![]() When the two finally come face to face, the Comte has questions for Raymond concerning immortality and traveling forward in time. Germain seeks any knowledge of the whereabouts of "the frog". Raymond does not appear in the novel, but another time traveler named Wendigo Donner tells Claire and Brianna that he and his fellow time travelers had been guided by a man named Raymond. When Claire has returned to Scotland, Raymond sends her unsigned parcels of odd things such as rare herbs, small crystals, smooth stones with figures and letters carved into them and bones. Both he and Claire drink it without effect, but the Comte falls down writhing and then subsides into limpness. He produces a flask of 'Dragon's blood' and pours out three cups. As Claire, the Comte and Raymond now all stood accused of sorcery, Raymond suggests that they all drink some poison to prove their innocence. Master Raymond then speaks up and provides the rest of the quote which is that servants of the true God will not die if they drink deadly poison. He produces a snake from his shirt and quotes a passage from the Bible that says the servants of the true God can handle snakes without being harmed. When Claire declares that the Comte is associated with a group called Les Disciples du Mal, the Comte retaliates by accusing Claire of being the servant of Satan in league with Master Raymond. Louis brings Claire into the room and instructs her to listen to their testimony then use her powers as La Dame Blanche, which enable her to see the soul of a man, to determine who is telling the truth. Germain and Master Raymond are both accused of sorcery and taken to the Palace to face trial before the King's chamber. Raymond then dives under the bed in a hurry as the nuns come running to Claire's cry. When he reaches Claire's womb he asks her to call for Jamie and the strength Claire gains from evoking Jamie's name causes the last of the infection to be cured. Raymond uses his healing powers to stop the infection in Claire's body. Raymond sneaks into L'Hôpital des Anges when Claire is extremely ill after her miscarriage. He also agrees to provide Claire with any information he hears about Charles Stuart. Raymond embellishes and spreads the story that Claire is La Dame Blanche in order to protect her. Raymond tells Claire she may still be in danger and gives her a white crystal which is sensitive to poison. He replies that he has sold it to two servants - one was a maid to the Vicomtesse de Rambeau and the other a man he didn't recognize. In 1744, Master Raymond met Claire Fraser for the first time in Paris and recognized her as being one of his descendants.Ĭlaire confronts Raymond after she is poisoned with bitter cascara demanding to know who he has sold it to. ![]() While based in Paris in the 1740s, he stores his most questionable ingredients in a cabinet decorated with Cabbalistic symbols, which serve to keep most of the curious out. ![]() ![]() Du Carrefours was tried and executed and within weeks Raymond had set up his shop in Paris and was rumored to have taken over a number of du Carrefour 's clandestine activities. Raymond disappeared from Geneva at the same time as du Carrefours came under suspicion from the French authorities. He corresponded with a Parisian called du Carrefours who was associated with the occult. The mysterious Master Raymond is a "prehistoric time traveler." Not much is known about him, but he is thought to be a common ancestor of both Claire Fraser and Geillis Duncan.Ĭirca 1724, Raymond was living in Geneva as a reputable physician and herbalist. ![]()
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