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I didn't.

The Countess de Valois bought it.

With a little help from the poor fallen
women.

What the hell, Sam?

How much are you raking in?

Plenty.

Since she lost that baby, the Queen's
been convalescing in her rooms, clinging

on to her other children. They say she
has the complexion of spoiled milk.

But her absence plays into our plan.

Ordinary courtiers have no way to
disprove my story.

They think I'm the Queen's new friend.

And what about the necklace?

I still don't understand how you're
going to convince the jeweller.

I'm not.

I only have to convince the mark.

But you still haven't found it.

Valette, you're a hideous worrywart.

Versailles is crawling with rich idiots
who want to please the Queen.

I just have to find the fool who is
desperate enough to want to buy her the

world's most expensive necklace.

You'll make me look like Madame.

No, it looks nice.

Will you all just stop fussing?

Enough.

Your Majesty.

I'm perfectly well. I've been resting
long enough. You should attend to the

Dauphin. He had a very restless night.

A gift?

Can you take care of him, Sleen?

Come on, then.

Let's go wipe this off.

This perfume helps lift my spirits when
I'm not feeling myself. I am not used to

this weakness.

What if I never feel the way I did?

You will.

You're stronger than you know.

Leave me.

Please tell me you have found the
letters.

I have investigated the theft.

Discreetly. Nothing has been found.

Where are they?

Do you understand?

If they get to Louis, he will divorce
me.

The thief took other items as well.

It's likely he doesn't know what he has.

Remember how cold it was?

He's probably burnt them as kindling.
Redoy, if he burnt them, the heat would

have illuminated my words.

I greatly appreciate

it. Poor,

poor women. Thank you.

Excuse me, are you drunk?

Well, what if I am?

I'm married to a pointless, miserable
man and I lead a pointless, miserable

existence.

I need to find pleasure somewhere.

Oh, there's the Countess de Valois. I
must stand for word.

Maybe you should start a charity.

Or at least find a hobby.

People will start to mistake you for a
fishwife.

Do you know the Countess de Valois?

Is she really friends with the Queen?

Come here, it's not your secret.

You need to get over your crush on
Antoinette. It's pathetic.

Pathetic.

The Princess Delonval seems sad.

That one would do anything for the
Queen's affection.

The problem is I'm still due payment for
the arms I secured for you in America.

I must speak to Cullan.

The matter is his now.

Thank you.

I hoped to make an income from my new
play, The Marriage of Figaro, but Your

Majesty banned it.

What did you expect?

It mocks the ruling classes.

Dangerous words have dangerous
consequences, Bullmarsh. You're right,

went too far. But I have made revisions,
and the play is now a harmless romantic

farce.

Your Majesty, help me. You have always
been a patron of the art.

We all loved your barber of Seville. We
loved you in it.

Do you remember, Majesty?

You lit up the theatre.

Would a performance be so bad?

If only the humour remained.

Don't we all need a little fun?

I'll read the new pages.

If there's no mention of politics,
religion or government, we can start

private performance at Versailles.

Invitation only. It will be a frivolous
entertainment of no consequence.

I hope so.

I would hate to lock you in the
Bastille.

This will be fun. So much fun.

I should... I... I must talk to Rose.

Yes.

About costume.

What did Fafn say, Antoinette?

Nothing.

He barely looked at me.

I'm sure he's dying to see you.

No, no, no.

Um, that would be worse.

I must avoid him.

I hope he doesn't stay too long.

You deserve love, Antoinette.

I was born for duty.

Not happiness.

At least this little man feels better.

Are we feeling better?

And you.

You're by my side.

I got you the job so you could help me
pay off the debts.

There's less in the treasury than you
might think.

I can only give you 300 ,000.

For now.

St. James needs four this month.

If he comes to break my legs, I'll point
him in your direction.

Oh, can I maybe...

How do you heckle on you were acquired
by the king?

Duchess Polignac?

Not interrupting, am I?

Not at all.

Good evening.

Good evening.

