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(IF I HAD A HEART PLAYING)
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(WOMAN SPEAKING
IN NATIVE TONGUE)
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(MOANING)
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(GRUNTING)
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Princess Aslaug,
listen to me.
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You are in an open field.
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On one side of
you is a deep pit
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filled with bones and ashes
and hellish things.
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On the other
side is your house,
your sons, the fjord,
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and the sunlight
is striking the snow
high on the mountains.
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If you want to
reach your house,
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then you must push the baby
out as Freya would.
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Let him rip you,
but push... Out.
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Choose life.
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Yes.
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(MOANS)
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Yes.
WOMAN: The baby will come.
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(GROANING)
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That's it! Good.
I see the head.
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(ASLAUG SCREAMING)
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(BABY CRYING)
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It's alive.
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It is alive.
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SIGGY: It's a boy.
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HORIK: We must prepare
to go to Wessex.
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Obviously, we must
leave soon.
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I have to return
to my territories.
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I have to prepare
my ships.
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It will take some time.
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How much time?
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Just enough time.
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No more, no less,
King Horik.
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PORUNN: Your father
has a new child.
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A son?
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Yes.
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I must congratulate
your father.
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It is never a bad
day to have a son.
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The gods cannot
stop offering him
their blessings.
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I, too, am happy
for Earl Ragnar.
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Erlendur.
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Who are you?
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Porunn.
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I meant who are you
to my son?
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She is a servant.
A slave...
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And I am in love
with her.
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(BABY CRYING)
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After all,
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your prophecy was right.
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Don't be too long.
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I won't.
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I need you.
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If the three of us are equals,
we need each other.
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But one cannot be more
equal than the other.
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You mean Ragnar.
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You and I are at
least his equal,
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and Ragnar must come
to understand this.
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I agree.
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Lagertha!
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To keep you warm.
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What is wrong with
Ragnar's new son?
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Nothing. Be safe.
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How loyal you are, Siggy.
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(GRUNTING)
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Don't die stupidly.
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I'm not going to die.
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Yes, you are! If I choose.
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Fight!
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(GRUNTS)
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(AMBIENT SOUND FADES AWAY)
(LOUD BREATHING)
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(GRUNTS)
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Always remember
to finish off your
opponent, if you can.
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We're fine ones for
playing dead or pretending
to run away.
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Perhaps the Saxons
are the same.
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No man ever ran away
with his entrails
hanging to his knees,
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or his head cut off.
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That's just a fact of life.
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Your mother is
an amazing woman.
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I know.
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And...
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I know why you say that.
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No you don't.
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You were in
love with her once.
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How can you say that?
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You were just a boy.
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I can say that now because
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I am in love.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
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Well, believe me, those
feelings are wasted.
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Don't the gods love?
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Who is to say their
love is wasted?
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(CHUCKLES)
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How come
you know so much
about the gods?
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Because my father,
you and I...
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Are all descended
from Odin.
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Or is that
not true, Uncle?
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He will die anyway.
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What is the point
of pretending?
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If we were wolves,
or even pigs,
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this poor,
weak runt would
be discarded.
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We are not wolves or pigs.
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It is natural.
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We let such babies
die for their own good.
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For what kind of
a life could he live?
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I know, but I don't care.
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Always so behind the times!
(MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
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Well, that's true.
My work is for
all eternity.
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Who is coming?
Kwenthrith.
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The daughter of Offa.
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King of Mercia?
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Well, before he died,
that is.
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ATHELSTAN: Not his son?
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AETHELWULF: Don't you
know anything?
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Kwenthrith killed her brother,
Offa's natural heir.
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Now the whole kingdom
is beset by dynastic squabble.
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Everyone is
murdering everyone.
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ATHELSTAN: Presumably...
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King Ecbert doesn't want
to get involved with such
terrible squabbles?
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AETHELWULF: Of course not.
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My father has no
interest whatsoever
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in what happens in our
neighboring kingdom,
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which just so happens
to be the largest,
most important
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and richest kingdom
in England.
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So, this is our fratricide.
