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Previously. Look at your house, what are you? I'm so overwhelmed.

You're lying if I said I wasn't a wee bit selfish in putting this together,

seeing as I have your first two patients.

Really? Darling.

We all need to come home.

Captain Charles Cunningham. You fought for the king then? I laid down my sword

for good. You are all undoubtedly going to hell. I think perhaps that witch,

Mrs. Cunningham, will remain in America with mercy. We wish to be wed. Henry,

marriages of this sort are illegal.

Ben is dead. He was taken prisoner, run up to the raiding party. A young lady

appeared on my doorstep with her baby, claiming she was Benjamin's widow.

Soul of a rebel by Franklin W.

Randall. What does it say?

The war is coming, and the James Fraser dies.

Oh, my word.

Pen.

Let me see the letter.

It becomes you.

Yes, I know. Where is it you'll be sent?

Boston.

I'm to report to General Howe's detachment.

Seems to be set foot in America.

Where? There.

General Relay.

I can't believe you still have him. Of course I still have him.

You gave him to me when I first came to this house.

You made me feel a part of this family.

Since he was always my best fighter, I want you to take him with you.

For good fortune.

As you know, he hasn't ever lost a battle.

I promise I shall keep him right here with me for as long as I wear this

uniform.

I know he'll guard me well, cousin.

Any time I take a drink of water, I'm following all of that.

Yes, but don't worry. Most of what you're looking at is perfectly harmless.

And it'll be dissolved by your stomach acid.

But there are plenty of nasty things in water.

Acid. In my stomach. But wouldn't that just eat right through things?

That's how your food is digested.

Your stomach walls are very thick and they're covered in mucus, so... My

is full of snot.

You'll find mucus in most of the inside of your body.

You have these things called mucus membranes, and they secrete mucus

your body needs help with a little bit of slipperiness.

Oh, is that what women have between their legs? Yes.

When you're pregnant, you need that slipperiness to help the baby come out.

So all these things are here all the time, but we can't see them.

That's right.

I wish Janie was here.

She would have loved this.

Whenever she would hear of a curiosity, she'd tell me about it.

Mrs Abbott, the madam, didn't like such talk and forbade it.

She thought Jane was strange and they could use her practicing the dark arts.

The men seemed to like her strangeness.

Especially the soldiers.

Let me tell you something.

Oh, Fanny.

I know you've seen some terrible things.

I have too.

So you can say anything to me.

I won't be shocked.

All of the family, Mr. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie, you can tell them

at any time.

Yet some of the people on the ridge, they won't have had the same experiences

you and I.

Or they might be shocked if you told them very much about how you used to

They've never met whores.

I think some of the men must have.

I'm sure you're right.

We wouldn't want anyone to make any assumptions about you.

Or think that they have the right to do things to you that they do not.

Does that mean I shouldn't talk about Jane either?

No. No.

You can talk about your sister whenever you like.

She wanted to protect you from that life.

And she tried to keep you safe.

And now...

We will keep you safe.

Always.

Come.

Look at the red that lie.

You go, son.

We called him Buck.

He stayed in 1739.

We asked him to come with us, but we couldn't convince him.

So it's good of you to forgive him.

The man had had it hanged.

I'm not sure I could have done the same.

He's a good man.

Sometimes good men do things, thinking them right, only to realise later that

they were mistaken.

Shouldn't we forgive that?

And his family.

I love him for that alone.

I was wondering if you could advise me on something.

I'd be happy to.

Yeah.

I've been reading Frank's book.

He says a battle is coming to the back country.

The Patriots will win.

Because the over -mountain men call upon each other.

John Sivio.

Benjamin Cleveland in a...

Isaac Shelby.

Do you ken any of these names from history, I mean?

No.

I've never heard of any of those names before.

But then again, the Revolutionary War in North Carolina wasn't my academic

speciality.

Says I'd fight alongside them.

But I didn't ken any of those men.

Are you sure it's you?

There are a good many men named James Fraser in Scotland.

And I'm sure there are plenty here too.

But if it is me, then... If

Frankie came to who I was, he didn't have any reason to love me.

Do you want me to read it?

Maybe.

Once I'm finished.

Mr. Fraser.

Well met.

Captain Cunningham.

I received words you wished to see me.

I stopped by your house and your wife mentioned I'd find you here. Thanks for

coming.

You, uh... You already can, my son -in -law, Roger McKenzie.

Yes, we spoke a few days ago. I'm pleased to see you again, Mr. McKenzie.

