1 00:00:15,766 --> 00:00:16,934 Previously... 2 00:00:17,101 --> 00:00:18,477 I mean, you don't intend to live your life 3 00:00:18,644 --> 00:00:20,104 in order to please other people's expectations. 4 00:00:20,271 --> 00:00:21,397 May I call you by your Christian name? 5 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:23,315 Why, yes. 6 00:00:23,816 --> 00:00:24,859 It's Elspeth. 7 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:26,402 And I'm Claire. 8 00:00:26,569 --> 00:00:29,071 All I'm asking is that you contact this Claudel fellow 9 00:00:29,238 --> 00:00:30,406 and encourage him to meet with me. 10 00:00:30,573 --> 00:00:31,574 I'll consider it. 11 00:00:31,741 --> 00:00:33,451 Ye think Frank is torturing you? 12 00:00:33,617 --> 00:00:35,995 I just don't know what's real or not anymore. 13 00:00:36,412 --> 00:00:37,872 Rob Cameron. 14 00:00:37,997 --> 00:00:39,849 He read my guide for time travel by accident. 15 00:00:39,915 --> 00:00:42,209 No one on the Ridge kens of this gold's existence. 16 00:00:42,376 --> 00:00:43,919 Canna let them find out. 17 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:45,688 Daddy's book warns of a battle coming to the backcountry. 18 00:00:46,172 --> 00:00:48,148 We're gonna need a lot more than just a few hunting rifles, 19 00:00:48,215 --> 00:00:49,800 and Savannah is the place to get them. 20 00:00:49,967 --> 00:00:52,052 Lord John Grey included a letter of safe passage 21 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:53,512 with his invitation. 22 00:00:53,679 --> 00:00:56,015 You're raising a Loyalist militia on my land. 23 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,040 I am. 24 00:00:57,099 --> 00:00:58,117 You are sorely mistaken 25 00:00:58,184 --> 00:00:59,727 if you think I will allow it! 26 00:01:03,189 --> 00:01:06,108 I've reconsidered your plan to get guns to arm the Ridge. 27 00:01:06,275 --> 00:01:08,694 It'll still be dangerous, but Randall's book says 28 00:01:08,861 --> 00:01:10,488 the battle to end the siege of Savannah 29 00:01:10,613 --> 00:01:12,323 will be on the ninth of October. 30 00:01:13,282 --> 00:01:14,950 Continentals will fail. 31 00:01:15,117 --> 00:01:16,660 The battle will be bloody, but... 32 00:01:16,827 --> 00:01:18,387 it willna reach the center of the city. 33 00:01:18,454 --> 00:01:19,954 So if you wait out the fighting there, 34 00:01:19,997 --> 00:01:22,500 you should be safe enough, as will Fergus, Marsali. 35 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,628 And the children can stay here with us, of course. 36 00:01:26,462 --> 00:01:29,256 Take this to Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion. 37 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:31,884 The book says he'll be with the Continental Army 38 00:01:32,009 --> 00:01:33,084 in Savannah. 39 00:01:33,676 --> 00:01:35,571 He has a great deal of experience with militias. 40 00:01:35,596 --> 00:01:38,015 Might be keen to arm men from the backcountry. 41 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:39,850 So we're starting our own militia? 42 00:01:40,017 --> 00:01:43,145 Oh, it's that, or we join Benjamin Cleveland 43 00:01:43,312 --> 00:01:44,771 and his Overmountain Men. 44 00:01:45,689 --> 00:01:49,318 I'll be damned if I'll report back to that murdering bastard. 45 00:01:49,485 --> 00:01:51,821 You'd think it'd at least have the decency to shine, 46 00:01:51,987 --> 00:01:53,364 like in a film. 47 00:01:58,369 --> 00:02:01,038 Um, what about bandits? 48 00:02:01,731 --> 00:02:03,057 Do you want to make it into musket balls 49 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:04,667 - like you did the last time? - No. 50 00:02:05,167 --> 00:02:06,335 There's no time. 51 00:02:06,502 --> 00:02:08,294 But I do have an idea. 52 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,000 *CREDITS* 53 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 _ 54 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:21,095 What is that abominable smell? 55 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:23,263 It's a wee gift from Jamie and Claire. 56 00:04:23,389 --> 00:04:24,890 It's sauerkraut. 57 00:04:41,865 --> 00:04:43,200 Magnifique! 58 00:04:43,951 --> 00:04:45,953 The whiskey, eh? Not the stench. 59 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,914 It was Da's idea. Perfect hiding place. 60 00:04:49,039 --> 00:04:50,749 Thank you. 61 00:04:55,504 --> 00:04:56,714 Gold? 62 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,133 It's for muskets. Jamie's forming a militia. 63 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:01,468 And there's an officer in the Continental camp, 64 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:03,053 Francis Marion 65 00:05:03,220 --> 00:05:06,765 who's been known to arm backcountry patriots. 66 00:05:07,891 --> 00:05:10,477 We thought it best to leave this minor detail 67 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:12,104 out of our letter to you. 68 00:05:12,271 --> 00:05:15,024 I don't imagine you intend to traipse into an army camp 69 00:05:15,190 --> 00:05:17,151 with a king's ransom in bullion? 70 00:05:17,843 --> 00:05:18,877 No. 71 00:05:19,403 --> 00:05:21,739 I don't want to invite any trouble, 72 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:24,533 nor do I expect Marion will have crates 73 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:26,827 of guns just lying around the camp 74 00:05:26,994 --> 00:05:28,495 that he can readily part with. 75 00:05:28,662 --> 00:05:30,748 Arrangements will have to be made. 76 00:05:30,873 --> 00:05:34,376 - So we were hoping you could... - Aye. 77 00:05:35,085 --> 00:05:36,587 Course you can leave the gold wi' us. 78 00:05:37,004 --> 00:05:39,131 Fergus has got plenty of hiding places. 79 00:05:39,298 --> 00:05:41,759 I wouldn't be surprised if you found the crown jewels. 80 00:05:41,884 --> 00:05:43,927 - It shouldn't be for long. - It's no trouble. 81 00:05:44,094 --> 00:05:46,346 Now, can we please seal these barrels tightly 82 00:05:46,513 --> 00:05:49,299 until I can find some Germans who will eat this? 83 00:05:50,726 --> 00:05:52,978 Let us secrete the gold and drink to our reunion. 84 00:05:53,145 --> 00:05:54,813 It's been too long since I've tasted 85 00:05:54,980 --> 00:05:56,523 Milord's divine elixir. 86 00:06:02,404 --> 00:06:03,739 To be safe, 87 00:06:03,906 --> 00:06:06,033 do you think you should leave for the camp now? 88 00:06:06,658 --> 00:06:07,993 Oh, dinna fash. 89 00:06:08,619 --> 00:06:10,095 There's plenty of time to find Marion 90 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:11,622 and be back before the battle. 91 00:06:16,752 --> 00:06:19,004 A wee dram will speed me on my way. 92 00:06:37,147 --> 00:06:39,024 Cunningham wasn't exaggerating. 93 00:06:39,191 --> 00:06:40,734 I was collecting rents, 94 00:06:40,801 --> 00:06:42,336 trying to ascertain the loyalties of the settlers 95 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:44,196 without arousing suspicion. 96 00:06:45,114 --> 00:06:47,366 Most of the families here are loyal to the Crown, 97 00:06:47,533 --> 00:06:49,493 and those who aren't would be reluctant 98 00:06:49,659 --> 00:06:51,829 to join a militia that oppose it. 99 00:06:52,454 --> 00:06:54,123 I canna try to recruit them 100 00:06:54,289 --> 00:06:57,835 without risking it getting back to Cunningham. 101 00:06:58,418 --> 00:07:00,921 Surely the Ardsmuir men will fight when it comes to it. 102 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:02,631 Ah, of course. 103 00:07:03,173 --> 00:07:04,925 And a few others, but it willna be enough. 104 00:07:05,092 --> 00:07:08,929 I'll need to recruit men from further afield. 105 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,058 I leave today with Ian and Josiah. 106 00:07:13,642 --> 00:07:14,977 They ken the outposts 107 00:07:15,144 --> 00:07:17,062 that have cropped up while we were away. 108 00:07:17,187 --> 00:07:20,232 Well, you can't keep Cunningham waiting forever. 109 00:07:20,524 --> 00:07:21,733 I mean, he's going to realize 110 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:24,236 that you've no intention of joining him. 111 00:07:25,028 --> 00:07:28,574 Wouldn't it be simpler to just evict him and be done with it? 112 00:07:29,032 --> 00:07:30,409 If I evict him or even kill him, 113 00:07:30,534 --> 00:07:33,162 someone will replace him or come to avenge him. 114 00:07:33,287 --> 00:07:35,914 No, it's better if I have him close 115 00:07:36,039 --> 00:07:37,541 so I can keep an eye on him. 116 00:07:40,502 --> 00:07:42,462 He told me his commander 117 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:44,548 is Major Patrick Ferguson. 118 00:07:45,757 --> 00:07:48,343 Frank wrote of the man. 119 00:07:49,119 --> 00:07:50,904 He's the one that formed the Loyalist militia 120 00:07:50,971 --> 00:07:53,515 that fight at Kings Mountain. 