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Part 4: Aleina and their baby rendezvous with Jack in Paris (they name their baby Tommy); Jack is given the gift of the Weeping Madonna by a Saracen in Spain, which he plans on taking to Kingsbridge. Jack picks up the latest architectural knowledge in France. Jack also names himself Master Builder of the cathedral. He also meets his extended paternal relations in France. His father's name is Jacques Cherbourg.

Part III ends with the death of cathedral builder Tom, who never told Prior Philip or his child Jonathan that he was his father. William Hamleigh and his knights sack the city of Kingsbridge. William also destroys Aleina's stockpile of wool. A fight with Alfred leads to Jack Jack to find out that his father was hanged for thievery. Jack agrees to become a monk under threat of banishment by Prior Philip.