Likewise.

Roger tells me that perhaps we met...

On the level.

And we parted on the square.

You are a freemason. Yes, though it's been years since I've had a lodge.

For us as well, but we mean to change that. I'm organising a meeting to be

on the ridge every fortnight.

I'd be honoured if you'd join us.

I'd be more than pleased to attend.

Good.

Do you have another axe?

I'll lend a hand.

We are gathered together in the sight of God to join this man and this woman in

holy matrimony.

And while the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania means to impede such a

union, the unjust laws of men are no match for the omnipotence of God.

Amen.

As I look at the faces in this room, I am grateful for each of you who came to

bear witness to our union.

Your steadfastness gives me hope.

Hope that those who are absent today will in time open their hearts to us.

And hope that through hard work, we will see Mr. Bryan's bill pass the assembly

and end the ban on marriages such as ours.

Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.

As the only member of the Grey family in attendance, I want to apologise to you,

Mercy. We are a stubborn lot.

We have ideas about what is right and what is wrong.

And we stand by them, come what may.

Henry is no different.

He fell in love with you.

He knew that to be right, and he stubbornly would brook no opposition.

Titles and expectations be damned.

For that, I could not be more proud of him.

Henry, I wish you every happiness.

To the bride and groom.

To the bride and groom.

Excuse me.

Thank you.

Thank you, cousin. That was a wonderful speech.

Come with me a moment.

What's wrong?

Whatever do you mean?

Something's troubling you.

It's nothing.

I know when you're keeping something from me.

We can talk tomorrow.

Today is a celebration.

Not when you tell me what's bothering you.

It's your brother.

Ben?

What of him?

He was taken prisoner by the Continentals whilst leading a raiding

Jersey.

Forgive me, Henry. I did not want to tell you this today.

But he died in their custody.

What?

How could this happen? I don't know.

Apparently, Papa was given very few details.

But he has a wife and son.

For their sake, I will go and see what else I can discover as to what happened.

What can you do?

You're no longer in the army. You resigned your commission.

I will do all I can.

Yes, yes, of course, you are.

You must go.

Trust to say, I don't think I'd ever met a Quaker before Ian brought you to the

ridge.

Is Quaker the right word?

We say friend.

And certainly you must have met at least one.

He might not have known it if the Quaker chose not to speak in plain speech when

talking with thee.

Most of us don't have stripes, spots or any other physical mark by which they

might discern us.

Now, I always wondered what sort of woman Ian would marry.

I couldn't have imagined marrying a man named Wolf's brother either.

But there he is.

In my bed every morning, nevertheless.

They do say the Lord moves in mysterious ways.

That he does.

I came to the Ridge of Widow with two bairns.

Never once did I think a good man like Evan Lindsay would look at me.

Much less have to marry me.

To be filled with such joy again.

These ants.

I'll move up a wee bit.

These wicked bead bledderscapes. Can't it be in all of them?

Are you all right? I'm quite well.

He's just stretching, pushing his little feet into my rib.

I'm afraid he's running out of space.

In my final days with Rodney, I felt like I was going to burst.

Then, one morning, he just popped out.

Well, I thought I had to visit the privy, but I couldn't even reach the

port, so I just squatted there by the table, and there he was.

Oh, Lucy.

Well...

Don't get your hopes up, Rachel.

That is not a very universal birthing experience, I'm afraid.

Amy! What happened?

Ma! Abrea! Aiden! Aiden! Let me go! Let me go!

Aiden, let me go!

Aiden,

just let Mrs. Fraser do her work. Ma!

Keep him in the kitchen.

Fanny, I need you to step outside.

Ma! Rodgers don't affect heaven.

Do something, at least until they arrive.

Listen to Vinnie, Lord, and go get more bandages.

Amy, you're here with us.

I'll press you there.

I want to go.

I want to see my ma.

You need to let Mrs. Fraser help your mother right now. Please.

Aidan is here.

Evan's on his way with Ori.

I think I can hear them. They're almost here.

All right?

I'll see what's happening.

She's lost a lot of blood and I think

she's bleeding internally.

There's nothing I can do.

Hey, listen.

Your ma will be all right.

You'll be all right.

I want to see her.

Aye, go now.

Wait.

It's all right.

They should come.

Aye, come. Come, come.

Your husband and sons are here.

Oh, dear God.

Amy.

Ma?

Ma?

Please, wake up.

Help her.

It's pleasing you. Help everyone. Can you not do something?

