787 It's exceedingly difficult 901 00:44:44,954 --> 00:44:47,873 to get you to do anything you don't want to do. 902 00:44:48,457 --> 00:44:49,291 William-- 903 00:44:49,458 --> 00:44:50,709 [sighs] 904 00:44:50,835 --> 00:44:52,378 William is the same. 905 00:44:52,545 --> 00:44:55,423 [soft music plays] 906 00:44:55,589 --> 00:44:58,968 My late wife, Isobel, told me that William was lost once 907 00:44:59,135 --> 00:45:01,512 on his estate in Helwater. 908 00:45:02,513 --> 00:45:03,806 He was, um... 909 00:45:04,515 --> 00:45:06,267 three or so. 910 00:45:06,851 --> 00:45:10,312 He was wandering alone in a fog on the fells. 911 00:45:10,479 --> 00:45:13,649 ♪ ♪ 912 00:45:13,816 --> 00:45:15,192 Sometimes I see that. 913 00:45:16,569 --> 00:45:17,736 Sometimes... 914 00:45:17,903 --> 00:45:20,865 ♪ ♪ 915 00:45:22,867 --> 00:45:24,160 [chuckles] 916 00:45:24,535 --> 00:45:25,828 ...other things. 917 00:45:26,537 --> 00:45:28,831 You see those things when you're a parent. 918 00:45:30,291 --> 00:45:32,334 [chuckles] Yes. 919 00:45:32,501 --> 00:45:35,463 ♪ ♪ 920 00:45:36,922 --> 00:45:39,508 I can't make any promises... 921 00:45:40,926 --> 00:45:42,303 but I will see what I can do. 922 00:45:44,847 --> 00:45:45,890 Thank you. 923 00:45:48,142 --> 00:45:49,518 Thank you, my dear. 924 00:45:51,103 --> 00:45:53,481 [Oggy crying] 925 00:45:53,647 --> 00:45:56,442 -[shushing] -[crying continues] 926 00:45:56,567 --> 00:45:58,068 Shh. 927 00:45:59,361 --> 00:46:02,865 [Oggy fussing] 928 00:46:02,990 --> 00:46:05,826 [dramatic music plays] 929 00:46:05,993 --> 00:46:09,038 ♪ ♪ 930 00:46:22,134 --> 00:46:24,303 -[footsteps thudding] -[laughter] 931 00:46:24,428 --> 00:46:26,263 Jem and Mandy were a delight. 932 00:46:26,847 --> 00:46:29,475 Rodney and wee Claire can't wait for their next-- 933 00:46:29,642 --> 00:46:32,228 what do they call it-- a sleepover? 934 00:46:32,394 --> 00:46:33,479 [Claire chuckles] 935 00:46:34,063 --> 00:46:36,106 Well, I'm glad they weren't a nuisance. 936 00:46:36,273 --> 00:46:37,525 Never. [chuckles] 937 00:46:37,691 --> 00:46:39,401 Every child's a miracle. 938 00:46:39,527 --> 00:46:42,071 [laughter] 939 00:46:42,196 --> 00:46:43,739 You all right, Rachel? 940 00:46:44,114 --> 00:46:45,115 Yes. 941 00:46:45,741 --> 00:46:46,992 Thee is right, of course, Lizzie-- 942 00:46:47,159 --> 00:46:48,619 every child is a miracle. 943 00:46:48,786 --> 00:46:50,246 Though in Oggy's case, the miracle is 944 00:46:50,412 --> 00:46:52,373 how long he can scream without drawing breath. 945 00:46:52,540 --> 00:46:54,750 Sometimes he sounds just like a catamount. 946 00:46:54,917 --> 00:46:56,210 Well, we've all been there. 947 00:46:56,377 --> 00:46:58,379 -[Jemmy] Mandy, look! -[Mandy] Grandda! 948 00:46:58,546 --> 00:46:59,880 Grandda! 949 00:47:02,007 --> 00:47:03,217 [Jemmy] Come on. 950 00:47:03,342 --> 00:47:04,510 Come on, they're coming. Quick, quick, quick. 951 00:47:05,344 --> 00:47:07,596 They're certainly happy to see their grandda. 952 00:47:08,973 --> 00:47:10,432 Who's that with him? 953 00:47:10,599 --> 00:47:12,434 I have no idea. 954 00:47:16,188 --> 00:47:20,192 -[Mandy] Buck! -[chuckling] Ah! 955 00:47:21,026 --> 00:47:22,611 Children! Come here! 956 00:47:22,778 --> 00:47:24,029 [chuckles] 957 00:47:24,196 --> 00:47:26,448 Mandy. Jemmy, how are ye? 958 00:47:26,574 --> 00:47:28,200 Granny, look, it's our cousin. 