EPISODE

5. Rent

Claire joins the MacKenzie rent-collecting trip. To her horror, Dougal uses Jamie's scars to gain sympathy for the Jacobite cause. Claire recalls that a defining moment in Scottish history is fast approaching.

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Claire clashes with Dougal and his men on the rent-collecting journey, especially when Dougal uses Jamie's scars to collect more money from the villagers. A young man, who turn outs to be an army officer, tries unsuccessfully to "free" her from the Jacobites. Later, she realises that they are collecting funds for the Jacobite Army as part of the Jacobite rising. Knowing from history that their cause is doomed, she tries to warn them off. The episode ends with the army officer returning with his troops to retrieve young Claire from the Jacobites.

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