She pauses. For the first time, she doesn’t see him as a barbarian or a boy playing at war. She sees a man who would burn the world for her.
“Why did you do that?” he asks. “Offer to take my punishment?” outlander s01e09 hdtvrip
That’s when Jamie tells her the truth: he didn’t rescue her from the Redcoats — he surrendered to them. He traded himself for her. But the English broke their word. They tortured him. And then, in the chaos of a skirmish, he killed a soldier to escape. She pauses