[Lord John recalls what Jamie had mentioned to him about her from before.]
You said she was raised in the Colonies?
[It's a careful question. Crafted as carefully as he can as Lord John realizes his own part in this. As Jamie's parole officer. If he had known where Claire had gone, might he not have been able to get her some sort of letter? But Jamie was his Jacobite prisoner. The fact he had not been transported in and of itself was by Grey's hand alone. Much to Jamie's chagrin.]
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[Lord John recalls what Jamie had mentioned to him about her from before.]
You said she was raised in the Colonies?
[It's a careful question. Crafted as carefully as he can as Lord John realizes his own part in this. As Jamie's parole officer. If he had known where Claire had gone, might he not have been able to get her some sort of letter? But Jamie was his Jacobite prisoner. The fact he had not been transported in and of itself was by Grey's hand alone. Much to Jamie's chagrin.]