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[light music playing]
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Good morning.
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It must be nearly five.
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Mmm… Exactly.
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The perfect time for sleep.
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[scoffs lightly] The perfect time
to start work before anyone else is up.
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[Benedict sighs]
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Sophie,
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last night…
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You do not need your position here
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or the other one you were planning
on taking
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if you are to be with me.
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I have not agreed to be with you.
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I…
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-But we…
-We were caught up in the moment.
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We made a mistake,
which is no excuse, really.
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I know better than that.
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I promised myself I would
never fall into bed with a gentleman.
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And I broke that promise.
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For you
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and your… stupid hair
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and your… stupid eyes
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and that stupid smile.
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Good thing I am no gentleman.
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It is not a joke, Benedict.
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I know.
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I took what happened last night
with the utmost seriousness.
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I was not "caught up."
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I love you, Sophie.
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You love me,
but you could never be with me,
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not legitimately.
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And now I might be with child,
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in which case I will have no choice
but to be your mistress.
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So forgive me
if I am not convinced that love is enough.
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I will show you it is.
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No matter what happens.
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I must get back to my post
while I still have it.
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[groans softly]
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And you must do whatever it is
gentlemen do with their endless free time.
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[bright music playing]
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[Benedict chuckles]
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[music intensifies]
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Eight days.
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[music fades slowly]
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{\an8}As it was apparent that my approach
with the Queen was not well received,
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{\an8}I thought perhaps you might know
a better way to convince her.
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{\an8}You are the Queen Whisperer, after all.
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{\an8}Yes. I believe my whisper
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{\an8}can only be heard
by Her Majesty's dogs these days.
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{\an8}Forgive me, Penelope,
I do not know that I can be of much help.
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{\an8}Are you certain
you wish to give up Whistledown?
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I am proud
of all I have accomplished, but…
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I should like to begin a new chapter.
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I am afraid
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new chapters may not be ours to write
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unless she… guides the pen.
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[light music plays]
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[Lady Whistledown] Dearest Gentle Reader,
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there are moments in our lives
when we arrive at a crossroads.
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We cannot run from it.
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We cannot go around.
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We must face it head-on.
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Unfortunately, Your Majesty,
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Mrs. Mondrich tells me that Miss Hollis
is not Mr. Bridgerton's mystery lady.
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[Charlotte] I see.
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Perhaps there is someone else.
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Do you think there is someone else?
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And in choosing which path to walk,
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a course is set
that may determine one's very fate.
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No.
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No, I do not believe so.
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[sighs]
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You may take your place again
at the back of the line.
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[Lady Whistledown] Just this week,
I hear the new Lord Penwood
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is fated to arrive at last
in Mayfair with his bride.
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But their nuptials were so secretive,
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not even this author
has found out the particulars.
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And they are not the only ones
who have made a long-awaited return.
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-[kisses]
-[baby fussing]
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[Kate] He's awake.
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Right, come on, then.
Straight to the pall mall pitch.
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What color mallet
do you think he shall prefer?
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Hello.
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-Aww…
-Oh, come here.
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-Yes.
-Hey.
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Neither of us will be moving
from this room for quite some time.
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Yes.
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The journey back from India
was arduous enough.
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We are sorry for your sake
that your travels are not yet over.
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Well, when Mother summons…
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-I wish you were coming with me.
-Mm.
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But I know you both need your rest.
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We will join you very soon.
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Tell everyone hello
from me in the meantime.
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I will.
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-I'll miss you.
-I'll miss you too.
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-And Edmund.
-[Kate laughs]
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-[fussing]
-Eh?
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[all laughing softly]
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-Oh… ah!
-[Anthony] Hey!
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[all laughing]
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I keep imagining
what my mother and your mother
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might be doing now in Scotland.
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In my mind, my mother is blowing her way
through an overlong story
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about adventures she had with your father
back when they were young.
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Swashbuckling through the Highlands.
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And Aunt Janet is probably sitting there,
silent, pretending to listen.
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[chuckles lightly]
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[snickers] It seems,
like my mother, I am blowing on now
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while you pretend to listen,
just like your mother.
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No. No, forgive me, I…
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My mind is on last night.
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I know you and Francesca
were having some difficulty.
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Oh…
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I went to bed before she and I could speak
but I do not believe she meant any insult.
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Do you think there is hope
of reconciliation between the two of you?
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[Francesca] Good day.
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-Francesca.
-[exhales]
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I am sorry I was late to bed last night.
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Michaela kept me up until midnight.
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-Your guest kept you up.
-[laughs] Lord Taylor would not leave.
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But you did not help things
by encouraging his nonsense about barley.
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I stand by the fact I have invented
a marvelous new drinking game.
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A sip… every time
Lord Taylor mentions barley.
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We must invite him to every party
so that we might get drunk as fish.
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[both laughing]
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Please do not make me laugh anymore.
My head.
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Did you partake in this drinking game?
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I may have… given it a try.
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-[snickers]
-[John] Mm.
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Forgive me, but… are you two friends now?
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-Of course we are.
-Obviously.
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-[Michaela laughing]
-[John] Hmm.
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I did not know
there was so much to be said about barley.
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[women laughing]
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I do not wish to invest in the collieries.
Coal seems a dirty business.
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Let us make
an additional investment in copper.
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Tell Lord Power no.
I do not wish to go hunting with him.
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He will talk so much
he will scare away all the game.
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And write to Mr. Boyle and tell him
we cannot send him any more funds
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to patch his fence
unless he hires a competent builder,
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so it does not fall down
in the first place.
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Mr. Bridgerton, you are,
uh… inspired this morning.
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Mm. I am.
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Uh, would you perhaps like
to visit Bridgerton House, then?
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Your mother sent word again this morning.
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I… There is simply too much
to take care of at the moment.
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Speaking of which, I should also
like you to write to the Crabtrees.
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I may wish to prepare My Cottage
for full-time residence.
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[pleasant music playing]
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[pleasant music ends]
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Sophie, are you feeling all right
after the other night?
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You were ill, remember?
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Yes, that is right.
I am much better now, thank you.
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-Well, that is a relief.
-Mm.
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[pensive music playing]
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I do not know how Benedict found out.
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His valet is rather prying.
But I thought we were being so discreet.
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Violet, I am certain
the younger children are none the wiser.
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And we have not done anything wrong.
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We are an unmarried pair,
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conducting an affair in my family home.
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And would you like to address
the matter of our being unmarried?
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Uh, I…
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-Well, I… [chuckles]
-I did not think so.
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Perhaps it would be a relief to both of us
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if the engagement question
were beyond consideration.
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Oh.
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If I may ask, why is it that it would be
a relief, exactly, for you?
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-We have been--
-Forgive my interruption, my lady.
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The dowager Lady Penwood
and her daughters are here to call on you,
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for the third time this week.
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Shall I send them away again?
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Three times is rather many.
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Perhaps best to get it over with.
I shall away.
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Yes. Yes, I shall see her.
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I could use the distraction.
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[light music plays]
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How are you finding Grosvenor Square,
Lady Penwood?
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Our new home is adequate.
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-Are these your only two children at home?
-They are.
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Your second son called upon
my Rosamund not so long ago.
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Were you aware?
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Well, that is Benedict,
always making new friends.
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My dance instructor is Miss Madden.
Did you have Miss Madden?
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No.
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We had Miss Hoover.
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Mama will not like you
eating a second biscuit.
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Mama is distracted, looking for--
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[arguing in whispers]
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Did you enjoy your recital?
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[whispered argument continues]
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It is a relief the Maid Wars
have calmed down now, is it not?
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How is your help?
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Oh. Well…
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-We…
-[coughing]
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Posy!
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Apologies.
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I had a bite of biscuit,
which is delicious,
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but my throat was so dry,
the crumbs tickled it,
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and I… then I could not breathe.
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And yet, you still manage to talk.
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I once employed a maid
who baked perfectly buttered biscuits.
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They were never dry.
And yet, I had to dismiss her.
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She had aspirations above her station.
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And she stole from me.
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Diamond shoe clips.
