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Left, right, left!

Right! Left, right, left!

Left, right, left!

Left, right, left!

Left, right, left!

Left, right, left!

That's right!
Go back to England.

And go home!

Get on home!

Boys, give them a bit, uh--
Something livelier to march to.

Hey, rosbifs! Over
here! Over here!

You lost!

How does it feel, huh?

To lose against an army
of rebels and frogs?

I and certain other personages
from New York have discussed

forming a society
dedicated to the principle.

My own conviction is that
abolition is a necessity,

but one which must be approached

in the most carefully
incremental manner.

On the matter of manumission, for example,
I think release from servitude fitting

once the purchase price
has been earned back.

What have I promised
you, Benoit?

I shall be freed after
seven years, Mr. Jay.

And so you shall, assuming that
certain conditions are met.

We're here.

He has arranged things
just to his liking, of course.

He pays no rent. Treats his
debts as mere suggestions.

The grandson gads about
like some cock of the walk

- whilst calling himself his secretary.
- Hmm.

And more to the point, he's enthralled
to his masters at Versailles.

I strongly urge you to regard his every
utterance with the greatest skepticism.

You believe him
diminished by age?

I believe he should
never have been entrusted

with the commission
to begin with.

Did we win at Yorktown only to
bend our knee before a French king?

We have been
instructed to do so.

But do you mean to follow
those instructions?

In spirit.

But not necessarily in letter.

My good Dr. Franklin.

Mr. Jay.

Have you come here to relieve
a weary man of his burden?

No, sir. But, by the
will of Congress,

I am here to aid you
in the making of peace.

- What do you have in mind?
- To give away little and gain much.

My intentions precisely.

Something you wish to say?

I have already said it.

Mr. Adams thinks me too
accommodating of our allies.

Possibly he mentioned it.

To be everyone's friend
is to be no one's.

A dilemma that you'll
never be burdened by.

I did not come
here to be liked.

Well, you have
succeeded admirably.

Perhaps it would be
better to meet tomorrow.

Nonsense. Nonsense. I've set
out a dinner for us here.

That's all we need to--

- Doctor?
- Ah, just a twinge.

- It's...
- Do you require--

I'm fine. I'm fine.

Will you agree to parlay
a roast and a good port?

- I would consent to meet them halfway.
- Mmm. Shall we?

Does your man need to eat?

I wouldn't know.

Huh?

Ah, oui.

Bravo! Bravo!

Enter.

There is the
matter of our instructions.

What is there to say except
we are bound to follow them?

Are we, though?

Meaning what?

That Congress has
prostituted itself

by surrendering its sovereignty
to the comte de Vergennes.

Now, there's
a reasonable statement.

We didn't fight a war to be
ordered about by Versailles.

Ingratitude is hardly a way to
establish America's reputation.

Here is your friend's
demand for our borders.

Everything west of the Allegheny is
left to Spain for France's own purposes

or reserved for the
benighted natives.

With Britain squatting above us
like a pasha over a chamber pot.

Is this the nation you imagined?

I would not object to
a helping of Canada.

How do you propose to get it?

Since our hosts are not
inclined to serve it.

By goodwill and
friendly persuasion.

See why you
were sent for, sir?

If we cannot count on France,
then upon who else may we depend?

On God and ourselves,
Dr. Franklin.

You would deliberately violate
Congress's instructions?

They are 3,000 miles
and two months away.

Why have they entrusted us with this
task if not to do as we see fit?

That is sophistry, Mr. Jay.

Then I will be clear.

If those instructions compromise
our honor, I would break them.

Like this.

Odette?

It's not what you
think. She had an accident.

What kind of accident?

It's more like a mistake. But it's
done with, and she's all right now.

Why did she send for you?

I suppose she trusts me.

You don't care about her. You don't
care about anyone but yourself.

You won't like it.

Odette.

It's
time to grow up.

I'm here.

Ah. Ashcroft, is it?

Bancroft.

Of course. Terribly sorry.

Who are you?

Strachey. Undersecretary
to the Home Office.

I expect you know why I'm here.

In the Palais-Royal?

In Paris.

Well, negotiate a peace with
the Americans, I should think.

Hard to believe
it's come to that,

but, uh, there we have it.

Awkward thing is, I have
somehow been charged with, uh--

Well, your man that you, uh...

- How to put it--
- Sold secrets to.

He shan't be coming round again.

What does that mean?

He's been sent on.

Well, where to?

Really couldn't say. Suriname?

H-He's gone?

Oh, absolutely. Yes.

But also no.

Beg your pardon?

You don't happen to know
his whereabouts, do you?

Well, I thought he'd be here.

But he's not, though. I'm here.

I don't suppose you've got
any new bits to pass along?

It'd be ever so helpful, you
see, as we, uh, stagger forward.

It's all in the
report, I'm afraid.

Yes. Of course.