959 00:47:28,367 --> 00:47:29,660 [Mandy] Buck! It's Buck! 960 00:47:29,827 --> 00:47:31,870 Sassenach, may I introduce to you 961 00:47:32,037 --> 00:47:33,622 William Buccleigh MacKenzie? 962 00:47:34,248 --> 00:47:37,042 Claire Fraser. your reputation precedes ye. 963 00:47:37,209 --> 00:47:38,752 [chuckling] As does yours. 964 00:47:39,295 --> 00:47:41,422 You must have had a very long journey, indeed. 965 00:47:42,506 --> 00:47:44,466 Longer than I ken how explain. 966 00:47:45,301 --> 00:47:46,594 I told him he was welcome to stay on the Ridge 967 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:47,595 as long as he likes. 968 00:47:47,761 --> 00:47:48,470 Of course. 969 00:47:48,637 --> 00:47:50,055 You're family. 970 00:47:50,347 --> 00:47:52,474 Come along. Come inside. 971 00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:54,768 I'm sure you both must be starving. 972 00:47:54,935 --> 00:47:56,103 Aye. 973 00:47:56,270 --> 00:47:57,730 Ye don't happen to have any of those, uh, 974 00:47:57,896 --> 00:47:59,648 peanut butter sandwiches, do ye? 975 00:47:59,815 --> 00:48:00,774 [chuckles] 976 00:48:10,618 --> 00:48:12,286 What's troubling ye, mo chridhe? 977 00:48:13,787 --> 00:48:16,498 There was a massacre up north. 978 00:48:17,875 --> 00:48:21,211 A Mohawk leader, Joseph Brant, and a Loyalist captain 979 00:48:21,378 --> 00:48:23,005 led a raid on a Rebel town. 980 00:48:25,299 --> 00:48:26,800 I ken Joseph Brant. 981 00:48:29,303 --> 00:48:33,223 The Continentals retaliated by sending an army after him. 982 00:48:33,390 --> 00:48:36,185 [somber music plays] 983 00:48:36,352 --> 00:48:39,188 ♪ ♪ 984 00:48:39,355 --> 00:48:43,275 "The Patriot Army marched along the Susquehanna River, 985 00:48:43,817 --> 00:48:47,529 "razing every Indian village they could find. 986 00:48:47,696 --> 00:48:51,033 "Forty villages were left in flames, and... 987 00:48:51,659 --> 00:48:53,369 countless scalps were"... 988 00:48:54,953 --> 00:48:56,080 Oh, Christ. 989 00:48:56,246 --> 00:48:58,248 Is that not where Shadow Lake lies? 990 00:49:00,042 --> 00:49:01,710 Where thy former wife... 991 00:49:01,877 --> 00:49:03,212 Wahionhaweh. 992 00:49:05,047 --> 00:49:06,173 Aye. 993 00:49:07,925 --> 00:49:09,259 And- and thy son. 994 00:49:10,177 --> 00:49:12,054 Tehiokas neh To'Tis... 995 00:49:13,055 --> 00:49:14,723 Swiftest of Lizards. 996 00:49:16,809 --> 00:49:17,810 Rachel... 997 00:49:17,976 --> 00:49:21,230 ♪ ♪ 998 00:49:21,397 --> 00:49:22,481 ...I must go north. 999 00:49:22,606 --> 00:49:25,984 ♪ ♪ 1000 00:49:26,151 --> 00:49:27,695 I need to know what happened to them. 1001 00:49:27,820 --> 00:49:30,572 ♪ ♪ 1002 00:49:30,698 --> 00:49:31,824 Of course you must go. 1003 00:49:31,990 --> 00:49:34,952 ♪ ♪ 1004 00:49:36,704 --> 00:49:38,706 And Oggy and I will come with thee. 1005 00:49:38,872 --> 00:49:41,667 ♪ ♪ 1006 00:49:41,834 --> 00:49:44,128 [insects chirping] 1007 00:49:44,253 --> 00:49:46,547 [birds chirping] 1008 00:49:46,714 --> 00:49:49,550 ♪ ♪ 1009 00:49:49,717 --> 00:49:51,760 I'm going to miss this little catamount. 1010 00:49:53,637 --> 00:49:56,682 You're going to be so much bigger by the time you return. 1011 00:49:59,351 --> 00:50:00,644 Is there really nothing I can say 1012 00:50:00,811 --> 00:50:02,312 to convince you and Oggy to stay? 1013 00:50:02,604 --> 00:50:05,023 I thank thee, Claire, but, no. 1014 00:50:05,482 --> 00:50:07,526 Would thee let thy husband travel alone 700 miles 1015 00:50:07,693 --> 00:50:08,944 to rescue his first wife? 1016 00:50:09,111 --> 00:50:11,071 [chuckles] You make a good point. 