1 00:00:15,039 --> 00:00:17,266 - Previously... - You don't intend to live your life 2 00:00:17,267 --> 00:00:19,894 in order to please other people's expectations. 3 00:00:19,895 --> 00:00:21,746 May I call you by your Christian name? 4 00:00:21,747 --> 00:00:23,442 Why, yes. 5 00:00:23,816 --> 00:00:25,024 It's Elspeth. 6 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:26,284 And I'm Claire. 7 00:00:26,285 --> 00:00:29,426 All I'm asking is that you contact this Claudel fellow 8 00:00:29,427 --> 00:00:31,740 - and encourage him to meet with me. - I'll consider it. 9 00:00:31,741 --> 00:00:33,532 Ye think Frank is torturing you? 10 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:35,996 I just don't know what's real or not anymore. 11 00:00:35,997 --> 00:00:37,120 Rob Cameron. 12 00:00:37,121 --> 00:00:39,650 He read my guide for time travel by accident. 13 00:00:39,651 --> 00:00:42,375 No one on the Ridge kens of this gold's existence. 14 00:00:42,376 --> 00:00:43,582 Canna let them find out. 15 00:00:43,583 --> 00:00:46,242 Daddy's book warns of a battle coming to the backcountry. 16 00:00:46,243 --> 00:00:48,580 We're gonna need a lot more than just a few hunting rifles, 17 00:00:48,581 --> 00:00:50,276 and Savannah is the place to get them. 18 00:00:50,277 --> 00:00:52,493 Lord John Grey included a letter of safe passage 19 00:00:52,494 --> 00:00:53,678 with his invitation. 20 00:00:53,679 --> 00:00:55,514 You're raising a Loyalist militia 21 00:00:55,515 --> 00:00:57,098 - on my land. - I am. 22 00:00:57,099 --> 00:01:00,031 You are sorely mistaken if you think I will allow it! 23 00:01:03,519 --> 00:01:06,439 I've reconsidered your plan to get guns to arm the Ridge. 24 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,860 It'll still be dangerous, but Randall's book says 25 00:01:08,861 --> 00:01:10,812 the battle to end the siege of Savannah 26 00:01:10,813 --> 00:01:12,523 will be on the ninth of October. 27 00:01:13,282 --> 00:01:15,074 Continentals will fail. 28 00:01:15,075 --> 00:01:16,618 The battle will be bloody, but... 29 00:01:16,619 --> 00:01:18,759 it willna reach the center of the city. 30 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,359 So if you wait out the fighting there, 31 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,541 you should be safe enough, as will Fergus, Marsali. 32 00:01:23,226 --> 00:01:25,854 And the children can stay here with us, of course. 33 00:01:26,462 --> 00:01:29,256 Take this to Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion. 34 00:01:29,752 --> 00:01:32,241 The book says he'll be with the Continental Army 35 00:01:32,242 --> 00:01:33,242 in Savannah. 36 00:01:33,933 --> 00:01:35,883 He has a great deal of experience with militias. 37 00:01:35,884 --> 00:01:38,304 Might be keen to arm men from the backcountry. 38 00:01:38,305 --> 00:01:40,182 So we're starting our own militia? 39 00:01:40,183 --> 00:01:41,894 Oh, it's that, 40 00:01:41,895 --> 00:01:44,913 or we join Benjamin Cleveland and his Overmountain Men. 41 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:49,648 I'll be damned if I'll report back to that murdering bastard. 42 00:01:49,649 --> 00:01:51,986 You'd think it'd at least have the decency to shine, 43 00:01:51,987 --> 00:01:53,196 like in a film. 44 00:01:58,467 --> 00:02:01,136 Um, what about bandits? 45 00:02:01,656 --> 00:02:03,262 Do you want to make it into musket balls 46 00:02:03,263 --> 00:02:04,807 - like you did the last time? - No. 47 00:02:05,332 --> 00:02:06,542 There's no time. 48 00:02:06,543 --> 00:02:08,336 But I do have an idea. 49 00:02:16,927 --> 00:02:19,472 ♪ Sing me a song ♪ 50 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:23,768 ♪ Of a lass that is gone ♪ 51 00:02:23,769 --> 00:02:27,230 ♪ Say, could that lass ♪ 52 00:02:27,231 --> 00:02:30,359 ♪ Be I? ♪ 53 00:02:32,444 --> 00:02:35,071 ♪ Merry of soul ♪ 54 00:02:35,072 --> 00:02:39,158 ♪ She sailed on a day ♪ 55 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:42,203 ♪ Over the sea ♪ 56 00:02:42,204 --> 00:02:45,916 ♪ To Skye ♪ 57 00:02:46,917 --> 00:02:49,919 ♪ Billow and breeze ♪ 58 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,839 ♪ Islands and seas ♪ 59 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,758 ♪ Mountains of rain ♪ 60 00:02:55,759 --> 00:02:58,596 ♪ And sun ♪ 61 00:02:58,971 --> 00:03:02,140 ♪ All that was good ♪ 62 00:03:02,141 --> 00:03:05,143 ♪ All that was fair ♪ 63 00:03:05,144 --> 00:03:07,437 ♪ All that was me ♪ 64 00:03:07,438 --> 00:03:12,401 ♪ Is gone ♪ 65 00:03:14,069 --> 00:03:16,404 ♪ Sing me a song ♪ 66 00:03:16,405 --> 00:03:19,657 ♪ Of a lass that is gone ♪ 67 00:03:19,658 --> 00:03:22,452 ♪ Say, could that lass ♪ 68 00:03:22,453 --> 00:03:25,622 ♪ Be I? ♪ 69 00:03:25,623 --> 00:03:28,333 ♪ Merry of soul ♪ 70 00:03:28,334 --> 00:03:32,045 ♪ She sailed on a day ♪ 71 00:03:32,046 --> 00:03:36,007 ♪ Over ♪ 72 00:03:36,008 --> 00:03:40,219 ♪ The sea ♪ 73 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:46,936 ♪ To Skye ♪ 74 00:03:54,987 --> 00:03:59,814 00:09:36,343 but that's quite a coincidence. 183 00:09:38,472 --> 00:09:41,057 Merde. Merde! 184 00:09:52,295 --> 00:09:53,713 Cowards! 185 00:10:04,456 --> 00:10:05,582 Merde. 186 00:10:06,291 --> 00:10:07,791 Are you two all right? 187 00:10:07,792 --> 00:10:09,793 I'm-I'm fine. Are you? 188 00:10:09,794 --> 00:10:11,921 Yeah, they didna bother to put a note on it this time. 189 00:10:11,922 --> 00:10:13,006 "This time?" 190 00:10:13,590 --> 00:10:15,156 What, this has happened before? 191 00:10:15,157 --> 00:10:17,092 Aye, we've had some horrible threatening letters. 192 00:10:17,093 --> 00:10:19,303 Filth. Bag full of dead rats. 193 00:10:19,304 --> 00:10:20,596 Another with a serpent. 194 00:10:20,597 --> 00:10:22,933 The bastard escaped. 195 00:10:26,186 --> 00:10:27,729 Wait. What is going on? 196 00:10:27,730 --> 00:10:30,231 These days, when people dinna like the news, 197 00:10:30,232 --> 00:10:31,840 they tend to blame the printer. 198 00:10:32,340 --> 00:10:34,258 Has someone discovered you're Patriots? 199 00:10:35,052 --> 00:10:37,262 Jamie mentioned you'd been printing for the cause. 200 00:10:37,784 --> 00:10:40,454 The culprit is as likely to be a Patriot as not. 201 00:10:41,409 --> 00:10:43,619 While, privately, we print pamphlets for the Rebels, 202 00:10:43,620 --> 00:10:45,704 publicly, we take a more impartial approach. 203 00:10:45,705 --> 00:10:48,541 Yeah, in trying to not anger one side, 204 00:10:48,542 --> 00:10:50,209 you end up angering both sides. 205 00:10:51,795 --> 00:10:54,213 Just the life of a news printer in these troubled times. 206 00:11:13,942 --> 00:11:15,401 Ye have any weapons? 207 00:11:15,402 --> 00:11:17,403 Aye, but, uh... 208 00:11:17,404 --> 00:11:19,447 just the one rifle twixt the three of us. 209 00:11:22,367 --> 00:11:24,326 That willna do, not in war... 210 00:11:24,327 --> 00:11:26,203 ...nor hunting, 211 00:11:26,204 --> 00:11:29,415 I wouldna think, but it doesna matter. 212 00:11:29,416 --> 00:11:31,293 I'm expecting a shipment shortly. 213 00:11:32,043 --> 00:11:34,003 When the time comes, you'll each have your own 214 00:11:34,004 --> 00:11:35,255 musket and shot. 215 00:11:38,508 --> 00:11:40,134 We'll ride with you, Mr. Fraser. 216 00:11:40,135 --> 00:11:41,303 Excellent. 217 00:11:41,636 --> 00:11:43,345 Josiah will take down your names. 218 00:11:43,346 --> 00:11:45,557 - What's your surname? - Miller. 219 00:11:47,434 --> 00:11:48,434 Uncle. 