121 00:07:54,224 --> 00:07:56,518 I still am not sure of Frank's motives 122 00:07:56,685 --> 00:07:58,103 in writing that book. 123 00:07:58,228 --> 00:08:00,606 Aye, but what he wrote... it's happening before our eyes. 124 00:08:00,939 --> 00:08:02,191 I met Cleveland, 125 00:08:02,357 --> 00:08:04,526 and now Cunningham speaks of Major Ferguson. 126 00:08:04,693 --> 00:08:06,945 Well, that's not proof that you fight. 127 00:08:07,112 --> 00:08:08,238 He could be lying. 128 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:11,325 The book says that Major Ferguson is vicious, 129 00:08:11,909 --> 00:08:14,119 ruthless on the battlefield and off, 130 00:08:15,037 --> 00:08:17,414 burning the homes of Rebels without warning, 131 00:08:17,539 --> 00:08:19,166 forcing their allegiance. 132 00:08:21,668 --> 00:08:23,186 I'm not certain I will fight, Claire, 133 00:08:23,253 --> 00:08:26,673 but if Cunningham is forming a militia, 134 00:08:27,466 --> 00:08:31,261 we need to be ready, regardless of the book. 135 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:38,518 To muskets, liberty, and sauerkraut, mes amis. 136 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:41,313 Slainte. 137 00:08:46,485 --> 00:08:48,111 Strange for a minister and his wife 138 00:08:48,237 --> 00:08:50,405 to smuggle guns, no? 139 00:08:50,572 --> 00:08:52,616 That was Brianna's idea, actually. 140 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,369 The last people anyone would ever suspect. 141 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,079 And once we get back to the Ridge, 142 00:08:57,246 --> 00:09:01,458 well, our family has a doctor, a soldier, a minister. 143 00:09:02,251 --> 00:09:03,585 Thought we needed an armorer. 144 00:09:03,652 --> 00:09:05,395 Ah, there's me thinking you came all this way 145 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:08,590 to visit us and paint a wee picture for Lord John. 146 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:11,218 It happens I recently received a letter from His Lordship. 147 00:09:11,385 --> 00:09:14,179 He suggested I meet with one of his associates... 148 00:09:14,638 --> 00:09:15,973 Percival Beauchamp. 149 00:09:16,682 --> 00:09:18,350 Are either of you familiar with this man? 150 00:09:18,517 --> 00:09:20,435 No. 151 00:09:20,602 --> 00:09:21,770 He claims to have information 152 00:09:21,937 --> 00:09:23,397 that will be of great interest to me. 153 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:26,441 But Lord John says he can be a slippery fellow. 154 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:28,068 I must make up my own mind 155 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:29,945 whether what he says is trustworthy. 156 00:09:30,404 --> 00:09:32,656 You know, our mother's maiden name was Beauchamp? 157 00:09:32,973 --> 00:09:34,800 I mean, obviously, the English pronounce it "bee-cham," 158 00:09:34,866 --> 00:09:36,134 but that's quite a coincidence. 159 00:09:38,287 --> 00:09:40,872 Merde. Merde! 160 00:09:52,551 --> 00:09:53,802 Cowards! 161 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:05,397 Merde. 162 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:07,441 Are you two all right? 163 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:09,443 I'm-I'm fine. Are you? 164 00:10:09,509 --> 00:10:11,670 Yeah, they didna bother to put a note on it this time. 165 00:10:11,737 --> 00:10:12,821 "This time?" 166 00:10:13,405 --> 00:10:14,781 What, this has happened before? 167 00:10:15,140 --> 00:10:16,591 Aye, we've had some horrible threatening letters. 168 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:18,952 Filth. Bag full of dead rats. 169 00:10:19,119 --> 00:10:20,245 Another with a serpent. 170 00:10:20,412 --> 00:10:22,748 The bastard escaped. 171 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:27,544 Wait. What is going on? 172 00:10:28,003 --> 00:10:29,880 These days, when people dinna like the news, 173 00:10:30,047 --> 00:10:31,381 they tend to blame the printer. 174 00:10:32,299 --> 00:10:34,217 Has someone discovered you're Patriots? 175 00:10:35,010 --> 00:10:37,220 Jamie mentioned you'd been printing for the cause. 176 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,349 The culprit is as likely to be a Patriot as not. 177 00:10:41,224 --> 00:10:43,310 While, privately, we print pamphlets for the Rebels, 178 00:10:43,435 --> 00:10:45,354 publicly, we take a more impartial approach. 179 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,190 Yeah, in trying to not anger one side, 180 00:10:48,357 --> 00:10:49,900 you end up angering both sides. 181 00:10:51,610 --> 00:10:53,904 Just the life of a news printer in these troubled times. 182 00:11:13,757 --> 00:11:15,092 Ye have any weapons? 183 00:11:15,217 --> 00:11:17,094 Aye, but... 184 00:11:17,219 --> 00:11:19,262 just the one rifle twixt the three of us. 185 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:23,975 That willna do, not in war... 186 00:11:24,142 --> 00:11:25,852 nor hunting, 187 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:29,064 I wouldna think, but it doesna matter. 188 00:11:29,231 --> 00:11:31,108 I'm expecting a shipment shortly. 189 00:11:31,858 --> 00:11:33,752 When the time comes, you'll each have your own 190 00:11:33,819 --> 00:11:35,070 musket and shot. 191 00:11:38,323 --> 00:11:39,783 We'll ride with you, Mr. Fraser. 192 00:11:39,950 --> 00:11:41,118 Excellent. 193 00:11:41,451 --> 00:11:43,036 Josiah will take down your names. 194 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:45,372 - What's your surname? - Miller. 195 00:11:47,249 --> 00:11:48,265 Uncle. 196 00:11:49,668 --> 00:11:50,836 What is it, lad? 197 00:11:52,254 --> 00:11:53,547 Maybe it's nothing. 198 00:11:54,089 --> 00:11:55,757 I've recruited three more men. 199 00:11:56,675 --> 00:12:00,262 There's this Scottish fellow over yonder. 200 00:12:00,429 --> 00:12:02,347 And when he heard I was from Fraser's Ridge, 201 00:12:02,472 --> 00:12:04,474 he-he mentioned he was heading there himself, 202 00:12:05,434 --> 00:12:07,936 that he kent Roger and Brianna... 203 00:12:09,646 --> 00:12:11,064 from Scotland. 204 00:12:12,023 --> 00:12:13,567 He says he's looking for them. 205 00:12:14,568 --> 00:12:16,194 - Cameron. - Aye. 206 00:12:32,836 --> 00:12:34,337 I'm James Fraser. 207 00:12:34,713 --> 00:12:35,797 I understand you're acquainted 208 00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:37,966 with my daughter, Brianna MacKenzie. 209 00:12:38,508 --> 00:12:40,051 I am. Aye. 210 00:12:41,636 --> 00:12:43,263 You're Robert Cameron, then. 211 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:45,348 Christ, no, man. 212 00:12:45,974 --> 00:12:47,726 I'm no' Rob Cameron. 213 00:12:49,686 --> 00:12:52,856 My name is William Buccleigh MacKenzie. 214 00:12:53,815 --> 00:12:55,108 Come to tell Roger and Brianna 215 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:58,737 that Cameron won't be botherin' them again 216 00:12:59,404 --> 00:13:02,574 and to return Roger's wee book. 217 00:13:05,994 --> 00:13:08,622 Don't want it to fall in the wrong hands a second time. 218 00:13:16,630 --> 00:13:18,048 Buck McKenzie. 219 00:13:20,634 --> 00:13:22,969 You remind me of your father. 220 00:13:27,015 --> 00:13:29,017 Perhaps when you've finished painting Lady Grey, 221 00:13:29,184 --> 00:13:31,686 you could paint a portrait of Marsali and me. 222 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:33,355 I'd be happy to. 223 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:34,856 I'll paint the whole family. 224 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:36,441 Oh, we need to send to Philadelphia 225 00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:39,277 for a canvas big enough. 226 00:13:39,444 --> 00:13:41,613 Don't linger at the Continental camp. 227 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,783 Talk among the merchants is that a battle is imminent. 228 00:13:45,158 --> 00:13:46,701 I'll return as soon as I'm able. 229 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,204 - Be safe. - You too. 230 00:13:49,371 --> 00:13:50,705 See you soon. 231 00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:53,290 With any luck, I'll see you both soon. 232 00:13:53,708 --> 00:13:54,751 Good luck. 233 00:14:14,145 --> 00:14:16,189 Do you think houses are alive? 