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Well, that is most unpleasant.
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She was called Sophie Baek.
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Is that so?
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I should've turned her over
to the justices of the peace.
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-[snapping]
-[clears throat]
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Lady Bridgerton, another visitor for you.
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[chuckles lightly]
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[Sophie sighs]
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[knocking at door]
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Lady Bridgerton, I… I can come down
to you if you need something.
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May I come in?
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Of course, my lady.
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I wanted to make sure you were quite well
after seeing your former employer.
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Oh, the look on your face
when you saw her.
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Lady Penwood was the employer
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you spoke about having
a disagreement with, no doubt.
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She was.
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I have always found Lady Penwood unkind.
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I imagine her servants
felt the brunt of her ill humor.
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She even went so far as to claim you stole
diamond shoe clips from her. [scoffs]
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That is true, my lady.
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Well, I did not steal them exactly,
but I took them.
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In seven years,
she never once paid me a wage.
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I felt I had no choice
when she kicked me out.
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For what it is worth, they turned out
not to be diamonds but cheap paste.
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-But that was all I took. I promise.
-I believe you, Sophie.
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A letter of introduction.
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And not because I believe Lady Penwood.
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Because, well,
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you asked for one.
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Oh, yes.
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Thank you.
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Is the position
you wish to take still available?
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-I will have to confirm.
-Mm-hmm.
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In fact, uh… might I have a week or so
to conclude my work here?
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You know, I was hesitant
to let you go at first.
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[softly] Well, I still am.
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But Lady Penwood is next door now
and seems hell-bent on finding you,
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regardless of the worth
of her vulgar shoe clips.
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You may take the time you need, of course.
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But as much as I hate to say it… and I do…
I now believe that a position elsewhere
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may be in your best interest.
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Thank you, Lady Bridgerton.
251
00:16:17,184 --> 00:16:19,436
[Gregory] What was the voyage like?
Tell us everything.
252
00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,313
Long and terrible.
253
00:16:21,397 --> 00:16:23,148
-Anthony! [laughs]
-Mother.
254
00:16:23,232 --> 00:16:25,526
Can you imagine being stuck
that long on a ship?
255
00:16:25,609 --> 00:16:28,862
Can I imagine what it is like
to feel stuck? That is the question?
256
00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:30,614
You look well.
257
00:16:31,115 --> 00:16:33,742
-And Kate and the baby?
-Everyone is healthy.
258
00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,494
A little tired, but healthy.
259
00:16:36,203 --> 00:16:39,248
-They'll be with us the end of the week.
-Oh, good. [laughs]
260
00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:42,292
Oh, you cannot imagine
how glad I am that you are back.
261
00:16:42,376 --> 00:16:44,294
We received your letter at Aubrey Hall.
262
00:16:44,378 --> 00:16:47,464
-Is everything all right?
-Everything is perfect. You are home.
263
00:16:47,548 --> 00:16:48,882
So…
264
00:16:48,966 --> 00:16:51,301
-What is it?
-[chuckles]
265
00:16:52,052 --> 00:16:54,930
It is your brother.
He will not listen to me.
266
00:16:56,974 --> 00:16:58,976
[laughter and chattering]
267
00:17:01,478 --> 00:17:04,898
I know. He's got many on the go, it seems.
268
00:17:05,441 --> 00:17:06,942
He is a man in love.
269
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:10,863
Or so he says. Someone who has only
exchanged three words with the young lady.
270
00:17:10,946 --> 00:17:13,365
Love is not rational.
Let Gregory have his fun.
271
00:17:13,449 --> 00:17:17,411
He has somehow convinced Hyacinth to ask
Miss Rochelle for ice cream next week
272
00:17:17,494 --> 00:17:20,581
so that he can tag along
and speak with her.
273
00:17:20,664 --> 00:17:24,501
Smart boy. He has clearly studied
and bested us three bumbling idiots.
274
00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:27,921
Mm. Pardon me.
I'm going to bumble to find more drinks.
275
00:17:28,005 --> 00:17:29,381
Slow service today.
276
00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:35,387
Since when are you
the brother to finish his drink last?
277
00:17:35,471 --> 00:17:38,682
Ah. I'm trying
to keep a clear head of late.
278
00:17:39,349 --> 00:17:41,685
And are you? Clearheaded?
279
00:17:41,769 --> 00:17:43,645
In fact, more than ever.
280
00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:47,316
Is that because of your fraternization
with our younger sister's lady's maid?
281
00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:49,651
Hmm. [exhales deeply]
282
00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:52,946
-This has come from our mother, I imagine?
-So it is true?
283
00:17:54,448 --> 00:17:57,284
I had hoped I had not been dragged
from my wife and child
284
00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:59,286
for such an act of foolishness.
285
00:17:59,369 --> 00:18:00,746
A maid? Benedict!
286
00:18:00,829 --> 00:18:02,873
If you wish to compare
apples to opera singers,
287
00:18:02,956 --> 00:18:04,124
we can certainly do that.
288
00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:05,334
It is not the same.
289
00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:10,047
And you know it.
She is in our home. Around our family.
290
00:18:11,298 --> 00:18:13,926
Have the good sense to end it,
as I did my dalliance.
291
00:18:14,009 --> 00:18:17,012
No, you are right.
It is not the same. It is not a dalliance.
292
00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:18,555
Well, that is even worse.
293
00:18:18,639 --> 00:18:22,684
If you think I had not convinced myself
that mine was also something more,
294
00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:23,894
you are mistaken.
295
00:18:23,977 --> 00:18:26,563
But I was wrong, as I am certain you are.
296
00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:28,857
Well, I know my own mind, Anthony.
297
00:18:29,566 --> 00:18:32,319
You're not being rational.
Putting aside the damage this could do
298
00:18:32,402 --> 00:18:34,446
to our younger sisters
if it were to come out,
299
00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:37,866
have you any idea of how difficult
a life you are setting yourself up for?
300
00:18:38,492 --> 00:18:40,119
Not able to live your life in the open--
301
00:18:40,202 --> 00:18:43,497
I do not know my own mind,
and I am not capable of difficulty.
302
00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:46,625
Thank the devil you returned,
and with the new heir, no less.
303
00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:48,836
Congratulations, by the way. Excuse me.
304
00:18:48,919 --> 00:18:52,005
I have my own work to do
to take care of those I care for.
305
00:18:58,846 --> 00:19:00,013
What did I miss?
306
00:19:05,769 --> 00:19:07,938
-[soft music rises slowly]
-[sighs]
307
00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:41,388
The new Lady Penwood
has been in London for a week,
308
00:19:41,471 --> 00:19:44,975
and Whistledown has yet
to report on her identity.
309
00:19:45,559 --> 00:19:48,562
Your new housekeeper is hardly
up to the mark when it comes to gossip.
310
00:19:48,645 --> 00:19:50,522
That is my work, Mama.
311
00:19:50,606 --> 00:19:53,275
No one has quite the knack
for gossip that Varley had.
312
00:19:53,358 --> 00:19:56,486
[sighs] I do not wish
to speak of that woman.
313
00:19:58,572 --> 00:20:00,574
Have you seen her around town at all?
314
00:20:01,158 --> 00:20:03,535
You have a visitor, Mrs. Bridgerton.
315
00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:07,873
[sighs] When you alert us
to a visitor, Rae,
316
00:20:07,956 --> 00:20:10,959
you must give us
all the necessary information.
317
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,212
Such as who our visitor is.
318
00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:14,588
[Penelope exhales]
319
00:20:14,671 --> 00:20:17,466
It is the new Lady Penwood, ma'am.
320
00:20:17,549 --> 00:20:18,675
Oh?
321
00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:22,554
[rousing music plays]
322
00:20:30,354 --> 00:20:33,315
Lady Featherington, Mrs. Bridgerton.
323
00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:34,524
Miss Cowper.
324
00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:36,443
It is Lady Penwood now.
325
00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:39,363
A most advantageous match, is it not?
326
00:20:39,446 --> 00:20:40,572
What is it you want?