1017 00:50:11,196 --> 00:50:12,156 [Rachel] Mm. 1018 00:50:18,537 --> 00:50:21,331 I pray that we find Emily and her children safe. 1019 00:50:22,583 --> 00:50:26,170 But when he sees them, I want to be by his side... 1020 00:50:27,463 --> 00:50:29,590 so he doesn't forget the life he has here. 1021 00:50:32,885 --> 00:50:33,677 [sighs] 1022 00:50:33,844 --> 00:50:35,387 Does that make me wicked? 1023 00:50:35,554 --> 00:50:36,555 Oh. 1024 00:50:36,722 --> 00:50:37,973 No, Rachel. 1025 00:50:40,058 --> 00:50:42,186 That makes you human. 1026 00:50:42,686 --> 00:50:44,855 [Oggy babbles] 1027 00:50:44,980 --> 00:50:46,106 Here. 1028 00:50:53,197 --> 00:50:54,782 -Come. -[Rachel] Mm. 1029 00:50:55,949 --> 00:50:58,660 Rachel says ye mean to stop in Philadelphia 1030 00:50:58,827 --> 00:51:01,121 so she can go to a proper meeting. 1031 00:51:01,288 --> 00:51:03,457 Huh. Aye, she's missed it. 1032 00:51:04,500 --> 00:51:06,126 Yeah, I'd like you to go to the brothel there, 1033 00:51:06,293 --> 00:51:08,253 the one Frances lived wi' her sister, 1034 00:51:08,420 --> 00:51:10,339 and speak wi' some of the lasses. 1035 00:51:10,756 --> 00:51:12,049 A brothel? 1036 00:51:13,842 --> 00:51:16,094 It's no' enough I'm going to find my first wife? 1037 00:51:16,428 --> 00:51:18,472 It's to do wi' Frances. 1038 00:51:19,097 --> 00:51:22,142 Ask them about Jane, anything she said about her family. 1039 00:51:23,060 --> 00:51:25,896 We'd like Frances to ken more about them. 1040 00:51:26,730 --> 00:51:28,023 I'll find out what I can. 1041 00:51:45,582 --> 00:51:47,042 I, um... 1042 00:51:48,085 --> 00:51:50,629 I must say one more thing to ye before ye go. 1043 00:51:52,589 --> 00:51:53,715 [box thuds] 1044 00:51:55,884 --> 00:51:58,303 Ye ken the book Brianna brought back, 1045 00:51:59,137 --> 00:52:02,724 the one written by her other father? 1046 00:52:02,891 --> 00:52:04,184 Aye. She told me. 1047 00:52:04,351 --> 00:52:06,603 Uh, Frank Randall? 1048 00:52:06,770 --> 00:52:08,480 [sighs] 1049 00:52:08,647 --> 00:52:10,399 It's about Scots in America... 1050 00:52:11,608 --> 00:52:13,902 about what they-- 1051 00:52:14,611 --> 00:52:18,240 what we will do in the Revolution. 1052 00:52:19,491 --> 00:52:21,702 There's mention of a battle in the backcountry 1053 00:52:21,869 --> 00:52:23,787 at a place called Kings Mountain. 1054 00:52:24,496 --> 00:52:26,164 I've heard of this place. 1055 00:52:26,707 --> 00:52:28,250 Frank says I fight in it. 1056 00:52:28,375 --> 00:52:29,585 [solemn music plays] 1057 00:52:29,751 --> 00:52:31,211 When will it happen? 1058 00:52:31,378 --> 00:52:34,548 October next, so he says. 1059 00:52:35,007 --> 00:52:36,592 Claire thinks he's bending the truth, 1060 00:52:36,758 --> 00:52:37,718 but, uh... 1061 00:52:38,886 --> 00:52:40,804 I'm more and more convinced he's not. 1062 00:52:40,971 --> 00:52:42,681 ♪ ♪ 1063 00:52:42,806 --> 00:52:44,641 [sighs] 1064 00:52:44,808 --> 00:52:47,769 ♪ ♪ 1065 00:52:49,438 --> 00:52:50,772 I'll be there with ye, Uncle. 1066 00:52:51,732 --> 00:52:53,525 There'll be time enough for me to do whatever needs to be done 1067 00:52:53,692 --> 00:52:56,069 in the north and make it home. 1068 00:52:57,154 --> 00:52:58,071 Hey... 1069 00:52:58,530 --> 00:52:59,823 dinna fash. 1070 00:53:00,782 --> 00:53:02,075 My da may be gone, 1071 00:53:03,035 --> 00:53:04,912 but I'll guard your left in his stead. 