Part 2, Chapter 15 Summary

Jamie and Claire continue to decipher the letters Fergus steals for them. In one of the letters they decoded, James wants Charles to find favor with King Louis. The letter says nothing about war, though. Jamie determines that James is at a loss because his try at regaining his thrown thirty years ago failed. He needs to get his sons established, so he hopes that King Louis will find favor with at least one of his sons and give him a high ranking position. This would enable his son to have a good life.

The next day Claire visits the salon, the herbalist, and then the hospital. She waits patiently for Fergus or Murtagh to escort her home, but instead Jamie comes. Bouton barks viciously at him for he is a stranger, and Hildegarde comes to his rescue. Jamie tells the...