220 00:11:49,853 --> 00:11:51,021 What is it, lad? 221 00:11:52,439 --> 00:11:53,732 Maybe it's nothing. 222 00:11:54,274 --> 00:11:55,942 I've recruited three more men. 223 00:11:56,860 --> 00:12:00,613 There's this Scottish fellow over yonder. 224 00:12:00,614 --> 00:12:02,656 And when he heard I was from Fraser's Ridge, 225 00:12:02,657 --> 00:12:04,659 he-he mentioned he was heading there himself, 226 00:12:05,619 --> 00:12:08,121 that he kent Roger and Brianna... 227 00:12:09,831 --> 00:12:11,249 from Scotland. 228 00:12:12,208 --> 00:12:13,752 He says he's looking for them. 229 00:12:14,753 --> 00:12:16,545 - Cameron. - Aye. 230 00:12:33,021 --> 00:12:34,522 I'm James Fraser. 231 00:12:34,898 --> 00:12:36,148 I understand you're acquainted 232 00:12:36,149 --> 00:12:38,151 with my daughter, Brianna MacKenzie. 233 00:12:38,693 --> 00:12:40,236 I am. Aye. 234 00:12:41,821 --> 00:12:43,448 You're Robert Cameron, then. 235 00:12:43,948 --> 00:12:45,533 Christ, no, man. 236 00:12:46,159 --> 00:12:47,911 I'm no' Rob Cameron. 237 00:12:49,871 --> 00:12:53,041 My name is William Buccleigh MacKenzie. 238 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,459 Come to tell Roger and Brianna 239 00:12:55,460 --> 00:12:58,922 that Cameron won't be botherin' them again 240 00:12:59,589 --> 00:13:02,759 and to return Roger's wee book. 241 00:13:06,179 --> 00:13:08,807 Don't want it to fall in the wrong hands a second time. 242 00:13:16,815 --> 00:13:18,233 Buck McKenzie. 243 00:13:20,819 --> 00:13:23,154 You remind me of your father. 244 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,368 Perhaps when you've finished painting Lady Grey, 245 00:13:29,369 --> 00:13:31,995 you could paint a portrait of Marsali and me. 246 00:13:31,996 --> 00:13:33,664 I'd be happy to. 247 00:13:33,665 --> 00:13:35,207 I'll paint the whole family. 248 00:13:35,208 --> 00:13:36,750 Oh, we need to send to Philadelphia 249 00:13:36,751 --> 00:13:39,628 for a canvas big enough. 250 00:13:39,629 --> 00:13:41,798 Don't linger at the Continental camp. 251 00:13:42,465 --> 00:13:44,968 Talk among the merchants is that a battle is imminent. 252 00:13:45,343 --> 00:13:46,886 I'll return as soon as I'm able. 253 00:13:48,346 --> 00:13:49,555 - Be safe. - You too. 254 00:13:49,556 --> 00:13:50,890 See you soon. 255 00:13:51,683 --> 00:13:53,475 With any luck, I'll see you both soon. 256 00:13:53,893 --> 00:13:54,936 Good luck. 257 00:14:14,330 --> 00:14:16,374 Do you think houses are alive? 258 00:14:17,125 --> 00:14:18,710 That was the wind. 259 00:14:21,796 --> 00:14:22,964 But, yes. 260 00:14:23,882 --> 00:14:25,799 I think places 261 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,553 that people live in for a time 262 00:14:29,137 --> 00:14:32,056 absorb a little bit of them. 263 00:14:33,308 --> 00:14:37,479 I often think that houses affect the people living in them, 264 00:14:38,062 --> 00:14:40,315 so why wouldn't it work both ways? 265 00:14:43,193 --> 00:14:47,446 So do you think Amy Lindsay's still in her cabin, 266 00:14:47,447 --> 00:14:48,615 haunting it? 267 00:14:49,365 --> 00:14:52,035 I don't know about her cabin exactly. 268 00:14:55,205 --> 00:14:56,664 When people die... 269 00:14:57,749 --> 00:15:01,711 naturally, the people they leave behind sense them, 270 00:15:02,378 --> 00:15:03,671 you know, sense... 271 00:15:05,173 --> 00:15:07,382 that a part of them is still with them in a way. 272 00:15:07,383 --> 00:15:10,512 I don't know that I would call that haunting, though. 273 00:15:10,970 --> 00:15:12,388 It's more like... 274 00:15:13,264 --> 00:15:14,557 a memory. 275 00:15:15,016 --> 00:15:16,184 A longing. 276 00:15:18,978 --> 00:15:21,439 I wish Jane would haunt me. 277 00:15:22,565 --> 00:15:23,817 Fanny. 278 00:15:29,113 --> 00:15:31,199 You won't forget her. 279 00:15:32,116 --> 00:15:34,702 And she won't forget you either. 280 00:15:36,830 --> 00:15:40,667 You know, talking about the people we've lost 281 00:15:41,751 --> 00:15:45,004 can make it seem as though they're still with us. 282 00:15:48,550 --> 00:15:50,677 Janey used to whisper... 283 00:15:51,511 --> 00:15:53,555 "Good night, ma chérie" 284 00:15:53,972 --> 00:15:55,557 before we went to sleep. 285 00:15:58,852 --> 00:16:00,478 She spoke French? 286 00:16:01,104 --> 00:16:02,272 A little. 287 00:16:02,772 --> 00:16:05,233 She said that's what our mother used to call me, 288 00:16:05,942 --> 00:16:07,360 "ma chérie." 289 00:16:08,444 --> 00:16:11,281 Janey used to tell me about our parents before bed. 290 00:16:16,286 --> 00:16:18,997 She was trying to help you keep their memory alive. 291 00:16:20,206 --> 00:16:24,627 She would tell me good things or funny things, 292 00:16:25,503 --> 00:16:29,215 but we would never talk about anything serious. 293 00:16:30,008 --> 00:16:31,800 She talked to the other girls at the brothel. 294 00:16:31,801 --> 00:16:34,012 I know she was trying to protect me. 295 00:16:34,762 --> 00:16:36,514 Sometimes I wish she hadn't. 296 00:16:44,898 --> 00:16:46,774 I better go close that window. 297 00:17:04,417 --> 00:17:06,501 And your little dog too. 298 00:17:06,502 --> 00:17:07,629 What did you say? 299 00:17:10,337 --> 00:17:11,965 Mrs. Cunningham's coming. 300 00:17:12,511 --> 00:17:13,926 Could you show her into the parlor? 301 00:17:13,927 --> 00:17:14,927 I'll be right there. 302 00:17:14,928 --> 00:17:16,848 She's probably come for the slippery elm powder 303 00:17:16,849 --> 00:17:17,975 I promised her. 304 00:17:20,350 --> 00:17:21,974 Good evening, Mrs. Cunningham. 305 00:17:21,975 --> 00:17:23,726 Do you want to wait in the parlor, please? 306 00:17:23,727 --> 00:17:26,335 I most certainly will not wait! 307 00:17:27,065 --> 00:17:28,524 I need help! 308 00:17:31,402 --> 00:17:32,527 Frances, chair. 309 00:17:35,990 --> 00:17:37,824 Go get some whiskey, please. 310 00:17:37,825 --> 00:17:39,044 Oh. 311 00:17:39,045 --> 00:17:40,213 What happened? 312 00:17:41,026 --> 00:17:42,026 Fell. 313 00:17:42,455 --> 00:17:44,498 Tripped over the scuttle like a fool 314 00:17:44,499 --> 00:17:46,124 and fell on my shoulder. 315 00:17:46,125 --> 00:17:48,846 Well, don't worry. I can fix it. 316 00:17:48,847 --> 00:17:50,629 I wouldn't have staggered two miles 317 00:17:50,630 --> 00:17:53,423 through buggering brambles if I didn't think you could! 318 00:17:55,510 --> 00:17:57,260 And where is your son? 319 00:17:57,261 --> 00:17:58,346 Mm. 320 00:17:58,347 --> 00:17:59,561 He's away. 321 00:18:12,819 --> 00:18:15,871 As I thought... dislocated. 322 00:18:21,239 --> 00:18:22,365 Fanny... 323 00:18:23,533 --> 00:18:26,328 hold her tight here. 324 00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:28,542 That's it. 325 00:18:28,543 --> 00:18:29,752 Elspeth... 326 00:18:30,420 --> 00:18:32,046 this is going to hurt. 327 00:18:32,672 --> 00:18:33,672 Mm. 328 00:18:36,759 --> 00:18:38,177 Mm. 329 00:18:43,599 --> 00:18:44,726 All right. 330 00:18:45,981 --> 00:18:47,024 Ready? 331 00:18:52,025 --> 00:18:53,650 Aah! 332 00:18:53,651 --> 00:18:57,572 Grass-combing son of a buggering sod! 333 00:19:05,121 --> 00:19:06,748 What, child? 334 00:19:07,290 --> 00:19:10,418 It's been a long time since I heard language like that. 335 00:19:11,169 --> 00:19:13,545 Well, if you have to do with soldiers, young woman, 336 00:19:13,546 --> 00:19:17,216 you acquire their vices as well as their virtues. 337 00:19:18,641 --> 00:19:21,868 Where, may I ask, did you hear language like that? 338 00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:23,121 I lived in a brothel. 