A group of boys have place Henri-Christian in a basket to see if he is the Devil's seed. Roger dives into the river and saves the baby just before a sizable waterfall. He baptizes Henri-Christian on the spot to illustrate to the boys he is one of God's children. Later, Jamie has the boys assemble in his office. He gives them a choice of touching the baby or a hot poker. They agree the baby will not harm them if touched. Fergus has his own troubles about being father to a dwarf. He explains to Jamie what would be done with him in France. He continues to drink heavily which bothers Marsali. Tom Christie is ready to have his hand operation. He refuses to be subjected to ether and foregoes a stick to bite. He says he will use the power of prayer to get him through it. The pain of the procedure is about more than he can take. Malva watches from outside the room. The surgery is a success. Claire opts to keep him overnight for observations. Ian and Malva talk about her background. She tells him that her mother was hung as a witch. When Fergus is drunk yet again, Marsali throws him out. "I'll have a whole husband or none at all!" Jamie follows him into the woods and watches as he cuts his wrist. He rushes up to Fergus and gives him a pep talk, tells him how valuable he is to the community. Fergus responds. He enters the house an tells Marsali, "Never again." She tells him that she can watch out for the family too. She admits to having killed Lionel Brown by injecting hemlock in his neck. After talking about how Jamie's stories of novels helped the men in Ardsmuir prison, Claire lends Tom a copy of Tom Jones. He returns it later with a note about it being filth. Roger preaches about a baby in a basket - Moses. Major MacDonald arrives with guns for the Cherokees. He shows Jamie and Claire a newspaper clipping about the Boston Tea Party. "It's beginning."