327
00:20:40,656 --> 00:20:42,616
Penelope, look at us.
328
00:20:42,699 --> 00:20:45,827
Two unlikely heroines,
now married, and married well.
329
00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:48,872
One can count us down,
but never fully out.
330
00:20:48,956 --> 00:20:50,916
We've always been similar in that regard.
331
00:20:50,999 --> 00:20:52,376
You and I, similar?
332
00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:56,338
Well, I may have brought
some of my fate upon myself,
333
00:20:56,421 --> 00:20:59,967
but my tale is
a fascinating one, is it not?
334
00:21:00,050 --> 00:21:03,679
Full of ruin, repair,
and eventually romance.
335
00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:05,847
Lord Penwood is
an old friend of my Aunt Joanna's
336
00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:09,309
and became captivated by me
upon visiting us in Wales.
337
00:21:09,393 --> 00:21:13,146
Do you not think your readers would be
captivated themselves by such a tale?
338
00:21:13,230 --> 00:21:16,149
I have kept the details
of my return a secret all this time,
339
00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:18,151
just so you might benefit.
340
00:21:18,902 --> 00:21:21,405
So that you might benefit
341
00:21:21,488 --> 00:21:24,324
from me easing
your transition back into society.
342
00:21:28,870 --> 00:21:31,248
My marriage protects me
in certain respects.
343
00:21:31,957 --> 00:21:35,127
But not from the Queen
or anyone of higher rank.
344
00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:39,131
Between the two of us,
you hold all the power now.
345
00:21:39,798 --> 00:21:42,509
You could make or break me
with but a stroke of your pen,
346
00:21:42,592 --> 00:21:45,262
and it would not change a thing
about your circumstances.
347
00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:52,019
If it matters at all, I would like to…
apologize for last season.
348
00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:54,896
And the ones before that.
349
00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:56,148
[chuckling scoff]
350
00:21:56,231 --> 00:21:58,233
And now I'd like to give you this,
351
00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:01,778
an invitation to my first ball
as Lady Penwood.
352
00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:06,575
Yes, it will benefit me if you attend,
but perhaps you might also enjoy yourself.
353
00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:09,453
[breathes deeply]
354
00:22:15,709 --> 00:22:18,378
Please, consider it.
355
00:22:26,219 --> 00:22:31,224
It will at least be a source of gossip
and certainly a spectacle.
356
00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:34,478
[gasps] See? [laughs]
357
00:22:34,561 --> 00:22:36,063
[sighs]
358
00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:38,106
[woman] That should do it.
359
00:22:41,485 --> 00:22:43,945
-[clears throat]
-[Hazel] Are you ill again?
360
00:22:46,990 --> 00:22:49,451
Cook's pigeon stew. [laughs]
361
00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:52,662
I am certain it is delicious,
but the smell of it disagrees with me.
362
00:22:52,746 --> 00:22:55,290
The other night,
when you said you were ill,
363
00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:59,211
I came to your room to see after you,
but you were not there.
364
00:22:59,294 --> 00:23:00,295
Oh, I was…
365
00:23:01,004 --> 00:23:03,507
-Well, I was--
-Is it someone who works here?
366
00:23:05,092 --> 00:23:06,551
You are in love, are you not?
367
00:23:06,635 --> 00:23:09,638
You must have sneaked out
to meet someone that night, surely?
368
00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:12,099
What? No, I was simply--
369
00:23:12,182 --> 00:23:15,394
It could not be someone who works here.
You are far too educated.
370
00:23:15,477 --> 00:23:17,354
You would have nothing to talk about.
371
00:23:17,437 --> 00:23:20,315
Perhaps a wealthy merchant in town, then?
372
00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:23,735
There is no one, Hazel. I have work to do.
373
00:23:23,819 --> 00:23:27,322
I suppose I should finish polishing
the floors in the grand hall.
374
00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:30,659
I believe Footman John
is on duty there today.
375
00:23:32,035 --> 00:23:36,498
What? We are not born simply
to work and die. [giggles]
376
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:43,797
[light music playing]
377
00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:53,265
You have been pacing all week.
378
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:56,143
I am tired of standing still.
379
00:23:56,226 --> 00:23:57,644
There is something else.
380
00:23:57,727 --> 00:24:00,063
This is not simply restless pacing.
381
00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:04,359
I… I know something.
382
00:24:05,485 --> 00:24:07,863
Something that I should not know.
383
00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:11,032
Something the Queen would like to know
but that I very much should not tell her.
384
00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:12,159
What is it?
385
00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:14,578
I do not wish to tell you. Or her.
386
00:24:14,661 --> 00:24:16,580
I do not wish to always be waiting,
387
00:24:16,663 --> 00:24:20,292
to be told what to do,
who to spy on, when to speak.
388
00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:23,170
That is not what Lady Danbury would do.
389
00:24:23,253 --> 00:24:24,629
[Will sighs]
390
00:24:26,339 --> 00:24:27,507
What are you doing?
391
00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:30,177
-Show me your best punch.
-Will.
392
00:24:30,677 --> 00:24:31,970
Show me.
393
00:24:34,931 --> 00:24:38,894
No, you cannot be the wife of a boxer
with a punch like that.
394
00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:43,523
[huffs]
395
00:24:44,232 --> 00:24:46,276
If you wish to get
to the front of the queue,
396
00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,737
then you must take your moment
when it is least expected.
397
00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:50,822
You must not wait to be allowed,
398
00:24:50,906 --> 00:24:52,699
or you will never catch your opp--
399
00:24:52,782 --> 00:24:53,950
[laughs]
400
00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:59,623
There she is. [laughs]
401
00:25:01,082 --> 00:25:02,083
Thank you.
402
00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:13,553
[knocking at door]
403
00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,530
[gentle music playing]
404
00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:40,872
[chuckles lightly]
405
00:25:41,831 --> 00:25:42,999
What is this?
406
00:25:43,083 --> 00:25:45,710
A world. Just for us.
407
00:25:46,503 --> 00:25:48,380
Will you sit with me?
408
00:25:48,463 --> 00:25:49,881
I brought you a blanket.
409
00:25:53,301 --> 00:25:56,304
-[Benedict sighs]
-What is all this for?
410
00:25:56,846 --> 00:25:58,223
I told you.
411
00:25:58,306 --> 00:26:03,353
I am intent on showing you
how serious I am about our future.
412
00:26:03,436 --> 00:26:05,522
Will we live in this conservatory?
413
00:26:05,605 --> 00:26:08,066
Hiding from your family
every day until night falls.
414
00:26:08,149 --> 00:26:09,150
Mm.
415
00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:11,570
[both chuckle]
416
00:26:21,288 --> 00:26:24,583
I sent word to the Crabtrees
to prepare My Cottage
417
00:26:24,666 --> 00:26:27,419
so that we might live there.
418
00:26:28,628 --> 00:26:29,921
Permanently.
419
00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:33,925
Away from prying eyes.
420
00:26:36,928 --> 00:26:40,432
[soft laugh] What about society?
421
00:26:40,515 --> 00:26:42,934
I know you pretend to hate
all that is conventional,
422
00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:46,187
but you relish a party, and your family…
423
00:26:46,271 --> 00:26:48,315
I will travel back and forth,
424
00:26:48,398 --> 00:26:50,859
and when I am gone,
the Crabtrees will be there.
425
00:26:50,942 --> 00:26:53,945
I know, it is not ideal,
426
00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:57,616
or proper, as you deserve.
427
00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:02,329
But is it not better
than not being together at all?
428
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,459
For us to make a life together…
429
00:27:07,542 --> 00:27:09,586
there is still so much
we do not know of one another.
430
00:27:09,669 --> 00:27:10,795
Mm-hmm.
431
00:27:11,546 --> 00:27:14,466
I want to know
every little thing about you.
432
00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:18,219
And for you to know me.
433
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:19,429
[chuckles]
434
00:27:19,512 --> 00:27:23,016
You know, there is a reason why
I bluster on about hating convention.
435
00:27:23,099 --> 00:27:26,394
Oh, yes, I know.