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Our mass murderer.
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ECBERT: Welcome, Princess,
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to the Kingdom of Wessex.
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(COOING)
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There is no other way.
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No other way, my son.
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You'll have to provide
for yourself.
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(BABY SHRIEKING)
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What is this?
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(CRYING)
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(BABY CONTINUES SHRIEKING)
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(HORSE WHINNYING)
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(BELLS JINGLING)
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MAN: My Lady.
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WOMAN: It is good to see you!
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Welcome back,
Earl Ingstad. We've all
missed your presence.
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Thank you, Einar.
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But you will have to do
without my presence
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a great deal longer.
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It is agreed that I am to raid
the English kingdom of Wessex
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with King Horik
and Earl Ragnar.
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00:15:00,651 --> 00:15:01,986
(ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE)
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I expect my ships
to be provisioned
by the next full moon,
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and all my warriors
to be armed and assembled.
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No meat for me.
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I don't like it.
It kills you.
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(LAUGHS)
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KWENTHRITH:
Only vegetables.
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Who are you?
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My name is Athelstan.
I was a monk at Lindisfarne.
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A monk!
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Athelstan was captured
by the Northmen.
He's lived amongst them.
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He knows everything
about their pagan ways.
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00:16:03,339 --> 00:16:06,383
I have heard that the pagans
sacrifice human beings.
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00:16:07,551 --> 00:16:10,262
Is that true?
Do they actually?
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Every nine years,
yes, they do.
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To please their gods.
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00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:17,019
And are they naked?
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00:16:18,187 --> 00:16:21,315
I have been told
that they make love
to whomever they choose,
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and that the idea of fidelity
is utterly strange to them.
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They have...
A different morality to us.
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Is it not more natural?
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I...
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KWENTHRITH: Is it
not more natural?
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(WOMAN MOANING)
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Is it not more natural?
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Is it not more natural?
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I... I would only say
that it was different.
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How boring you are!
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I was shocked to hear
of the death of your brother.
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Don't worry about
my brother.
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00:17:00,771 --> 00:17:03,524
Did you know that the Pope
has already made him a Saint?
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Saint Kenelm!
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00:17:06,276 --> 00:17:09,363
Apparently, he lived
an exemplary life!
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00:17:10,197 --> 00:17:13,325
Do you mean to say
that he was not
altogether virtuous?
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00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:17,204
Well, he raped me
when I was about 12.
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(COUGHS)
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00:17:18,789 --> 00:17:20,416
So, you must make
up your own mind.
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King Ecbert,
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I do not need to ask why
you've invited me here.
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I know very well.
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00:17:28,632 --> 00:17:31,176
You want to influence
the destiny of Mercia.
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00:17:32,094 --> 00:17:34,555
My family are
killing one another,
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00:17:34,638 --> 00:17:38,016
and you want to be on
the side of the party which
succeeds to the crown.
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00:17:39,727 --> 00:17:42,604
You put it very
precisely, Princess.
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00:17:44,314 --> 00:17:45,607
It should not
surprise you to hear
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that myself and my
allies will succeed.
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00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:52,364
But perhaps your support
would be an advantage.
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00:17:52,781 --> 00:17:55,325
I was thinking of sending
my son, Aethelwulf,
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00:17:55,451 --> 00:17:57,119
to advise and help you.
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00:18:03,459 --> 00:18:06,503
I would gladly
open my gates...
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00:18:06,587 --> 00:18:07,838
To your handsome son.
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00:18:08,714 --> 00:18:09,757
(CHUCKLES)
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00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,427
I would also like
to hire some Northmen
as mercenaries
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to help you succeed
in gaining the throne
of Mercia.
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00:18:17,848 --> 00:18:19,725
I need to meet
these Northmen
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00:18:20,517 --> 00:18:23,854
whose prowess, in all things,
I have heard so much about.
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00:18:26,732 --> 00:18:29,485
It seems no one can talk
of anything else now.
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00:18:30,778 --> 00:18:33,030
So, let us drink...
