Voyager

In September 1756, Jamie and John travel to Helwater in the Lake District. Since the prisoners’ work on Ardsmuir was completed, they were moved elsewhere. The Jacobite prisoners were being sent to the colonies in North America to become indentured servants, but Jamie—a traitor to the crown (who still possibly knew about the secret gold)—was to be put in the service of Lord Dunsany, where John would check on him every few months. Jamie wants revenge against John, knowing he was only kept in England so that John could see his shame. John suggests Jamie should go by another name, as Lord Dunsany had a son who was killed by Jacobites. John meets the Dunsanys, including the beautiful young Geneva Dunsany.

Jamie poses as Alex MacKenzie and takes on the role of the groom for the Dunsanys, and his mind quickly grows easier than it was at Ardsmuir. He is occasionally able to write to his family in secret. The worst part of Jamie’s job is when he has to chaperone the spoiled Lady Geneva on her rides, and it is clear that Geneva is romantically interested in Jamie. One day, after she learns she is to marry an old man, Geneva tries to get Jamie to go to bed with her and threatens to tell her father he made advances toward her if he doesn’t.