Nonetheless, he did then tell her about sleeping with Mary McNab: “There’s no good way to tell your wife you’re playing with someone else under the circumstances.
“You were gone. Only once. Christ, the last thing I want to do is upset you Sassenach by making it sound as though it was… I don’t wish to malign the poor woman. Mary McNab.”
He added: “She’d seen you with me Claire. She kent the look of true love when she saw it. It wasn’t in her mind to betray that. She gave me a small thing. She gave me tenderness. I hope I gave her the same.”
This scene underscored the love and trust between Jamie and Claire with the couple never keeping these sort of secrets from each other.
Outlander season 7 will air later this year and seasons 1 to 6 are streaming on Lionsgate+ now