She turns when she hears the familiar voice, the one she only heard for the first time yesterday, when Jamie strolled back into their lives after four years of thinking he was dead. She's not sure Claire's presence helped the situation any. She's unsure what to make of Claire herself. Jamie should have a Scottish wife; Lallybroch should have a Scottish lady, someone for whom the land is in the blood. This is what he has instead.

She's not sure Claire's presence helps here, either. She can't even say that it's not the English who are behind this, because she gets the impression that Claire's not on good standing with them either.

Is she just supposed to go along with this?

"It matters not to them that some of us have families or obligations, I suppose."