Drums of Autumn

Jamie takes Bree hunting in the early hours of the morning, and they bond as they watch the sunrise over Fraser’s Ridge. Jamie tells Bree they are hunting bees; he has plans to take a hive and bring it back home to have honey. Bree tells Jamie about the future and how she watched the first moon landing recently. When they are going to sleep, Jamie tells Claire about his fear of losing Bree, as they both know her stay in the past must be temporary.

Claire and Brianna hear gossip that a stranger going by the name of “Hodgepile” is looking for Jamie, but they don’t think it is Roger. Bree is worried about Roger, as it has been over a month since she’s seen him.

Claire has been taking care of Lizzie, and the girl is still frail but doing better. Claire is worried that Roger chose to go back to the present rather than go to Brianna. Jamie finds a button in the building where he has been distilling whisky, but no one knows where it came from when they start to ask around. Jamie meets with various other men to talk about selling the whisky in the area, and Bree asks Duncan, who is going into town, to ask around about Hodgepile, Roger Wakefield, and Lizzie’s father.