After Jamie surrender himself to Randall, he asked him to pay his debt. Before Randall pay his debt, he heard noises from corridor. The source is coming from the door Claire left unlocked. When Randall try to open it, the cattle break the door and hit Randall unconscious. Murtagh, Angus, and Rupert rescue Jamie from his cell. Claire anxious waiting for them on the road. She is in shock seeing Jamie condition, full of wounds and hallucination.
Jamie is taken to a monastery, their temporary shelter. Afraid Jamie will be crippled for life, Claire determine to set his injured hand back. As Jamie beloved wife, Claire wants to know what Randall did to him. He simply said "Too much. And not enough." Randall break his soul as a man and a human being.
With patient, Claire and brother Paul (a priest) taking care of Jamie. Giving him nourishment and try to heal his wounds, even though Jamie being stubborn and refuse any meal.
Claire Fraser Monologue #1:
During the war, I had treated men in far worse shape, their horrific injuries almost unfathomable to the human mind, but none of them were my husband.
It was a long, nerve-wracking job.
Some parts, such as the splinting of the two fingers with simple fractures, went quite easily. Others did not.
Setting his middle finger required exerting considerable force in order to draw the ends of the splintered bone back through the skin.
Jamie had said to me once, "I can bear pain myself, but I could not bear yours. That would take more strength than I have."
He was right. It did take strength. I hoped that each of us had enough.
I began to lose awareness of anything outside the job I was doing. I was afraid of infection, particularly, but otherwise was fairly sure the fingers would heal.
The shattered joint would likely leave him with a stiff ring finger, but the others might function normally in time.
In the chapel, Claire make a confession about herself to a priest. Willie spot the redcoats who sent to search them. They cant risk monastery safety anymore, they need a plan. Claire decided they go to Jamie's cousin in Paris, France. Willie visit Jamie in his room to give some strength and encouragement. With broken soul, Jamie ask Willie to hand over his blade.
Tired, physically and emotionally, Claire fainted in the middle of conversation with Murtagh. As a person who watching Jamie grew up to become a proud highlander, Murtagh say the only way to save Jamie is for someone to step into the darkness with him. With oil of lavender she made, Claire take that responsibility. In the end she found out what else happened in that Wentworth cell.
With a ship Murtagh bought 50 coins in gold, the three of them sail to France. Headed to unknown future, on the ship Claire tell Jamie she's pregnant.
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