234 00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:18,525 That was the wind. 235 00:14:21,611 --> 00:14:22,779 But, yes. 236 00:14:23,697 --> 00:14:25,490 I think places 237 00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:28,368 that people live in for a time 238 00:14:28,952 --> 00:14:31,871 absorb a little bit of them. 239 00:14:33,123 --> 00:14:37,294 I often think that houses affect the people living in them, 240 00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:40,130 so why wouldn't it work both ways? 241 00:14:43,008 --> 00:14:47,095 So do you think Amy Lindsay's still in her cabin, 242 00:14:47,262 --> 00:14:48,430 haunting it? 243 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:51,850 I don't know about her cabin exactly. 244 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:56,479 When people die... 245 00:14:57,564 --> 00:15:01,526 naturally, the people they leave behind sense them, 246 00:15:02,193 --> 00:15:03,486 you know, sense... 247 00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:07,073 that a part of them is still with them in a way. 248 00:15:07,198 --> 00:15:10,327 I don't know that I would call that haunting, though. 249 00:15:10,785 --> 00:15:12,203 It's more like... 250 00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:14,372 a memory. 251 00:15:14,831 --> 00:15:15,999 A longing. 252 00:15:18,793 --> 00:15:21,254 I wish Jane would haunt me. 253 00:15:22,380 --> 00:15:23,632 Fanny. 254 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:31,014 You won't forget her. 255 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:34,517 And she won't forget you either. 256 00:15:36,645 --> 00:15:40,482 You know, talking about the people we've lost 257 00:15:41,566 --> 00:15:44,819 can make it seem as though they're still with us. 258 00:15:48,365 --> 00:15:50,492 Janey used to whisper... 259 00:15:51,326 --> 00:15:53,370 "Good night, ma chérie" 260 00:15:53,787 --> 00:15:55,372 before we went to sleep. 261 00:15:58,667 --> 00:16:00,293 She spoke French? 262 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:02,087 A little. 263 00:16:02,587 --> 00:16:05,048 She said that's what our mother used to call me, 264 00:16:05,757 --> 00:16:07,175 "ma chérie." 265 00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:11,096 Janey used to tell me about our parents before bed. 266 00:16:16,101 --> 00:16:18,812 She was trying to help you keep their memory alive. 267 00:16:20,021 --> 00:16:24,442 She would tell me good things or funny things, 268 00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:29,030 but we would never talk about anything serious. 269 00:16:29,723 --> 00:16:31,549 She talked to the other girls at the brothel. 270 00:16:31,616 --> 00:16:33,827 I know she was trying to protect me. 271 00:16:34,577 --> 00:16:36,329 Sometimes I wish she hadn't. 272 00:16:44,713 --> 00:16:46,589 I better go close that window. 273 00:17:04,232 --> 00:17:06,151 And your little dog too. 274 00:17:06,317 --> 00:17:07,444 What did you say? 275 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:11,948 Mrs. Cunningham's coming. 276 00:17:12,349 --> 00:17:13,675 Could you show her into the parlor? 277 00:17:13,742 --> 00:17:15,160 I'll be right there. 278 00:17:15,185 --> 00:17:16,535 She's probably come for the slippery elm powder 279 00:17:16,578 --> 00:17:17,704 I promised her. 280 00:17:20,165 --> 00:17:21,624 Good evening, Mrs. Cunningham. 281 00:17:21,790 --> 00:17:23,376 Do you want to wait in the parlor, please? 282 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:26,503 I most certainly will not wait! 283 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,339 I need help! 284 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:32,218 Frances, chair. 285 00:17:35,805 --> 00:17:37,474 Go get some whiskey, please. 286 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:40,268 What happened? 287 00:17:40,835 --> 00:17:41,886 Fell. 288 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:44,147 Tripped over the scuttle like a fool 289 00:17:44,314 --> 00:17:45,774 and fell on my shoulder. 290 00:17:45,940 --> 00:17:48,318 Well, don't worry. I can fix it. 291 00:17:48,777 --> 00:17:50,278 I wouldn't have staggered two miles 292 00:17:50,445 --> 00:17:53,072 through buggering brambles if I didn't think you could! 293 00:17:55,325 --> 00:17:56,910 And where is your son? 294 00:17:58,495 --> 00:17:59,496 He's away. 295 00:18:12,634 --> 00:18:15,428 As I thought... dislocated. 296 00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:22,393 Fanny... 297 00:18:23,561 --> 00:18:26,356 hold her tight here. 298 00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:28,191 That's it. 299 00:18:28,358 --> 00:18:29,567 Elspeth... 300 00:18:30,235 --> 00:18:31,861 this is going to hurt. 301 00:18:43,414 --> 00:18:44,541 All right. 302 00:18:45,917 --> 00:18:46,960 Ready? 303 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:57,387 Grass-combing son of a buggering sod! 304 00:19:04,936 --> 00:19:06,563 What, child? 305 00:19:07,105 --> 00:19:10,233 It's been a long time since I heard language like that. 306 00:19:10,984 --> 00:19:13,194 Well, if you have to do with soldiers, young woman, 307 00:19:13,361 --> 00:19:17,031 you acquire their vices as well as their virtues. 308 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:21,411 Where, may I ask, did you hear language like that? 309 00:19:21,744 --> 00:19:22,996 I lived in a brothel. 310 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,123 Indeed. 311 00:19:26,708 --> 00:19:29,043 Well, I suppose whores 312 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:32,672 also have their virtues as well as their vices. 313 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:34,382 I don't know about the virtues, 314 00:19:34,966 --> 00:19:36,744 unless you count being able to satisfy a man 315 00:19:36,754 --> 00:19:39,178 in two minutes by the clock. 316 00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:42,348 Oh, I-I think that would be classed as a skill, 317 00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:44,434 rather than a virtue. 318 00:19:45,143 --> 00:19:47,270 Though a useful one, I dare say. 319 00:19:47,437 --> 00:19:50,189 I'm sure everyone has their strong points. 320 00:19:50,356 --> 00:19:51,983 Fanny, would you go to the kitchen 321 00:19:52,108 --> 00:19:54,235 and make up a plate for Mrs. Cunningham? 322 00:19:57,572 --> 00:20:00,950 You know, I have always wondered 323 00:20:01,117 --> 00:20:02,785 about the term "grass-combing." 324 00:20:03,578 --> 00:20:07,624 Is it actual bad language, or is it just descriptive? 325 00:20:07,999 --> 00:20:09,667 Well, it usually applies 326 00:20:09,834 --> 00:20:13,463 to someone who is either idle or incompetent. 327 00:20:14,005 --> 00:20:15,882 Well, why combing grass 328 00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:19,093 should invoke either attribute is unclear, 329 00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:21,804 but it isn't actually bad language 330 00:20:21,971 --> 00:20:24,641 unless the term "bugger" is applied. 331 00:20:24,807 --> 00:20:28,227 But I've never actually heard it without "bugger." 332 00:20:30,188 --> 00:20:31,856 You must have heard much more 333 00:20:32,023 --> 00:20:33,775 if you were traveling with the army. 334 00:20:34,817 --> 00:20:36,778 Oh, it's worse than you think. 335 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,656 My first husband was a sailor. 336 00:20:41,658 --> 00:20:44,702 Well, I believe you shocked Fanny, 337 00:20:45,536 --> 00:20:47,830 not with the actual language, but... 338 00:20:48,581 --> 00:20:51,167 that it came from a respectable woman such as you. 339 00:20:51,292 --> 00:20:52,585 Oh, well... 340 00:20:53,169 --> 00:20:54,837 women tend to be freer in their speech 341 00:20:55,004 --> 00:20:57,256 when there aren't any men present. 342 00:20:58,216 --> 00:21:00,343 She's a remarkable child. 343 00:21:01,052 --> 00:21:02,779 But you must try to persuade her not to... 344 00:21:02,845 --> 00:21:04,973 She knows not to talk like that in public, 345 00:21:05,139 --> 00:21:07,433 as I'm sure do you. 346 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,061 But you're free to say anything you like here tonight, 347 00:21:10,228 --> 00:21:11,996 as I'm not letting you go back to your cabin 348 00:21:12,063 --> 00:21:13,481 in your condition. 349 00:21:13,648 --> 00:21:17,360 By my condition, whether you mean injured or inebriated, 350 00:21:18,027 --> 00:21:21,364 I'm not sure, but in either case, thank you. 351 00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:41,217 William. 352 00:21:41,551 --> 00:21:43,136 Bloody hell, it's you. 353 00:21:46,389 --> 00:21:49,726 W-William, would you like to invite our guest in? 354 00:21:49,892 --> 00:21:51,394 She's had quite a long journey. 355 00:21:51,561 --> 00:21:53,271 Forgive me, Mrs. MacKenzie. 356 00:21:53,938 --> 00:21:55,940 The unexpected pleasure of seeing you again 357 00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:57,608 has caused me to forget myself. 