Claire’s heart skipped a beat at the realisation of what he meant. She knew he was referring to their encounter at Fort William, when he had beaten her to protect her from Randall’s advances. In that moment, Claire grasped the depth of Jamie’s anguish, the turmoil that had consumed him as he crouched in the window of Randall’s room, holding an empty gun. And as her understanding grew, so did her capacity for forgiveness.