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Previously...
North Carolina offers wealth and prosperity
for those willing to persevere.
10,000 acres of His Majesty's land at your disposal.
- You'll marry me? - Yes.
How much money do you want for it?
Well, perhaps you could earn it.
Please! No, no!
I have no choice but to live with what you've done to me.
While you rot in the ground, I will raise my child to be nothing like you.
Brianna was attacked.
It might be Bonnet's child that she bears.
Can ye go back to her?
You're here.
I love you.
The corruption of the governor's sheriffs and tax collectors must end.
My first mission is to hunt down and kill the fugitive...
Murtagh Fitzgibbons.
She's gone.
I swore an oath, Jamie Fraser,
when you were no more than a week old
and a bonny lad at your mother's breast.
I knelt at Ellen's feet, as I now kneel by yours.
And I swore to her,
by the name of the threefold god,
I'd follow you always,
to do your bidding and guard your back when you became a man grown
and was needing such service.
She's gone now,
but I'll always be with ye.
Always.
Careful, or you'll lose your head.
Here.
It's not called a cutthroat razor for nothing.
Cannae have you looking like you've been to the war and back.
Not today anyway.
Aye.
Nervous?
About what the day has in store for me or that you have a blade to my throat?
But for you a day off from...
working on the house, at least?
Yeah, first in a wee while.
But we have a floor under our feet now and a roof above our heads.
Couldn't have done it without the help of some of the men.
Bree and I cannot thank you enough for the gift of this cabin.
Couldn't have my wee grandson sleeping in the woods now, could we?
I was thinking of adding a loft.
Bree said she'd draw up some... plans for me to follow.
So...
Yeah.
Have you the right tools?
Well, they say it's a bad tradesman who blames his tools for his lack of...
skills.
I don't suppose I've done much building.
Or farming, for that matter.
Nor do I know how to drive a horse,
or gut a deer or wield a sword.
But I'm sure I'll find a suitable trade to provide for my family.
And until that time, you'll have to rely on the skills and trades of others.
Here.
The ring you asked Murtagh to make for Bree.
Thank you.
I thought perhaps...
I only expected copper and brass.
Well, this one is certainly fit for my daughter.
Home is the place, a site in which we live.
But Fraser's Ridge is much more than that.
A community built by the people who live there.
Once Jamie and I had chosen the spot for our new home,
with the help of the settlers, construction began.
Men and women who made us feel at home before the walls of our new house
had even gone up, who stood by us as the seasons came and went.
Who looked forward to reaping the first harvest with us,
and to sharing in our daughter's wedding.
Even if we hadn't quite finished the house in time,
we were making our mark on the land,
laying the foundations for the rest of our lives.
It's not quite the white satin and orange blossom I imagined.
No.
It's even more beautiful.
Now, I didn't have my mother at either of my weddings.
I've dreamt of this day for so long.
Helping you into your dress.
Doing your hair.
Mama, I'm here with you
and with the man I love.
It couldn't be more perfect.
Right.
I better go see where your father's gone to.
It's almost time.
Yeah.
My baby.
Old.
New.
Borrowed.
And blue.
And blue enough?
Jamie.
In here.
Wait till you see her.
You've been busy.
Aye. I must do what I can for her, while I have the chance.
We've not had enough time together.
It was going to happen one day.
And we're giving her away to a man who loves her.
What?
You doubt his love?
Did he not doubt it himself?
Well, he's here now and he loves her.
Well, maybe that's what I fear.
I ken what love can make a man do.
Gives you courage,
but not the sense to go along with it.
And no good love will do either of them if he gets hisself killed.
He's a scholar.
I'm not sure his area of expertise
covers the dangers of the Carolina wilderness.
I suppose no amount of time will prepare him.
Perhaps not,
but he has you to teach him.
It's time?
You remembered.
"Something old, something new,
something borrowed, something blue.
And a silver sixpence...
"for your shoe."
From Murtagh.
I am sorry he can't be here today.
As is he.
I'm glad you brought these back with ye.
I hoped that...
maybe you might wear them one day.
Bonnie.
I don't imagine it's quite the wedding
you maybe dreamt of when you were a wee lass.
Not quite.
But the best thing,
I don't have to imagine you.
It is a blessing you came to me.
But having just gotten ye back, must I give ye away so soon?
Da, no matter where I am...
I will always be your wee girl.
You ready, mo leannan?
Je suis pret.
You look radiant.
The Frasers of the Ridge are here!
It'll all be fine.
Remember, the two of you together can conquer the world.
You are...
I love you, too.
Dearly beloved,
we have assembled here today in the presence of God.
Let us therefore reverently remember that God
has established and sanctified marriage for the welfare and happiness of mankind.
I charge you both, before God,
that if either of you know of any reason
why you may lawfully not be joined together in marriage,
you do confess it now.
Roger Jeremiah, wilt thou have this woman to be thy wife,
and wilt thou pledge thy troth to her, in all love and honor,
in all duty and service, in all faith and tenderness,
to live with her and cherish her,
according to the ordinance of God in the holy bond of marriage?
I will.
Brianna Ellen...
Will you be well-assured...
Brave face, darling.
'Tis brave as I can muster
given that 'tis not in Latin conducted by a Catholic priest.
Duty and service, in all faith and tenderness,
to live with him and cherish him,
according to the ordinance of God
in the holy bond of marriage?
I will.
Who giveth this woman to be married to this man?
I do.
I, Roger Jeremiah, take thee, Brianna Ellen, to be my wedded wife,
to have and to hold from this day forward,
in plenty and want, in joy and in sorrow,
in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.
I, Brianna Ellen, take thee,
Roger Jeremiah, to be my wedded husband,
to have and to hold, from this day forward...
to have and to hold, from this day forth,
for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer...
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