The Fiery Cross

Week 2

Chapter 2

Summary: Breakfast is served, but not for Claire. Jamie desires an astrolabe. John Quincy Myers summons Jamie. A thief-taker threatens. Claire has a pop-up clinic. The unintended consequences of high taxes. A personal account of the riot is offered.

Chapter 2: Loaves and Fishes

Setting: Mt. Helicon, NC, Late October 1770

Characters:

• Claire is making breakfast, wanting to be in on the MacGillivray mayhem, and prepping for her clinic day.
• Jamie is borrowing food, making a list of these he wants to barter for, quashing the MacGillivray mayhem, and learning about Abel MacLennan’s story.
• Abel MacLennan is eating breakfast, soothing Marsali, and sharing his tax and riot tales.
• Private Andrew Ogilvie is eating breakfast and sharing the demise of the regiment.
• Lizzie is mooning over Private Ogilvie.
• John Quincy Myers is fetching Jamie to assist the MacGillivray family.
• Fergus is following Jamie into the MacGillivray’s situation.
• Marsali is helping with breakfast, feeding her baby, and talking to Abel.
• The MacGillivray Family is in a fix with the thief-taker.
• The thief-taker is being held by the MacGillivray family.
• Taxes and crooked lawmen are causing problems.

Of Note:

• The 67th Highland regiment is disbanding. Safety
• Lizzie’s hormones. Foreshadowing
• The Hillsborough Riot aftermath. Story building and foreshadowing
• Jamie’s intended barters.
• The McGillivray mix-up. Shows protectiveness and Jamie’s abilities to fix a problem.
• Claire’s pop-up clinic.
• Emmenagogues – blue cohosh, ergot, pennyroyal, rue, and blue tansy.
• Marsali’s cracked nipples.
• Abel MacLennan’s story.
• Hillsborough Riot – a personal perspective.

Interesting Links:

• Hillsborough Riot
• Ergot
• Abortifacients and emmenagogues.
• Anthelmintic herbs
• Anthelmintic for animals
• Astrolabe

 

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