Very satisfying chapters! And sets up so well for the even more satisfying chapters that come next. First off, I really like the weather descriptions--the wind and rain feel so real.

And Keith may consider himself a cynic, but I really don't think he actually is one. Even from the start, he clearly has principles that a true cynic would not have (well, depending on how you interpret the word). He has managed to create a distance to his actual feelings, and reasserts that distance after leaving Ewen in the hut, perhaps because somehow he doesn't consider that to be part of his real life, the life he's supposed to have as a military professional? But it doesn't take much for his feelings to break through again... And as I've noted before, this sort of thing is just fannish catnip to me. That scene with Keith in front of Loudoun, just throwing everything to the wind. ♥

I don't know what to make of Captain Greening's feminine looks/manner? It makes me a little uncomfortable, I guess, that the only man we see who is described this way is a villain. Then again, the other villains are all manly men.

In other news, I've written up some of my recent research reading about female Jacobites here. Enjoy!