339 00:19:24,265 --> 00:19:25,308 Indeed. 340 00:19:26,893 --> 00:19:29,352 Well, I suppose whores 341 00:19:29,353 --> 00:19:33,023 also have their virtues as well as their vices. 342 00:19:33,024 --> 00:19:34,888 I don't know about the virtues, 343 00:19:34,889 --> 00:19:37,694 unless you count being able to satisfy a man in two minutes 344 00:19:37,695 --> 00:19:39,529 by the clock. 345 00:19:39,530 --> 00:19:42,699 Oh, I-I think that would be classed as a skill, 346 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:44,619 rather than a virtue. 347 00:19:45,328 --> 00:19:47,621 Though a useful one, I dare say. 348 00:19:47,622 --> 00:19:50,540 I'm sure everyone has their strong points. 349 00:19:50,541 --> 00:19:52,292 Fanny, would you go to the kitchen 350 00:19:52,293 --> 00:19:54,420 and make up a plate for Mrs. Cunningham? 351 00:19:57,757 --> 00:20:01,301 You know, I have always wondered 352 00:20:01,302 --> 00:20:02,970 about the term "grass-combing." 353 00:20:03,763 --> 00:20:07,809 Is it actual bad language, or is it just descriptive? 354 00:20:08,184 --> 00:20:10,018 Well, it usually applies 355 00:20:10,019 --> 00:20:13,648 to someone who is either idle or incompetent. 356 00:20:14,190 --> 00:20:16,233 Well, why combing grass 357 00:20:16,234 --> 00:20:19,278 should invoke either attribute is unclear, 358 00:20:19,904 --> 00:20:22,155 but it isn't actually bad language 359 00:20:22,156 --> 00:20:24,991 unless the term "bugger" is applied. 360 00:20:24,992 --> 00:20:28,603 But I've never actually heard it without "bugger." 361 00:20:30,373 --> 00:20:32,207 You must have heard much more 362 00:20:32,208 --> 00:20:33,960 if you were traveling with the army. 363 00:20:35,002 --> 00:20:36,963 Oh, it's worse than you think. 364 00:20:37,505 --> 00:20:39,841 My first husband was a sailor. 365 00:20:41,843 --> 00:20:44,887 Well, I believe you shocked Fanny, 366 00:20:45,627 --> 00:20:47,921 not with the actual language, but... 367 00:20:48,766 --> 00:20:51,476 that it came from a respectable woman such as you. 368 00:20:51,477 --> 00:20:52,770 Oh, well... 369 00:20:53,354 --> 00:20:55,188 women tend to be freer in their speech 370 00:20:55,189 --> 00:20:57,441 when there aren't any men present. 371 00:20:58,401 --> 00:21:00,528 She's a remarkable child. 372 00:21:01,237 --> 00:21:03,029 But you must try to persuade her not to... 373 00:21:03,030 --> 00:21:05,323 She knows not to talk like that in public, 374 00:21:05,324 --> 00:21:07,784 as I'm sure do you. 375 00:21:07,785 --> 00:21:10,412 But you're free to say anything you like here tonight, 376 00:21:10,413 --> 00:21:12,247 as I'm not letting you go back to your cabin 377 00:21:12,248 --> 00:21:13,832 in your condition. 378 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:17,545 By my condition, whether you mean injured or inebriated, 379 00:21:18,212 --> 00:21:21,715 I'm not sure, but in either case, thank you. 380 00:21:40,234 --> 00:21:41,402 William. 381 00:21:41,736 --> 00:21:43,321 Bloody hell, it's you. 382 00:21:46,574 --> 00:21:50,076 Oh, W-William, would you like to invite our guest in? 383 00:21:50,077 --> 00:21:51,745 She's had quite a long journey. 384 00:21:51,746 --> 00:21:53,456 Forgive me, Mrs. MacKenzie. 385 00:21:54,123 --> 00:21:56,249 The unexpected pleasure of seeing you again 386 00:21:56,250 --> 00:21:57,793 has caused me to forget myself. 387 00:22:06,969 --> 00:22:09,721 I was delighted when you accepted my invitation, my dear. 388 00:22:09,722 --> 00:22:12,057 I was beginning to fear I'd never see you again. 389 00:22:12,058 --> 00:22:13,391 Feels like a lifetime 390 00:22:13,392 --> 00:22:14,852 since we all met. 391 00:22:15,603 --> 00:22:18,855 Allow me to introduce Amaranthus, Viscountess Grey, 392 00:22:18,856 --> 00:22:20,256 my late nephew's widow. 393 00:22:21,431 --> 00:22:22,473 Pleasure. 394 00:22:22,971 --> 00:22:25,196 I'm sorry for your loss. 395 00:22:26,239 --> 00:22:28,866 Lord John mentioned he'd sent for a portrait painter. 396 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,309 Didn't realize it would be a woman. 397 00:22:32,312 --> 00:22:34,603 You must be very skilled for him to ask you to come. 398 00:22:35,309 --> 00:22:38,149 - Where is it you traveled from? - North Carolina. 399 00:22:38,150 --> 00:22:40,794 Oh, surely you did not undertake the journey alone? 400 00:22:40,795 --> 00:22:42,212 I was under the impression 401 00:22:42,213 --> 00:22:44,506 that your husband would be accompanying you. 402 00:22:44,507 --> 00:22:47,009 Ah, he did, but he's currently, uh, 403 00:22:47,468 --> 00:22:49,220 attending to an errand outside the city. 404 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,305 It-it's time for Trevor's bedtime feed. 405 00:22:52,306 --> 00:22:54,976 It was a pleasure, Mrs. MacKenzie. 406 00:22:58,980 --> 00:23:03,441 Yes, well, uh, various important matters 407 00:23:03,442 --> 00:23:05,068 require my attention, 408 00:23:05,069 --> 00:23:07,320 so I will leave you two 409 00:23:07,321 --> 00:23:09,991 to become reacquainted. 410 00:23:18,457 --> 00:23:20,625 You came from North Carolina? 411 00:23:20,626 --> 00:23:22,878 Last we met, you were on your way to Boston. 412 00:23:23,629 --> 00:23:25,131 These are dangerous times. 413 00:23:25,506 --> 00:23:27,173 We thought it best to be with family, 414 00:23:27,174 --> 00:23:29,051 so we returned to Fraser's Ridge. 415 00:23:30,011 --> 00:23:32,762 You must have met Fanny, then. Is she well? 416 00:23:32,763 --> 00:23:35,015 Yes, she is. 417 00:23:35,016 --> 00:23:37,727 My mother has taken quite a liking to her. 418 00:23:38,853 --> 00:23:40,187 So has my father. 419 00:23:41,272 --> 00:23:44,941 Well, I mean, our father. 420 00:23:51,407 --> 00:23:52,700 Did you know? 421 00:23:53,117 --> 00:23:54,576 The day we met in Wilmington, 422 00:23:54,577 --> 00:23:57,203 did you know what we were to each other? 423 00:23:59,749 --> 00:24:00,791 I did. 424 00:24:01,876 --> 00:24:03,502 I wanted to tell you. 425 00:24:04,503 --> 00:24:06,046 Roger, my husband, was with me. 426 00:24:06,047 --> 00:24:09,008 He was just around the corner at the inn... 427 00:24:09,383 --> 00:24:11,719 and my children, Jem and Mandy. 428 00:24:12,053 --> 00:24:13,137 I... 429 00:24:13,846 --> 00:24:16,098 really wanted you to meet them... 430 00:24:17,099 --> 00:24:20,144 even if you didn't know we were... 431 00:24:21,604 --> 00:24:22,730 well... 432 00:24:23,147 --> 00:24:24,315 yours. 433 00:24:25,024 --> 00:24:26,233 Mine? 434 00:24:28,027 --> 00:24:30,153 I should probably say something polite, 435 00:24:30,154 --> 00:24:32,572 like, only if you want us, but thats... 436 00:24:32,573 --> 00:24:35,910 A bit late for that... to lie about the truth, I mean. 437 00:24:37,661 --> 00:24:40,831 I do apologize for not telling you. 438 00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:45,127 But Lord John and Da felt so strongly... 439 00:24:47,922 --> 00:24:49,214 It wasn't my place. 440 00:24:51,258 --> 00:24:52,802 I accept your apology. 441 00:24:54,136 --> 00:24:57,014 Though, in all honesty, I'm glad you didn't tell me. 442 00:24:58,834 --> 00:25:00,418 I- I wouldn't have known how to respond 443 00:25:00,419 --> 00:25:02,750 to such a revelation at the time. 444 00:25:02,751 --> 00:25:03,961 Hmm. 445 00:25:04,522 --> 00:25:06,356 And you do now? 446 00:25:06,357 --> 00:25:07,565 No, I bloody don't. 447 00:25:09,944 --> 00:25:12,404 But I haven't blown my brains out. 448 00:25:12,405 --> 00:25:14,030 When I was eighteen, I might have. 449 00:25:17,034 --> 00:25:18,618 I apologize. 