358 00:22:06,684 --> 00:22:07,844 I was delighted when you accepted 359 00:22:07,910 --> 00:22:09,412 my invitation, my dear. 360 00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:11,706 I was beginning to fear I'd never see you again. 361 00:22:11,873 --> 00:22:13,082 Feels like a lifetime 362 00:22:13,207 --> 00:22:14,667 since we all met. 363 00:22:15,418 --> 00:22:18,504 Allow me to introduce Amaranthus, Viscountess Grey, 364 00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:20,423 my late nephew's widow. 365 00:22:21,466 --> 00:22:22,508 Pleasure. 366 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:25,011 I'm sorry for your loss. 367 00:22:26,054 --> 00:22:28,681 Lord John mentioned he'd sent for a portrait painter. 368 00:22:29,515 --> 00:22:31,017 Didn't realize it would be a woman. 369 00:22:32,627 --> 00:22:34,412 You must be very skilled for him to ask you to come. 370 00:22:35,229 --> 00:22:38,066 - Where is it you traveled from? - North Carolina. 371 00:22:38,232 --> 00:22:40,443 Oh, surely you did not undertake the journey alone? 372 00:22:40,610 --> 00:22:41,861 I was under the impression 373 00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,155 that your husband would be accompanying you. 374 00:22:44,322 --> 00:22:46,824 Ah, he did, but he's currently, uh, 375 00:22:47,283 --> 00:22:49,035 attending to an errand outside the city. 376 00:22:49,535 --> 00:22:51,996 It-it's time for Trevor's bedtime feed. 377 00:22:52,121 --> 00:22:54,791 It was a pleasure, Mrs. MacKenzie. 378 00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:03,132 Yes, well, uh, various important matters 379 00:23:03,257 --> 00:23:04,717 require my attention, 380 00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:06,969 so I will leave you two 381 00:23:07,136 --> 00:23:09,806 to become reacquainted. 382 00:23:18,272 --> 00:23:20,274 You came from North Carolina? 383 00:23:20,441 --> 00:23:22,693 Last we met, you were on your way to Boston. 384 00:23:23,444 --> 00:23:24,946 These are dangerous times. 385 00:23:25,321 --> 00:23:26,823 We thought it best to be with family, 386 00:23:26,989 --> 00:23:28,866 so we returned to Fraser's Ridge. 387 00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:32,453 You must have met Fanny, then. Is she well? 388 00:23:32,578 --> 00:23:34,705 Yes, she is. 389 00:23:34,831 --> 00:23:37,542 My mother has taken quite a liking to her. 390 00:23:38,668 --> 00:23:40,002 So has my father. 391 00:23:41,087 --> 00:23:44,632 Well, I mean, our father. 392 00:23:51,222 --> 00:23:52,515 Did you know? 393 00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:54,225 The day we met in Wilmington, 394 00:23:54,392 --> 00:23:56,853 did you know what we were to each other? 395 00:23:59,564 --> 00:24:00,606 I did. 396 00:24:01,691 --> 00:24:03,317 I wanted to tell you. 397 00:24:04,318 --> 00:24:05,695 Roger, my husband, was with me. 398 00:24:05,862 --> 00:24:08,823 He was just around the corner at the inn... 399 00:24:09,198 --> 00:24:11,534 and my children, Jem and Mandy. 400 00:24:11,868 --> 00:24:12,952 I... 401 00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:15,913 really wanted you to meet them... 402 00:24:16,914 --> 00:24:19,959 even if you didn't know we were... 403 00:24:21,419 --> 00:24:22,545 well... 404 00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:24,130 yours. 405 00:24:24,839 --> 00:24:26,048 Mine? 406 00:24:27,842 --> 00:24:29,802 I should probably say something polite, 407 00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:32,221 like, only if you want us, but thats... 408 00:24:32,388 --> 00:24:35,725 A bit late for that... to lie about the truth, I mean. 409 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:40,646 I do apologize for not telling you. 410 00:24:41,355 --> 00:24:44,942 But Lord John and Da felt so strongly... 411 00:24:47,737 --> 00:24:48,863 It wasn't my place. 412 00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:52,617 I accept your apology. 413 00:24:53,951 --> 00:24:56,829 Though, in all honesty, I'm glad you didn't tell me. 414 00:24:59,123 --> 00:25:00,249 I- I wouldn't have known how to respond 415 00:25:00,416 --> 00:25:02,251 to such a revelation at the time. 416 00:25:04,337 --> 00:25:06,005 And you do now? 417 00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:07,215 No, I bloody don't. 418 00:25:09,759 --> 00:25:12,053 But I haven't blown my brains out. 419 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:13,921 When I was eighteen, I might have. 420 00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:18,309 I apologize. 421 00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:20,770 I- I didn't mean that with any derogatory reference 422 00:25:20,895 --> 00:25:22,313 to you or your family. 423 00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:25,316 Your family, you mean. 424 00:25:38,521 --> 00:25:39,722 Thank you for coming, Monsieur Fraser. 425 00:25:39,789 --> 00:25:41,958 - Allow me to send for wine. - No, thank you. 426 00:25:41,983 --> 00:25:43,476 I came to hear what you have to say, 427 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,628 but I must get back to my work. 428 00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:48,005 Very well then, sir. 429 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,466 I'll get right to it. 430 00:25:53,469 --> 00:25:56,264 I wish to acquaint you with the facts of your birth... 431 00:25:58,266 --> 00:26:00,726 facts I think you do not know. 432 00:26:02,395 --> 00:26:03,938 Have you heard of a man by the name 433 00:26:04,105 --> 00:26:05,690 of le Comte St. Germain? 434 00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:09,443 Why? 435 00:26:10,027 --> 00:26:11,237 You are his son. 436 00:26:15,992 --> 00:26:17,368 I'm sure you have an explanation 437 00:26:17,535 --> 00:26:21,664 as to how you came to this preposterous conclusion. 438 00:26:23,207 --> 00:26:26,335 As you may have surmised, I am not French myself. 439 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:30,798 I have, however, married into a prestigious French family. 440 00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:34,093 My wife is the sister of the Baron Amandine. 441 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:37,471 And as with any old dynasty, 442 00:26:38,014 --> 00:26:40,516 there is a sordid family secret. 443 00:26:41,976 --> 00:26:43,686 Many years ago, my wife's older sister 444 00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:45,563 began a torrid affair with the Comte 445 00:26:45,730 --> 00:26:47,940 and, not long after, disappeared, 446 00:26:48,482 --> 00:26:50,067 fled into the night with her jewels 447 00:26:50,234 --> 00:26:53,988 and, they supposed, into the arms of another lover. 448 00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:56,198 I take it you wish me to believe 449 00:26:56,365 --> 00:26:58,492 I'm the result of this tryst? 450 00:26:59,702 --> 00:27:02,872 Perhaps the name of the woman in question will convince you. 451 00:27:04,498 --> 00:27:06,417 Amélie LeVigne Beauchamp. 452 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 _ 453 00:27:12,010 --> 00:27:13,810 _ 454 00:27:15,134 --> 00:27:16,135 Yes. 455 00:27:16,761 --> 00:27:17,803 Yes, she is dead. 456 00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:20,514 You may continue. 457 00:27:21,807 --> 00:27:24,185 A few years ago, I uncovered the truth 458 00:27:24,352 --> 00:27:26,020 from one of the Comte's servants. 459 00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:29,023 Amélie did not run away with a lover. 460 00:27:29,190 --> 00:27:30,900 The Comte simply grew weary of her 461 00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:34,362 and, learning she was pregnant, lured her away from home, 462 00:27:34,528 --> 00:27:37,823 drugged her with opium, and sold her to a brothel. 463 00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:41,786 Maison Elise. 464 00:27:41,952 --> 00:27:44,121 That is where she gave birth to a child. 465 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:46,665 You. 466 00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:51,587 And Monsieur le Comte? 467 00:27:52,129 --> 00:27:54,256 He was last seen more than thirty years ago. 468 00:27:54,548 --> 00:27:56,092 And while no body was found, 469 00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:58,052 the circumstances of his disappearance 470 00:27:58,219 --> 00:27:59,387 were so mysterious 471 00:27:59,553 --> 00:28:01,263 that a magistrate declared him deceased. 472 00:28:02,264 --> 00:28:05,393 His estate is currently held in trust 473 00:28:05,559 --> 00:28:07,436 by his solicitor in Paris, 474 00:28:07,978 --> 00:28:10,898 but it would undoubtedly be released 475 00:28:11,065 --> 00:28:14,402 should a petition be filed by his heir. 476 00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:19,615 Unless the law in France has changed of late, 477 00:28:20,324 --> 00:28:22,493 a bastard cannot inherit property, so... 478 00:28:23,744 --> 00:28:24,829 Claudel. 