"Aye, that's what I thought," says Victoria - or rather Jamie, through her. There are times he'd be all for charging in and taking charge of the situation, but his protectiveness is overriding his impulsiveness, in this case. See, what did I tell ye? Now come away back.

Leaving now is a fine thing, in his opinion. Maybe if they go back to the house they can try and think about some other plan, instead. In an effort to do that, he tries to get her body to turn and head back the way they came.