Please.

I wish I could.

I'm so sorry.

All is well.

You're safe now.

I'll take care of the boys.

I love you.

So much.

I love you, Ma.

Pray now, pray now before she goes.

God be merciful unto us.

Hold her in the palm of thy hand.

Keep her always in the hearts of her children.

For the Lord says, come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will

give you rest.

Rachel, are you hurt?

What happened?

Are you well?

Is it really okay?

No, he's well.

Hang on.

It's poor Amy.

My parents, they're in the woods.

They're out of nowhere.

One minute she was there, talking and laughing with us, and then the next...

She was on the ground.

She said that she would never be one of us.

She's with the Lord now.

God bless their soul.

I'm afraid I don't have much information to share about the prisoner.

There was an outbreak of jail fever.

He was one of the many poor souls who succumbed to it. I don't know what his

family was expecting to hear beyond the circumstance.

Captain Lord Grey had a wife and young son.

I only wish one day when he is old enough to tell him what I can about what

happened to his father.

That is all I'm asking for.

I'm sure you understand that the details we received were scant to say the

least.

Well, I am sorry.

Do send him my sincerest condolences.

Did he leave anything behind, perhaps?

Anything I could return to them as a token of remembrance?

I'll make inquiries with the surgeon to find out if any of the prisoner's

belongings have been stored.

I am sincerely obliged.

While I wait, could one of your men show me where I might find his grave?

I had my rifle on.

It all happened so fast. I know, darling.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

I will be.

I've got to do this with the kids. I'm going to go get ready for the hunt.

I need to do something.

Fraser?

Cunningham. I've come to help.

I was at the trading post when I heard what was the duel.

Mr. Lindsay told me where to find his white shrub.

Well, that's very thoughtful of you.

But she already had one made.

Did you not, Mrs. Fraser?

No.

Perhaps I should.

Do you?

Well, of course.

At my age, I often think I should sleep in it.

If you hold her steady, I'll roll it down.

Well, I think I should clean her first.

Oh, well, in that case, you'll need more hot water.

I'll fetch a bucket.

In the kitchen.

You want to be part of this, Evan?

Aye, I do.

It's the last thing I do.

Not bad.

They're coming too.

I am?

Aye, lad.

I'll help you track it.

But the kill is yours.

Mr. Lindsay's.

You hunted a bear before?

You didn't kill a bear where you kill a buck.

You want to aim for the shoulder. Just bind it.

That will slow it enough to take the final shot.

One to the heart.

That beast took your mother.

But you'll take its hide, meat and bones, and you'll see to it it'll never

anyone ever again.

You ready?

I am.

Are you sure about this?

He's just a boy.

Yeah.

He's alright to see his mother avenged.

Salt. To wash away sin.

And to stop a ghost from walking.

I was thinking that we could keep the head covered.

with a clean cloth for the wake.

Could you not do a bit to tidy her up?

Well... I could stitch together part of her scalp

and use some of her hair to cover the ear, but there's not much I can do about

the eye, I'm afraid.

I've buried three husbands and four children myself.

You always want to have one last look upon the face.

No matter what's happened.

I'm so sorry. I didn't know.

Well, how could you? We've only just recently met.

Mrs Cunningham, may I call you by your Christian name?

Why, yes.

It's Elspeth.

And I'm Claire.

Attention! Mr. Fraser!

Mr. Lindsay, dear wife.

I'm so sorry for you and your boys.

Your mother's been avenged.

This beast won't harm anyone else.

I didn't want to waste time.

As I had a rifle with me, I stayed out here and followed the tracks.

But you could have died.

There was no danger of that, I assure you.

Though this bear proved a formidable foe, I had to reload a time or two.

On the run, you might say.

Thank you, Captain.

I'm around this and Trevor are well.

Henry married the love of his life.

They're very happy.

I miss you.

And I've always considered you to be my brother.

Be assured that your son will learn of his father's bravery.

Jimmy Lindsay is gone.

You knew her.

The dooryard is full of hollyhop.

She came here with nothing.

She dared to hope for a new life.

She made many friends.

She watched her two boys grow strong.

She found love and joy again.

And she will be missed.

But her flowers still grow.

The cabbage will eventually make its own brine.

Once we're finished here, we'll seal these really tightly so you can't get to

it.

Now we're going to need more salt.

I'll touch it.

What can you add to make it stink less?

Well, that's not actually the sauerkraut.

That is the cabbage juice.