I asked you to cut spending, and yet new
bills arrive every day.

Actually, no, you asked me to repair the
calamitous hole in the economy. There

are rumours from this week, and cuts
would only confirm that.

What you need is investment to show
you're strong.

New roads, new prisons.

Invest in your vision. New harbor at
Cherbourg.

Cuts now are not the answer.

What you need is spending.

I have no money.

We must increase the loans.

Show me a plan.

Should I be doing a play when the Jofars
aren't well? Well, he's teething,

that's all.

Tell me everything.

How's your new position at the Palais
Royal?

The Duke of Orléans treats me well.

I hope his son does, too.

If Chateau gives you any trouble, you're
welcome back here any time.

I know.

Is this the marriage of Figaro?

But Master recruited me. Apparently my
sour countenance is perfect for the role

of Marceline. But you don't like
theatre?

No. Ridiculous.

But I need a hobby.

Considered gardening, but this allows me
to annoy you at the same time. So win

-win.

Now run along, Suzanne. You don't want
to be late for your birthday rehearsal.

Yes, Mistress.

Right away, Mistress.

Oh, sorry.

All the parts are taken.

You can't keep me away from her forever.

I don't see why not.

She will grow bored with you, too.

Perhaps.

But your weakness, Lombal, is that you
don't see the whole chessboard.

Only the queen.

Now, your majesty, friends, let me
introduce our actors and set the scene.

hero, Figaro, is a man of the world. He
has risen and fallen and has had to make

a living on his merits.

We meet Figaro on the eve of marriage to
his beautiful Suzanne.

Yes?

Figaro's master is Count Almaviva. Like
many powerful nobles, he has the right

to deflower local brides on the night
before their wedding. And he is intent

deflowering the lovely Suzanne.

Ah, here's our Count Almaviva now.

Majesty.

Everyone.

Here's the script for you.

Come on, take the stage.

Now we are all here.

We shall let Figaro set the scene. Saint
-Georges, act five, scene three,

please.

Woman, woman, woman.

What a weak, deceitful creature you are.

Nothing that lives and breathes in
creation can deny its nature.

Is it yours to be unfaithful?

After she swore in front of the ladyship
that she would not go, and even while

the ceremony was going on,

The Paris Parliament already resists me.

What if they won't approve to an
extension of my loans?

There is another way. No.

I cannot raise the taxes for the clergy
and nobility.

Why not?

While you've been distracted with war,
they've turned the clock back to the

Middle Ages.

They've taken control of the Parliament.

They contribute nothing to the state.

France will not progress until the
financial system is fair.

Each tax according to his means, not his
birth. Our situation is precarious

enough.

What you are suggesting would like to
fuse under the country, and I will not

it.

Now, are we done, or will you be joining
me in my bath too?

We're done.

We're done.

Find some way to get my new loans
approved by Parliament.

Yes, Majesty.

Remember the dashing Swede who was set
to be the Queen's favourite?

I have cast him opposite her.

She can barely get a line out.

Do you toy with her for what happens?

Perhaps the Queen deserves it.

For your information. Thank you, sir.

For your information, every night at
nine.

Cleopatra, I heard Cardinal Rohan has
become his patron and is launching him

Paris.

That's charlatan.

Occultist, alchemist and healer.

I met him in Strasbourg.

They say that, unlike most doctors, he
cures more than he can.

He certainly knows how to create a fire.

Popularity is power.

Palo Real would be the perfect setting
for his next audience.

You should invite him.

Hear him out.

Look who's here.

What are you doing?

It's unbearable. I must withdraw from
the play.

Your Majesty.

A cardinal in want of a queen.

I don't propose... I... I don't... I
don't... Why must there be so many

words? You will never find the feeling
if you don't look up from the page.

Let's move on.

Act 1, scene 8.

Count, first attempt at abduction.

Come on.

Go on.

Something upset you, Suzanne?

Alone, talking to yourself?

Is there something you wanted, sir?

I've always been alone with you.

Um...