You care for the little man.
436
00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:29,189
No. Well, yes, but…
437
00:27:29,272 --> 00:27:30,982
[breathes deeply]
438
00:27:31,066 --> 00:27:34,402
Society's rules make
little men out of all of us.
439
00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,071
Or little women, as it were.
440
00:27:36,821 --> 00:27:39,115
Society should not be allowed
441
00:27:39,199 --> 00:27:42,869
to dictate the rules
of how one lives life.
442
00:27:43,787 --> 00:27:45,288
Or who one loves.
443
00:27:50,543 --> 00:27:53,338
Well, I… I am capable of caring for you,
444
00:27:53,421 --> 00:27:56,549
just as I have cared for women
I have known who are of the ton.
445
00:27:57,634 --> 00:28:01,262
Just as I have cared for some men
446
00:28:03,139 --> 00:28:05,100
whom I have known intimately.
447
00:28:08,228 --> 00:28:12,982
And I refuse to be
at all ashamed about that.
448
00:28:21,408 --> 00:28:23,493
Love is always a thing to be proud of.
449
00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:27,205
-[breathes deeply]
-The world needs more of it.
450
00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:31,251
Mm. Then let me love you.
451
00:28:31,334 --> 00:28:32,877
[soft music rises]
452
00:28:32,961 --> 00:28:36,214
My love for you is greater
than anything I have felt before.
453
00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:39,134
It will not be what you deserve.
454
00:28:40,093 --> 00:28:41,970
But I can offer you a better life.
455
00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:45,473
You will never again
have to wake before dawn.
456
00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:46,975
[chuckles softly]
457
00:28:47,058 --> 00:28:48,184
Or clean.
458
00:28:48,268 --> 00:28:49,853
Or mend.
459
00:28:50,603 --> 00:28:53,064
And… we will be together.
460
00:28:56,276 --> 00:28:57,944
And what if you change your mind?
461
00:28:58,945 --> 00:29:01,573
Promises can be broken
as easily as they are made.
462
00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:04,117
Sophie, I'm not so fickle as--
463
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,952
You have said you would never marry,
464
00:29:06,035 --> 00:29:08,037
but what if a life in secret
weighs on you?
465
00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:12,542
There may come a day when a more eligible
young lady will capture your heart.
466
00:29:12,625 --> 00:29:14,711
I refuse to put myself or,
God forbid, a child
467
00:29:14,794 --> 00:29:17,213
at risk of being abandoned,
left begging for scraps!
468
00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:20,216
Do you truly believe
I would do that to you? Or to a child?
469
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:22,719
That I'm some heartless, mercurial rogue?
470
00:29:22,802 --> 00:29:25,889
-How could you possibly--
-Because I am illegitimate.
471
00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:36,274
My mother was a maid.
472
00:29:38,902 --> 00:29:40,528
-And my father…
-Was…
473
00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:43,031
a nobleman.
474
00:29:45,950 --> 00:29:47,076
Just like me.
475
00:29:48,161 --> 00:29:51,247
My very existence in this world
is a shameful secret.
476
00:29:52,999 --> 00:29:55,168
You cannot imagine how that feels.
477
00:29:58,713 --> 00:30:01,549
I may never be able to make you my wife.
478
00:30:03,593 --> 00:30:07,680
But I will be bound to you…
in every way that counts.
479
00:30:09,891 --> 00:30:11,643
And should we have a child…
480
00:30:14,062 --> 00:30:16,981
that child will feel our love magnified.
481
00:30:18,399 --> 00:30:19,400
And…
482
00:30:20,735 --> 00:30:22,028
we'll be a family.
483
00:30:23,738 --> 00:30:25,406
[gentle music plays]
484
00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:28,284
And what of your family?
485
00:30:29,369 --> 00:30:30,370
We…
486
00:30:31,746 --> 00:30:32,747
I…
487
00:30:34,874 --> 00:30:36,709
I will find a solution to that.
488
00:30:39,128 --> 00:30:41,214
Please, just
489
00:30:42,465 --> 00:30:45,969
allow me the chance to show you
that I will keep my promise.
490
00:31:00,149 --> 00:31:02,151
[music fades softly]
491
00:31:31,306 --> 00:31:33,099
-[papers rustle]
-[Charlotte] Oh!
492
00:31:34,767 --> 00:31:35,977
[sputtering]
493
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:43,109
That girl has some audacity,
thinking I would attend her ball.
494
00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:46,279
She has some nerve
even arranging such a ball
495
00:31:46,362 --> 00:31:48,156
without coming to see me first.
496
00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:50,325
She did request to see you, Your Majesty.
497
00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:55,163
Her parading around as Lady Whistledown
last season has not been forgotten.
498
00:31:56,497 --> 00:31:59,375
I should not like
anyone attending her ball.
499
00:32:02,837 --> 00:32:05,840
Your Majesty, may I speak?
500
00:32:07,342 --> 00:32:08,801
What do you have to say?
501
00:32:14,307 --> 00:32:15,642
Perhaps, Your Majesty,
502
00:32:15,725 --> 00:32:19,103
instead of forbidding anyone
from attending Lady Penwood's ball,
503
00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:23,024
you might tell her
to host the ball in your honor.
504
00:32:23,107 --> 00:32:24,901
And why would I do that?
505
00:32:24,984 --> 00:32:28,655
Well, if you let her believe
that you are planning to attend,
506
00:32:28,738 --> 00:32:31,699
Lady Penwood will surely
boast about it to the entire ton.
507
00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:34,744
And then, perhaps,
if you were to decide at the last minute
508
00:32:34,827 --> 00:32:38,373
not to attend…
it would convey a message to the ton,
509
00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:41,501
and surely to Lady Penwood,
about where exactly you stand.
510
00:32:41,584 --> 00:32:44,087
Without your having to do a thing.
511
00:32:52,136 --> 00:32:54,222
Wait to be called upon next time.
512
00:32:56,432 --> 00:32:58,434
[light music plays]
513
00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:06,067
We are so glad you recovered so well.
514
00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,486
Much better than Anthony, I must say.
515
00:33:08,569 --> 00:33:10,613
What have I missed, then?
516
00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:12,156
What is the latest gossip?
517
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,367
That is the viscountess.
518
00:33:14,450 --> 00:33:17,620
Little? What about Cressida's
return to society?
519
00:33:17,704 --> 00:33:19,372
She's married and is hosting a ball.
520
00:33:19,455 --> 00:33:21,207
We're not attending, are we?
521
00:33:21,290 --> 00:33:23,751
Oh, I wish I could go.
I'm certain it will be grand.
522
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,503
Have you seen the way
she has her hair done?
523
00:33:25,586 --> 00:33:28,172
I do have trouble imagining us attending.
524
00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:30,466
Can we all stay home,
then, as a sign of disapproval?
525
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:33,636
-You would always prefer to stay home.
-[Kate] If I may.
526
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,306
I know the new Lady Penwood
was rather cruel in the past,
527
00:33:37,807 --> 00:33:40,685
but does every young woman
not deserve a chance to reform?
528
00:33:40,768 --> 00:33:43,730
I should not like to imagine
what might befall me
529
00:33:43,813 --> 00:33:47,066
if I were judged only on the mistakes
I made in my early years.
530
00:33:47,150 --> 00:33:49,068
[Eloise] Oh, Kate, you are saintly.
531
00:33:49,152 --> 00:33:52,488
But you were not there to witness
the way the woman handles a refreshment.
532
00:33:52,572 --> 00:33:54,032
Directly onto my dress.
533
00:33:54,115 --> 00:33:55,033
-No.
-Yes.
534
00:33:55,116 --> 00:33:57,076
Well, that is fair enough.
535
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,579
Perhaps I have gone soft
since becoming a mother.
536
00:33:59,662 --> 00:34:00,663
[all laughing]
537
00:34:00,747 --> 00:34:02,874
-[Kate] Oh, Edmund!
-[women sighing]
538
00:34:02,957 --> 00:34:06,044
My grandson!
539
00:34:07,253 --> 00:34:09,338
Oh, hello, little one.