The sauerkraut won't stink until later, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Oh, come now.

It's an excellent source of nutrients and iron, and...

A wonderful cure for heartburn, especially when you're pregnant.

And why in heaven have we not made a miracle remedy earlier?

Because I can't control the seasons.

Yet.

You well?

Oh, clear.

What's happening?

Well, I don't think there's any need for the sauerkraut now.

Rihanna, help me take her into the surgery.

Come on.

You're right.

Fancy.

You've got her.

I've got her.

What's this for?

If... When the bairn is born, will you wrap

him or her in this?

No.

When your son or daughter is born, then you will wrap them in this belt

yourself.

Are you the gentleman asking for the British captain's belongings?

Yes. Are you the camp's surgeon?

No, sir.

But I make myself of use, where and when I can.

We've gathered what we had of Captain Lord Grey's belongings.

That speaks of the surgeon.

But he's not here just now.

But I need a captain.

Perhaps I can be of assistance.

You knew Captain Earl Grey?

Did you attend to him when he lay dying?

No, sir, but I remember him.

Did we start more questions about his last days?

Yes, I was, er... I'm sorry to hear he died. It was a fine, civil fellow that

let us spoke with him.

His condition had much improved.

How, sir?

You'd hardly have known he was suffering.

He passed overnight, so they told me, and...

By the next morning, you'd already been buried.

I suppose the fever can take you in the end, even if you believe you've

conquered it.

The most beautiful I've ever seen.

I've never seen anything as perfect as that, Auntie.

Never.

Oh, he has a fear. Get out, little one.

I thought you said you'd seen a bath before.

Had the brothel known I was ever happy about a baby coming?

Do you know who you call him yet?

Well, he's been Oggy to us until now.

I'm told Og means young in the college.

Mandy was Otto until she was Mandy. I suppose now that he's... Harry should

him a proper name.

I've been thinking.

What about Marmaduke?

Marmaduke Stevenson was one of the Boston Martyrs, was he not?

A very important friend, and they wouldn't be easily mistaken for someone

What about Fox?

Mr George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends.

I don't think highly of foxes.

Cunning wee creatures.

How about Wolf?

Next he will be wanting to call him Rolo.

That's not a bad idea.

He was a good dog.

Sorry I wasn't here.

Look at you.

Beaming like the sun.

I've never felt anything like it before.

Life and son are sleeping sound.

Augie said.

For now.

I need to work on that.

And Claire put the lad in my arms.

Felt as though everything changed.

Even the colours in the room seemed different.

I never got to have that as much as the blizzards.

I was so filled with love and... Only wish

my dad could have been here to see Yogi.

He should be very proud.

Maybe my ma can meet him one day.

Jenny will be over the moon.

You've been like a second father to me my whole life, Uncle Jamie.

Becoming to ask for your advice.

I'm afraid I can't offer anything in the way of advice.

I never got to do the things you're about to do.

And by the time I met Brie...

She was grown.

I didn't again Fergus as a babe.

William.

I had to leave him while he was still a young lad.

You'll get the chance I never had.

Be a lad.

You'll get to see your son grow up.

They'll get to raise him and teach him.

You'll get what to do.

You will be everything that the man needs.

Sláinte mhaith agus beithaf.

Sláinte.

May I help you, sir?

James Fraser's house.

It is?

Do you have business here?

My business is my own.

I'm Mrs. Fraser, and his business is mine.

You'll find my husband in the woodshed.

And you are?

Benjamin Cleveland.

Your servant.

General Granger.

Not general.

Not anymore.

Resigned my commission.

Can your name, sir?

I know yours as well.

Yeah, I heard that you resigned your commission in order to tend to your

wife.

She seems to have recovered nicely.

You've got something to say, sir.

Say it. Oh, I just wanted to see whether you plan to rejoin the army.

I'm not.

Why? Because if not, I thought you might be interested to know that many of your

countrymen over the mountains, landowners like myself, are raising our

militia in order to protect their families and their property.

Who might these men be?

John Sevier.

Isaac Shelby, William Campbell, a good many others, I can tell you.

Who are they protecting their land from?

Tories, mostly.

Indians as well.

I saw some bodies hanging in a tree recently.

Near the treaty line.

You wouldn't happen to know anything about that.

Yeah.

I would.

I've done it.

Retaliation.

For what?

Those men were Tories, sir. I already said that.

They're beliefs. They're only offense.

I hate a Tory.

Loyalist pigs.