450 00:25:18,619 --> 00:25:21,079 I- I didn't mean that with any derogatory reference 451 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,498 to you or your family. 452 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,501 Your family, you mean. 453 00:25:37,706 --> 00:25:39,539 Thank you for coming, Monsieur Fraser. 454 00:25:39,540 --> 00:25:40,932 Allow me to send for wine. 455 00:25:40,933 --> 00:25:42,267 Ooh, no, thank you. 456 00:25:42,268 --> 00:25:43,726 I came to hear what you have to say, 457 00:25:43,727 --> 00:25:45,813 but I must get back to my work. 458 00:25:46,897 --> 00:25:48,190 Very well then, sir. 459 00:25:49,066 --> 00:25:50,651 I'll get right to it. 460 00:25:53,654 --> 00:25:56,449 I wish to acquaint you with the facts of your birth... 461 00:25:58,451 --> 00:26:00,911 ...facts I think you do not know. 462 00:26:02,580 --> 00:26:04,289 Have you heard of a man by the name 463 00:26:04,290 --> 00:26:05,875 of le Comte St. Germain? 464 00:26:08,419 --> 00:26:09,628 Why? 465 00:26:10,212 --> 00:26:11,422 You are his son. 466 00:26:16,177 --> 00:26:17,719 I'm sure you have an explanation 467 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,849 as to how you came to this preposterous conclusion. 468 00:26:23,392 --> 00:26:26,520 As you may have surmised, I am not French myself. 469 00:26:27,271 --> 00:26:30,983 I have, however, married into a prestigious French family. 470 00:26:31,525 --> 00:26:34,444 My wife is the sister of the Baron Amandine. 471 00:26:34,445 --> 00:26:37,656 And as with any old dynasty, 472 00:26:38,199 --> 00:26:40,701 there is a sordid family secret. 473 00:26:42,161 --> 00:26:43,995 Many years ago, my wife's older sister 474 00:26:43,996 --> 00:26:45,914 began a torrid affair with the Comte 475 00:26:45,915 --> 00:26:48,125 and, not long after, disappeared, 476 00:26:48,667 --> 00:26:50,418 fled into the night with her jewels 477 00:26:50,419 --> 00:26:54,173 and, they supposed, into the arms of another lover. 478 00:26:55,090 --> 00:26:56,549 I take it you wish me to believe 479 00:26:56,550 --> 00:26:58,677 I'm the result of this tryst? 480 00:26:59,887 --> 00:27:01,638 Perhaps the name of the woman in question 481 00:27:01,639 --> 00:27:03,057 will convince you. 482 00:27:04,683 --> 00:27:06,602 Amélie LeVigne Beauchamp. 483 00:27:15,319 --> 00:27:16,320 Yes. 484 00:27:16,946 --> 00:27:17,988 Yes, she is dead. 485 00:27:19,657 --> 00:27:20,699 You may continue. 486 00:27:21,992 --> 00:27:24,536 A few years ago, I uncovered the truth 487 00:27:24,537 --> 00:27:26,205 from one of the Comte's servants. 488 00:27:26,997 --> 00:27:29,374 Amélie did not run away with a lover. 489 00:27:29,375 --> 00:27:31,251 The Comte simply grew weary of her 490 00:27:31,252 --> 00:27:34,712 and, learning she was pregnant, lured her away from home, 491 00:27:34,713 --> 00:27:38,008 drugged her with opium, and sold her to a brothel. 492 00:27:40,719 --> 00:27:42,136 Maison Elise. 493 00:27:42,137 --> 00:27:44,306 That is where she gave birth to a child. 494 00:27:45,849 --> 00:27:46,850 You. 495 00:27:50,688 --> 00:27:51,772 And Monsieur le Comte? 496 00:27:52,314 --> 00:27:54,732 He was last seen more than thirty years ago. 497 00:27:54,733 --> 00:27:56,442 And while no body was found, 498 00:27:56,443 --> 00:27:58,403 the circumstances of his disappearance 499 00:27:58,404 --> 00:27:59,737 were so mysterious 500 00:27:59,738 --> 00:28:01,448 that a magistrate declared him deceased. 501 00:28:02,449 --> 00:28:05,743 His estate is currently held in trust 502 00:28:05,744 --> 00:28:07,621 by his solicitor in Paris, 503 00:28:08,163 --> 00:28:11,249 but it would undoubtedly be released 504 00:28:11,250 --> 00:28:14,587 should a petition be filed by his heir. 505 00:28:17,214 --> 00:28:19,800 Unless the law in France has changed of late, 506 00:28:20,509 --> 00:28:22,678 a bastard cannot inherit property, so... 507 00:28:23,929 --> 00:28:25,014 Claudel. 508 00:28:26,515 --> 00:28:29,267 If I may use your original name. 509 00:28:35,899 --> 00:28:37,610 You may not, sir. 510 00:28:38,652 --> 00:28:39,945 Very well. 511 00:28:41,405 --> 00:28:42,615 I found this 512 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,909 hidden in the pages of a dusty family Bible. 513 00:28:46,410 --> 00:28:48,411 I'm quite certain I'm the only one living 514 00:28:48,412 --> 00:28:50,414 who knows of its existence. 515 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,834 It is a contract of marriage. 516 00:29:14,188 --> 00:29:16,814 It appears Amélie relinquished her virtue 517 00:29:16,815 --> 00:29:18,317 at a high price... 518 00:29:18,901 --> 00:29:21,987 by demanding the Comte marry her in secret 519 00:29:22,655 --> 00:29:24,739 before welcoming him to her bed. 520 00:29:29,870 --> 00:29:31,997 Allow me to congratulate you, sir. 521 00:29:33,207 --> 00:29:34,875 You are not a bastard. 522 00:29:36,335 --> 00:29:38,504 Assuming the document isn't forged, 523 00:29:39,546 --> 00:29:42,091 plainly, you have something you want out of this. 524 00:29:43,467 --> 00:29:46,095 Something Monsieur le Comte's heir might accomplish for you? 525 00:29:46,970 --> 00:29:50,014 Le Comte St. Germain owned... his estate still does own... 526 00:29:50,015 --> 00:29:51,683 a majority of the stock of a syndicate 527 00:29:51,684 --> 00:29:53,394 investing in land in the New World, 528 00:29:53,894 --> 00:29:55,895 the main asset of which is a large parcel 529 00:29:55,896 --> 00:29:59,149 in what is known as the Old Northwest. 530 00:29:59,942 --> 00:30:00,942 Some... 531 00:30:01,485 --> 00:30:03,319 interests of mine in Paris 532 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,822 believe that while Britain is preoccupied 533 00:30:05,823 --> 00:30:07,408 with this rebellion, 534 00:30:07,866 --> 00:30:10,743 there is an opportunity to establish a French colony 535 00:30:10,744 --> 00:30:14,248 on the land with French settlers. 536 00:30:15,666 --> 00:30:18,376 Unfortunately, le Comte's solicitor 537 00:30:18,377 --> 00:30:21,547 refuses to sell the stock at any price. 538 00:30:25,384 --> 00:30:28,178 But if a legitimate heir were to appear, 539 00:30:28,804 --> 00:30:30,388 the land would become his. 540 00:30:30,389 --> 00:30:34,058 And my associates would pay said heir a significant sum 541 00:30:34,059 --> 00:30:35,686 for said land. 542 00:30:37,771 --> 00:30:40,566 A significant sum. 543 00:30:49,742 --> 00:30:51,577 Have I done something to offend you? 544 00:30:52,453 --> 00:30:55,163 I'm simply trying to enjoy my literature in solitude. 545 00:30:55,164 --> 00:30:56,539 Should you require company, 546 00:30:56,540 --> 00:30:58,959 perhaps Mrs. MacKenzie will oblige you. 547 00:31:00,210 --> 00:31:02,670 Lady Grey, are you jealous? 548 00:31:02,671 --> 00:31:03,881 Don't be absurd. 549 00:31:05,632 --> 00:31:07,258 Though anyone with eyes can see 550 00:31:07,259 --> 00:31:09,178 that there's a history between the two of you. 551 00:31:11,430 --> 00:31:12,972 I suppose you're right. 552 00:31:12,973 --> 00:31:15,433 She is a person of some significance in my life. 553 00:31:15,434 --> 00:31:18,312 Please. I thought we... 554 00:31:19,104 --> 00:31:21,482 It doesn't matter. 555 00:31:22,024 --> 00:31:23,150 I was foolish. 556 00:31:25,861 --> 00:31:29,698 Ms. MacKenzie, Brianna, is my sister. 557 00:31:34,411 --> 00:31:36,538 You told me you didn't have any siblings. 558 00:31:41,585 --> 00:31:42,586 I'm a bastard. 