Voyager

As Jamie gets better, Lallybroch receives a visit from Jenny and Ian’s oldest children and their young children. Though everyone treats Claire kindly, she is aware of tension between her and Jenny, who is largely absent. Claire goes outside and finds Fergus, who just arrived and is moping about a woman he wants to marry but feels he cannot adequately provide for. Claire suggests he tell Jamie about the woman, but Fergus makes Claire promise not to tell him. When Claire returns to the house, Jamie and Jenny are fighting about the arrival of Laoghaire’s brother, Hobart, who they believe wants to fight Jamie for his sister’s honor. Shortly after, Claire follows Jenny outside to confront her, and Jenny admits that she was afraid Claire would leave again and take Jamie with her. The two women reconcile before Young Ian comes and tells them that Hobart has arrived with a lawyer. The lawyer, Ned Gowan, is a man Claire knew years before, and a friend of Jamie’s. They decide that Jamie will pay a sum to Laoghaire and continue to take care of her and her daughters until she remarries. After Hobart and Ned depart, Jenny says that they need to get Laoghaire married quickly, but Jamie is more concerned about how to get the money needed.