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00:18:34,907 --> 00:18:38,911
To Princess Kwenthrith,
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00:18:38,994 --> 00:18:41,872
and the conquest of Mercia.
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00:18:41,997 --> 00:18:43,791
ALL: The conquest of Mercia!
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00:18:44,041 --> 00:18:45,042
(GLASSES CLINKING)
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00:19:01,725 --> 00:19:02,726
(LAGERTHA SIGHS)
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00:19:18,242 --> 00:19:19,243
(CHUCKLES)
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00:19:21,286 --> 00:19:22,913
Einar, why don't
you come in?
209
00:19:34,508 --> 00:19:36,093
Do you want to speak to me?
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00:19:36,593 --> 00:19:37,803
Yes.
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00:19:39,763 --> 00:19:40,973
Then wait.
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00:19:55,404 --> 00:19:56,863
What do you want to say?
213
00:20:06,290 --> 00:20:08,166
I thought we had
an agreement.
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00:20:09,376 --> 00:20:13,005
I don't remember
any agreements, Einar.
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00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:14,590
You do remember!
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00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:18,677
I would help you become Earl,
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00:20:18,802 --> 00:20:23,974
and then, as a result,
we might be married.
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00:20:24,474 --> 00:20:26,226
I never made
any arrangements.
219
00:20:26,310 --> 00:20:30,480
Not with you,
nor with anyone else.
220
00:20:36,987 --> 00:20:40,616
You wanted rid of Sigvard
because he was insane.
221
00:20:42,951 --> 00:20:44,828
So, I killed him.
222
00:20:48,498 --> 00:20:49,666
That's all.
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00:20:49,958 --> 00:20:50,959
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
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00:20:58,675 --> 00:21:01,762
If you do not
let me enjoy you,
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00:21:01,845 --> 00:21:04,181
I shall open your face!
226
00:21:08,602 --> 00:21:10,520
And then,
227
00:21:10,604 --> 00:21:13,440
what would your family do?
228
00:21:13,523 --> 00:21:14,733
Hmm?
229
00:21:16,943 --> 00:21:19,237
If they had any
respect for you,
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00:21:19,363 --> 00:21:22,866
they would have
made you Earl, not me.
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00:21:26,078 --> 00:21:29,665
The truth is,
you couldn't kill me.
232
00:21:29,748 --> 00:21:34,586
The only person you
could kill was a dying man.
233
00:21:36,463 --> 00:21:38,215
That's how brave you are.
234
00:21:44,179 --> 00:21:45,222
(DOG HOWLING)
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SIGGY: Aslaug, forgive me.
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00:21:48,892 --> 00:21:50,519
What is wrong with Ivar?
237
00:21:54,731 --> 00:21:56,608
Everybody talks,
but nobody knows.
238
00:21:58,026 --> 00:21:59,695
He is my son.
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00:22:00,070 --> 00:22:02,155
But sooner or later,
you have to show
him to the world.
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00:22:02,239 --> 00:22:03,990
You can't keep him
covered up forever.
241
00:22:30,058 --> 00:22:31,518
Ragnar is right.
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00:22:32,227 --> 00:22:34,521
Aslaug, this child
will never walk.
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00:22:37,691 --> 00:22:39,985
By the gods, you must...
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00:22:41,278 --> 00:22:42,821
You must put him out to die.
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00:22:44,448 --> 00:22:47,784
Thank you for
your good advice,
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00:22:47,993 --> 00:22:51,079
but I would rather
die myself than take it.
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00:22:52,873 --> 00:22:55,792
(ECBERT AND KWENTHRITH
MOANING)
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00:23:07,596 --> 00:23:09,514
I knew your father.
Uh-huh.
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00:23:10,140 --> 00:23:13,018
King Offa.
He was a great man.
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00:23:13,977 --> 00:23:14,978
Not just, uh...
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00:23:15,604 --> 00:23:19,983
Physically courageous but...
(MOANING)
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00:23:20,358 --> 00:23:22,068
A man of...
(PANTING)
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00:23:23,028 --> 00:23:24,362
Profound belief.
