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Ha!

We should go back inside.

They will think I did it.

Come on.

Emily. We should go.

♪ While the moon Does shine clear ♪

♪ I will mourn my sweet dear

♪ Over mountains, Clear fountains ♪

♪ Where no-one would hear

♪ While the moon Does shine clear ♪

♪ And the river does flow

♪ The fair maid Of the morning ♪

HAL: She must have fell.

Shh.

This hasn't happened. How can this be?

Hey, you've got nine lives. Yeah.

So you fight this, my baby, my darling.

My sweet, sweet girl.

Margaret.

Margaret?

How did she fall?

No fall.

Murder?

I'll get the magistrate.

Go to Stuart Knox in Cecil Court.

He won't fail you.

Argh! I'm going to die!

Keep him out! He's a beast.

Don't come near me!

This wailing is intolerable.

Why can't the damn woman just push the thing out?

They'll suspect us. Even though we were nowhere near.

We must prepare ourselves.

Stand together.

I need to breathe.

Hal, what happened?

Please tell me so I can defend you.

They were arguing... at the top of the stairs.

I dragged Isaac away.

We left her there.

She could have tripped over her damn dress, but...

who would believe it?

I swear on my brother's life.

Isaac did it.

Didn't he?

Listen, I'm by your side.

Do you understand?

I saw Quigley virtually running from that place.

She was the first person out of there, her and her girl.

They've had a feud with the Wells since time began.

Go tell 'em.

Go.

Where have you been?

I've had Mr Mog waiting half the night.

My most loyal customer.

One of Lydia's first.

And one of your first, too.

- No, Kate, go to bed. - If you won't sell her, I will.

Charlotte Wells is dead. Get that old lecher out of the house.

You shan't disappoint Moggy.

Charlotte's dead, you cloth-eared hag!

I have never in my life

sent a caller away unsated.

Even when your father died,

we spent the day enlivening his friends.

If that idle slut won't tend to him, you must!

Or you can find another gull to feed and house you.

LYDIA: I'll do it.

Make him wait.

Little Lydia is coming for you.

People... People think I'm without a heart,

but I'm not.

I'm not.

WILL: Leave it.

Her magistrate must see.

I have a task for you...

I do not envy.

Go get Jacob.

Do you want me to tell him?

My baby, my baby.

You're my baby.

You're my baby.

Will you piss off to the night watch?

Justice doesn't operate before the hour of nine.

- A girl has been killed. - A girl is always being killed.

In Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam's house.

Bloody hell.

No. No!

Come.

Do you think you can make a fool of me?

Kissing that damned boxer!

Lusting after him with your obsidian eyes.

Charlotte Wells is dead. She was a dear friend.

I need to go. They'll need me. Can you mind Kitty?

I have to tell her brother. He's only a child.

You're trembling.

Let me comfort you.

Disburden yourself.

Tonight...

I'll be your rock.

Fuck!

Hyeargh!

A boy.

It's a boy.

Thank fuck.

Why are you here? Get out!

Give me that. It was hers.

I was hers. She was mine.

I loved her.

Give it to me or I'll scream fire.

Scream

Her hand is cold.

We must take her home.

Where is home, Margaret?

Home without family. You're without home.

Please stay here.

You want to watch out.

This death carries scandal. Our presence will bring more.

We're not decent people.

Charlotte was the most decent person I ever met.

Lady Isabella, Charlotte Wells,

they made a reckless display of their love.

Women don't hang for loving each other.

Yet one of them lies dead.

The town must think my mistress is Lucy.

From now on, I'll be paying you both.

You're the one part of Margaret's life that she told me nothing of.

She said that all her children were from different fathers.

That much is true.

Different fathers...

..but only one pa.

Only one husband, too.

Harriet! I saw Mrs Quigley...

rushing away into the dark.

She was the first to leave.

Are you gonna tell Mr North? Come on.

I can't go back to that house.

Not now.

Just...

tell 'em I'm...

more sorry than I can say.