Hung a few of them now.

Don't keep count. Put scare into the others.

There's a... Tori on your land, I hear.

A man named Cunningham.

I'm aware of Captain Cunningham.

Captain, is it?

You see there?

There's just no telling where the British might crop up.

So you come join me, my band, and I can help you with that.

We're over 100 strong now, and we're joining every day.

Mr. Cleveland, I turned down George Washington himself.

What makes you think I would change my mind for you?

It's just a friendly invitation.

One neighbor to another.

I'll handle the captain.

Anything that needs my attention.

On my land.

Good day, Mr. Cleveland.

Yeah.

Good day.

Cleveland.

Wasn't that one of the names Frank mentioned?

That was him.

Just against the others, too.

That's the way to fight with them.

So then you are the James Fraser in the book.

He says I ought to kill Cunningham.

What's his reasoning?

He says a man's a danger to me.

Aye, but is there any truth in it?

Does Frank's book mention him?

No.

Cunningham's retired.

So he says.

Well, we have Lodge.

You planned to keep an eye on him.

Maybe he let something slip.

Aye.

Am I in the book?

In the battle?

No.

I'm not sure if I should be relieved or offended.

Frank doesn't mention any of my men in the battle.

Not one name.

I can't imagine fighting with them.

Because maybe you don't.

We'll start with Lodge.

See what we find out.

Does Roger know?

About the battle?

I did not tell him that Frank says I die.

Good.

Because you won't.

Glad you think so.

I know so.

Twenty years he and I lived together.

He never once mentioned it.

He made me promise not to look for you.

That was a condition for taking me back and raising Brianna.

All the while he was searching for you.

Found you.

Kept it from you.

Why?

Have you cared?

Half as much for you as I do.

He'd do whatever he could to keep you with him.

But how could obsessively searching for you in history keep me with him?

Maybe it wasn't a search for me, Claire.

Maybe a search for you.

To see if you'd leave him.

You know the rules, Gordon.

There's no weapons in the lodge.

I'll leave it out here, then.

Go leave it in your home and come back.

Worship for Martin.

Let us invoke the assistance of the great architect of the universe in all

undertakings. May our labors thus begun in order be conducted in

peace and closed in harmony.

So will it be.

I declare this lodge duly open for the purposes of Freemasonry.

When we gather in this place, we set aside our politics and our religious

differences.

If you have quarrels, let them be settled here.

If you have concerns or find yourselves in need, may you bring this to your

brothers that we may lift you up.

My hope for this meeting is to strengthen the ties that bind us

service to the greater good of all.

Is there any man who would like to start?

I would, if I may.

Brother Cunningham.

Is it true that the captain hunted that bear all by himself?

No.

But he did.

As many of you know, we recently buried a kind soul, a fine member

of our community.

I'm sure I speak for every man here when I say you have our sympathies and our

support.

You have looked into the face of one you have loved and seen death.

I have done the same.

First, when I lost my wife, when she gave birth to my son, Simon.

Then again, two years ago.

I was a captain in Burgoyne's army at Saratoga.

Simon had joined the army as first lieutenant.

He was only 18, but he fought valiantly.

I was no more than a few feet away from him when the shot struck him.

And I caught him in my arms.

I felt him die.

He was laid in the hospital tent, and I sat down beside him.

I cannot say...

what I thought or what I felt.

The space within me was void.

But while I sat, I watched his face, and I saw

the light enter it again.

And then he opened his eyes, and he spoke to me. He said, Don't worry,

I'll see you again in seven years.

And then he closed his eyes and was dead once more.

I realized the Lord had given me a sign.

The sure knowledge that the soul is not destroyed by death.

And I'd been given reprieve in seven years.

I would see my son again, but not before.

I would not taste death until that day.

So I have come among you in answer to God's call.

I am here because I wish to use my time wisely.

Honor those that you have lost.

as I intend to honour the memory of my son, First Lieutenant

Simon Elmore Cunningham.

Cherish your sons, your daughters, your wives, while you yet have them.

So will it be.

Arousing speech.

That's one word for it.

Incredible might be another.

You doubt he heard a call from God?

No, that's not the part I doubt.

Although I do wonder what he thinks he was called here to do.

A man being called by God is one thing.

A man who thinks he cannot die is quite another.

Thank Christ.

Seven years from Saratoga, Cunningham said, so he

has five more years to live.

He's not the only one who knows the day of his death.

Thank you.

You're going to die.

Who will hold her once you're gone?