540
00:34:09,422 --> 00:34:11,215
-Hello.
-Good day.
541
00:34:11,299 --> 00:34:12,967
[Violet] Oh, we are all softened.
542
00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,969
[women sighing and chattering]
543
00:34:16,345 --> 00:34:17,764
You do look like Daddy.
544
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,600
Benedict Bridgerton.
545
00:34:21,851 --> 00:34:24,729
Why are you loitering here?
546
00:34:24,812 --> 00:34:27,774
Lady Danbury.
On your way in to meet the baby?
547
00:34:27,857 --> 00:34:31,027
Mm-hmm. And you?
548
00:34:31,110 --> 00:34:34,113
Yes, I was called in
for that purpose as well.
549
00:34:34,197 --> 00:34:35,907
But I, uh…
550
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:38,993
-[softly] I am avoiding my mother.
-Ah.
551
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:42,246
[inhales sharply] We had
a rather thorny encounter last week.
552
00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:48,294
Hm. Are you certain it is not because
you have always been the spare,
553
00:34:48,878 --> 00:34:50,171
but now,
554
00:34:50,254 --> 00:34:55,009
you have been put out to pasture
by that small, wriggling child?
555
00:34:59,472 --> 00:35:01,224
[Benedict] It is a strange feeling.
556
00:35:01,891 --> 00:35:05,269
In fact, I have dreaded
this moment most of my life. [chuckles]
557
00:35:06,979 --> 00:35:10,608
Meeting the infant
who would make me purposeless.
558
00:35:11,818 --> 00:35:13,945
Well, more so than usual, anyway.
559
00:35:16,489 --> 00:35:19,784
But seeing him now,
I am struck with a different feeling.
560
00:35:21,828 --> 00:35:22,829
Love?
561
00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:28,417
I cannot love him yet, Lady Danbury.
I have not even met the man.
562
00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:31,504
Perhaps it is love.
563
00:35:31,587 --> 00:35:32,922
[laughter]
564
00:35:33,005 --> 00:35:34,757
[Benedict] Perhaps it is envy,
565
00:35:34,841 --> 00:35:39,053
seeing the way such a small creature
has brought so much joy
566
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:42,682
to all of my family
and brought them all together.
567
00:35:45,518 --> 00:35:47,770
There is no need for envy.
568
00:35:49,397 --> 00:35:51,816
One day, you will surely bring
569
00:35:51,899 --> 00:35:55,736
the very same joy
to everyone in that room.
570
00:35:57,655 --> 00:35:58,739
[both chuckle]
571
00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:01,993
Oh, yes. Oh, dear, don't worry.
572
00:36:02,076 --> 00:36:05,830
-Now we have a present for you.
-Oh, what's this, Edmund?
573
00:36:05,913 --> 00:36:07,790
-What's this?
-Do you hear that?
574
00:36:09,125 --> 00:36:10,585
He's very lovely.
575
00:36:13,296 --> 00:36:17,800
Forgive me, Lady Danbury, I have, um…
I've left my gift for the baby at home.
576
00:36:27,143 --> 00:36:29,520
[Eloise] I cannot believe Cressida
turned up on your doorstep.
577
00:36:29,604 --> 00:36:31,063
[Penelope] It was certainly a shock.
578
00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:34,400
Does all seem right with her?
579
00:36:34,901 --> 00:36:37,403
I did hear her husband is rather handsome,
580
00:36:37,486 --> 00:36:41,157
but… do you think
she was forced into her marriage?
581
00:36:41,657 --> 00:36:43,701
You are kindhearted, Eloise Bridgerton.
582
00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:48,164
Have you forgotten how she tried to ruin
you and your entire family last year?
583
00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:53,461
Surprisingly, I think about it much less
than about her stealing the spotlight
584
00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:56,547
at your engagement party
to announce herself as Whistledown.
585
00:36:58,549 --> 00:37:02,511
Can you imagine what she was thinking?
I cannot.
586
00:37:02,595 --> 00:37:05,014
Perhaps I should have let her
take the name, then.
587
00:37:05,097 --> 00:37:06,974
The Queen will never let me give it up.
588
00:37:08,142 --> 00:37:11,062
The Queen lives in a very gilded cage,
589
00:37:11,145 --> 00:37:14,148
and Whistledown may be her only way
to travel to the outside world.
590
00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:16,484
Since when have you had sympathy
for the Queen?
591
00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:18,778
Since everyone in my life took a husband.
592
00:37:18,861 --> 00:37:20,863
[both chuckle]
593
00:37:20,947 --> 00:37:24,367
I am in my own gilded,
unmarried Bridgerton cage.
594
00:37:24,992 --> 00:37:26,118
She must be lonely.
595
00:37:26,202 --> 00:37:27,828
-The Queen.
-[Eloise] Hm.
596
00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:30,873
Perhaps it is time
I appeal to her better angels.
597
00:37:30,957 --> 00:37:31,999
Worth a try.
598
00:37:36,045 --> 00:37:38,047
[tense orchestral music playing]
599
00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,652
-[music fades]
-[door opening]
600
00:38:02,363 --> 00:38:04,615
She is ready for you, Mrs. Bridgerton.
601
00:38:12,498 --> 00:38:17,128
I hope you return with something
of value this time, Mrs. Bridgerton.
602
00:38:17,753 --> 00:38:18,671
I do.
603
00:38:19,338 --> 00:38:20,673
An apology.
604
00:38:20,756 --> 00:38:25,261
Last time I was here, I spoke at length
about feeling trapped by Whistledown.
605
00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:29,682
But it was thoughtless of me to say that
to you, of all people, Your Majesty.
606
00:38:29,765 --> 00:38:33,561
I do not need an apology, Mrs. Bridgerton.
607
00:38:33,644 --> 00:38:35,354
I want gossip.
608
00:38:36,022 --> 00:38:38,983
I want to know what is going on
with Benedict Bridgerton.
609
00:38:39,066 --> 00:38:40,234
The truth is
610
00:38:41,110 --> 00:38:42,153
I do not know.
611
00:38:42,236 --> 00:38:45,573
Now that I am known publicly,
I'm avoided like the plague
612
00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:47,491
by anyone with any real gossip.
613
00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:50,911
Because for everyone in the ton,
614
00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:54,540
Whistledown functions
just as this palace does for you.
615
00:38:56,083 --> 00:38:59,712
It keeps them trapped,
watched, scrutinized.
616
00:39:01,255 --> 00:39:02,256
I'm certain for you,
617
00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:05,843
Whistledown is one of your only ways
of living in the outside world.
618
00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:08,929
But knowing what it feels like
to be so confined,
619
00:39:09,764 --> 00:39:12,350
would it not be pleasant
to give society a reprieve?
620
00:39:13,059 --> 00:39:16,687
To allow them to simply
live their lives the way they wish,
621
00:39:17,271 --> 00:39:18,356
without fear.
622
00:39:32,828 --> 00:39:34,830
[bright orchestral music playing]
623
00:40:01,023 --> 00:40:02,149
There you are.
624
00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:05,569
Good evening, Sophie.
I may need your help with something.
625
00:40:05,653 --> 00:40:07,947
Sophie is helping me at the moment.
626
00:40:08,030 --> 00:40:09,490
I can see that.
627
00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:13,327
But what if she helped you get ready
for Cressida's ball tonight instead?
628
00:40:15,704 --> 00:40:17,164
I'd get into too much trouble.
629
00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:19,792
Not if I were to sneak you in
in some kind of a disguise.
630
00:40:19,875 --> 00:40:22,545
It would of course entail you
having to speak to me again though.
631
00:40:22,628 --> 00:40:25,089
-Are you quite serious?
-[laughs]
632
00:40:25,714 --> 00:40:27,383
Sophie, can you do my hair up?
633
00:40:27,466 --> 00:40:30,594
In fact, I have an idea
about how to make you nearly invisible.
634
00:40:30,678 --> 00:40:32,096
If your sister approves.