All right then.

Ever been to Florida?

I've not had that privilege.

Have a plantation there. Indigo.

Requires a great lot of Negroes.

Expect I'll lose it all.

Come, come. Uh, the both of you.

Oh.

Bon. Merde.

I wish you luck.

Oh.

Oh, non!

Benjamin Franklin.

Are
we in agreement?

We leave them no room
for equivocation.

They must affirm they will not parlay
with Britain without telling us first.

They'll demand the same of us.

Which our instructions
already make plain.

They will not see
past that shadow.

So let us be frank
amongst ourselves.

We mean to deceive.

No.

We mean to lawyer.

Do you concur?

- Dr. Franklin, do you concur?
- Let's seek our terms.

I am unclear as to
what you are actually saying.

You have read our instructions, sir,
and see what we are charged with.

I have read them, yes.

Then what is your concern?

Not all orders are...
...obeyed.

Meaning what?

Only what I have said.

That is an outrageous
accusation.

I accuse you of
nothing, Mr. Adams.

You called me
a liar to my face.

But you have just told me you
are not. Why would I doubt you?

And you, sir?

What assurance have we

that you will not make
your own peace with Britain

and leave us bereft?

The same assurance
you have given me.

Is that not sufficient?

You do not regard the
word of Congress as bo--

- I-I beg your pardon.
- He's playacting again.

Monsieur le Comte, my friend.

Doctor, you are in pain.

You and I, we have walked a
long road together, have we not?

We have. With many turns.

And I've come to know you
as a true and generous ally

and an honest man.

Now the end that we have both
sacrificed years to is in sight,

and we're both
eager at the gate.

But I say, before all
assembled in this room...

we will not betray you.

And faithful to you we
shall remain, mon ami.

What was that?

- I said what was true.
- That's not what we agreed.

You two agreed. I only listened.

Do you side with America,
France or merely yourself?

Dr. Franklin, I hold you in the highest
regard, but if we do not act in concert--

- Enough of this puffery.
- Mr. Adams, please.

No. I will not hold my
tongue in the face of--

What devilment have
you been up to?

You're not supposed to talk.

Yet I am doing so.

Well?

I have obtained a
position at court.

As what? A punch bag?

That was a separate affair.

Oh, you worry me, boy.

Best worry about yourself.

Do as you see fit.

Ah, my tormentor. What punishment
will you inflict upon me?

Well, no doubt you've
made your own diagnosis.

A bladder stone I've
had at least 50 years.

And now it is having you.

Can he be helped?

Lithotomy.

Lithos, stone. Tomos, cut.

An incision through the
abdomen above the pubis

and the gravel
removed with forceps.

Can you perform such an
operation, Mr. Bancroft?

I would rather entrust
it to others with more experience.

But it would cure him?

Uh, where are
Mr. Adams and Mr. Jay?

Just-- Just outside.

Can you fetch them?

If your courtly
rank allows that.

He was at your side all night.
I could not make him leave.

How would you parse the odds?

Of surviving the
procedure?

You've calculated that already.

I am in agony, friend.

Then you may chance it.

But I will have no
part in such butchery.

In the meantime...
...you must not move.

It would be better to somehow
approach the, uh-- The urethra.

A tube of some clever design
slid up the canal and--

How are you keeping now, sir?

Fit for the Labors of Hercules.

No such exertions will
be required, I think.

Yes, Mr. Adams?

I wish to--

That is to say, I should not
have doubted your distress.

Perhaps I gave you cause.

Mr. Adams and I have been
discussing how to proceed.

We are both of the mind that
delay will not aid our cause.

It will not.

And so, we think it best

to move forward
with the British.

Keeping you, of course,
informed of our progress.

Within reason.

And the pledge to our allies?

Well, you gave your word.

I propose something else.

We convene here,

and so act in harmony
towards our common goal.

You really deem that prudent?

What says Versailles?

You see how it is?

Not even the drumbeat of mortality can
penetrate that colossal self-regard.

- Mr. Adams--
- He would insist from the grave

that he is indispensable.

We are to gather by his
sickbed so that he, only he,

- may cut the Gordian knot...
- Mr. Adams--

...and deliver onto us his
audience, his worship--

Mr. Adams!

We need him.

Merci. Monsieur!

If only I
had brought my sketchbook.

Madame.

How are you?

Lifted by your arrival.

After too long an absence.

I have been occupied with
family affairs, I'm afraid.

All is well, I hope.

Absolument.

I am to be a grandmother.

Oh, it's life's
greatest blessing.

You are engaged in weighty
matters, I am told.

Horse trading, madame.
Plain and simple.

And Mr. Temple?

He flourishes, I expect.

He, um--

He's embarked upon
a career at court.

I never doubted his prospects.

I can
manage that myself, thank you.

Ooh. Ooh!

You are rather enjoying
this, aren't you?