It would be most inconvenient if I were
to be found here, but I think you are

aware of my feelings. I assume Basil has
told you that I love you.

Sorry.

I've only got a moment to tell you my
plan, so listen.

I've only got a moment... I won't
listen!

Stop! That's all right.

Your Majesty. What?

What's wrong with you?

Count person, Almeviva is dying for this
woman.

Look at her.

He must have her.

And your majesty, we must believe your
rejection.

I mean, let yourself go.

Release the emotion.

Sorry, I thought we might be friends. I
do not want to be friends, thank you.

I will withdraw from the play. I don't
want to cause you distress.

It's too late.

You forgot about me for three years, and
now you walk back in like nothing has

changed. Why are you even here?

I've applied for command of the Swedish
regiment in your army. Then why are you

here? Because I wanted to see you again.

Please.

I heard nothing from you, not one word.
All this time I had to read the

dispatches to know you weren't dead. I
couldn't write.

If I'd written, my letters would have
been intercepted. They would have put

in danger.

What happened between us is in the past.

You're chasing a memory.

I never forgot you, Antoinette. Please,
please, stop.

I am not the girl you knew.

I'm the mother of the future king.

You're right.

You have changed.

But I think you've sacrificed something
of yourself, too.

And I'll confess, it makes me love you
even more.

Suzanne?

Is there something you wanted, sir?

It would be most inconvenient if

I were to be found here.

Who are you?

Marguerite de Grosbillon.

Well, Matthew hired me to be your reader
and help you learn your lines for the

play. Oh, I don't need help.

Don't you? Pardon me?

Well, he thinks you're hopeless.

Have you no decorum or sense of rank?

I can flatter if I must, but I think you
get enough of that already. Oh, do I?

Your breath reeks of cognac.

Let me guess.

Provence doesn't satisfy you? How dare
you? I have a husband, too. Yes.

In the country.

But I decided not to let matrimony ruin
my life. Ma, you know nothing about my

marriage. I have seen your husband
strutting around.

Like a very small...

There

is freedom here.

If you want it.

Tell me why I'm hosting this. Cuddle
your throat, a tremendous gift.

You predicted the death of the Queen's
mother to the precise day.

Cagliostro gives me the creeps. Forget
him.

I'm here to see his patron.

The Cardinal?

He's a Rohan.

One of the oldest and richest families
in France. He's the perfect mark.

Greedy, stupid, and naive.

I use this water to focus my attention.

To listen.

To the angels of the spheres.

A fair ground trick.

There is a message for a man of the
cloth.

You'll grow close to a beautiful woman.

Oh, God.

But double grief hardens her heart and
makes her more powerful than any man.

He's talking about you.

Or every other woman in the room.

Or do you believe your horoscope as
well?

I'm amazed I managed to prise you away
from Cardinal Rehan.

You would have me on a leash.

I imagine your patron also likes you
close at hand. No, Chartres isn't my

patron. He's my protégé.

Really? What do you teach him?

Philosophy, politics.

He's well -placed to bring change to
France.

He's lazy.

I hope you might change that.

What do you have in mind?

He seems very taken with your
girlfriend.

So do you. You keep staring at her. I
don't want to miss the moment when the

great magician makes her disappear in a
puff of smoke.

Seriously, how can you entertain this
crap?

Since I was cast out of their sight, I
must take my amusement where I can.

Count D 'Aliostro, come, please.

You're a magician.

Show us your best trick.

I consider myself more of an inquirer.

Seek hidden knowledge. Of course. If you
look closely, science, magic, and

religion are not so very far apart.

No one believes in God anymore.

But they believe in Cagliostro. Watch
your mouth, cousin.

God gives us a right to rule.

But he bestowed that right on your
brother makes me question him even more.

Shh, look.

There is another message.

Right.

The Dauphine.

will not inherit the throne of France.

France will seek a new king, a prince of
the blood, who is present in this very

room.

and much more than you think.

I don't... Leave.

Stay.

Madam.

I'm rehearsing.