559 00:31:43,712 --> 00:31:45,505 Well, I'm not legally a bastard, 560 00:31:45,506 --> 00:31:46,964 since the Eighth Earl of Ellesmere 561 00:31:46,965 --> 00:31:48,842 and my mother were married when I was born. 562 00:31:49,843 --> 00:31:53,305 But the Eighth Earl was not my father. 563 00:31:54,890 --> 00:31:56,850 The man who sired me was... 564 00:31:57,768 --> 00:32:00,646 is Brianna's father. 565 00:32:03,732 --> 00:32:04,732 Well... 566 00:32:05,442 --> 00:32:08,320 whoever he was, he must have been a- 567 00:32:09,404 --> 00:32:11,490 a very striking gentleman. 568 00:32:13,951 --> 00:32:15,244 He is. 569 00:32:16,995 --> 00:32:18,496 Has he acknowledged you? 570 00:32:18,497 --> 00:32:20,082 Not publicly, no. 571 00:32:20,499 --> 00:32:21,833 Nor do I want him to. 572 00:32:21,834 --> 00:32:23,961 He, uh-he owes me nothing. 573 00:32:25,963 --> 00:32:29,466 I'm only telling you this because you asked. 574 00:32:32,177 --> 00:32:33,887 Because I enjoy your company. 575 00:32:35,639 --> 00:32:38,809 May I be so bold as to presume you enjoy mine? 576 00:32:43,730 --> 00:32:45,482 That is bold... 577 00:32:48,652 --> 00:32:50,320 ...though perhaps not incorrect. 578 00:32:52,656 --> 00:32:53,740 Well... 579 00:32:54,658 --> 00:32:55,909 I think it's only fair 580 00:32:56,493 --> 00:32:59,580 one comprehends the person whose company one is enjoying. 581 00:33:02,875 --> 00:33:05,419 I am not the Ninth Earl of Ellesmere... 582 00:33:06,461 --> 00:33:07,796 not really. 583 00:33:08,922 --> 00:33:10,090 I never was. 584 00:33:11,258 --> 00:33:13,593 Of late, I've found myself wishing I could renounce 585 00:33:13,594 --> 00:33:15,012 the damn title altogether... 586 00:33:16,013 --> 00:33:19,371 though English law makes that all but impossible. 587 00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:21,350 Well, you may not be able to renounce it, 588 00:33:21,351 --> 00:33:22,853 but you could hand it on... 589 00:33:23,604 --> 00:33:25,731 abdicate in favor of your heir, I mean. 590 00:33:26,315 --> 00:33:27,649 I don't have an heir. 591 00:33:28,358 --> 00:33:30,527 Well, you could marry me and give it to our firstborn. 592 00:33:33,071 --> 00:33:34,823 I'm a widow, after all. 593 00:33:35,991 --> 00:33:37,909 We could retire into private life 594 00:33:37,910 --> 00:33:39,536 and breed dachshunds. 595 00:33:44,249 --> 00:33:46,335 I can't imagine anything more tiresome. 596 00:33:47,044 --> 00:33:49,253 Surely you don't mean to imply that being married to me 597 00:33:49,254 --> 00:33:51,048 would be tiresome, William. 598 00:33:52,299 --> 00:33:54,176 You might just possibly enjoy it. 599 00:33:57,971 --> 00:34:00,182 Thank you, Amaranthus, 600 00:34:01,141 --> 00:34:03,517 for not thinking less of me. 601 00:34:06,188 --> 00:34:07,606 As I've told you, 602 00:34:08,357 --> 00:34:11,151 I'm the daughter of F. Cowden, bookseller. 603 00:34:12,861 --> 00:34:14,779 That's all my father is to the world. 604 00:34:16,406 --> 00:34:19,409 I thought I would be a merchant's wife. 605 00:34:21,119 --> 00:34:23,830 But now I am Viscountess Grey. 606 00:34:25,832 --> 00:34:28,335 And my son will be the Duke of Pardloe. 607 00:34:30,212 --> 00:34:31,711 While you may disagree, 608 00:34:31,712 --> 00:34:34,882 I believe a title is something you simply have, 609 00:34:35,299 --> 00:34:36,969 not something you are. 610 00:34:37,761 --> 00:34:39,805 By law, you are the Earl of Ellesmere. 611 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:42,430 That's all the world needs to know. 612 00:34:49,272 --> 00:34:51,315 But you're not only that, William, 613 00:34:52,275 --> 00:34:53,610 not to me. 614 00:34:57,823 --> 00:34:59,323 How's the pain? 615 00:34:59,324 --> 00:35:01,451 In my shoulder or my head? 616 00:35:02,828 --> 00:35:04,370 Both, I suppose. 617 00:35:04,371 --> 00:35:06,581 Bearable. 618 00:35:07,165 --> 00:35:10,167 Though I wish the girl would refrain from slamming doors. 619 00:35:10,168 --> 00:35:12,004 Oh, that's not Fanny. 620 00:35:12,713 --> 00:35:15,632 She's taking milk over to Evan Lindsay's. 621 00:35:16,216 --> 00:35:17,258 Then who? 622 00:35:17,259 --> 00:35:19,427 Houses make sounds, Elspeth. 623 00:35:19,428 --> 00:35:22,555 And all I know is that when the wind is in the east, 624 00:35:22,556 --> 00:35:25,517 ours makes that particular noise from the attic. 625 00:35:25,934 --> 00:35:28,311 Why build an attic in the first place? 626 00:35:29,521 --> 00:35:32,899 Because my husband is the Fraser of Fraser's Ridge. 627 00:35:33,942 --> 00:35:36,318 If there should ever be any kind of emergency 628 00:35:36,319 --> 00:35:38,404 that causes our tenants to have to leave their home, 629 00:35:38,405 --> 00:35:42,117 well, then they can take refuge here with us. 630 00:35:42,743 --> 00:35:45,662 And what kind of an emergency might that be? 631 00:35:53,712 --> 00:35:54,921 Your son... 632 00:35:55,380 --> 00:35:58,799 do you believe what he says about... 633 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,427 My grandson's death? 634 00:36:00,969 --> 00:36:03,555 Yes, I do believe him. 635 00:36:03,930 --> 00:36:05,140 It is a comfort. 636 00:36:06,933 --> 00:36:09,853 I was thinking specifically about... 637 00:36:10,687 --> 00:36:12,022 what he said to him, 638 00:36:12,689 --> 00:36:15,192 that he, your grandson, would see Charles again 639 00:36:15,525 --> 00:36:17,110 in seven years' time. 640 00:36:18,028 --> 00:36:19,321 Do you believe that? 641 00:36:21,031 --> 00:36:22,407 I only know that he believes it. 642 00:36:30,999 --> 00:36:32,334 Good day, Mrs. Fraser. 643 00:36:33,085 --> 00:36:34,711 I'm here to collect my mother. 644 00:36:35,337 --> 00:36:37,129 I'll help her get her things. 645 00:36:37,130 --> 00:36:39,633 No need. I'll do it myself. 646 00:36:44,846 --> 00:36:46,765 You'll find her through here. 647 00:36:49,935 --> 00:36:51,310 Mother, are you well? 648 00:36:51,311 --> 00:36:52,853 I heard that you were injured. 649 00:36:52,854 --> 00:36:54,188 Yes, my shoulder, 650 00:36:54,189 --> 00:36:56,482 but Mrs. Fraser was able to heal it 651 00:36:56,483 --> 00:36:57,943 quite satisfactorily. 652 00:36:58,401 --> 00:37:00,569 She's been most hospitable. 653 00:37:00,570 --> 00:37:02,488 I've enjoyed the company. 654 00:37:02,489 --> 00:37:05,407 Her husband's away at the moment on business. 655 00:37:05,408 --> 00:37:06,408 Is he? 656 00:37:06,785 --> 00:37:07,953 I had wondered. 657 00:37:08,745 --> 00:37:10,830 He's a hard man to pin down, your husband. 658 00:37:10,831 --> 00:37:13,083 We had been meaning to talk... 659 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,001 or so I thought. 660 00:37:17,295 --> 00:37:19,548 Well, he's anxious to speak with you too. 661 00:37:20,173 --> 00:37:23,135 But this business couldn't wait. 662 00:37:23,802 --> 00:37:25,011 Well... 663 00:37:25,637 --> 00:37:27,471 I thank you, ma'am, for the care 664 00:37:27,472 --> 00:37:28,974 you've shown my mother. 665 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,601 She should be fully recovered within a week or so. 666 00:37:32,602 --> 00:37:34,771 But, uh, here are some herbs 667 00:37:35,647 --> 00:37:38,107 that should ease her discomfort. 668 00:37:40,569 --> 00:37:42,821 You have a very fine home. 669 00:37:43,572 --> 00:37:44,989 It must feel very empty 670 00:37:44,990 --> 00:37:48,117 with him away and you here all alone. 671 00:37:56,793 --> 00:37:58,086 I'm fine. 672 00:37:58,962 --> 00:38:00,338 I can assure you. 673 00:38:02,132 --> 00:38:04,259 I expect him home at any moment. 