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00:23:27,157 --> 00:23:30,035
(ECBERT AND KWENTHRITH
GRUNTING)
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00:23:31,995 --> 00:23:35,373
Ecbert, what is it? Ecbert?
(MOANING)
256
00:23:36,917 --> 00:23:38,627
(BOTH PANTING)
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00:23:39,377 --> 00:23:40,754
I'm done.
258
00:23:41,755 --> 00:23:44,174
What? Already?
259
00:23:47,010 --> 00:23:50,013
We've been...
Well, I'm not done.
260
00:23:50,138 --> 00:23:53,850
Well, I don't know
how I can be of help.
261
00:23:53,975 --> 00:23:55,393
What about the priest?
262
00:23:56,019 --> 00:23:57,020
Athelstan?
263
00:23:57,103 --> 00:24:00,816
Yes, he lived with
the pagans, and pagans
like sex, don't they?
264
00:24:01,399 --> 00:24:05,153
Athelstan is a...
He's a spiritual man.
265
00:24:05,278 --> 00:24:06,279
(CHUCKLES)
266
00:24:08,198 --> 00:24:10,492
Well, I've never
met a spiritual man
267
00:24:10,575 --> 00:24:13,036
who doesn't like to fuck
like an animal.
268
00:24:14,246 --> 00:24:18,208
Don't... Don't...
Don't you want to sleep?
269
00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:19,751
Are you insane?
270
00:24:20,836 --> 00:24:21,837
(GROANS)
271
00:24:24,047 --> 00:24:25,715
Where are you going?
272
00:24:27,384 --> 00:24:31,054
I am going somewhere
to sleep.
273
00:24:31,930 --> 00:24:34,307
In the meantime,
274
00:24:34,391 --> 00:24:37,227
I will send in
some of my warriors
275
00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:39,271
to attend your needs.
276
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,065
Good night, Princess.
277
00:24:51,074 --> 00:24:52,576
(INAUDIBLE)
278
00:24:57,247 --> 00:24:58,665
(WHISPERS)
Good luck.
279
00:25:04,212 --> 00:25:05,255
This way.
280
00:25:07,632 --> 00:25:08,883
Don't be shy.
281
00:25:38,496 --> 00:25:39,706
MAN: There!
282
00:25:40,373 --> 00:25:43,460
Now we will win!
283
00:26:37,138 --> 00:26:39,015
Our child should have a name,
284
00:26:42,018 --> 00:26:44,145
now that the gods
have saved him.
285
00:26:46,898 --> 00:26:48,525
His name is Ivar.
286
00:26:55,824 --> 00:26:57,742
Ivar the Boneless.
287
00:27:18,054 --> 00:27:19,764
MAN: Goodbye, my love!
288
00:27:32,944 --> 00:27:34,362
BJORN: Porunn!
289
00:27:34,779 --> 00:27:35,780
Porunn!
290
00:27:37,282 --> 00:27:38,408
Porunn!
291
00:27:38,825 --> 00:27:40,034
Porunn!
292
00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:43,663
I should not talk to you.
Many do not wish it.
293
00:27:43,747 --> 00:27:45,790
In any case,
what does it matter?
294
00:27:45,874 --> 00:27:48,001
I'll probably die in battle.
295
00:27:54,591 --> 00:27:56,092
I love you.
296
00:28:20,617 --> 00:28:22,076
Goodbye, Helga.
297
00:28:26,998 --> 00:28:28,541
Be sure you come
back to us, Floki.
298
00:28:29,751 --> 00:28:32,545
I want you to meet
your child for the first
time in this world.
299
00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:35,840
Oh.
300
00:28:36,674 --> 00:28:37,967
You know me.
301
00:28:38,802 --> 00:28:42,055
I'm always cautious.
And always sensible.
302
00:28:42,472 --> 00:28:43,473
(BOTH LAUGHING)
303
00:28:44,641 --> 00:28:46,476
I would not love
you if you were sensible.
304
00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:48,019
I know.
305
00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:51,815
I'm crazy and cracked.