You're seriously going to appear on
stage?

Well, why not?

Well, you have no talent.

Even in the highest ranks of society,
all that women get from men is

commissension and contempt.

Okay. By show of false respect, we're
allowed into slavery.

Oh, slavery.

If we have property, the law trees...
like children, and if we stray, it

punishes us as adults.

In all your dealings with us, your
attitudes are nothing but disgust or

Burmarsh is a hack.

You know he wasn't even born into
nobility.

Oh, no.

He made up his title.

And yet he sees us so clearly.

Well, that is the emotion we were
looking for.

And again, to be sure.

For love of whom you generously abolish
a certain vile privilege.

Speak, my dear.

Speaking freely is a right you will have
acquired over me for life, so you might

as well make a start now. It's not a
right I want. I don't want anything to

with it. Just leave me alone, please.

But first, say what you were going to
say.

I don't remember what it was.

About a wife's duty, this way.

Come and talk to me in the garden later
when it's getting dark.

I will make it worth your while.

If I take your place in the garden, you,
sweet girl, won't have to go.

Where are you supposed to meet him?

The garden is all I remember.

Won't you kiss your mother -in -law, my
pretty Susie?

I was very unhappy when I was a girl.

I was on the way to becoming the most
miserable of wives, and now I'm blessed.

Clearly you have no idea what has been
happening.

I assume you mean to tell me.

Your wife is parading herself as a
servant on stage in front of Thurston.

Thurston is in the place.

These newfangled ideas erode our
position. You must stop the rot before

infects the entire building.

Call off the performance.

Two weeks. Huh? No. Two weeks? Two
weeks.

Two weeks.

Anchored off Finisterre. Uh -huh. And
then we went across the Atlantic by

security route to avoid the English.

And then we landed on Rhode Island.

How exciting.

Well, unfortunately not, because the
English fleet blockaded us and we were

confined to camp at Newport for an
entire year.

A year?

I'm sure you've found ways to entertain
yourself.

Well... They're women, very beautiful.

One or two past masters.

Of course, I was more interested in
local flora and fauna.

Liar.

All I see of the world is a view from a
window. I know nothing.

If you could stay here, I could find you
a position.

I won't be another person who needs
things from you, Antoinette.

If I receive this commission, I will be
stationed a couple of hours north of

here.

When I have leave, I can come and see
you.

Using the cardinal as a mark is crazy.

The Rotherham family is powerful.

I've heard they treat their enemies
mercilessly. Exactly.

I really won't dare question the
cardinal. If we call, we'll hang.

Now, we have enough to buy a farm.

I would provide for you. You would
provide for me?

Yes.

You've spent too long in Paris.

You've forgotten that all the good land
in this country belongs to the nobility

and the church.

Buy your farm, if you want.

You'll find yourself sleeping in a
pigsty, raking your back on bare earth,

giving every scrap you produce to some
fat lord who will feast on your wife and

daughters.

Only the rich are saved from hunger.

Only the fabulously...

filthily, untouchably rich.

You were either with me or against me.

Forgive me, Father, for I have been.

I tried to seduce a great and virtuous
woman.

In truth, I spoke to you, Jeanne, for
her influence over the Queen.

They are close friends.

I heard the Countess got Cologne his
job.

Tell me more.

Hello, gentlemen.

You are invited to a performance of The
Marriage of Figaro.

Hello.

You should come see our play.

Ladies, you are invited to our
performance of The Marriage of Figaro. I

you come and see it. I'd rather gouge my
eyes out. Oh, well.

Hello, gentlemen. You're invited to the
play.

I hope you do come to the performance of
The Marriage of Figaro.

Of course.

Hello, ladies.

You're invited to a performance.

The Marriage of Figaro.

The Countess de Valois, isn't it?

It's strange.

Your name is everywhere.

And yet, until a few weeks ago, we had
never heard of you.

What are you saying, Princess?

That perhaps you only claim to be
friends with the Queen, to solicit

for your charity?

I'm not a thief.