479 00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:28,916 If I may use your original name. 480 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:37,425 You may not, sir. 481 00:28:38,467 --> 00:28:39,760 Very well. 482 00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:42,430 I found this 483 00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:45,724 hidden in the pages of a dusty family Bible. 484 00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:48,060 I'm quite certain I'm the only one living 485 00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:50,229 who knows of its existence. 486 00:28:52,815 --> 00:28:54,483 It is a contract of marriage. 487 00:29:14,003 --> 00:29:16,464 It appears Amélie relinquished her virtue 488 00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:18,132 at a high price... 489 00:29:18,716 --> 00:29:21,802 by demanding the Comte marry her in secret 490 00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:24,388 before welcoming him to her bed. 491 00:29:29,685 --> 00:29:31,812 Allow me to congratulate you, sir. 492 00:29:33,022 --> 00:29:34,690 You are not a bastard. 493 00:29:36,150 --> 00:29:38,319 Assuming the document isn't forged, 494 00:29:39,361 --> 00:29:41,906 plainly, you have something you want out of this. 495 00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:45,910 Something Monsieur le Comte's heir might accomplish for you? 496 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:49,705 Le Comte St. Germain owned... his estate still does own... 497 00:29:49,830 --> 00:29:51,332 a majority of the stock of a syndicate 498 00:29:51,499 --> 00:29:53,209 investing in land in the New World, 499 00:29:53,709 --> 00:29:55,544 the main asset of which is a large parcel 500 00:29:55,711 --> 00:29:58,964 in what is known as the Old Northwest. 501 00:29:59,757 --> 00:30:00,816 Some... 502 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:02,968 interests of mine in Paris 503 00:30:03,135 --> 00:30:05,471 believe that while Britain is preoccupied 504 00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:07,223 with this rebellion, 505 00:30:07,681 --> 00:30:10,392 there is an opportunity to establish a French colony 506 00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:14,063 on the land with French settlers. 507 00:30:15,481 --> 00:30:18,067 Unfortunately, le Comte's solicitor 508 00:30:18,192 --> 00:30:21,362 refuses to sell the stock at any price. 509 00:30:25,199 --> 00:30:27,993 But if a legitimate heir were to appear, 510 00:30:28,619 --> 00:30:30,079 the land would become his. 511 00:30:30,204 --> 00:30:33,707 And my associates would pay said heir a significant sum 512 00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:35,501 for said land. 513 00:30:37,586 --> 00:30:40,381 A significant sum. 514 00:30:49,557 --> 00:30:51,392 Have I done something to offend you? 515 00:30:52,268 --> 00:30:54,812 I'm simply trying to enjoy my literature in solitude. 516 00:30:54,979 --> 00:30:56,188 Should you require company, 517 00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:58,774 perhaps Mrs. MacKenzie will oblige you. 518 00:31:00,025 --> 00:31:02,319 Lady Grey, are you jealous? 519 00:31:02,486 --> 00:31:03,696 Don't be absurd. 520 00:31:05,447 --> 00:31:06,907 Though anyone with eyes can see 521 00:31:07,074 --> 00:31:08,993 that there's a history between the two of you. 522 00:31:11,245 --> 00:31:12,621 I suppose you're right. 523 00:31:12,788 --> 00:31:15,082 She is a person of some significance in my life. 524 00:31:15,249 --> 00:31:18,127 Please. I thought we... 525 00:31:18,919 --> 00:31:21,297 It doesn't matter. 526 00:31:21,839 --> 00:31:22,965 I was foolish. 527 00:31:25,676 --> 00:31:29,513 Ms. MacKenzie, Brianna, is my sister. 528 00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:36,353 You told me you didn't have any siblings. 529 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,401 I'm a bastard. 530 00:31:43,527 --> 00:31:45,154 Well, I'm not legally a bastard, 531 00:31:45,321 --> 00:31:46,714 since the Eighth Earl of Ellesmere 532 00:31:46,780 --> 00:31:48,657 and my mother were married when I was born. 533 00:31:49,658 --> 00:31:53,120 But the Eighth Earl was not my father. 534 00:31:54,705 --> 00:31:56,665 The man who sired me was... 535 00:31:57,583 --> 00:32:00,461 is Brianna's father. 536 00:32:03,547 --> 00:32:04,606 Well... 537 00:32:05,257 --> 00:32:08,135 whoever he was, he must have been a- 538 00:32:09,219 --> 00:32:11,305 a very striking gentleman. 539 00:32:13,766 --> 00:32:15,059 He is. 540 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:18,145 Has he acknowledged you? 541 00:32:18,312 --> 00:32:19,897 Not publicly, no. 542 00:32:20,314 --> 00:32:21,482 Nor do I want him to. 543 00:32:21,649 --> 00:32:23,776 He, he owes me nothing. 544 00:32:25,778 --> 00:32:29,281 I'm only telling you this because you asked. 545 00:32:31,992 --> 00:32:33,702 Because I enjoy your company. 546 00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:38,624 May I be so bold as to presume you enjoy mine? 547 00:32:43,545 --> 00:32:45,297 That is bold... 548 00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:50,135 though perhaps not incorrect. 549 00:32:52,471 --> 00:32:53,555 Well... 550 00:32:54,473 --> 00:32:55,724 I think it's only fair 551 00:32:56,308 --> 00:32:59,395 one comprehends the person whose company one is enjoying. 552 00:33:02,690 --> 00:33:05,234 I am not the Ninth Earl of Ellesmere... 553 00:33:06,276 --> 00:33:07,611 not really. 554 00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:09,905 I never was. 555 00:33:11,073 --> 00:33:13,242 Of late, I've found myself wishing I could renounce 556 00:33:13,409 --> 00:33:14,827 the damn title altogether... 557 00:33:15,828 --> 00:33:18,997 though English law makes that all but impossible. 558 00:33:19,732 --> 00:33:21,099 Well, you may not be able to renounce it, 559 00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:22,668 but you could hand it on... 560 00:33:23,419 --> 00:33:25,546 abdicate in favor of your heir, I mean. 561 00:33:26,130 --> 00:33:27,464 I don't have an heir. 562 00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:30,342 Well, you could marry me and give it to our firstborn. 563 00:33:32,886 --> 00:33:34,638 I'm a widow, after all. 564 00:33:35,806 --> 00:33:37,558 We could retire into private life 565 00:33:37,725 --> 00:33:39,351 and breed dachshunds. 566 00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:46,150 I can't imagine anything more tiresome. 567 00:33:46,759 --> 00:33:49,002 Surely you don't mean to imply that being married to me 568 00:33:49,069 --> 00:33:50,863 would be tiresome, William. 569 00:33:52,114 --> 00:33:53,991 You might just possibly enjoy it. 570 00:33:57,786 --> 00:33:59,997 Thank you, Amaranthus, 571 00:34:00,956 --> 00:34:03,208 for not thinking less of me. 572 00:34:06,003 --> 00:34:07,421 As I've told you, 573 00:34:08,172 --> 00:34:10,966 I'm the daughter of F. Cowden, bookseller. 574 00:34:12,676 --> 00:34:14,594 That's all my father is to the world. 575 00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:19,224 I thought I would be a merchant's wife. 576 00:34:20,934 --> 00:34:23,645 But now I am Viscountess Grey. 577 00:34:25,647 --> 00:34:28,150 And my son will be the Duke of Pardloe. 578 00:34:30,027 --> 00:34:31,402 While you may disagree, 579 00:34:31,527 --> 00:34:34,697 I believe a title is something you simply have, 580 00:34:35,114 --> 00:34:36,784 not something you are. 581 00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:39,620 By law, you are the Earl of Ellesmere. 582 00:34:40,454 --> 00:34:42,080 That's all the world needs to know. 583 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:51,130 But you're not only that, William, 584 00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:53,425 not to me. 585 00:34:57,638 --> 00:34:58,972 How's the pain? 586 00:34:59,139 --> 00:35:01,266 In my shoulder or my head? 587 00:35:02,643 --> 00:35:04,019 Both, I suppose. 588 00:35:04,186 --> 00:35:06,396 Bearable. 589 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:09,817 Though I wish the girl would refrain from slamming doors. 590 00:35:09,983 --> 00:35:11,819 Oh, that's not Fanny. 591 00:35:12,528 --> 00:35:15,447 She's taking milk over to Evan Lindsay's. 592 00:35:15,931 --> 00:35:17,007 Then who? 593 00:35:17,074 --> 00:35:19,117 Houses make sounds, Elspeth. 594 00:35:19,243 --> 00:35:22,204 And all I know is that when the wind is in the east, 595 00:35:22,371 --> 00:35:25,332 ours makes that particular noise from the attic. 596 00:35:25,749 --> 00:35:28,126 Why build an attic in the first place? 597 00:35:29,336 --> 00:35:32,714 Because my husband is the Fraser of Fraser's Ridge. 