635
00:40:33,389 --> 00:40:35,224
[both laughing excitedly]
636
00:40:35,307 --> 00:40:37,351
-Does Mama know?
-No, of course not.
637
00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:40,146
We will take the second carriage
so she will not see us.
638
00:40:42,606 --> 00:40:44,608
[gentle music playing]
639
00:41:08,674 --> 00:41:10,134
Are you ready, my love?
640
00:41:19,393 --> 00:41:23,272
[vibrant classical rendition of
"Just What I Needed" playing]
641
00:41:57,139 --> 00:41:59,475
Did you hear?
The ball is in the Queen's honor.
642
00:41:59,558 --> 00:42:01,477
Oh… And where is she?
643
00:42:15,074 --> 00:42:16,825
[in Cantonese] It is rather garish.
644
00:42:17,409 --> 00:42:19,954
It was much more beautiful
when we lived here.
645
00:42:20,955 --> 00:42:22,581
[in English] I like the pink.
646
00:42:22,665 --> 00:42:24,833
There is no accounting for taste.
647
00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:31,006
Are you certain you wish to be here,
and for all of us to be here as well?
648
00:42:31,090 --> 00:42:32,716
I am grateful you have come along.
649
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,302
I promise.
Tonight will be worth your while.
650
00:42:36,178 --> 00:42:37,596
Where is Eloise?
651
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,516
She has been delayed.
She should be here shortly.
652
00:42:43,686 --> 00:42:45,354
[joyous tune continues]
653
00:43:06,875 --> 00:43:08,586
Is it everything you dreamed?
654
00:43:11,088 --> 00:43:12,089
It is more.
655
00:43:13,090 --> 00:43:14,633
[Eloise chuckles]
656
00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:16,552
[clears throat]
657
00:43:17,886 --> 00:43:19,179
Eloise.
658
00:43:19,763 --> 00:43:20,806
Good evening.
659
00:43:20,889 --> 00:43:23,809
[guest 1] I have a feeling
the Queen is not going to attend at all.
660
00:43:23,892 --> 00:43:26,145
[guest 2] I think you might be right.
661
00:43:37,698 --> 00:43:39,742
She did not even look twice at me.
662
00:43:40,409 --> 00:43:42,119
I really am invisible as a maid.
663
00:43:42,202 --> 00:43:45,331
That, or invisible to someone
who cares only about rank.
664
00:43:47,541 --> 00:43:49,293
[stirring music builds]
665
00:43:56,759 --> 00:43:57,760
Excuse me.
666
00:44:04,558 --> 00:44:07,394
-Lady Bridgerton.
-Lord Anderson.
667
00:44:08,270 --> 00:44:10,648
You look exceptional tonight.
668
00:44:11,148 --> 00:44:12,441
That is most kind.
669
00:44:15,569 --> 00:44:17,112
When can I see you next?
670
00:44:18,530 --> 00:44:21,950
-We can meet at mine, as we discussed.
-I… In fact…
671
00:44:23,202 --> 00:44:25,204
Could we meet for tea?
672
00:44:25,287 --> 00:44:27,039
[hesitates] Actual tea.
673
00:44:27,831 --> 00:44:31,085
I have been thinking about
our discussion earlier in the week,
674
00:44:31,168 --> 00:44:33,003
and I should like to…
675
00:44:34,588 --> 00:44:35,923
conclude it.
676
00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:38,550
Of course.
677
00:44:42,971 --> 00:44:43,972
Forgive me.
678
00:44:50,938 --> 00:44:51,980
Mother.
679
00:44:53,148 --> 00:44:55,359
So you will avoid me
for nearly a fortnight,
680
00:44:55,442 --> 00:44:57,611
but not Cressida Cowper's ball?
681
00:44:57,695 --> 00:45:02,449
I am here because I have failed
in my duties to my family lately,
682
00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:04,326
and it has taken a toll.
683
00:45:04,410 --> 00:45:07,329
It will continue taking a toll
if you carry on as you are.
684
00:45:08,706 --> 00:45:13,460
I hope you being here tonight
means you have decided to let her be.
685
00:45:14,586 --> 00:45:15,963
For her sake.
686
00:45:50,831 --> 00:45:52,124
[gentle music playing]
687
00:45:52,207 --> 00:45:55,335
Cressida may have our heads
if she catches us snooping in her gardens.
688
00:45:55,919 --> 00:45:59,047
John, surely we should get back
to the ball as Penelope asked.
689
00:45:59,131 --> 00:46:00,299
[John] Shh…
690
00:46:00,382 --> 00:46:04,094
[classical rendition
of "Fields of Gold" plays]
691
00:46:06,555 --> 00:46:09,349
-[Francesca] Ah…
-[John] Mm-hmm.
692
00:46:10,225 --> 00:46:11,935
-Shall we, then?
-Mm.
693
00:46:23,447 --> 00:46:26,074
In fact, I do not think I can be silent.
694
00:46:26,158 --> 00:46:27,743
-No?
-Forgive me.
695
00:46:27,826 --> 00:46:30,245
I am moved beyond silence
696
00:46:30,329 --> 00:46:32,664
to tell you
what an exquisite woman you are.
697
00:46:32,748 --> 00:46:34,124
Hmm. [soft sob]
698
00:46:34,208 --> 00:46:35,250
The perfect wife,
699
00:46:35,334 --> 00:46:39,129
and I know you'll be the perfect mother
when the time is right.
700
00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:43,801
I love you, Francesca.
701
00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:46,804
I love you, John Stirling.
702
00:46:48,055 --> 00:46:49,056
Always.
703
00:46:52,726 --> 00:46:54,728
["Fields of Gold" cover continues]
704
00:47:11,161 --> 00:47:15,916
If this evening were truly in her honor,
would she not be here ready?
705
00:47:15,999 --> 00:47:19,294
How humiliating for the new Lady Penwood.
706
00:47:20,295 --> 00:47:22,172
The Queen will not be arriving.
707
00:47:23,799 --> 00:47:27,135
-[man] She's not coming.
-I've got my own pair of shoes now.
708
00:47:28,846 --> 00:47:30,472
[woman] The Queen is not coming.
709
00:47:31,974 --> 00:47:34,518
I shall have to make a speech
to distract them.
710
00:47:39,481 --> 00:47:40,482
[clinking]
711
00:47:42,359 --> 00:47:44,528
Ladies and gentlemen.
712
00:47:46,989 --> 00:47:49,283
[rousing music builds]
713
00:47:50,242 --> 00:47:51,326
What is this?
714
00:47:51,410 --> 00:47:53,078
Did you allow this?
715
00:47:53,787 --> 00:47:56,874
[Lady Whistledown] Dearest Gentle Reader,
716
00:47:57,374 --> 00:48:02,921
if there is anything that unites us all,
it is our secrets.
717
00:48:03,422 --> 00:48:07,217
As the keeper of yours these past years,
718
00:48:07,301 --> 00:48:10,387
it is time at last for this author
719
00:48:10,470 --> 00:48:12,598
to tell you a few of her own.
720
00:48:16,310 --> 00:48:21,982
For one, I must tell you, Reader,
that I have felt a fondness
721
00:48:22,065 --> 00:48:26,194
for each and every person
I have ever written about.
722
00:48:26,278 --> 00:48:31,325
There is a comfort in knowing
that we are all human,
723
00:48:31,408 --> 00:48:32,951
all fallible,
724
00:48:33,619 --> 00:48:37,956
and also all capable of great change.
725
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:41,001
And I come with the secret tonight
726
00:48:41,084 --> 00:48:44,254
of great change, indeed.
727
00:48:45,297 --> 00:48:46,506
For tonight,
728
00:48:47,174 --> 00:48:50,177
I am resting my pen.
729
00:48:50,677 --> 00:48:53,680
The issue you hold in your hands
730
00:48:53,764 --> 00:48:55,807
will be my last.
731
00:48:55,891 --> 00:48:57,142
[guests gasping]
732
00:48:58,894 --> 00:49:00,896
She will not write about tonight.
733
00:49:05,484 --> 00:49:07,277
Perhaps that is for the best.