674 00:38:04,968 --> 00:38:07,220 I'll let him know you stopped by. 675 00:38:10,724 --> 00:38:13,267 Charles, did you bring the cart? 676 00:38:13,268 --> 00:38:14,768 Of course, Mother. 677 00:38:20,734 --> 00:38:23,820 Until next time, Mrs. Fraser. 678 00:38:33,788 --> 00:38:35,873 Do you think he's telling you the truth? 679 00:38:35,874 --> 00:38:37,375 He very well may be. 680 00:38:38,793 --> 00:38:41,171 Amèlie, I knew her, but I... 681 00:38:43,465 --> 00:38:45,217 ...I didn't know she was my mother. 682 00:38:47,427 --> 00:38:50,054 There are many children born in a brothel. 683 00:38:50,055 --> 00:38:52,890 The little ones, they would call any whore "maman," 684 00:38:52,891 --> 00:38:54,434 anyone who would feed them. 685 00:38:55,435 --> 00:38:57,061 And if a whore had to attend a customer 686 00:38:57,062 --> 00:38:58,520 and her child was hungry, 687 00:38:58,521 --> 00:39:00,732 she'd just hand him to another jeune fille. 688 00:39:02,525 --> 00:39:04,860 Amélie, they called her "The Baroness" 689 00:39:04,861 --> 00:39:06,655 for her haughty manner. 690 00:39:09,532 --> 00:39:11,283 Even then, I knew the name was cruel, 691 00:39:11,284 --> 00:39:14,746 but until today, I didn't realize how cruel. 692 00:39:23,421 --> 00:39:24,965 Was she kind to ye? 693 00:39:25,548 --> 00:39:27,299 She detested all of the children 694 00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:28,718 of the brothel, but... 695 00:39:30,387 --> 00:39:31,387 me most of all. 696 00:39:34,557 --> 00:39:35,850 I understand now. 697 00:39:36,268 --> 00:39:39,354 I was the spawn of the man who took everything from her. 698 00:39:40,605 --> 00:39:41,773 Her love, 699 00:39:42,941 --> 00:39:44,442 her freedom... 700 00:39:45,986 --> 00:39:47,320 even her family. 701 00:39:51,616 --> 00:39:54,451 I think I was maybe six years old when she died. 702 00:39:54,452 --> 00:39:56,746 She contracted the morbid sore throat. 703 00:40:00,417 --> 00:40:03,128 I remember she summoned me to her chamber. 704 00:40:04,587 --> 00:40:06,214 What did she say? 705 00:40:07,257 --> 00:40:09,050 Sois un bon garçon. 706 00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:12,012 "Be a good boy." 707 00:40:22,897 --> 00:40:24,189 It wasna fair for her 708 00:40:24,190 --> 00:40:26,109 to blame you for what happened to her. 709 00:40:27,193 --> 00:40:29,194 I wouldn't expect fairness from one whose life 710 00:40:29,195 --> 00:40:31,489 was filled with so much cruelty... 711 00:40:32,449 --> 00:40:34,325 at the hands of such a villain. 712 00:40:36,369 --> 00:40:37,578 Le Comte St. Germain... 713 00:40:37,579 --> 00:40:39,456 in France, he tried to kill milady. 714 00:40:40,957 --> 00:40:43,543 And now to learn that he sired me... 715 00:40:44,210 --> 00:40:45,462 You are not him. 716 00:40:46,504 --> 00:40:48,673 I know that better than anyone, my love. 717 00:40:49,674 --> 00:40:51,509 But if you are truly his heir, 718 00:40:52,177 --> 00:40:54,471 then you can use what he's left you for good. 719 00:40:55,430 --> 00:40:57,931 If you take this Beauchamp up on his offer... 720 00:40:57,932 --> 00:41:00,393 That man is a whore. I should know. 721 00:41:01,311 --> 00:41:03,020 He's likely been one all his life. 722 00:41:03,021 --> 00:41:05,350 Monsieur Beauchamp is too old to sell his ass, of course, 723 00:41:05,351 --> 00:41:08,650 but he would sell himself from necessity. 724 00:41:08,651 --> 00:41:09,943 All he's asking, though, 725 00:41:09,944 --> 00:41:12,405 is that you sell him some land, no? 726 00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,574 Land that you have a right to by birth. 727 00:41:15,575 --> 00:41:16,993 Yes, but why? 728 00:41:18,119 --> 00:41:19,870 What effect will that have, 729 00:41:19,871 --> 00:41:21,789 selling it to these interests in Paris? 730 00:41:21,790 --> 00:41:24,083 They want to install a French colony 731 00:41:24,084 --> 00:41:25,460 on American soil, but... 732 00:41:26,378 --> 00:41:28,963 we've devoted ourselves to the Patriot cause. 733 00:41:31,216 --> 00:41:33,384 We're not fighting to be free of a British king 734 00:41:33,385 --> 00:41:35,762 just to become servants of a French one. 735 00:41:36,596 --> 00:41:38,431 You dinna ken it'll come to that. 736 00:41:40,392 --> 00:41:41,851 You don't know that it won't. 737 00:41:43,770 --> 00:41:45,271 That isn't everything. 738 00:41:46,106 --> 00:41:47,607 I ken you, Fergus Fraser. 739 00:41:48,942 --> 00:41:51,986 Why is this offer so difficult to consider? 740 00:41:53,029 --> 00:41:56,741 To claim this inheritance, this land... 741 00:41:58,451 --> 00:42:00,077 I must publicly acknowledge 742 00:42:00,078 --> 00:42:02,622 that Le Comte St. Germain was my father. 743 00:42:04,707 --> 00:42:08,128 Monsieur Beauchamp told me what every orphan wants to hear, 744 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:10,964 that I'm the son of a great man. 745 00:42:14,968 --> 00:42:18,512 But I'm already the son of a great man. 746 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:36,613 Do not worry, my dear. 747 00:42:36,614 --> 00:42:38,991 Um, a French warship, the Truite, 748 00:42:38,992 --> 00:42:41,286 has taken to firing her cannon on occasion. 749 00:42:41,661 --> 00:42:44,080 Dreadful nuisance. 750 00:42:45,331 --> 00:42:47,667 She's anchored on the far end of Hutchinson Island, 751 00:42:48,251 --> 00:42:50,753 out of range to do any damage here in town. 752 00:42:53,298 --> 00:42:54,632 I assure you, 753 00:42:55,049 --> 00:42:56,384 you're perfectly safe. 754 00:42:58,803 --> 00:43:00,722 Oh, glad to hear it. 755 00:43:02,807 --> 00:43:03,892 So... 756 00:43:04,726 --> 00:43:06,561 why didn't you tell William I was coming? 757 00:43:08,271 --> 00:43:10,064 B-because, um... 758 00:43:11,149 --> 00:43:13,151 because I didn't know how he would react. 759 00:43:15,653 --> 00:43:19,449 It seems William has been, um... lost 760 00:43:19,824 --> 00:43:22,118 since he learned the truth of his parentage. 761 00:43:22,577 --> 00:43:25,287 But, um, you and he share 762 00:43:25,288 --> 00:43:27,123 a rather unique experience, 763 00:43:28,041 --> 00:43:30,542 discovering that James Fraser is your father. 764 00:43:32,086 --> 00:43:33,755 So that's why you invited me here. 765 00:43:34,464 --> 00:43:37,174 Not to paint a portrait of Amaranthus. 766 00:43:37,175 --> 00:43:38,800 You think I can help William. 767 00:43:38,801 --> 00:43:41,961 No, I-I-I do think that a portrait of his grandchild 768 00:43:41,962 --> 00:43:44,263 and daughter-in-law will do my brother the world of good, 769 00:43:44,264 --> 00:43:46,517 but... yes. 770 00:43:48,469 --> 00:43:50,646 If there's anyone who can talk some sense into William 771 00:43:50,647 --> 00:43:52,398 about his present difficulties, 772 00:43:53,290 --> 00:43:54,291 it's you. 773 00:43:55,485 --> 00:43:57,403 You could have just told me the truth, you know. 774 00:43:58,738 --> 00:44:00,240 I would have come anyway. 775 00:44:00,241 --> 00:44:02,324 I don't believe you've been entirely truthful 776 00:44:02,325 --> 00:44:03,618 with me either. 777 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,329 Or should I ask precisely what, um, errands 778 00:44:07,330 --> 00:44:09,374 your husband has outside the city? 779 00:44:09,958 --> 00:44:11,792 Does it perhaps have something to do 780 00:44:11,793 --> 00:44:14,629 with the Continental Army encampment there? 