Come.

Emily is just trying to throw the blame off her Pincher boys.

Charlotte was tupping Isaac.

She told me yesterday.

It was lust between 'em.

Not hate.

I've seen him just now at Greek Street crying over Charlotte's dress.

He's stolen it.

The magistrate is here.

We must get you out of sight.

- No, I'm not leaving her. - Please.

- Margaret. - Ma.

- Please. - No.

- Margaret. Come. - Come on.

- Come on. - No.

- Where are you going? - I have to see her.

- Isaac, are you fucking mad? - I have to see her!

Give me that.

Wake up.

You of all men, crawl away and hide.

Go on.

May I see her?

Are you her mother?

Our mother is dead.

Did the girl have any enemies?

Lydia Quigley. Charlotte put her in Bedlam.

She fled the scene.

The Pincher brothers, Saracen's Head.

They torched Charlotte's house.

So you have a woman leaving in haste and a feud with some tavern keepers?

What else can you tell me?

Charlotte stood up to people.

She died because she was brave.

Most killings in this city go unpunished.

I hate that fact.

So I'll devour all that you give me.

But you have to give me more.

I loved her.

Cursed her.

And now I'm bereft.

Charlotte hated me.

Well, I don't.

You spared me from that man and I love you for it.

This is your tip from naughty Mr Mog.

Spend it on fish for our supper.

She's the worst monster I ever met.

When I was a child, I thought her kind.

She said she was my "particular friend."

And I believed her.

Let me work for her, Liberty.

She's another Bedlam and we must be free.

No-one witnessed it.

What can he do?

Her death will mean nothing.

When my father died, the whole estate filed past his coffin.

I'll open my house for London to come.

Her murder will not be swept away.

Thank you.

JONAS: I must leave you for a while.

You know everything about me now.

I have no more secrets.

We must make her ready.

I've laid out so many girls.

Can I lay out my own?

We'll do it together, Ma.

He's raving.

He's wandering the streets with Charlotte's dress.

You must be turning a handsome coin

to have put up all this flim-flam.

The silks are from an investor, the statues are on credit.

The books...

show me the books.

I'm here to see Mrs Quigley.

You saw her fall?

No, she was already lying there.

Are you already lying, Mrs Quigley?

There was blood pooling beneath her.

I... I took her hand... I...

I didn't want her to be alone.

Then why did you run away?

- Mrs Quigley was distressed. - I didn't think.

I had to go.

Charlotte Wells put you in Bedlam.

My son wrongly imprisoned me!

That's not what her family is saying. They say you wanted her dead.

I've seen bods like you before.

You're raptors.

Mrs Quigley has shown me nothing but goodness.

My advice, miss, go back to your parents.

Thank you.

But I'd rather be here.

I'm sure you know exactly what you're doing.

Good to make your acquaintance.

I'm sure we'll be meeting again.

I need to talk to Emily Lacey.

She's lying in state like the Queen of Sheba.

Buy some flowers for Charlotte Wells.

Why are you half dressed?

I was just...

When you come out here, you make sure you're properly attired.

- This ain't a flop house. - We heard about your sister.

We're all very sorry, Miss Wells.

Oh, Lucy.

Oh, my poor girl.

Why is she looking at our books?

I'm your partner, dear.

Mrs May put up some of my capital.

She's the devil's dame. How could you do this?

I tried to tell you...

every day.

Is this little whippet really a Wells?

You don't have Maggie's lushy bosoms.

If you weren't two steps away from death,

I'd pick you up and shake you into dust.

The Black Prince, charming as ever.

We'll continue tomorrow.

- No, you fucking won't. - Yes, I fucking will.

New ventures take time as you well know.

There's nothing more to see.

How are you involved with her?

I didn't know she was part of it.

She won't be for long.

This is a Molly house.

These places end in you getting jailed.

I couldn't feel more dreadful.

If you're taking advantage of my Lucy's youth

and fleecing her for that old bitch...

I can fight my own battles, Pa.

