William initially met Jane at a brothel in Outlander season 7. However, she found him again, and this time with her younger sister Frances.
We quickly got to see how the two would become important in William’s life. We also saw that they noticed that William was a good man who could help in a time of need.
The question for many is how they ended up in the situation that they were in. How did they end up in Philadelphia, and why had Jane turned to prostitution to help her family?
The deaths of the Pocock family before Outlander
Before we met Jane, she and Frances travel to America with her family. Their parents died but we know little about when or how. All we know is that their mother was called Faith, which has led to many Outlander fans questioning whether this Faith is the same as Claire and Jamie’s daughter, who was stillborn in Frace. It’s highly unlikely, especially since Mother Hildegarde made it clear that she buried Faith against the rules as the child was stillborn and not baptized. Mother Hildegarde has a lot to answer to if she lied to Claire!
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Back to Jane and Frances. The two are around five or six years apart in the books, and Jane quickly took it upon herself to protect her little sister. With no skills and no knowledge about things, she turned to the only profession that she could. She became a prostitute.
Jane doesn’t know money or life in Outlander
As explained in Outlander season 7, Jane knows very little about life. She doesn’t know how to do laundry, and she probably doesn’t even know how to cook. Everything is done for her in the brothel.
On top of that, she doesn’t know what she can buy with money. She knows what the coins look like and what she can sell for them, but that’s it. She grew up without parents to show her, and the brothel madam has taken all the wages for her upkeep and that’s it.
Considering all of this, how would Jane and Frances speak so well? It could be that their parents spoke well. Again, we don’t know enough about them to know that. We can just make assumptions. It’s also possible that the brothel madam made sure they spoke like ladies, considering she would change their names to something more lady-like, such as Arabella.
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