306
00:28:52,524 --> 00:28:55,902
There is something
wrong with me,
307
00:28:55,985 --> 00:28:59,656
which is why I choose
to travel with King Horik.
308
00:29:00,865 --> 00:29:02,617
Why?
309
00:29:02,826 --> 00:29:05,161
I don't know yet.
310
00:29:05,620 --> 00:29:07,372
There's something about him.
311
00:29:08,498 --> 00:29:12,252
He understands the gods
better than Ragnar.
312
00:29:12,335 --> 00:29:14,254
No.
No?
313
00:29:14,337 --> 00:29:15,588
That is not possible.
314
00:29:15,672 --> 00:29:21,302
I mean the real gods,
the darker gods,
315
00:29:21,386 --> 00:29:23,888
the gods that haunt me.
316
00:29:25,515 --> 00:29:26,683
Don't scare me, Floki.
317
00:29:28,518 --> 00:29:29,686
Not now.
318
00:29:34,107 --> 00:29:35,692
I'm sorry, Helga.
319
00:29:37,652 --> 00:29:39,362
I did not mean
anything by it.
320
00:29:40,488 --> 00:29:42,907
After all,
I'm just a joker.
321
00:29:47,787 --> 00:29:48,788
Rollo.
322
00:29:51,207 --> 00:29:54,502
I will be here
when you return,
if it is what you want.
323
00:31:40,191 --> 00:31:42,777
MAN: All sails!
324
00:31:44,737 --> 00:31:47,991
Pull off! Pull off!
325
00:31:52,328 --> 00:31:53,788
Let's go!
326
00:32:29,198 --> 00:32:30,742
Thank you.
327
00:32:31,367 --> 00:32:33,828
TORSTEIN: What is
the matter with you?
328
00:32:36,414 --> 00:32:37,957
Something the seer
told me.
329
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,667
What did the seer tell you?
330
00:32:39,834 --> 00:32:41,502
That Athelstan is alive.
331
00:32:44,422 --> 00:32:48,384
Athelstan?
But I thought he was dead.
332
00:32:50,011 --> 00:32:52,555
That's what King Horik
led me to believe.
333
00:32:54,515 --> 00:32:57,310
He also said that
Athelstan betrayed him.
334
00:33:05,818 --> 00:33:08,070
How is Ragnar
treating you these days?
335
00:33:09,739 --> 00:33:11,240
He treats me well enough.
336
00:33:12,742 --> 00:33:16,162
It is my judgment
that a boat builder
337
00:33:16,245 --> 00:33:18,498
is worth 10 earls.
338
00:33:18,581 --> 00:33:20,124
And how many kings?
339
00:33:20,208 --> 00:33:21,417
(CHUCKLES)
340
00:33:25,213 --> 00:33:28,216
If you decide to
build boats for me,
341
00:33:28,299 --> 00:33:30,802
I would certainly
treat you like a king.
342
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,348
You think you can
buy me with riches?
343
00:33:35,431 --> 00:33:38,017
I would never
insult you like that.
344
00:33:38,643 --> 00:33:41,437
What I need from you,
Floki, are your ideas...
345
00:33:43,731 --> 00:33:46,192
For they are worth more
than gold and silver,
346
00:33:46,776 --> 00:33:48,986
and they come
from the gods.
347
00:33:51,489 --> 00:33:52,865
Are you sure they do?
348
00:33:52,949 --> 00:33:53,950
Oh, yes.
349
00:33:54,951 --> 00:33:56,285
Yes, I am sure.
350
00:34:01,999 --> 00:34:04,544
It's important for me
to understand
351
00:34:04,627 --> 00:34:07,296
whether your words
are a curse
352
00:34:07,922 --> 00:34:08,923
or a promise.
353
00:34:18,474 --> 00:34:19,475
Perhaps...
354
00:34:20,393 --> 00:34:22,061
Soon I will understand.
355
00:34:22,228 --> 00:34:24,272
(LAUGHING)
356
00:34:50,923 --> 00:34:52,383
What are you thinking?