781 00:44:18,341 --> 00:44:20,552 I-I-I could have been 782 00:44:21,261 --> 00:44:25,640 more direct about my intentions for this visit, 783 00:44:26,057 --> 00:44:27,057 but... 784 00:44:27,642 --> 00:44:29,978 I couldn't take the chance you'd rebuff me now. 785 00:44:32,021 --> 00:44:35,857 I-if there's one trait that James Fraser 786 00:44:35,858 --> 00:44:39,445 has successfully passed to all his children, 787 00:44:39,946 --> 00:44:41,947 it's stubbornness. 788 00:44:41,948 --> 00:44:45,117 It's exceedingly difficult 789 00:44:45,118 --> 00:44:48,037 to get you to do anything you don't want to do. 790 00:44:48,621 --> 00:44:49,621 William... 791 00:44:50,999 --> 00:44:52,708 William is the same. 792 00:44:55,753 --> 00:44:59,298 My late wife, Isobel, told me that William was lost once 793 00:44:59,299 --> 00:45:01,676 on his estate in Helwater. 794 00:45:02,677 --> 00:45:03,970 He was, um... 795 00:45:04,679 --> 00:45:06,431 three or so. 796 00:45:07,015 --> 00:45:10,642 He was wandering alone in a fog on the fells. 797 00:45:13,980 --> 00:45:15,356 Sometimes I see that. 798 00:45:16,733 --> 00:45:18,066 Sometimes... 799 00:45:24,699 --> 00:45:25,992 ...other things. 800 00:45:26,701 --> 00:45:28,995 You see those things when you're a parent. 801 00:45:30,455 --> 00:45:32,664 Yes. 802 00:45:37,086 --> 00:45:39,672 I can't make any promises... 803 00:45:41,090 --> 00:45:42,467 but I will see what I can do. 804 00:45:45,011 --> 00:45:46,054 Thank you. 805 00:45:48,306 --> 00:45:49,682 Thank you, my dear. 806 00:45:56,731 --> 00:45:58,232 Shh. 807 00:46:24,592 --> 00:46:26,427 Jem and Mandy were a delight. 808 00:46:27,011 --> 00:46:29,805 Rodney and wee Claire can't wait for their next... 809 00:46:29,806 --> 00:46:32,557 what do they call it... a sleepover? 810 00:46:34,227 --> 00:46:36,436 Well, I'm glad they weren't a nuisance. 811 00:46:36,437 --> 00:46:37,854 Never. 812 00:46:37,855 --> 00:46:39,690 Every child's a miracle. 813 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:43,903 You all right, Rachel? 814 00:46:44,278 --> 00:46:45,279 Yes. 815 00:46:45,905 --> 00:46:47,322 Thee is right, of course, Lizzie... 816 00:46:47,323 --> 00:46:48,949 every child is a miracle. 817 00:46:48,950 --> 00:46:50,575 Though in Oggy's case, the miracle is 818 00:46:50,576 --> 00:46:52,703 how long he can scream without drawing breath. 819 00:46:52,704 --> 00:46:55,080 Sometimes he sounds just like a catamount. 820 00:46:55,081 --> 00:46:56,540 Well, we've all been there. 821 00:46:56,541 --> 00:46:58,709 - Mandy, look! - Grandda! 822 00:46:58,710 --> 00:47:00,044 Grandda! 823 00:47:02,171 --> 00:47:03,505 Come on. 824 00:47:03,506 --> 00:47:05,507 Come on, they're coming. Quick, quick, quick. 825 00:47:05,508 --> 00:47:07,760 They're certainly happy to see their grandda. 826 00:47:09,137 --> 00:47:10,762 Who's that with him? 827 00:47:10,763 --> 00:47:12,598 I have no idea. 828 00:47:16,352 --> 00:47:20,356 - Buck! - Ah! 829 00:47:21,190 --> 00:47:22,941 Children! Come here! 830 00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:26,737 Mandy. Jemmy, how are ye? 831 00:47:26,738 --> 00:47:28,530 Granny, look, it's our cousin. 832 00:47:28,531 --> 00:47:29,990 Buck! It's Buck! 833 00:47:29,991 --> 00:47:32,200 Sassenach, may I introduce to you 834 00:47:32,201 --> 00:47:33,786 William Buccleigh MacKenzie? 835 00:47:34,412 --> 00:47:37,372 Claire Fraser. Your reputation precedes ye. 836 00:47:37,373 --> 00:47:38,916 As does yours. 837 00:47:39,459 --> 00:47:41,586 You must have had a very long journey, indeed. 838 00:47:42,693 --> 00:47:44,653 Longer than I ken how explain. 839 00:47:45,079 --> 00:47:46,923 I told him he was welcome to stay on the Ridge 840 00:47:46,924 --> 00:47:49,784 - as long as he likes. - Of course. You're family. 841 00:47:50,419 --> 00:47:52,763 Come along. Come inside. 842 00:47:52,764 --> 00:47:55,098 I'm sure you both must be starving. 843 00:47:55,099 --> 00:47:56,433 Aye. 844 00:47:56,434 --> 00:47:58,059 Ye don't happen to have any of those, uh, 845 00:47:58,060 --> 00:47:59,978 peanut butter sandwiches, do ye? 846 00:48:10,721 --> 00:48:12,389 What's troubling ye, mo chridhe? 847 00:48:13,951 --> 00:48:16,662 There was a massacre up north. 848 00:48:18,039 --> 00:48:21,541 A Mohawk leader, Joseph Brant, and a Loyalist captain 849 00:48:21,542 --> 00:48:23,169 led a raid on a Rebel town. 850 00:48:25,463 --> 00:48:26,964 I ken Joseph Brant. 851 00:48:29,467 --> 00:48:33,553 The Continentals retaliated by sending an army after him. 852 00:48:39,519 --> 00:48:43,439 "The Patriot Army marched along the Susquehanna River, 853 00:48:43,981 --> 00:48:47,859 "razing every Indian village they could find. 854 00:48:47,860 --> 00:48:51,197 "Forty villages were left in flames, and... 855 00:48:51,823 --> 00:48:53,533 countless scalps were"... 856 00:48:55,117 --> 00:48:56,409 Oh, Christ. 857 00:48:56,410 --> 00:48:58,412 Is that not where Shadow Lake lies? 858 00:49:00,206 --> 00:49:02,040 Where thy former wife... 859 00:49:02,041 --> 00:49:03,376 Wahionhaweh. 860 00:49:05,211 --> 00:49:06,337 Aye. 861 00:49:08,089 --> 00:49:09,423 And-and thy son. 862 00:49:10,341 --> 00:49:12,218 Tehiokas neh To'Tis... 863 00:49:13,219 --> 00:49:14,887 Swiftest of Lizards. 864 00:49:16,973 --> 00:49:18,139 Rachel... 865 00:49:21,561 --> 00:49:22,769 ...I must go north. 866 00:49:26,315 --> 00:49:27,983 I need to know what happened to them. 867 00:49:30,862 --> 00:49:32,153 Of course you must go. 868 00:49:36,868 --> 00:49:39,035 And Oggy and I will come with thee. 869 00:49:49,881 --> 00:49:51,924 I'm going to miss this little catamount. 870 00:49:53,801 --> 00:49:56,846 You're going to be so much bigger by the time you return. 871 00:49:59,515 --> 00:50:00,974 Is there really nothing I can say 872 00:50:00,975 --> 00:50:02,767 to convince you and Oggy to stay? 873 00:50:02,768 --> 00:50:05,187 I thank thee, Claire, but, no. 874 00:50:05,646 --> 00:50:07,856 Would thee let thy husband travel alone 700 miles 875 00:50:07,857 --> 00:50:09,274 to rescue his first wife? 876 00:50:09,275 --> 00:50:11,359 You make a good point. 877 00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:12,360 Mm. 878 00:50:18,701 --> 00:50:21,495 I pray that we find Emily and her children safe. 879 00:50:22,747 --> 00:50:26,334 But when he sees them, I want to be by his side... 880 00:50:27,627 --> 00:50:29,754 so he doesn't forget the life he has here. 881 00:50:33,490 --> 00:50:35,496 Does that make me wicked? 882 00:50:35,497 --> 00:50:36,665 Oh. 883 00:50:36,666 --> 00:50:38,137 No, Rachel. 884 00:50:40,222 --> 00:50:42,350 That makes you human. 885 00:50:45,144 --> 00:50:46,270 Here. 886 00:50:53,361 --> 00:50:54,946 - Come. - Mm. 887 00:50:56,113 --> 00:50:58,990 Rachel says ye mean to stop in Philadelphia 888 00:50:58,991 --> 00:51:01,451 so she can go to a proper meeting. 889 00:51:01,452 --> 00:51:03,621 Huh. Aye, she's missed it. 890 00:51:04,664 --> 00:51:06,562 Yeah, I'd like you to go to the brothel there, 891 00:51:06,563 --> 00:51:08,583 the one Frances lived wi' her sister, 892 00:51:08,584 --> 00:51:10,503 and speak wi' some of the lasses. 893 00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:12,213 A brothel? 894 00:51:14,006 --> 00:51:16,258 It's no' enough I'm going to find my first wife? 895 00:51:16,592 --> 00:51:18,636 It's to do wi' Frances. 896 00:51:19,261 --> 00:51:22,306 Ask them about Jane, anything she said about her family. 