Although I confess there are chapters of
my life I'm not proud of.

But the Queen is so kind. She forgives
my past mistakes.

Perhaps you would know that if you were
still close to her.

Where did you get that?

A present from the Queen. It's pretty,
isn't it?

Have you been invited to her play?

Now I recall, the Queen did mention your
charity in passing. I look forward to

our better acquaintance, Princess.

We have not been introduced.

Cardinal Louis de Rona.

Cardinal?

Perhaps we could make an appointment to
speak privately.

I did not mean to disturb you. Not at
all.

I just thought I'd come and... He's just
fallen asleep.

I feel I'm so preoccupied, I'm
neglecting my family.

How is my wife?

The play is doing wonders for her
health. She seems happy.

Good. That's good.

And confess, then, he's...

She may have liked him once.

You have nothing to fear.

I... I shouldn't have doubted her. It's
easy for things to play on the mind when

you have no one to talk to.

I understand that meaning.

I wonder what you're looking for. Kiss
from Count Ferson, but, uh... I'm not

going to tell anyone.

You're not?

Well, not for now, anyway.

Perhaps we're entitled to a private
letter.

I don't think I like you now.

Did... Did you... I heard nothing.

Oh, God.

You trust easily, Your Majesty.

But some close to you do not wish you
well.

They would burn you for their own
ambition.

Who?

Saint -Georges.

If you know something, tell me.

Tell me.

Just be careful, Antoinette.

Josephine knows.

She knows about us.

We were... Excuse me, I had a question
about one of our teams.

This

performance

is cancelled.

Remember who you are.

I'm so sorry, poor Marseille.

I couldn't go through with the play.

The illness came upon me. She was
dreadfully ill.

We will arrange another date for the
performance when you are well.

But perhaps the king will not allow
that.

I had hoped that, for the sake of my
finances, our little show would

lead to a professional performance in
Paris.

I'm sorry.

Oh, merci.

Right, how much did Louis actually see?
Nothing.

Everything.

The last thing I want is to hurt him.

What am I to do?

You need to show him that he hasn't lost
you.

It was silly.

It was... It was so silly to accept that
role.

It left me open to the perception of
impropriety and I'm sorry... If anybody

else had found you, Lauren would... It
will never happen again.

Never.

I promise.

Was Beaumarchais very upset?

You shouldn't be punished for my
mistake.

Perhaps you could grant him a public
performance in Paris, with professional

actors. The people will love it, and
Bombersheim might finally make some

I like the newest version.

And I'm sure it will be a popular
decision.

I'll think about it.

I feel terrible.

Forgive me?

Bear with me

You're eminent.

Countess. You are very late.

But please, do come in.

Henry II de Valois, my ancestor.

I come bearing gifts.

A significant donation to your little
charity.

The poor fallen women are in your debt.

Please.

The women you support are wanton
sinners.

Do you dabble yourself?

I am a respectable woman and so are my
charges. It is men like you who offend

God with such questions. Please, take
your money.

Countess, you misunderstand.

You don't mean to seduce me? Heavens,
no.

What gave you that idea?

Forgive me, Cardinal. Sometimes I speak
out of turn and cause offence without

meaning to.

I have the same fault.

That's how I fell foul of the Queen.

And we are kindred spirits.

And now, firm brain.

Have your servant bring wine. I will
stay a while.

Oh, that's a lovely idea, but
impossible.

I have to meet other benefactors
tonight.

But my donation, the Queen will hear of
it.

Oh, yes.

Yes, but of course you must never
mention it to her.

She believes charity should remain
private.

But she usually sends a note of thanks
for larger donations.

When might I expect that? And now I
really must go.

How much?

Enough for another month's rent on this
place.

And to buy you the finest ink.

Time to become the queen.

Ow.

the king and the queen to Paris.

Good evening.

And please be seated for the
professional premiere of The Marriage of

I don't see what this achieves.

You wait.

19

foot

by 26.

Look, Figaro, my wedding bonnet.