357
00:34:53,885 --> 00:34:55,636
I am thinking about battle.
358
00:34:57,346 --> 00:35:00,766
You have nothing
to be fearful of.
359
00:35:02,351 --> 00:35:03,853
I will always be
by your side.
360
00:35:04,186 --> 00:35:05,855
You always speak so simply.
361
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,986
Sometimes I wish my father
could do the same.
362
00:35:12,278 --> 00:35:14,488
Maybe our world
is a simple place.
363
00:35:15,323 --> 00:35:16,699
You trust the gods?
364
00:35:17,074 --> 00:35:18,659
I put myself in their hands.
365
00:35:19,660 --> 00:35:21,495
I have no will
beyond their will.
366
00:35:22,330 --> 00:35:23,331
And Ragnar?
367
00:35:26,083 --> 00:35:27,376
Ragnar is different.
368
00:35:27,877 --> 00:35:29,712
He does not always
submit to the gods.
369
00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:32,548
Challenges them.
370
00:35:33,549 --> 00:35:35,217
Has some awkward questions.
371
00:35:39,305 --> 00:35:41,057
And what is their
biggest question?
372
00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:45,478
Are our lives
already fated?
373
00:35:46,312 --> 00:35:48,856
Have the gods already
decided our destiny?
374
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:00,576
Land!
375
00:36:05,081 --> 00:36:07,708
MAN: Land!
MAN 2: Come on!
376
00:36:09,377 --> 00:36:10,378
(LAUGHING)
377
00:36:34,735 --> 00:36:35,903
(DOOR OPENING)
378
00:36:39,115 --> 00:36:40,866
Your friends have returned.
379
00:36:43,244 --> 00:36:44,745
My friends?
380
00:36:44,829 --> 00:36:47,957
A large fleet of Northmen
have come ashore in Wessex.
381
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,709
One of the ships, I am told,
382
00:36:49,792 --> 00:36:52,878
was flying the black raven
banner of Ragnar Lothbrok.
383
00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,218
What will you do?
384
00:36:59,802 --> 00:37:01,846
I hope I can
negotiate with Ragnar.
385
00:37:02,638 --> 00:37:06,517
When we met before,
he struck me as different.
386
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,227
Intelligent.
387
00:37:10,396 --> 00:37:12,189
He will listen to reason.
388
00:37:13,858 --> 00:37:14,984
Good.
389
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:24,452
But if not,
I will fight him.
390
00:37:24,618 --> 00:37:26,787
I have already sent
a message to King Aelle,
391
00:37:26,871 --> 00:37:30,124
asking him to supply warriors,
according to our treaty.
392
00:37:31,125 --> 00:37:36,088
Whatever happens,
I will not be defeated.
393
00:38:06,869 --> 00:38:08,788
WOMAN 1: It's secure.
394
00:38:08,871 --> 00:38:11,248
WOMAN 2: Here, I'll help you.
395
00:38:11,332 --> 00:38:13,125
MAN 1: Here they are.
MAN 2: Where is he?
396
00:38:20,382 --> 00:38:22,009
MAN 3: Now, have
a drop of this.
397
00:38:24,804 --> 00:38:28,057
WOMAN: The fire's going out.
Inge, help me!
398
00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:43,072
Cover this here!
399
00:38:44,824 --> 00:38:46,325
MAN 4: And dig
a trench for it.
400
00:38:47,576 --> 00:38:49,078
WOMAN: Tie it with this rope.
401
00:38:51,580 --> 00:38:53,999
I never imagined
the west would be so wet!
402
00:38:54,792 --> 00:38:56,794
Where is Torstein going?
403
00:38:57,711 --> 00:39:00,256
I sent him to inform
the King of our return.
404
00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:02,758
Why?
405
00:39:02,883 --> 00:39:05,261
So he knows that we
are here to talk...
406
00:39:07,096 --> 00:39:08,764
And not to fight.
407
00:39:08,848 --> 00:39:11,350
And you did that
without consulting with me.
408
00:39:13,602 --> 00:39:15,396
I thought you
would both agree.