I'll soon be able to buy her out.

I'm about to become Mrs Ali Khan,

a sea of silk at my disposal.

You've got to get out of this.

I just want you to be proud of me.

I am. I am.

This house couldn't be more safe and secure.

Fredo and I, we love you like kin.

If you use words like "love" and "kin,"

you'd better know their meaning.

Where the hell have you been?

You would upbraid me?

You?

ISAAC: She's lying in state.

Lady Quim Fingers has opened her house

The whole city is on its way.

People whispering murder,

and our names on their lips.

You tell me. What should I do?

I don't know what to do.

You killed her.

I have to know that we are in this together.

- You killed her, Hal. - You went behind my back...

...and did what you like, as usual-

I loved her!

If you told me you were fucking her, she'd still be alive.

So this is my fault? Is that what you're saying? You bastard.

The magistrate's here.

Justice Knox.

Does it?

- Where were you last night? - In the crowd.

- Watching the boxing. - Charlotte was my lover.

I loved her.

Commiserations on your broken heart.

Lovers quarrel, sometimes they fight at the top of stairwells.

We never left the Great Hall. We were at the back of the crowd.

With Miss Lacey.

It's true.

You can verify neither of these men left the boxing match, can you?

I can.

Do you know what perjury is?

I know the value of God's own truth.

These boys were with me.

There we are.

If you imagine that you are naked,

they will, too.

Well done, well done, marvellous.

I have a son.

Congratulate me.

I should charge you for Anne Pettifer's womb.

She was my girl and you never paid me.

I want the Venus.

I've told you, you're not good enough.

I will come for her at eight.

Well?

Girls who go with you are seldom seen again.

I don't want her for myself.

Your wolf pack.

My reputation is something and I am aiming for high influence.

Prince Henry needs a governor.

And I will have the post.

Does the Prince want my Venus?

Shall I put her in his way?

Meard Street, the Cornerhouse.

50 guineas in advance.

They can whip you for perjury.

I won't let 'em.

You're my pearl, Emily Lacey.

The best thing we can do is turn our minds to other things.

I'll deal with Jonas Young.

I can't accept that we lost it.

I'll go to my gunsmith, see what I can salvage.

He always got on well with Mr Young.

We could use him as a front to get our deal back on track.

Pretty little vixen. You are as clever as they come.

You can speak of business now.

That sickens me.

Where are you going?

The trollop lies in state in a rich woman's house.

Stay!

Isaac likes you.

He hasn't been near me in weeks.

But he wants you now, Sugarcunt.

Go and use your dirty arts.

WOMAN: Emily.

Mrs Wells wants you.

Why? I told Harry what I know.

Mrs Quigley scurried off. My boys were with me all night.

Are you in trouble? Are they forcing you to lie for them?

No. Hal is not what you think.

What about the other one? The one I found crying on Charlotte's bed

Come with me, while you can.

Mrs North won't let them harm you.

I can't.

I can't leave Hal.

Pay your respects.

Sorry.

You love him, don't you?

Your new man?

I could never leave you.

Not ever again.

I am glad to hear you say it.

This doesn't feel real.

Last night, Charlotte said to me,

I had her life.

She almost went to America.

She stayed for my sake.

If I could take her death, Will...

..I'd have it as my own.

I'd do the same.

Put it on.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you. I love you...

Emily Lacey won't come.

I didn't expect to see you here.

It's a brave act to stand up for one's friend.

I wish I had stood up for mine.

Think nothing of it.

You endure the opprobrium of our whole wretched class.

I admire you.

That's my dress.

His whore is wearing my dress.

Avoid talk with him. He's a wolf.

Look at those eyes.

Sweet as a doe.

She's my pearl of great price.

Well, then, I will cherish her.

Mine.

Ha.

Ah, my warlord.

I've been looking for you.

Mr Young.

So, what have I missed?

I will look after Miss Lacey and her friends.

The price stays the same for the next 24 hours.

And then I'll go to the open market.

