He begs her pardon, but she is only amused.
They begin to discuss their mutual acquaintance Lord John Grey, and it’s clear Isobel is crushing.
“I imagine he’ll make someone a good husband,” she says.
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“The major’s passion lies in soldiering,” Jamie explains diplomatically, hoping to dissuade her.
As they meander through the woods, she tells Jamie of her fiance.
“I don’t think of such things,” Jamie says.
“Liar,” she replies, galloping off, leaving Jamie to catch her.
He comes upon her thrown from her horse and lying in the grass.
But when he gallantly scoops her up, she giggles.
It’s all a ruse.
Jamie drops her into a mud puddle.
“I look forward to our next ride,” she yells cheekily at his receding figure.
So when Geneva notices the discomfort with which Lord Melton addresses Jamie, she presses him.
Geneva is quick to use this information to her advantage.
He has no intention of participating in this scheme.
She welcomes him by his real name, but he will not allow it.
He tells her to call him Alex.
“You may disrobe,” she continues rather perfunctorily, turning her head away.
“you could watch me if you like,” he says.
He tells her not to worry, they don’t hurt.
He slowly approaches her: “May I touch you, my lady?”
He pushes her onto the bed and they have sex.
Afterward, she is besotted.
“I love you,” she declares.
Delivery, however, proves trying.
Hours after giving birth to a healthy boy, she dies.
Sister Isobel is inconsolable, and blames Jamie.
She knows the baby is his.
Dunsany produces a pistol, which Jamie ultimately coaxes from him.
“I’ll kill the bastard before I let you have him!”
he shouts, brandishing a knife.
Jamie takes one very lucky shot, killing Ellesmere without harming the baby.
The Dunsanys are now free to take the child home and raise him as their own.
But he opts to stay for a little bit to be near to his son.
And so, Jamie decides that so that protect his son, he must finally leave.
“I’m sorry to lose my chess partner,” Grey tells him.
“But you are right to go.
We all have our secrets.”
Grey is appalled, and will not accept such an offer.
Yes, a woman.
“Very great value, indeed.”
Jamie nods, and Willie begs to be made a stinking papist too.
And with that, he leaves behind his only child he’s ever known.
Yet back in the present, his other child, Brianna, is looking for him.
“I’m a terrible person,” she says of her private fears.
And to that, Brianna leans over and kisses him.
With no more leads, they pack their bags and board a plane.
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