The Fiery Cross

Week 6

Chapters 9 and 10

Summary: Claire uses a cautery iron. Claire receives gifts. Roger and Jamie recruit for the militia. Roger meets an interesting family. Where is Stephen Bonnet?

Chapter 9: Germ of Dissent

Chapter 10: Grannie Bacon’s Gifts

Setting: Mt. Helicon, NC, Late October 1770 with cool, grey, and wet weather.

Active Characters:

• Claire is treating a nasal polyp and thinking of the impending war. With satisfaction, she ended her work day.
• Jamie and Roger are seeking men to join the militia from the various families at the Gathering.
• Joan Findlay and her brother Iain.
• Eglantine and Pansy Bacon, along with their mother, Polly.

Of Note:

• Claire’s foreknowledge of the American Revolution. She wonders if this is the beginning of what is to come.
• Claire slipping back into her 20th-century clinical mindset.
• Claire is likening the anti-Crown sentiments and actions of the Regulators to an infection that would take root and the process of the oncoming revolution like a flame that will burn through everything until the disease is excised cleanly before the open would is seared.
• Roger is an instant soldier. Knowing the significance of the current events upon the future weighs heavily.
• Roger’s experience with Auld Joan Findlay and her brother Iain adds more weight. His compassion shines through. He learns the burden of responsibility with the asking for men.
• Claire receiving Grannie Bacon’s gifts.
• Dauco/Wild Carrot/Queen Anne’s Lace – herbal birth control seeds.
• Claire is distressed over Jamie asking after Stephen Bonnet.

Interesting Links:

• Children’s Lesson Plan and History - How to make a Mob Cap.
• Etsy Shops – Mob Caps
• eBay – Mob Caps
• Wild Carrot Exploration – Herbal Oral Birth Control
• Queen Anne’s Lace Information
• Wild Carrot - WebMD
• Reasons for the American Revolution

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