897 00:51:23,224 --> 00:51:26,060 We'd like Frances to ken more about them. 898 00:51:26,894 --> 00:51:28,187 I'll find out what I can. 899 00:51:45,746 --> 00:51:47,206 I, um... 900 00:51:48,249 --> 00:51:50,793 I must say one more thing to ye before ye go. 901 00:51:56,048 --> 00:51:58,467 Ye ken the book Brianna brought back, 902 00:51:59,301 --> 00:52:03,054 the one written by her other father? 903 00:52:03,055 --> 00:52:04,514 Aye. She told me. 904 00:52:04,515 --> 00:52:06,933 Uh, Frank Randall? 905 00:52:08,811 --> 00:52:10,563 It's about Scots in America... 906 00:52:11,772 --> 00:52:14,066 about what they... 907 00:52:14,775 --> 00:52:18,404 what we will do in the Revolution. 908 00:52:19,655 --> 00:52:22,032 There's mention of a battle in the backcountry 909 00:52:22,033 --> 00:52:23,951 at a place called Kings Mountain. 910 00:52:24,660 --> 00:52:26,328 I've heard of this place. 911 00:52:26,871 --> 00:52:28,538 Frank says I fight in it. 912 00:52:29,915 --> 00:52:31,541 When will it happen? 913 00:52:31,542 --> 00:52:34,712 October next, so he says. 914 00:52:35,171 --> 00:52:36,921 Claire thinks he's bending the truth, 915 00:52:36,922 --> 00:52:37,922 but, uh... 916 00:52:39,050 --> 00:52:41,134 I'm more and more convinced he's not. 917 00:52:49,561 --> 00:52:50,895 I'll be there with ye, Uncle. 918 00:52:51,402 --> 00:52:53,855 There'll be time enough for me to do whatever needs to be done 919 00:52:53,856 --> 00:52:56,233 in the north and make it home. 920 00:52:57,318 --> 00:52:58,318 Hey... 921 00:52:58,694 --> 00:52:59,987 dinna fash. 922 00:53:00,946 --> 00:53:02,239 My da may be gone, 923 00:53:03,199 --> 00:53:05,241 but I'll guard your left in his stead. 924 00:53:08,736 --> 00:53:09,871 Thank ye, lad. 925 00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:31,976 May ye be safe on your journey. 926 00:54:29,660 --> 00:54:31,161 Private. 927 00:54:31,162 --> 00:54:33,538 Good afternoon. Colonel Marion? 928 00:54:33,539 --> 00:54:35,166 I'm Reverend Roger MacKenzie. 929 00:54:35,708 --> 00:54:38,252 I apologize for interrupting you, but, uh, well... 930 00:54:39,003 --> 00:54:42,172 you're a difficult man to find, and my request is urgent. 931 00:54:42,173 --> 00:54:43,756 Are you here to volunteer? 932 00:54:43,757 --> 00:54:45,717 Continental Army isn't choosy, 933 00:54:45,718 --> 00:54:46,927 though I have to say, 934 00:54:47,344 --> 00:54:48,928 the occasional minister we do get 935 00:54:48,929 --> 00:54:51,307 doesn't usually wear his best clothes to fight in. 936 00:54:52,308 --> 00:54:53,892 No, sir. 937 00:54:53,893 --> 00:54:56,729 I've, uh, come to request your assistance. 938 00:54:59,106 --> 00:55:02,025 My father-in-law owns 10,000 acres 939 00:55:02,026 --> 00:55:03,402 in North Carolina. 940 00:55:03,961 --> 00:55:05,921 A British major named Patrick Ferguson 941 00:55:05,922 --> 00:55:07,841 has been stirring up trouble in the backcountry, 942 00:55:07,842 --> 00:55:09,782 - raising Loyalist militias. - Hmm. 943 00:55:09,783 --> 00:55:12,202 And as we are Patriots, we have decided to assemble 944 00:55:12,203 --> 00:55:13,579 a militia of our own. 945 00:55:14,622 --> 00:55:15,789 But we need weapons. 946 00:55:16,665 --> 00:55:19,125 I believe you've helped arm others like us before. 947 00:55:19,126 --> 00:55:20,252 Mm-hmm. 948 00:55:21,962 --> 00:55:23,214 I can pay you. 949 00:55:24,089 --> 00:55:26,842 I think we could possibly reach an agreement. 950 00:55:27,968 --> 00:55:30,970 Uh, well, I have a letter from my father-in-law 951 00:55:30,971 --> 00:55:32,473 with the particulars. 952 00:55:39,521 --> 00:55:42,107 Your father-in-law is General James Fraser? 953 00:55:43,275 --> 00:55:44,275 Aye. 954 00:55:44,735 --> 00:55:46,653 Fellow who abandoned his troops at Monmouth 955 00:55:46,654 --> 00:55:48,113 to tend his wife? 956 00:55:49,073 --> 00:55:50,073 Aye. 957 00:55:52,660 --> 00:55:55,246 James Fraser is- is an honorable man, sir, 958 00:55:55,955 --> 00:55:57,747 and a very brave soldier. 959 00:55:57,748 --> 00:56:00,124 The battle was already won when his wife was shot. 960 00:56:00,125 --> 00:56:02,877 Is it true he signed his letter of resignation 961 00:56:02,878 --> 00:56:04,963 on the back of a corporal in mud? 962 00:56:04,964 --> 00:56:08,008 Actually, he wrote it in his wife's blood, but aye. 963 00:56:09,927 --> 00:56:11,303 He didn't have a choice. 964 00:56:11,855 --> 00:56:13,816 She was wounded when General Lee ordered him 965 00:56:13,817 --> 00:56:15,056 to leave her side, which... 966 00:56:15,057 --> 00:56:17,350 I'm sure the circumstances were quite extraordinary. 967 00:56:17,351 --> 00:56:19,269 The fact remains that if it had not been 968 00:56:19,270 --> 00:56:21,506 for Lee's trial and Lafayette's good word, 969 00:56:21,507 --> 00:56:23,648 Fraser would have been court-martialed after Monmouth, 970 00:56:23,649 --> 00:56:24,756 perhaps even hanged. 971 00:56:24,757 --> 00:56:27,819 Ah, sir, our people are in danger. 972 00:56:27,820 --> 00:56:30,281 Our circumstances here are quite dire as well. 973 00:56:30,282 --> 00:56:32,639 We have precious few resources, 974 00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:35,726 even with the assistance of our new French allies. 975 00:56:35,727 --> 00:56:37,745 I can't afford to give what I do have 976 00:56:37,746 --> 00:56:40,981 to someone who's already lost the Continental Army's trust. 977 00:56:40,982 --> 00:56:42,959 Surely his years of service and sacrifice 978 00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:44,210 to the cause would... 979 00:56:44,211 --> 00:56:46,254 My answer is no, Reverend MacKenzie, 980 00:56:46,255 --> 00:56:47,464 and it's final. 981 00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:54,470 Then I'll take my leave, sir. 982 00:56:54,471 --> 00:56:56,265 That's not possible, I'm afraid. 983 00:56:57,016 --> 00:56:58,391 I beg your pardon? 984 00:56:58,392 --> 00:57:00,184 We assault the city in a few days' time. 985 00:57:00,185 --> 00:57:01,894 General Lincoln has ordered sentries 986 00:57:01,895 --> 00:57:03,938 to detain anyone leaving camp 987 00:57:03,939 --> 00:57:05,648 in an effort to prevent the deserters 988 00:57:05,649 --> 00:57:06,817 from warning the British. 989 00:57:07,359 --> 00:57:08,860 You can't leave. 990 00:57:08,861 --> 00:57:11,237 I've come to ask for your help in fighting the British. 991 00:57:11,238 --> 00:57:12,947 Surely you don't... you don't think 992 00:57:12,948 --> 00:57:14,699 that I'm gonna leave here and assist them. 993 00:57:14,700 --> 00:57:17,286 I have my orders, Reverend MacKenzie. 994 00:57:17,661 --> 00:57:20,372 Sir, my wife is in the city. 995 00:57:21,206 --> 00:57:22,750 I promised I'd return. 996 00:57:24,543 --> 00:57:28,212 Every man here has made such a promise to his wife, 997 00:57:28,213 --> 00:57:29,715 his mother, his son. 998 00:57:30,466 --> 00:57:32,384 Many will not live to honor them. 999 00:57:33,347 --> 00:57:34,348 You might. 1000 00:57:35,267 --> 00:57:37,555 I can find a safe place for you to wait out the battle, 1001 00:57:37,556 --> 00:57:39,039 unless you want to fight. 1002 00:57:39,683 --> 00:57:41,185 I can give you a good rifle. 1003 00:57:42,876 --> 00:57:43,919 No. 1004 00:57:44,324 --> 00:57:45,355 Oh. 1005 00:57:47,358 --> 00:57:49,151 Stay here and wait, then. 1006 00:57:49,735 --> 00:57:52,487 Things go wrong, you can help bury us. 1007 00:57:58,577 --> 00:57:59,660 Sir, wait. 1008 00:58:05,084 --> 00:58:07,668 Uh, I'm no-I'm no good with a rifle. 1009 00:58:10,690 --> 00:58:13,235 But if you can give me a sword, I'll fight with you. 1010 00:58:32,886 --> 00:58:37,305 Sync and corrections by btsix www.addic7ed.com