598 00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:35,968 If there should ever be any kind of emergency 599 00:35:36,034 --> 00:35:38,153 that causes our tenants to have to leave their home, 600 00:35:38,220 --> 00:35:41,932 well, then they can take refuge here with us. 601 00:35:42,558 --> 00:35:45,477 And what kind of an emergency might that be? 602 00:35:53,527 --> 00:35:54,736 Your son... 603 00:35:55,195 --> 00:35:58,490 do you believe what he says about... 604 00:35:58,615 --> 00:36:00,242 My grandson's death? 605 00:36:00,784 --> 00:36:03,370 Yes, I do believe him. 606 00:36:03,745 --> 00:36:04,955 It is a comfort. 607 00:36:06,748 --> 00:36:09,668 I was thinking specifically about... 608 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:11,837 what he said to him, 609 00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:15,007 that he, your grandson, would see Charles again 610 00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:16,925 in seven years' time. 611 00:36:17,843 --> 00:36:19,136 Do you believe that? 612 00:36:20,846 --> 00:36:22,222 I only know that he believes it. 613 00:36:30,814 --> 00:36:32,149 Good day, Mrs. Fraser. 614 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:34,526 I'm here to collect my mother. 615 00:36:35,152 --> 00:36:36,778 I'll help her get her things. 616 00:36:36,945 --> 00:36:39,448 No need. I'll do it myself. 617 00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:46,580 You'll find her through here. 618 00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:51,001 Mother, are you well? 619 00:36:51,126 --> 00:36:52,502 I heard that you were injured. 620 00:36:52,669 --> 00:36:53,837 Yes, my shoulder, 621 00:36:54,004 --> 00:36:56,131 but Mrs. Fraser was able to heal it 622 00:36:56,298 --> 00:36:57,758 quite satisfactorily. 623 00:36:58,216 --> 00:37:00,218 She's been most hospitable. 624 00:37:00,385 --> 00:37:02,137 I've enjoyed the company. 625 00:37:02,304 --> 00:37:05,057 Her husband's away at the moment on business. 626 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:06,241 Is he? 627 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:07,768 I had wondered. 628 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,479 He's a hard man to pin down, your husband. 629 00:37:10,646 --> 00:37:12,898 We had been meaning to talk... 630 00:37:13,815 --> 00:37:15,651 or so I thought. 631 00:37:17,110 --> 00:37:19,363 Well, he's anxious to speak with you too. 632 00:37:19,988 --> 00:37:22,950 But this business couldn't wait. 633 00:37:23,617 --> 00:37:24,826 Well... 634 00:37:25,452 --> 00:37:27,120 I thank you, ma'am, for the care 635 00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:28,789 you've shown my mother. 636 00:37:29,915 --> 00:37:32,250 She should be fully recovered within a week or so. 637 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:34,586 But, uh, here are some herbs 638 00:37:35,462 --> 00:37:37,756 that should ease her discomfort. 639 00:37:40,384 --> 00:37:42,636 You have a very fine home. 640 00:37:43,387 --> 00:37:44,638 It must feel very empty 641 00:37:44,805 --> 00:37:47,766 with him away and you here all alone. 642 00:37:56,608 --> 00:37:57,901 I'm fine. 643 00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:00,153 I can assure you. 644 00:38:01,947 --> 00:38:04,074 I expect him home at any moment. 645 00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:07,035 I'll let him know you stopped by. 646 00:38:10,539 --> 00:38:12,916 Charles, did you bring the cart? 647 00:38:13,083 --> 00:38:14,418 Of course, Mother. 648 00:38:20,549 --> 00:38:23,635 Until next time, Mrs. Fraser. 649 00:38:33,603 --> 00:38:35,522 Do you think he's telling you the truth? 650 00:38:35,689 --> 00:38:37,190 He very well may be. 651 00:38:38,608 --> 00:38:40,986 Amèlie, I knew her, but I... 652 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,032 I didn't know she was my mother. 653 00:38:47,242 --> 00:38:49,745 There are many children born in a brothel. 654 00:38:49,870 --> 00:38:52,539 The little ones, they would call any whore "maman," 655 00:38:52,706 --> 00:38:54,249 anyone who would feed them. 656 00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:56,852 And if a whore had to attend a customer 657 00:38:56,877 --> 00:38:58,170 and her child was hungry, 658 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,547 she'd just hand him to another jeune fille. 659 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:04,509 Amélie, they called her "The Baroness" 660 00:39:04,676 --> 00:39:06,470 for her haughty manner. 661 00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:10,932 Even then, I knew the name was cruel, 662 00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:14,561 but until today, I didn't realize how cruel. 663 00:39:23,236 --> 00:39:24,780 Was she kind to ye? 664 00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:26,948 She detested all of the children 665 00:39:27,115 --> 00:39:28,533 of the brothel, but... 666 00:39:30,102 --> 00:39:31,136 me most of all. 667 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:35,665 I understand now. 668 00:39:36,083 --> 00:39:39,169 I was the spawn of the man who took everything from her. 669 00:39:40,420 --> 00:39:41,588 Her love, 670 00:39:42,756 --> 00:39:44,257 her freedom... 671 00:39:45,801 --> 00:39:47,135 even her family. 672 00:39:51,431 --> 00:39:54,101 I think I was maybe six years old when she died. 673 00:39:54,267 --> 00:39:56,561 She contracted the morbid sore throat. 674 00:40:00,232 --> 00:40:02,943 I remember she summoned me to her chamber. 675 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,029 What did she say? 676 00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:08,865 Sois un bon garçon. 677 00:40:10,534 --> 00:40:11,827 "Be a good boy." 678 00:40:22,712 --> 00:40:23,880 It wasna fair for her 679 00:40:24,005 --> 00:40:25,924 to blame you for what happened to her. 680 00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:28,885 I wouldn't expect fairness from one whose life 681 00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:31,304 was filled with so much cruelty... 682 00:40:32,264 --> 00:40:33,974 at the hands of such a villain. 683 00:40:36,184 --> 00:40:37,227 Le Comte St. Germain... 684 00:40:37,394 --> 00:40:39,271 in France, he tried to kill milady. 685 00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:43,358 And now to learn that he sired me... 686 00:40:44,025 --> 00:40:45,277 You are not him. 687 00:40:46,319 --> 00:40:48,488 I know that better than anyone, my love. 688 00:40:49,489 --> 00:40:51,324 But if you are truly his heir, 689 00:40:51,992 --> 00:40:54,286 then you can use what he's left you for good. 690 00:40:55,245 --> 00:40:57,581 If you take this Beauchamp up on his offer... 691 00:40:57,747 --> 00:41:00,208 That man is a whore. I should know. 692 00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:02,669 He's likely been one all his life. 693 00:41:02,736 --> 00:41:04,896 Monsieur Beauchamp is too old to sell his ass, of course, 694 00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:08,300 but he would sell himself from necessity. 695 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:09,593 All he's asking, though, 696 00:41:09,759 --> 00:41:12,220 is that you sell him some land, no? 697 00:41:13,054 --> 00:41:15,223 Land that you have a right to by birth. 698 00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:16,808 Yes, but why? 699 00:41:17,934 --> 00:41:19,561 What effect will that have, 700 00:41:19,686 --> 00:41:21,438 selling it to these interests in Paris? 701 00:41:21,605 --> 00:41:23,732 They want to install a French colony 702 00:41:23,899 --> 00:41:25,275 on American soil, but... 703 00:41:26,193 --> 00:41:28,778 we've devoted ourselves to the Patriot cause. 704 00:41:31,031 --> 00:41:33,033 We're not fighting to be free of a British king 705 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,577 just to become servants of a French one. 706 00:41:36,411 --> 00:41:38,246 You dinna ken it'll come to that. 707 00:41:40,207 --> 00:41:41,666 You don't know that it won't. 708 00:41:43,585 --> 00:41:45,086 That isn't everything. 709 00:41:45,921 --> 00:41:47,422 I ken you, Fergus Fraser. 710 00:41:48,757 --> 00:41:51,801 Why is this offer so difficult to consider? 711 00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:56,556 To claim this inheritance, this land... 712 00:41:58,266 --> 00:41:59,726 I must publicly acknowledge 713 00:41:59,893 --> 00:42:02,437 that Le Comte St. Germain was my father. 714 00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:07,943 Monsieur Beauchamp told me what every orphan wants to hear, 715 00:42:08,735 --> 00:42:10,779 that I'm the son of a great man. 716 00:42:14,783 --> 00:42:18,161 But I'm already the son of a great man. 717 00:42:35,095 --> 00:42:36,304 Do not worry, my dear. 718 00:42:36,429 --> 00:42:38,640 Um, a French warship, the Truite, 719 00:42:38,807 --> 00:42:41,101 has taken to firing her cannon on occasion. 