Do you reckon it looks better like this?

I bet it's perfect.

Was there something you wanted, sir?

If I was seen alone with you.

It would be most inconvenient if I were
to be found here.

But I think you are aware of my feeling.

You mean, Susan, that he seriously
intended to seduce you?

Oh, no.

His lordship wouldn't go to all that
bother for a servant.

He tried to buy me.

Send word to him at once that you'll
meet him in the garden. Take this pen

we'll decide on a place.

Write to him. There's no other way.

But madam, at least you should be the
one who... I'll take full

New lyric to the old tune.

How sweet at eve the balmy breeze under
the spreading chestnut tree.

Under the spreading chestnut tree.

You are?

You think he won't understand?

What a weak and deceitful creature you
are.

Nothing that lives and breathes in
creation can deny its nature. Is it

be unfaithful?

After she swore in front of her ladyship
that she would not go.

No, Count, you shall not have her. You
shall not have her.

Do you think because you're a great lord
you're a great genius?

Nobility?

Well, rank high positions, such things
make a man so proud.

But what did you ever do to earn them?

Be born, that is all.

Take your privilege away, and what is
left?

A very average man.

Whereas I, by God, was a face in the
crowd.

I've had to show more skill and brain
power just to stay alive.

And you dare cross swords with me?

You agreed to this.

I did not.

Well, Marchais betrayed us. Anyway,
since a man has to eat, I sharpen my pen

ask around for the latest topic of
debate. I am told that provided I

from mentioning the government,
religion, politics,

morality... Public figures, influential
bodies, the opera, or any other kind of

theater, and anybody who is somebody, I
am free to publish whatever I like.

Once I've got permission from two or
three censors.

I'm sure we can say this.

We? No, no, no. You clearly have no
understanding of politics or matters at

stake.

That's not fair.

Louis, you have never allowed me to
understand.

But I could help. You have done enough.

This is not my fault.

He's supposed to be our friend. A mob
has gathered outside the Bastille.

They're calling Beaumarchais a hero and
you a death bot. That's ridiculous.

We will never be rid of that damn play
now. We stop.

Do not just walk away. You're so
desperate.

I am king.

I'm shouting for Beaumarchais to be
released from the Bastille.

I underestimated you.

I never imagined there would be such
anger over a silly play.

Beaumarchais arrest shows Louis for the
tyrant he is and that popularity can be

lost and won.

I'm hardly a man of the people.

Not yet, you're not.

If you want to fulfill Cagliostro's
prophecy, you must replace Louis in

hearts and minds.

King anointed by his people.

As in England.

Constitutional monarch.

Told Louis.

Warned him.

I've tried to support him, but... He's
hopeless.

King must be unshakable.

Masterful.

Rethink several hours.

Where have you looked?

They found nothing on the east
perimeter. They're checking the west.

Start on my horse, immediately.

I'll search the woods to the north. You
can't go anywhere.

Come to Louise's office.

I'll explain there.

Bring me Colon's records.

Call the Council of Ministers. Wait.
What are you doing?

I need to secure the king's papers.
There's no need. I will begin the

preliminary paperwork.

You are not in control here.

No.

No, not yet.

Don't worry.

When I take the regency, I will look
after you and your children.

How dare you!

If I may say so, adopting this position
is premature.

Virgin, we must prevent news from
reaching Paris until we agree on a

statement. Sir, I know my duty.

Virgin. Please, let us wait to see how
events develop.

There can be no delay.

The people must know the crown is safe
in my hands.

Provence. Issue statement.

Declaring the king is framed as uncle.

Right.

You worried us.

You can't get rid of me that easily.

Provence seems disappointed.

The Doctor, Your Majesty. Thank you.

Provence.

You're right.

If anything happens to Louis, Provence
will destroy me and the children.

And I won't be able to stop him. I can't
defend myself because I have no money,

no resources, and everything I have
belongs to France. I own nothing.

I have to be a queen with real power.

The French won't like it.

Then we must be ready for a fight.