Miss Lacey.

You genius.

Have you just got our deal back on track?

You got me involved with two miscreants,

and now a girl is dead.

I want you out of my house

and your dangerous friends out of my life.

If I see them near my shop, I will fire upon them.

Without warning.

How dare you come here!

Get out!

- Shh. - Just get out!

I just wanted to see her. I mean no disrespect.

Have you no shame?

If you play your hand well,

tonight will transform you.

The Prince wants a mistress.

And I want the Prince.

MAN: Your Grace, as promised.

I see Blayne is putting himself forward to be the Prince's governor.

He's from a fine family.

I hear the man is a cur.

He'd have a great deal of power,

Is he a fit companion for the Prince?

The Palace seem to think so.

The cocoa tree Venus.

Wait till you see her disrobed.

And where are you from, Venus?

Er, Mount Olympus, home to all the gods.

The jade has learned her lines.

Do you even know where Olympus is?

In Greece, where my name is Aphrodite.

And when suitors insult me,

I show my wrath.

How?

By making them fall in love.

I'd like to see that.

Show your wrath

But you haven't insulted me.

Cunt butter.

I have now.

Insult me back.

Lewdly.

Give me your gutter wrath and I'll fall in love.

- What did Croft want? - He called you a cur.

Suck my whore pipe.

You are no prince!

Your Majesty, allow me to remove her.

PRINCE HENRY: A waste of my time.

This Bedlamite you indulge

is as spiteful as the morning light.

She'll turn round and bite you. Just like Charles did.

You must break her.

You taught me never to give love.

So whenever I try, it warps,

buckles...

My own son hates me.

Charlotte, her mother...

..countless girls, they all hate me.

of course they do.

I'm their corruptor, just as you were mine.

Why did I never hate you?

Dear...

You and my father

put a numbness into me.

The numbness of a misused dog!

You made me into a beast.

And now you try to tell me not to love my angel, Kate.

Well...

Hate spreads.

But if I didn't hate you when I was a child...

..be assured I hate you now.

Huh!

♪ Piss a bed piss a bed Barley butt ♪

♪ Your bum's so heavy You can't get up ♪

♪ Piss a bed piss a bed Barley butt ♪

♪ Your bum's so heavy You can't get up ♪♪

Meet my son, Henry Harcourt.

Born yesterday.

He's very fine.

Where is his mother?

She died, poor thing.

Your face.

Her face.

Bring Miss Pettifer.

Forgive me my joy.

I'm truly sorry.

Charlotte Wells was...

a bright star.

She was pushed and she fell.

Tell me you're not here to accuse me

Isabella, whatever demon was in me,

I've cast it out.

Where were you?

Here.

My son was being born.

Believe me, I want no bad blood between us.

News of your fame has spread since I was away.

Queen of the demi-monde.

Beloved of the gutter press, enough to make a brother proud.

Anne, this is my sister, Lady Isabella.

Harcourt, let me hold him.

- Just for a moment, please. - Don't be an annoyance.

May I hold him?

Here.

He is the image of you.

I hear you made Sofia a splendid match

A footman, wasn't it?

I'll leave you to your joy.

Mrs Harvey, good morning.

I've got pressing business with Mrs May.

I'm afraid she perished in the night.

Oh, how...

awful.

Well, there's so much death about, I hope I don't catch it.

Sorry, forgive my... Forgive my gallows humour.

It's so unexpected. I saw her only yesterday.

She choked on a fishbone.

I'm her next-of-kin.

So... your pressing business is now with me.

It's of no import now.

You have my deepest sympathies of course.

What were you up to, you old boot?

Ah!

I didn't tell you last night, you were so tired.

She choked on a fishbone.

I'm afraid I cannot feign much grief.

No.

I'm sending her to the dead house.

But we must look to brighter things.

How was your evening with the Prince?

He said some lewd things.

I pushed him away.

The marquis was furious.

I sent you all alone into the deep.

I missed my chance. I missed it.