720 00:42:41,476 --> 00:42:43,895 Dreadful nuisance. 721 00:42:45,146 --> 00:42:47,482 She's anchored on the far end of Hutchinson Island, 722 00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:50,568 out of range to do any damage here in town. 723 00:42:53,113 --> 00:42:54,447 I assure you, 724 00:42:54,864 --> 00:42:56,199 you're perfectly safe. 725 00:42:58,618 --> 00:43:00,537 Oh, glad to hear it. 726 00:43:02,622 --> 00:43:03,707 So... 727 00:43:04,541 --> 00:43:06,376 why didn't you tell William I was coming? 728 00:43:08,086 --> 00:43:09,879 B-because, um... 729 00:43:10,964 --> 00:43:12,966 because I didn't know how he would react. 730 00:43:15,468 --> 00:43:19,264 It seems William has been, um... lost 731 00:43:19,639 --> 00:43:21,933 since he learned the truth of his parentage. 732 00:43:22,392 --> 00:43:24,936 But, um, you and he share 733 00:43:25,103 --> 00:43:26,938 a rather unique experience, 734 00:43:27,856 --> 00:43:30,191 discovering that James Fraser is your father. 735 00:43:31,901 --> 00:43:33,570 So that's why you invited me here. 736 00:43:34,279 --> 00:43:36,823 Not to paint a portrait of Amaranthus. 737 00:43:36,990 --> 00:43:38,450 You think I can help William. 738 00:43:38,616 --> 00:43:41,786 No, I-I-I do think that a portrait of his grandchild 739 00:43:41,853 --> 00:43:43,805 and daughter-in-law will do my brother the world of good, 740 00:43:43,872 --> 00:43:46,166 but... yes. 741 00:43:48,318 --> 00:43:50,395 If there's anyone who can talk some sense into William 742 00:43:50,462 --> 00:43:52,213 about his present difficulties, 743 00:43:53,173 --> 00:43:54,174 it's you. 744 00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:57,218 You could have just told me the truth, you know. 745 00:43:58,553 --> 00:44:00,055 I would have come anyway. 746 00:44:00,497 --> 00:44:02,073 I don't believe you've been entirely truthful 747 00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:03,433 with me either. 748 00:44:03,975 --> 00:44:07,020 Or should I ask precisely what, um, errands 749 00:44:07,145 --> 00:44:09,189 your husband has outside the city? 750 00:44:09,773 --> 00:44:11,441 Does it perhaps have something to do 751 00:44:11,608 --> 00:44:14,444 with the Continental Army encampment there? 752 00:44:18,156 --> 00:44:20,367 I-I-I could have been 753 00:44:21,076 --> 00:44:25,455 more direct about my intentions for this visit, 754 00:44:25,772 --> 00:44:26,806 but... 755 00:44:27,457 --> 00:44:29,793 I couldn't take the chance you'd rebuff me now. 756 00:44:31,836 --> 00:44:35,507 I-if there's one trait that James Fraser 757 00:44:35,673 --> 00:44:39,260 has successfully passed to all his children, 758 00:44:39,761 --> 00:44:41,596 it's stubbornness. 759 00:44:41,763 --> 00:44:44,766 It's exceedingly difficult 760 00:44:44,933 --> 00:44:47,852 to get you to do anything you don't want to do. 761 00:44:48,336 --> 00:44:49,370 William... 762 00:44:50,814 --> 00:44:52,357 William is the same. 763 00:44:55,568 --> 00:44:58,947 My late wife, Isobel, told me that William was lost once 764 00:44:59,114 --> 00:45:01,491 on his estate in Helwater. 765 00:45:02,492 --> 00:45:03,785 He was, um... 766 00:45:04,494 --> 00:45:06,246 three or so. 767 00:45:06,830 --> 00:45:10,291 He was wandering alone in a fog on the fells. 768 00:45:13,795 --> 00:45:15,171 Sometimes I see that. 769 00:45:16,548 --> 00:45:17,715 Sometimes... 770 00:45:24,514 --> 00:45:25,807 other things. 771 00:45:26,516 --> 00:45:28,810 You see those things when you're a parent. 772 00:45:30,270 --> 00:45:32,313 Yes. 773 00:45:36,901 --> 00:45:39,487 I can't make any promises... 774 00:45:40,905 --> 00:45:42,282 but I will see what I can do. 775 00:45:44,826 --> 00:45:45,869 Thank you. 776 00:45:48,121 --> 00:45:49,497 Thank you, my dear. 777 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:04,800 _ 778 00:46:24,407 --> 00:46:26,242 Jem and Mandy were a delight. 779 00:46:26,826 --> 00:46:29,454 Rodney and wee Claire can't wait for their next... 780 00:46:29,621 --> 00:46:32,207 what do they call it... a sleepover? 781 00:46:34,042 --> 00:46:36,085 Well, I'm glad they weren't a nuisance. 782 00:46:36,252 --> 00:46:37,504 Never. 783 00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:39,380 Every child's a miracle. 784 00:46:42,175 --> 00:46:43,718 You all right, Rachel? 785 00:46:44,093 --> 00:46:45,094 Yes. 786 00:46:45,620 --> 00:46:47,071 Thee is right, of course, Lizzie... 787 00:46:47,138 --> 00:46:48,598 every child is a miracle. 788 00:46:48,765 --> 00:46:50,225 Though in Oggy's case, the miracle is 789 00:46:50,391 --> 00:46:52,352 how long he can scream without drawing breath. 790 00:46:52,519 --> 00:46:54,729 Sometimes he sounds just like a catamount. 791 00:46:54,896 --> 00:46:56,189 Well, we've all been there. 792 00:46:56,356 --> 00:46:58,358 - Mandy, look! - Grandda! 793 00:46:58,525 --> 00:46:59,859 Grandda! 794 00:47:01,986 --> 00:47:03,196 Come on. 795 00:47:03,221 --> 00:47:04,589 Come on, they're coming. Quick, quick, quick. 796 00:47:05,323 --> 00:47:07,575 They're certainly happy to see their grandda. 797 00:47:08,952 --> 00:47:10,411 Who's that with him? 798 00:47:10,578 --> 00:47:12,413 I have no idea. 799 00:47:16,167 --> 00:47:20,171 Buck! 800 00:47:21,005 --> 00:47:22,590 Children! Come here! 801 00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:26,427 Mandy. Jemmy, how are ye? 802 00:47:26,553 --> 00:47:28,179 Granny, look, it's our cousin. 803 00:47:28,346 --> 00:47:29,639 Buck! It's Buck! 804 00:47:29,806 --> 00:47:31,849 Sassenach, may I introduce to you 805 00:47:32,016 --> 00:47:33,601 William Buccleigh MacKenzie? 806 00:47:34,227 --> 00:47:37,021 Claire Fraser, your reputation precedes ye. 807 00:47:37,188 --> 00:47:38,731 As does yours. 808 00:47:39,274 --> 00:47:41,401 You must have had a very long journey, indeed. 809 00:47:42,485 --> 00:47:44,445 Longer than I ken how explain. 810 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:46,573 I told him he was welcome to stay on the Ridge 811 00:47:46,639 --> 00:47:47,674 as long as he likes. 812 00:47:47,740 --> 00:47:48,549 Of course. 813 00:47:48,616 --> 00:47:50,034 You're family. 814 00:47:50,326 --> 00:47:52,453 Come along. Come inside. 815 00:47:52,579 --> 00:47:54,747 I'm sure you both must be starving. 816 00:47:54,914 --> 00:47:56,082 Aye. 817 00:47:56,149 --> 00:47:57,809 Ye don't happen to have any of those, uh, 818 00:47:57,875 --> 00:47:59,627 peanut butter sandwiches, do ye? 819 00:48:10,597 --> 00:48:12,265 What's troubling ye, mo chridhe? 820 00:48:13,766 --> 00:48:16,477 There was a massacre up north. 821 00:48:17,854 --> 00:48:21,190 A Mohawk leader, Joseph Brant, and a Loyalist captain 822 00:48:21,357 --> 00:48:22,984 led a raid on a Rebel town. 823 00:48:25,278 --> 00:48:26,779 I ken Joseph Brant. 824 00:48:29,282 --> 00:48:33,202 The Continentals retaliated by sending an army after him. 825 00:48:39,334 --> 00:48:43,254 "The Patriot Army marched along the Susquehanna River, 826 00:48:43,796 --> 00:48:47,508 "razing every Indian village they could find. 827 00:48:47,675 --> 00:48:51,012 "Forty villages were left in flames, and... 828 00:48:51,638 --> 00:48:53,348 countless scalps were"... 829 00:48:54,932 --> 00:48:56,059 Oh, Christ. 830 00:48:56,225 --> 00:48:58,227 Is that not where Shadow Lake lies? 831 00:49:00,021 --> 00:49:01,689 Where thy former wife... 832 00:49:01,856 --> 00:49:03,191 Wahionhaweh. 833 00:49:05,026 --> 00:49:06,152 Aye. 834 00:49:07,904 --> 00:49:09,238 And-and thy son. 835 00:49:10,156 --> 00:49:12,033 Tehiokas neh To'Tis... 836 00:49:13,034 --> 00:49:14,702 Swiftest of Lizards. 837 00:49:16,788 --> 00:49:17,789 Rachel... 838 00:49:21,376 --> 00:49:22,460 I must go north. 839 00:49:26,130 --> 00:49:27,674 I need to know what happened to them. 840 00:49:30,677 --> 00:49:31,803 Of course you must go. 841 00:49:36,683 --> 00:49:38,685 And Oggy and I will come with thee. 842 00:49:49,696 --> 00:49:51,739 I'm going to miss this little catamount. 843 00:49:53,616 --> 00:49:56,661 You're going to be so much bigger by the time you return. 844 00:49:59,330 --> 00:50:00,623 Is there really nothing I can say 845 00:50:00,790 --> 00:50:02,291 to convince you and Oggy to stay? 846 00:50:02,583 --> 00:50:05,002 I thank thee, Claire, but, no. 847 00:50:05,461 --> 00:50:07,505 Would thee let thy husband travel alone 700 miles 848 00:50:07,672 --> 00:50:08,923 to rescue his first wife? 849 00:50:09,090 --> 00:50:11,050 You make a good point. 850 00:50:18,516 --> 00:50:21,310 I pray that we find Emily and her children safe. 851 00:50:22,562 --> 00:50:26,149 But when he sees them, I want to be by his side... 852 00:50:27,442 --> 00:50:29,569 so he doesn't forget the life he has here. 853 00:50:33,823 --> 00:50:35,366 Does that make me wicked? 