409
00:39:16,897 --> 00:39:18,315
Why should you
think that?
410
00:39:19,108 --> 00:39:21,318
Because it is
a sensible policy.
411
00:39:24,613 --> 00:39:27,283
Fine, I will...
412
00:39:31,370 --> 00:39:35,082
Unfortunately, it is too late
to recall Torstein.
413
00:39:38,002 --> 00:39:40,671
You should have
discussed it with us.
414
00:39:40,754 --> 00:39:42,423
King Horik is right.
415
00:39:42,506 --> 00:39:47,261
I will try to remember that
the next time, Earl Ingstad.
416
00:39:48,179 --> 00:39:50,848
There is not going to be
a next time, Ragnar,
417
00:39:50,931 --> 00:39:53,350
unless you agree you will
never ever do anything again
418
00:39:53,434 --> 00:39:55,394
without consulting
with me first.
419
00:39:59,315 --> 00:40:02,318
For you and I are not equals.
420
00:40:05,988 --> 00:40:09,033
So, what do you propose now?
421
00:40:12,453 --> 00:40:13,787
Wait.
422
00:40:14,538 --> 00:40:15,748
For what?
423
00:40:16,624 --> 00:40:17,875
The unexpected.
424
00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:20,127
Let me tell you
what to expect, hmm?
425
00:40:20,211 --> 00:40:23,631
King Ecbert will send
some envoy to trick us,
426
00:40:23,839 --> 00:40:26,133
or he will send some
army to annihilate us.
427
00:40:33,349 --> 00:40:34,683
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
428
00:40:58,457 --> 00:41:00,084
That went well.
429
00:41:17,518 --> 00:41:18,894
They're coming!
430
00:41:19,812 --> 00:41:21,605
The Saxons are coming!
431
00:41:21,897 --> 00:41:23,524
MAN: Form a shield-wall!
432
00:41:24,525 --> 00:41:26,068
Shield-wall!
433
00:41:31,824 --> 00:41:34,243
MAN 2: Hold them!
They're escaping!
434
00:41:34,368 --> 00:41:35,995
MAN: Narrow their approach!
435
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:37,746
MAN 2: Over there! Over there!
436
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:39,289
(HORSE WHINNYING)
437
00:42:24,460 --> 00:42:25,919
(BREATHES IN DEEPLY)
438
00:42:50,152 --> 00:42:51,862
Ragnar Lothbrok,
439
00:42:53,447 --> 00:42:56,325
my father, King Ecbert,
sends his greetings.
440
00:42:56,992 --> 00:42:58,994
He hopes that you will be
prepared to talk to him.
441
00:43:06,085 --> 00:43:07,503
I am prepared.
442
00:43:09,004 --> 00:43:11,173
But we would have
to exchange hostages.
443
00:43:12,007 --> 00:43:13,050
Of course.
444
00:43:14,343 --> 00:43:18,055
And my father
also sends you this,
445
00:43:18,138 --> 00:43:21,850
as a token of his goodwill.
446
00:43:29,525 --> 00:43:31,360
This is Athelstan's.
447
00:43:35,030 --> 00:43:36,573
I gave it to him.
448
00:43:36,990 --> 00:43:38,283
Then he is alive.
449
00:43:40,077 --> 00:43:42,663
Athelstan is waiting
to see you at my
father's villa.
450
00:43:43,539 --> 00:43:46,458
You have his guarantee
of safe passage,
451
00:43:46,542 --> 00:43:48,293
as well as my father's.
452
00:43:48,377 --> 00:43:49,753
Then...
453
00:43:53,841 --> 00:43:57,052
We will all come to
your father's villa.
454
00:44:20,868 --> 00:44:22,244
(HORSE WHINNYING)
455
00:45:01,700 --> 00:45:03,493
Halt! Halt!
456
00:45:04,578 --> 00:45:06,079
(ALL SHOUTING)
457
00:45:08,665 --> 00:45:09,833
(GRUNTING)
458
00:45:43,492 --> 00:45:44,493
(GRUNTS)