Kate, everything has changed.

This house is ours. You don't have to...

I could have been a prince's mistress.

You will be.

Ma.

How can we leave her in the ground?

We have to.

She's gone.

AMELIA: Come on.

LYDIA: An unmarked grave.

She hated fuss.

My miniature.

I was meant to come to you before.

MARGARET: Those damn boys.

They burnt Greek Street and you knew!

Why didn't you warn me?!

Did they put my baby in the ground?

Did they put my baby in the ground?!

They were with me the whole night.

You're lying.

You did this.

You let it happen.

You can't put her death on me.

If anyone caused it, you did.

Do you insult a grieving mother?

Why would you blame me for my own daughter's death?!

They were words said in haste, I just meant...

you were reckless to come back.

Lydia Quigley was there when Charlotte died.

That's what I'm here to say.

Did you... Did you see her do it?

Did you see her do it?!

As good as.

EMILY: There's nothing to be gained, vexing the pinchers.

Won't bring Charlotte back.

So Mrs Young is Charlotte's ma.

- Get off me! - You knew and said nothing.

Of course I said nothing!

You think she'd have sold us the land if I blabbed?

Charlotte would still be alive.

Don't you dare put that on me!

Charlotte's mother is Mrs Young! Her mother was hanged.

I tell you, she's married to Jonas Young

and this dog, she knew!

She swore me to silence.

You have to believe me, I did this for you.

How can you trust her?!

She stood up for us and she's given us an alibi, that's how.

Compose yourself.

Of course I trust you.

I fuckin' love you.

If he goes on like this, he'll give himself away.

Let me calm him down.

I'd be lost without you.

Those people were playing us,

Jonas, Charlotte's ma, that row was their fault!

It was their fault.

Charlotte died.

We can use this.

Isaac, the wheel turns, our fortune will be made.

Do you need any girls, Mrs Quigley?

Not from your end of the barrel, I'm afraid.

But I do have a job for you, Impkin.

I'd like you to instruct my Kate...

..in the art of profanity.

A backward sailor is when he wants a finger up his fondement.

So I could say, "Put your deity in..."

Stiff.

"Put your stiff deity in my spunkbox,

and I'll give you the backward sailor"?

Find the words that go together.

Like... You want your pike staff in my parsley bed?

Um... Come and pound my mossy treasure?

You need to loosen up, girl.

Let's have another.

This is my partner. Mrs Harvey. Elizabeth.

- This is my ma. - You're very welcome.

Will you come in?

The situation is not easy.

She's not an easy woman, Mr Young.

I'm leaving in two days.

Her best chance of living is to come with me.

I know.

I've gone down every path and my conclusion is you lied to me.

What I told you is true. Give me a Bible and I'll swear on it.

It's not a book I carry around.

I'm a patient man.

And your lies will crack like egg shells.

A courtesan one day, tavern whore the next.

I'm disappointed.

I've ridden one man in my life.

And for that heinous crime,

I was thrown from my home and sent to die in hell.

That was disappointing.

May a kinder fate await you.

My fate's what I'll make it.

That's the virtue of my job.

Fuck him, Kate, you need the practise.

My friend says I need practise.

I drown my sorrows in strong drink,

not in the arms of beautiful jades.

Hm.

MARGARET: ♪ In the clear morning dew

♪ As I lay down to lose

♪ A fair maiden

♪ Upon a forbidden life

♪ Says I, pretty maid

♪ Let me not see your frown

♪ But as these words were spoken ♪

♪ Her tears trickled down

Hm. I've come to see my business.

What you talking about?

I've been to the notary.

As Mrs May's heir, all her holdings come to me.

You can go to hell.

I can see you're busy,

I wouldn't dream of disturbing you.

Till tomorrow.

♪ But as these words were spoken ♪

♪ Her tears trickled down

♪ Winter shine clear

♪ I will mourn my sweet dear

Hm.

♪ And the river does flow

♪ The fair maid of the morning

♪ Has many a foe ♪

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