854 00:50:36,701 --> 00:50:37,952 No, Rachel. 855 00:50:40,037 --> 00:50:42,165 That makes you human. 856 00:50:44,959 --> 00:50:46,085 Here. 857 00:50:53,176 --> 00:50:54,761 Come. 858 00:50:55,928 --> 00:50:58,639 Rachel says ye mean to stop in Philadelphia 859 00:50:58,806 --> 00:51:01,100 so she can go to a proper meeting. 860 00:51:01,267 --> 00:51:03,436 Huh. Aye, she's missed it. 861 00:51:04,379 --> 00:51:06,205 Yeah, I'd like you to go to the brothel there, 862 00:51:06,272 --> 00:51:08,232 the one Frances lived wi' her sister, 863 00:51:08,399 --> 00:51:10,318 and speak wi' some of the lasses. 864 00:51:10,735 --> 00:51:12,028 A brothel? 865 00:51:13,821 --> 00:51:16,073 It's no' enough I'm going to find my first wife? 866 00:51:16,407 --> 00:51:18,451 It's to do wi' Frances. 867 00:51:19,076 --> 00:51:22,121 Ask them about Jane, anything she said about her family. 868 00:51:23,039 --> 00:51:25,875 We'd like Frances to ken more about them. 869 00:51:26,709 --> 00:51:28,002 I'll find out what I can. 870 00:51:45,561 --> 00:51:47,021 I, um... 871 00:51:48,064 --> 00:51:50,608 I must say one more thing to ye before ye go. 872 00:51:55,863 --> 00:51:58,282 Ye ken the book Brianna brought back, 873 00:51:59,116 --> 00:52:02,703 the one written by her other father? 874 00:52:02,870 --> 00:52:04,163 Aye. She told me. 875 00:52:04,330 --> 00:52:06,582 Uh, Frank Randall? 876 00:52:08,626 --> 00:52:10,378 It's about Scots in America... 877 00:52:11,587 --> 00:52:13,881 about what they... 878 00:52:14,590 --> 00:52:18,219 what we will do in the Revolution. 879 00:52:19,470 --> 00:52:21,681 There's mention of a battle in the backcountry 880 00:52:21,848 --> 00:52:23,766 at a place called Kings Mountain. 881 00:52:24,475 --> 00:52:26,143 I've heard of this place. 882 00:52:26,686 --> 00:52:28,229 Frank says I fight in it. 883 00:52:29,730 --> 00:52:31,190 When will it happen? 884 00:52:31,357 --> 00:52:34,527 October next, so he says. 885 00:52:34,986 --> 00:52:36,571 Claire thinks he's bending the truth, 886 00:52:36,737 --> 00:52:37,797 but, uh... 887 00:52:38,865 --> 00:52:40,783 I'm more and more convinced he's not. 888 00:52:49,417 --> 00:52:50,751 I'll be there with ye, Uncle. 889 00:52:51,611 --> 00:52:53,604 There'll be time enough for me to do whatever needs to be done 890 00:52:53,671 --> 00:52:56,048 in the north and make it home. 891 00:52:57,133 --> 00:52:58,150 Hey... 892 00:52:58,509 --> 00:52:59,802 dinna fash. 893 00:53:00,761 --> 00:53:02,054 My da may be gone, 894 00:53:03,014 --> 00:53:04,891 but I'll guard your left in his stead. 895 00:53:08,628 --> 00:53:09,628 Thank ye, lad. 896 00:53:29,415 --> 00:53:31,626 May ye be safe on your journey. 897 00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:41,200 _ 898 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:44,800 _ 899 00:53:45,700 --> 00:53:47,900 _ 900 00:53:48,700 --> 00:53:52,100 _ 901 00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,500 _ 902 00:53:55,700 --> 00:53:59,200 _ 903 00:54:29,475 --> 00:54:30,810 Private. 904 00:54:30,977 --> 00:54:33,187 Good afternoon. Colonel Marion? 905 00:54:33,354 --> 00:54:34,981 I'm Reverend Roger MacKenzie. 906 00:54:35,523 --> 00:54:38,067 I apologize for interrupting you, but, uh, well... 907 00:54:38,818 --> 00:54:41,821 you're a difficult man to find, and my request is urgent. 908 00:54:41,988 --> 00:54:43,406 Are you here to volunteer? 909 00:54:43,572 --> 00:54:45,366 Continental Army isn't choosy, 910 00:54:45,533 --> 00:54:46,742 though I have to say, 911 00:54:47,159 --> 00:54:48,577 the occasional minister we do get 912 00:54:48,744 --> 00:54:51,122 doesn't usually wear his best clothes to fight in. 913 00:54:52,123 --> 00:54:53,541 No, sir. 914 00:54:53,708 --> 00:54:56,544 I've, uh, come to request your assistance. 915 00:54:58,921 --> 00:55:01,674 My father-in-law owns 10,000 acres 916 00:55:01,841 --> 00:55:03,217 in North Carolina. 917 00:55:03,884 --> 00:55:05,678 A British major named Patrick Ferguson 918 00:55:05,700 --> 00:55:07,586 has been stirring up trouble in the backcountry, 919 00:55:07,596 --> 00:55:09,432 raising Loyalist militias. 920 00:55:09,598 --> 00:55:11,851 And as we are Patriots, we have decided to assemble 921 00:55:12,018 --> 00:55:13,394 a militia of our own. 922 00:55:14,437 --> 00:55:15,604 But we need weapons. 923 00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,774 I believe you've helped arm others like us before. 924 00:55:21,777 --> 00:55:23,029 I can pay you. 925 00:55:23,904 --> 00:55:26,657 I think we could possibly reach an agreement. 926 00:55:27,783 --> 00:55:30,619 Uh, well, I have a letter from my father-in-law 927 00:55:30,786 --> 00:55:32,288 with the particulars. 928 00:55:39,336 --> 00:55:41,922 Your father-in-law is General James Fraser? 929 00:55:42,990 --> 00:55:44,066 Aye. 930 00:55:44,550 --> 00:55:46,343 Fellow who abandoned his troops at Monmouth 931 00:55:46,469 --> 00:55:47,928 to tend his wife? 932 00:55:48,888 --> 00:55:49,947 Aye. 933 00:55:52,475 --> 00:55:55,061 James Fraser is- is an honorable man, sir, 934 00:55:55,770 --> 00:55:57,396 and a very brave soldier. 935 00:55:57,563 --> 00:55:59,774 The battle was already won when his wife was shot. 936 00:55:59,940 --> 00:56:02,526 Is it true he signed his letter of resignation 937 00:56:02,693 --> 00:56:04,612 on the back of a corporal in mud? 938 00:56:04,779 --> 00:56:07,823 Actually, he wrote it in his wife's blood, but aye. 939 00:56:09,742 --> 00:56:11,118 He didn't have a choice. 940 00:56:11,936 --> 00:56:13,721 She was wounded when General Lee ordered him 941 00:56:13,746 --> 00:56:15,164 to leave her side, which... 942 00:56:15,189 --> 00:56:17,099 I'm sure the circumstances were quite extraordinary. 943 00:56:17,166 --> 00:56:18,959 The fact remains that if it had not been 944 00:56:19,085 --> 00:56:21,253 for Lee's trial and Lafayette's good word, 945 00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:23,397 Fraser would have been court-martialed after Monmouth, 946 00:56:23,464 --> 00:56:24,632 perhaps even hanged. 947 00:56:24,757 --> 00:56:27,510 Ah, sir, our people are in danger. 948 00:56:27,635 --> 00:56:29,929 Our circumstances here are quite dire as well. 949 00:56:30,096 --> 00:56:32,223 We have precious few resources, 950 00:56:32,848 --> 00:56:35,267 even with the assistance of our new French allies. 951 00:56:35,434 --> 00:56:37,436 I can't afford to give what I do have 952 00:56:37,561 --> 00:56:40,523 to someone who's already lost the Continental Army's trust. 953 00:56:40,689 --> 00:56:42,650 Surely his years of service and sacrifice 954 00:56:42,775 --> 00:56:43,859 to the cause would... 955 00:56:44,026 --> 00:56:45,903 My answer is no, Reverend MacKenzie, 956 00:56:46,070 --> 00:56:47,279 and it's final. 957 00:56:52,535 --> 00:56:54,120 Then I'll take my leave, sir. 958 00:56:54,286 --> 00:56:56,080 That's not possible, I'm afraid. 959 00:56:56,831 --> 00:56:58,040 I beg your pardon? 960 00:56:58,207 --> 00:56:59,875 We assault the city in a few days' time. 961 00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:01,544 General Lincoln has ordered sentries 962 00:57:01,710 --> 00:57:03,629 to detain anyone leaving camp 963 00:57:03,754 --> 00:57:05,297 in an effort to prevent the deserters 964 00:57:05,464 --> 00:57:06,632 from warning the British. 965 00:57:07,174 --> 00:57:08,509 You can't leave. 966 00:57:08,676 --> 00:57:10,928 I've come to ask for your help in fighting the British. 967 00:57:11,053 --> 00:57:12,596 Surely you don't... you don't think 968 00:57:12,763 --> 00:57:14,448 that I'm gonna leave here and assist them. 969 00:57:14,515 --> 00:57:17,101 I have my orders, Reverend MacKenzie. 970 00:57:17,476 --> 00:57:20,187 Sir, my wife is in the city. 971 00:57:21,021 --> 00:57:22,565 I promised I'd return. 972 00:57:24,358 --> 00:57:27,903 Every man here has made such a promise to his wife, 973 00:57:28,028 --> 00:57:29,530 his mother, his son. 974 00:57:30,281 --> 00:57:32,199 Many will not live to honor them. 975 00:57:33,242 --> 00:57:34,243 You might. 976 00:57:35,186 --> 00:57:37,346 I can find a safe place for you to wait out the battle, 977 00:57:37,371 --> 00:57:38,831 unless you want to fight. 978 00:57:39,498 --> 00:57:41,000 I can give you a good rifle. 979 00:57:42,835 --> 00:57:43,878 No. 980 00:57:47,173 --> 00:57:48,966 Stay here and wait, then. 981 00:57:49,550 --> 00:57:52,136 Things go wrong, you can help bury us. 982 00:57:58,392 --> 00:57:59,410 Sir, wait. 983 00:58:04,899 --> 00:58:07,318 Uh, I'm no-I'm no good with a rifle. 984 00:58:10,779 --> 00:58:13,199 But if you can give me a sword, I'll fight with you. 985 00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:43,000 *CREDITS*