- Claire struggles with her inner demons as a nefarious rumor begins to spread on the Ridge. Tensions rise as residents fear there is a dangerous person in their midst.
- As Malva's death is contemplated, her testimony about Jamie having stolen her innocence comes to people's minds. Tom and Allan Christie view her corpse in the garden, the incision for Claire's attempt to save the baby only too evident. Claire says she will prepare the body for burial. Her father claims she should be buried in the woods, not among the godly souls in church ground. Jamie tells Tom he is wrong. While suturing up Malva's wounds, Claire is haunted by Lionel Brown's ghost. She drinks and is tempted to use ether to calm her nerves. Ridge residents appear at the Big House to ask questions about what they have been hearing, that Jamie is indeed the father of Malva's baby and Claire murdered her in a fit of jealous rage. Jamie firmly denies such accusations. Just when things could not get worse, Ian reveals that Lizzy is pregnant by one of the Beardsley twins. Claire visits with Lizzie about her sexual activity with both boys. Thus, she knows not which is the father. At Malva's funeral, Tom refuses to let Jamie join as a pall bearer. When Claire picks up the baby's casket, Allan rushes up and grabs it away from her, spewing vengeful rebukes that she of all people should carry it. Jamie questions Lizzy about her baby. Lizzy declares she loves them both, that they are one spirit in two bodies. After realizing the guilty boy cannot be identified, he declares that she must marry one of them immediately to stem more adverse gossip. He forces her to take him to the Beardsley's hideout in the stable. He has the boys draw straws to see which must marry Liz. Keziah draws the winning straw. Jamie hand-fasts them until they can be properly married. Roger contemplates his future. He tells Bree that he believes he should be a minister, that he will seek ordination with the church officials in Edenton. In the middle of the night, before Roger and family will depart, Lizzie wakes him to insist that he marry her and Josiah. He pulls on his breeches and performs the ceremony. They next morning, as Roger is readying the wagon for their trip, he mentions the ceremony he performed for Lizzie. They are chagrined to learn they have been manipulated. Richard Brown and his Committee on Safety arrive to arrest Claire for Malva's murder.—Garon Smith
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