1072 00:53:05,078 --> 00:53:08,582 ♪ ♪ 1073 00:53:08,749 --> 00:53:09,541 Thank ye, lad. 1074 00:53:09,708 --> 00:53:12,669 ♪ ♪ 1075 00:53:29,436 --> 00:53:31,647 May ye be safe on your journey. 1076 00:53:31,813 --> 00:53:34,775 ♪ ♪ 1077 00:53:38,362 --> 00:53:44,701 [speaking Gaelic] 1078 00:54:05,764 --> 00:54:08,725 [indistinct chatter] 1079 00:54:17,734 --> 00:54:20,696 [both speaking French] 1080 00:54:29,496 --> 00:54:30,831 [Marion] Private. 1081 00:54:30,998 --> 00:54:33,208 [Roger] Good afternoon. Colonel Marion? 1082 00:54:33,375 --> 00:54:35,002 I'm Reverend Roger MacKenzie. 1083 00:54:35,544 --> 00:54:38,088 I apologize for interrupting you, but, uh, well... 1084 00:54:38,839 --> 00:54:41,842 you're a difficult man to find, and my request is urgent. 1085 00:54:42,009 --> 00:54:43,427 Are you here to volunteer? 1086 00:54:43,593 --> 00:54:45,387 Continental Army isn't choosy, 1087 00:54:45,554 --> 00:54:46,763 though I have to say, 1088 00:54:47,180 --> 00:54:48,598 the occasional minister we do get 1089 00:54:48,765 --> 00:54:51,143 doesn't usually wear his best clothes to fight in. 1090 00:54:52,144 --> 00:54:53,562 No, sir. 1091 00:54:53,729 --> 00:54:56,565 I've, uh, come to request your assistance. 1092 00:54:58,942 --> 00:55:01,695 My father-in-law owns 10,000 acres 1093 00:55:01,862 --> 00:55:03,238 in North Carolina. 1094 00:55:03,905 --> 00:55:05,699 A British major named Patrick Ferguson 1095 00:55:05,866 --> 00:55:07,492 has been stirring up trouble in the backcountry, 1096 00:55:07,617 --> 00:55:09,453 -raising Loyalist militias. -Hmm. 1097 00:55:09,619 --> 00:55:11,872 And as we are Patriots, we have decided to assemble 1098 00:55:12,039 --> 00:55:13,415 a militia of our own. 1099 00:55:14,458 --> 00:55:15,625 But we need weapons. 1100 00:55:16,501 --> 00:55:18,795 I believe you've helped arm others like us before. 1101 00:55:18,962 --> 00:55:20,088 Mm-hmm. 1102 00:55:21,798 --> 00:55:23,050 I can pay you. 1103 00:55:23,925 --> 00:55:26,678 I think we could possibly reach an agreement. 1104 00:55:27,804 --> 00:55:30,640 Uh, well, I have a letter from my father-in-law 1105 00:55:30,807 --> 00:55:32,309 with the particulars. 1106 00:55:39,357 --> 00:55:41,943 Your father-in-law is General James Fraser? 1107 00:55:43,111 --> 00:55:43,987 Aye. 1108 00:55:44,571 --> 00:55:46,364 Fellow who abandoned his troops at Monmouth 1109 00:55:46,490 --> 00:55:47,949 to tend his wife? 1110 00:55:48,909 --> 00:55:49,868 Aye. 1111 00:55:51,203 --> 00:55:52,329 [sighs] 1112 00:55:52,496 --> 00:55:55,082 James Fraser is- is an honorable man, sir, 1113 00:55:55,791 --> 00:55:57,417 and a very brave soldier. 1114 00:55:57,584 --> 00:55:59,795 The battle was already won when his wife was shot. 1115 00:55:59,961 --> 00:56:02,547 Is it true he signed his letter of resignation 1116 00:56:02,714 --> 00:56:04,633 on the back of a corporal in mud? 1117 00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:07,844 Actually, he wrote it in his wife's blood, but aye. 1118 00:56:09,763 --> 00:56:11,139 He didn't have a choice. 1119 00:56:12,057 --> 00:56:13,642 She was wounded when General Lee ordered him 1120 00:56:13,767 --> 00:56:15,185 to leave her side, which-- 1121 00:56:15,310 --> 00:56:17,020 I'm sure the circumstances were quite extraordinary. 