734
00:49:07,361 --> 00:49:08,946
[Lady Whistledown] I thank you,
735
00:49:09,029 --> 00:49:11,698
each one of you, for your readership.
736
00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:17,996
Knowing you has been one
of the great pleasures of my life.
737
00:49:19,206 --> 00:49:20,248
[music fades]
738
00:49:20,332 --> 00:49:22,209
[indistinct chattering]
739
00:49:22,793 --> 00:49:24,127
-Have you seen this?
-What?
740
00:49:26,964 --> 00:49:27,965
It is done.
741
00:49:28,674 --> 00:49:30,008
I could not be more proud.
742
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:33,887
It is nearly done.
743
00:49:34,596 --> 00:49:36,807
Who will be Lady Whistledown now?
744
00:49:36,890 --> 00:49:39,810
I expect the ton will have to get
their gossip the old-fashioned way.
745
00:49:39,893 --> 00:49:42,980
Those tawdry scandal sheets
Penelope once put out of business.
746
00:49:43,855 --> 00:49:45,732
But who will write of my debut?
747
00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:49,194
Who will write
that I am the diamond of the season?
748
00:49:49,277 --> 00:49:51,446
I'm sure someone will take on that mantle.
749
00:49:53,657 --> 00:49:55,200
Please do not tell Mama.
750
00:49:56,785 --> 00:50:00,414
Your secret is safe
as long as we leave immediately
751
00:50:00,497 --> 00:50:02,082
before Mother catches me too.
752
00:50:02,874 --> 00:50:05,669
[Rosamund] Who is that maid
Mr. Bridgerton is speaking with?
753
00:50:07,379 --> 00:50:08,714
Is it Sophie? [laughs]
754
00:50:08,797 --> 00:50:10,465
Well, we know she doesn't work here.
755
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:18,306
If she did, surely we would have heard
about it from the old Penwood servants.
756
00:50:20,142 --> 00:50:21,184
[Rosamund] Mm.
757
00:50:29,860 --> 00:50:31,153
[driver] Here, my Lord.
758
00:50:32,863 --> 00:50:34,865
[elegant music playing]
759
00:50:37,951 --> 00:50:39,536
[chuckles softly]
760
00:50:43,457 --> 00:50:46,918
[laughing] Was that not the most
magical evening of our entire lives?
761
00:50:49,504 --> 00:50:50,589
[Anthony] Benedict!
762
00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:03,351
[music fades]
763
00:51:03,435 --> 00:51:07,856
You have been sitting at my desk,
planning a life with her at My Cottage.
764
00:51:07,939 --> 00:51:10,817
No. At my cottage, brother.
765
00:51:11,693 --> 00:51:14,863
[chuckles] I see my valet
does not know where his loyalty lies.
766
00:51:14,946 --> 00:51:17,282
He let me intimidate him, as should you,
767
00:51:17,365 --> 00:51:20,577
-If you'd thought it through for a moment.
-I have thought it through.
768
00:51:20,660 --> 00:51:22,996
I have thought every inch of it through.
769
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,540
You have been gone
longer than you realize.
770
00:51:25,624 --> 00:51:27,250
You do not know me now.
771
00:51:27,334 --> 00:51:30,253
I know that you mean well, always.
772
00:51:30,337 --> 00:51:33,340
But if you're choosing a life with her,
you cannot have thought it through.
773
00:51:33,423 --> 00:51:34,466
[Benedict] I will not--
774
00:51:34,549 --> 00:51:36,635
[Anthony] Thought about
how she'll feel when you marry?
775
00:51:36,718 --> 00:51:39,471
-I do not need to marry!
-What about when you want a family?
776
00:51:40,639 --> 00:51:43,517
I know you'll want one, one day,
and you cannot do that with her.
777
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:44,726
-Can I not?
-No.
778
00:51:45,477 --> 00:51:47,062
Not in the way that you would like.
779
00:51:47,979 --> 00:51:52,400
I understand you may've convinced yourself
she is reason enough to risk everything,
780
00:51:52,484 --> 00:51:54,903
but think, if you ever have a family,
781
00:51:54,986 --> 00:51:57,864
what the reality of life
would be like for those children.
782
00:51:58,532 --> 00:52:00,826
They'll never be able to join our family.
783
00:52:00,909 --> 00:52:03,537
Not truly. They'll be shunned by society.
784
00:52:03,620 --> 00:52:05,080
Cast out.
785
00:52:05,163 --> 00:52:08,125
Not even our mother is saintly enough
to allow such a thing.
786
00:52:09,417 --> 00:52:11,253
I could not live with myself
787
00:52:11,753 --> 00:52:13,880
if I looked into Edmund's eyes
788
00:52:14,506 --> 00:52:18,385
knowing I had brought him
into this world under those conditions.
789
00:52:19,886 --> 00:52:21,054
Could you?
790
00:52:22,430 --> 00:52:24,182
[Benedict] I have thought of that.
791
00:52:25,767 --> 00:52:26,768
All of it.
792
00:52:29,229 --> 00:52:31,148
But I cannot walk away from her.
793
00:52:40,699 --> 00:52:42,117
I should cut you off.
794
00:52:42,868 --> 00:52:45,078
Disown you. Protect the family.
795
00:52:49,875 --> 00:52:53,712
But I believe in you…
to make the right decision in the end.
796
00:52:54,337 --> 00:52:55,672
So please,
797
00:52:56,631 --> 00:52:58,633
do not make me the fool.
798
00:53:45,180 --> 00:53:46,723
How did they react?
799
00:53:46,806 --> 00:53:49,601
The news certainly put the ball
into disarray, Your Majesty.
800
00:53:49,684 --> 00:53:51,728
Just as I hoped.
801
00:53:51,811 --> 00:53:54,522
You have upstaged Lady Penwood.
802
00:53:55,607 --> 00:53:56,733
Very well.
803
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:02,447
I look forward to seeing
what you will write next, Mrs. Bridgerton.
804
00:54:03,448 --> 00:54:06,576
And you will bring me
any gossip you might hear,
805
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:08,453
from time to time?
806
00:54:08,536 --> 00:54:11,039
Of course, Your Majesty.
807
00:54:12,082 --> 00:54:15,377
I am most grateful for your blessing,
thank you. Thank you.
808
00:54:18,964 --> 00:54:19,965
You may go.
809
00:54:25,262 --> 00:54:26,888
[Charlotte] Lady Danbury.
810
00:54:34,729 --> 00:54:36,022
Your Majesty?
811
00:54:39,651 --> 00:54:41,820
[sweet music playing]
812
00:55:03,216 --> 00:55:04,342
[softly] Thank you.
813
00:55:29,242 --> 00:55:31,244
[rousing music plays]
814
00:55:39,294 --> 00:55:40,920
Another blue piece.
815
00:55:41,004 --> 00:55:42,714
That goes in the sky.
816
00:55:42,797 --> 00:55:45,008
That is an awful lot of sky.
817
00:55:45,091 --> 00:55:47,135
And you do not like
an awful lot of anything.
818
00:55:47,218 --> 00:55:49,346
I like a moderate amount of sky.
819
00:55:49,429 --> 00:55:52,932
Some clouds and trees to pen it in
is a much more comfortable view.
820
00:55:53,016 --> 00:55:55,352
I should like to see
the whole sky at once.
821
00:55:56,311 --> 00:55:57,562
This is the last piece.
822
00:55:57,645 --> 00:56:01,900
As you've both been exceptionally helpful,
I think one of you should do the honors.
823
00:56:01,983 --> 00:56:04,194
Well, I think it should be me.
824
00:56:04,277 --> 00:56:06,112
I put together so much of the ground.
825
00:56:06,196 --> 00:56:09,657
And I completed the sky.
You cannot have one without the other.
826
00:56:09,741 --> 00:56:11,868
Shall we place it together?
827
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,084
-[John] Ah.
-[Francesca laughs]
828
00:56:19,167 --> 00:56:23,421
Well, with that I think
I shall lie down for a nap.
829
00:56:23,505 --> 00:56:25,507
-Are you feeling well?
