Lord John Grey searches for more information about Beaucamp in Outlander Book 7, Chapter 15
We continue with Lord John Grey as he searches for answers about Beauchamp in Outlander Book 7, Chapter 15. This chapter takes us to the Black Chamber.
I love another chapter with John. We continue to see a side to him in the main books that we’ve never had a chance to before. The only way we’d see this side to him is in the novellas, but not everyone has read them.
The chapter sees John learn a little more about Beauchamp. More that someone is trying to protect him in some way, but what John really wants to know is why Beauchamp wants Claudel Fraser.
At the end of the chapter, John goes to see his brother and sister-in-law. The interactions between John and Hal are among my favorites of the whole book series. I’m so glad they make it into this book and onward.
There is certainly some foreshadowing within the plot development in this book. I’ll get to my thoughts on that in the foreshadowing section.
As for adapting it, I’m really not that sure. Maybe the Hal sections could be, but I don’t really think the Beauchamp parts can be used in the show. I’ll get to why I think that in the adaptation section.
Let’s dive into An Echo in the Bone Chapter 15.
Just the Outlander chapter
The chapter starts with John heading to the Black Chamber. He wants to know more about Beauchamp, and he knows an old friend Arthur Norrington may have details. Norrington is a discreet man, and that’s important for John.
It turns out that the information on Beauchamp has been taken. By whom? Nobody knows. Norrington doesn’t even want to say much to John at first. That is until John shares that he is Percy’s stepbrother. That gives Norrington leave to say something.
Norrington doesn’t know much, but he does know that Beauchamp is a smuggler. He also knows that this smuggler has connections to a man named Amadine. This may be a fake name, and Norrington does later say that there may be a connection to French nobility. John also hears that there are connections to Edinburgh and the West Indies, places Fergus has been.
After this, John heads to see Hal. We get to see this light interaction between brothers. They care about each other, and it’s easy to see why Hal had allowed Jamie to leave at Culloden. This wasn’t just about family honor, but about his brother. When it came to getting Jamie the pardon, Hal was always going to step up to help his baby brother.
John talks to Hal about Percy, and then leaves to find Dottie. She runs straight to John, and it’s clear that both of them have an agenda. Dottie wants to sail to America, and John wants to find out if William has taken her honor. The best way to do that is to be indelicate and shocking. He asks if Dottie is still a virgin.
Her reaction is perfect. The slap makes it clear that she is still a virgin. How dare he ask that! Now John needs to figure out why William is so in love with Dottie. It is possible that it is the young girl’s beauty. Does Dottie return the feelings? John wants to figure that out, and he looks for any signs from Dottie.
Dottie wants to go to America to get married. Why hasn’t she said anything to Hal? Will he disapprove? It turns out that it is William she loves, and she wants to do it now because she fears something will happen to William. There is another problem, though. Dottie is supposed to marry a Viscount. John worries that Dottie will get pregnant just to be able to avoid it.
Foreshadowing in the Outlander chapter
There is certainly some foreshadowing in this chapter when it comes to the French nobleman involved. We know now that things aren’t quite finished with the Comte. He’s not dead, which is what Claire believes—and I’m sure a few others would believe. Instead, he is a time traveler.
There is still much more of this story to come in the books. It’s hard to see just where everything is going and what all the foreshadowing is about.
As for the Dottie part; this is more ffplot development than foreshadowing.
Adapting An Echo in the Bone chapter
I don’t think everything involving Beauchamp in the books will come up. I can’t see there being time for this in Outlander Season 7. The only way I could see it working is if the show was guaranteed an eighth season. This series needs more time to tell all these storylines.
However, we do know William is a part of the story. It is possible that we’ll get some of Dottie. It would be great to see more of Hal’s family considering the role they play in William’s story. However, it does all come down to time again. The most important thing for William in the TV show is finding out that Jamie is his father.
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