1122 00:56:17,187 --> 00:56:18,980 The fact remains that if it had not been 1123 00:56:19,106 --> 00:56:21,274 for Lee's trial and Lafayette's good word, 1124 00:56:21,441 --> 00:56:23,318 Fraser would have been court-martialed after Monmouth, 1125 00:56:23,485 --> 00:56:24,653 perhaps even hanged. 1126 00:56:24,778 --> 00:56:27,531 Ah, sir, our people are in danger. 1127 00:56:27,656 --> 00:56:29,950 Our circumstances here are quite dire as well. 1128 00:56:30,117 --> 00:56:32,244 We have precious few resources, 1129 00:56:32,869 --> 00:56:35,288 even with the assistance of our new French allies. 1130 00:56:35,455 --> 00:56:37,457 I can't afford to give what I do have 1131 00:56:37,582 --> 00:56:40,544 to someone who's already lost the Continental Army's trust. 1132 00:56:40,710 --> 00:56:42,671 Surely his years of service and sacrifice 1133 00:56:42,796 --> 00:56:43,880 to the cause would-- 1134 00:56:44,047 --> 00:56:45,924 My answer is no, Reverend MacKenzie, 1135 00:56:46,091 --> 00:56:47,300 and it's final. 1136 00:56:52,556 --> 00:56:54,141 Then I'll take my leave, sir. 1137 00:56:54,307 --> 00:56:56,101 That's not possible, I'm afraid. 1138 00:56:56,852 --> 00:56:58,061 I beg your pardon? 1139 00:56:58,228 --> 00:56:59,896 We assault the city in a few days' time. 1140 00:57:00,021 --> 00:57:01,565 General Lincoln has ordered sentries 1141 00:57:01,731 --> 00:57:03,650 to detain anyone leaving camp 1142 00:57:03,775 --> 00:57:05,318 in an effort to prevent the deserters 1143 00:57:05,485 --> 00:57:06,653 from warning the British. 1144 00:57:07,195 --> 00:57:08,530 You can't leave. 1145 00:57:08,697 --> 00:57:10,949 I've come to ask for your help in fighting the British. 1146 00:57:11,074 --> 00:57:12,617 Surely you don't-- you don't think 1147 00:57:12,784 --> 00:57:14,369 that I'm gonna leave here and assist them. 1148 00:57:14,536 --> 00:57:17,122 I have my orders, Reverend MacKenzie. 1149 00:57:17,497 --> 00:57:20,208 Sir, my wife is in the city. 1150 00:57:21,042 --> 00:57:22,586 I promised I'd return. 1151 00:57:24,379 --> 00:57:27,924 Every man here has made such a promise to his wife, 1152 00:57:28,049 --> 00:57:29,551 his mother, his son. 1153 00:57:30,302 --> 00:57:32,220 Many will not live to honor them. 1154 00:57:33,263 --> 00:57:34,264 You might. 1155 00:57:35,307 --> 00:57:37,267 I can find a safe place for you to wait out the battle, 1156 00:57:37,392 --> 00:57:38,852 unless you want to fight. 1157 00:57:39,519 --> 00:57:41,021 I can give you a good rifle. 1158 00:57:42,856 --> 00:57:43,899 No. 1159 00:57:44,274 --> 00:57:45,025 Oh. 1160 00:57:45,192 --> 00:57:47,068 [dramatic music plays] 1161 00:57:47,194 --> 00:57:48,987 Stay here and wait, then. 1162 00:57:49,571 --> 00:57:52,157 Things go wrong, you can help bury us. 1163 00:57:52,324 --> 00:57:54,910 ♪ ♪ 1164 00:57:58,413 --> 00:57:59,331 Sir, wait. 1165 00:57:59,497 --> 00:58:02,459 ♪ ♪ 1166 00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:07,339 Uh, I'm no- I'm no good with a rifle. 1167 00:58:07,505 --> 00:58:09,799 [chuckles] 1168 00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:13,220 But if you can give me a sword, I'll fight with you. 1169 00:58:13,345 --> 00:58:16,389 ♪ ♪ 1170 00:58:21,186 --> 00:58:24,105 ♪ ♪ 1171 00:58:41,957 --> 00:58:44,876 [dramatic music plays] 1172 00:58:45,043 --> 00:58:48,004 ♪ ♪