-Only a small headache.
830
00:56:25,590 --> 00:56:28,843
Parliament again, surely.
I shall be revived by dinnertime.
831
00:56:28,927 --> 00:56:31,721
-Will you wake me?
-Of course.
832
00:56:35,517 --> 00:56:38,269
Hm. What number is this
in your jigsaw collection?
833
00:56:38,353 --> 00:56:40,522
-Nineteen.
-Shall we start the other one?
834
00:56:40,605 --> 00:56:43,942
-I knew you would enjoy it.
-[both laughing]
835
00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:52,867
-Lord Anderson.
-Thank you, Mrs. Wilson.
836
00:56:54,994 --> 00:56:56,538
Good day, Lady Bridgerton.
837
00:57:02,669 --> 00:57:04,546
Are you wishing to end this?
838
00:57:06,673 --> 00:57:10,009
Far from it. Is there a reason you ask?
839
00:57:10,093 --> 00:57:12,720
Well, our conversation
the other day made it quite apparent
840
00:57:12,804 --> 00:57:15,014
that you do not wish
to formalize anything.
841
00:57:15,598 --> 00:57:17,767
Uh, is there-- Why… Why is that?
842
00:57:18,476 --> 00:57:22,689
Violet, because you have been
so distressed
843
00:57:22,772 --> 00:57:25,191
by what the children
might or might not know,
844
00:57:25,275 --> 00:57:26,609
I felt distressed for you,
845
00:57:26,693 --> 00:57:29,112
[chuckles] And I thought
it would put you at ease
846
00:57:29,195 --> 00:57:31,906
to know that there is no need
to formalize anything.
847
00:57:31,990 --> 00:57:33,199
Oh, I see.
848
00:57:34,742 --> 00:57:37,996
Yes. Yes. That was very kind of you.
849
00:57:39,247 --> 00:57:43,501
But you should know, if you did wish
to formalize our attachment,
850
00:57:44,210 --> 00:57:47,297
there is nothing in the world
that would bring me greater joy.
851
00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:53,011
I know your children are your whole life,
852
00:57:53,094 --> 00:57:56,473
and I know I can never replace
the late Lord Bridgerton in your heart,
853
00:57:56,556 --> 00:58:00,435
as I will always hold
a special affection for Nessa.
854
00:58:00,518 --> 00:58:05,231
I would never wish to usurp
your affection for your family, ever.
855
00:58:06,733 --> 00:58:11,196
But to join them,
it would be a remarkable thing.
856
00:58:11,279 --> 00:58:14,491
It would be rather a relief
not to have to sneak around anymore.
857
00:58:14,574 --> 00:58:16,868
You are a practical woman.
858
00:58:16,951 --> 00:58:18,995
-[Violet laughs]
-I love that about you.
859
00:58:19,954 --> 00:58:21,831
I love you, in fact.
860
00:58:24,167 --> 00:58:26,169
[sweet music plays]
861
00:58:28,338 --> 00:58:29,464
Marcus…
862
00:58:33,301 --> 00:58:34,552
[sighs]
863
00:58:37,096 --> 00:58:38,431
If you would have me,
864
00:58:40,016 --> 00:58:42,143
I would very much like to marry you.
865
00:58:43,561 --> 00:58:45,647
Yes. Yes, I will.
866
00:58:46,523 --> 00:58:48,525
-[chuckling]
-[sweet music playing]
867
00:58:48,608 --> 00:58:49,943
[both chuckling]
868
00:58:52,111 --> 00:58:53,530
[both chuckling]
869
00:59:06,584 --> 00:59:07,835
Sophie.
870
00:59:09,045 --> 00:59:11,047
Ah. Thank you for coming.
871
00:59:11,130 --> 00:59:12,632
[music fades]
872
00:59:13,550 --> 00:59:15,552
I have an interview tomorrow
at Penwood House
873
00:59:15,635 --> 00:59:17,262
under the new lady of the house.
874
00:59:19,055 --> 00:59:22,058
You are taking the other position?
875
00:59:23,309 --> 00:59:24,978
If it is offered to me, yes.
876
00:59:26,312 --> 00:59:30,149
Tonight would be my last night here.
I… wanted to say goodbye.
877
00:59:30,858 --> 00:59:35,238
-But… What about…?
-I am not with child. I…
878
00:59:36,197 --> 00:59:39,492
I never was, apparently.
My courses returned last night.
879
00:59:40,159 --> 00:59:41,160
I see.
880
00:59:42,745 --> 00:59:43,746
Uh…
881
00:59:44,998 --> 00:59:47,625
You still do not have to take
a new position though.
882
00:59:49,210 --> 00:59:51,921
I promised I would
take care of you. [laughs]
883
00:59:52,005 --> 00:59:54,799
And that remains true
whether or not you are with child.
884
00:59:54,882 --> 00:59:57,343
That is kind of you. Most gentlemanly.
885
00:59:57,427 --> 00:59:59,178
But you do not owe me anything.
886
01:00:00,680 --> 01:00:04,309
But this was never to do
with owing you something,
887
01:00:05,393 --> 01:00:07,312
Sophie, and you know that.
888
01:00:11,858 --> 01:00:13,401
-It was about--
-Love?
889
01:00:16,279 --> 01:00:18,281
I thought it could be enough. I…
890
01:00:19,324 --> 01:00:20,325
[sighs]
891
01:00:20,408 --> 01:00:23,870
I wanted it to be enough,
but we both know it is not.
892
01:00:24,954 --> 01:00:29,500
What is love in the face of generations
of established practice?
893
01:00:30,543 --> 01:00:33,504
In the face of society,
of the strong lines drawn to divide us?
894
01:00:33,588 --> 01:00:36,716
I do not wish to fight against all of that
any more than you do.
895
01:00:38,384 --> 01:00:40,136
More importantly…
896
01:00:42,597 --> 01:00:44,015
your family.
897
01:00:44,766 --> 01:00:47,894
I have never before seen such mutual love.
898
01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:52,523
I could not live with myself
if I tore you away from them.
899
01:01:00,990 --> 01:01:02,867
I could still take care of you.
900
01:01:02,950 --> 01:01:05,787
I… I could get you
an apartment in the city.
901
01:01:05,870 --> 01:01:09,332
Or you could stay on at Bridgerton House,
if that is what you wish.
902
01:01:09,415 --> 01:01:12,669
The more closely we remain connected,
the more tempted we will be.
903
01:01:13,753 --> 01:01:17,298
And eventually we will make
the same mistake we already made once.
904
01:01:17,924 --> 01:01:20,760
Please do not call
what happened between us a mistake.
905
01:01:21,719 --> 01:01:22,720
Please.
906
01:01:30,812 --> 01:01:32,814
[solemn music builds]
907
01:01:37,026 --> 01:01:38,236
[softly] I must go.
908
01:01:41,572 --> 01:01:43,574
[music fades]
909
01:01:53,459 --> 01:01:55,461
[shuddering sobs]
910
01:01:55,545 --> 01:01:57,547
[lofty music rises]
911
01:02:11,227 --> 01:02:13,229
[solemn music playing]
912
01:02:15,231 --> 01:02:18,526
John? Dinner is almost ready.
You wanted me to wake you.
913
01:02:21,738 --> 01:02:23,531
That was enjoyable, was it not?
914
01:02:24,031 --> 01:02:26,492
The three of us
completing that jigsaw together.
915
01:02:27,535 --> 01:02:30,163
I'm delighted
we all shall be such great friends.
916
01:02:32,790 --> 01:02:33,791
John?
917
01:02:40,465 --> 01:02:41,799
John? [chuckles]
918
01:02:46,679 --> 01:02:47,805
John, wake up.
919
01:02:53,895 --> 01:02:54,896
John?
920
01:02:58,649 --> 01:03:01,652
[Francesca wailing] No!
921
01:03:12,330 --> 01:03:14,665
[music fades out]
922
01:03:14,749 --> 01:03:17,668
[closing theme music playing]
923
01:04:42,837 --> 01:04:44,755
[music fades out]