The young man in question is injured, and just as a few men are about to force his dislocated shoulder back into place, Claire puts a stop to it at once and shows them how to properly mend the joint. He appears to be the leader, and spends little time interrogating her, but insists they must move soon and so must do something about Jamie before they go.
The man takes her to a cottage, where many more men stand talking in a strange language, and one of them, Dougal MacKenzie, addresses her in English. Before he can do whatever harm he intended, another man knocks him out, and forcibly takes Claire with him. Claire tries to run away, but the captain pursues her.
The man introduces himself as Jonathan Randall, Esquire, Captain of His Majesty's Eighth Dragoons – the name of an ancestor that Frank had been researching. She runs through the woods until stumbling into a man that looks remarkably like Frank, but she realizes that the man's eyes are cold and unfeeling, nothing like her husband's. When she awakens, Claire discovers that the car is missing, and soon hears noises of what seem to be men engaged in battle. While there, a strange feeling overcomes her when she touches one of the stones, and she loses consciousness. Later that day, Claire decides to return to the circle alone to take a specimen of the plant. While looking around the circle afterwards, Claire spots a plant that interests her, but she and Frank make a hasty escape when one of the women returns to sit. One morning before dawn, Frank takes Claire with him to observe a ritual performed by a local group of druids at a circle of standing stones called Craigh na Dun. While Frank busies himself with genealogical research, Claire pursues an interest in botany. Their marriage feels the burden of unshared experiences, but though they may not be the same people they were when they married, they love each other and want to make it work. 1945: After serving as a combat nurse in France during the War, Claire Randall travels to the Scottish Highlands with her husband, Frank, so that they may become reacquainted after years apart.