No. No, no. No, not
under the circumstances.

We are happy to leave you being.

No, I--
I bid you to stay.

Please. Both of you. Please.

I brought you something, mon bon
papa. Can you guess what it is?

A, um, suckling pig
and a well-aged sherry?

Not exactly.

You must keep warm.

Mr. Paul Wentworth.

You fancy
yourself a gentleman?

Only when it suits.

And you are in this country why?

I'm fond of a good Bordeaux.

To secure victory
for England against the rebels.

You do not seem
to have succeeded.

Tell me about the
negotiation between Britain and America.

The Americans mean to fuck you
over the first chance they get.

Dr. Franklin
swore to me otherwise.

I swore I'd love some
wench forever last night.

Today I couldn't
tell you her name.

We're after the same
thing, you know.

What is that?

The best end to a bad bargain.

We do not wish to get
it in the same way.

No. You like some perfume
between you and the stink.

That's what makes
you a true gentleman.

Et...

I prefer beheading.
It's all the same to you.

Mmm. With pleasure. But later.

I call
this highly irregular.

It is rather not to our
advantage, Mr. Oswald.

We are already on
unfriendly soil.

And what precise room we
negotiate in is of little moment.

But we're coming to them.

It does tilt the balance a bit.

Would you have us
turn and leave?

I simply note the circumstances.

Mm-hmm.

Mr. Grenville?

They shan't be getting
Newfoundland. I tell you that.

Dr. Franklin, I am honored
to be in your company.

Though sorry to see
you so indisposed.

Oh, think nothing of it, sir.

I'm grateful for
your accommodation.

Perhaps future negotiations
should take place

with us all abed.

Merely a suggestion.

Before we proceed,

do you regard yourselves
as beholden to France

concerning agreements
we come to here?

We intend to act in
whatever fashion--

Permits us to remain in concert
with our faithful allies.

I ask only because
their interests are not yours.

And you may find yourselves bound by
treaty to a war you do not wish to fight.

Debts paid are still
obligations owed.

A point of honor for men.

But nations use a different
calculus, do they not?

Three matters
are of the essence.

Our unqualified independence,
the removal of all your troops

and the extent of
our boundaries.

We are eager to discuss
reparations for seized property.

Plantations, for example.

On what grounds?

On the grounds that subjects loyal to the
Crown be compensated for their losses.

And of the depredations that
you have visited on Americans?

What recompense for them?

It was your own lawless
rebellion which gave cause to--

Can we agree to discuss this issue in
a free and open manner at a later date?

So I'd wish, Mr. Oswald, but neither
one of us is getting any younger.

What do you propose?

Canada.

What of it?

You give it to us.

Which part?

All of it.

Does that include Newfoundland?

I would imagine.

- That is an impossibility.
- It is an imperative.

How so?

New England's ancient stake
in the sacred codfish.

A century of thieving fishermen
does not constitute a legal claim.

By natural right of usage
under English common law.

Perhaps having once taken a
stroll past the Royal Mint,

you might also like
His Majesty's Treasury.

Enough of this peevish nonsense.

- I will not be hectored.
- Dr. Franklin.

Mr. Oswald.

What would be the
chance of a cup of tea?

Strachey is nothing
but a pompous dissembler.

As for Grenville, that untutored cub...
He needs a good boxing about the ears.

But Oswald. Oswald is a
canny one like all his kind.

One-eyed men?

The Scots.

I feared you were
going to say that.

Are you so blind to not see
he intends to divide us?

No, nor so foolish
as to let him do it.

That blunder will
fall to someone else.

Me? Is that what you imply?

That I would be the
age-- That my resolve--

You actually have
the temerity to--

Gentlemen!

It has been a long day.

You may think me excitable and
overkeen to judge, but mark me.

His folly demur for France is a
stone that will drag us under.

I do
love a good story.

Yes.

Oh. Hello.

Not happy to see me?

No. On the contrary,
dear friend. I--

I feared some ill
fate had befallen you.

Judging by your
look, I suspect--

Do you remember what I told you?

What exactly?

I'd take you with me.

To Suriname?

To the devil.

- What is that?
- It's the boy's admission of treason.

You don't recognize it? You
did write it, after all.

Wha--

- What-- What am I to do with it now?
- Hand it to a willing recipient.

Our masters have already
begun to negotiate.

I mean, what would
be the point?

It would stop me
from nosing you out

for the two-faced
fucker you are.

They'll hang you for that,

dear friend.

I did pay her five livres.

I'll see it doesn't go to waste.

M-Make
yourself useful.

Is it the fashion to
dress as a page now?

The queen has
a taste for simplicity.

No doubt
you'll soon be a prince

done up in rags.

Gérard's gone to England.

- Come again?
- He left this afternoon.

You know this how?

I have an intimate
in his office.

And the purpose of his journey?

I couldn't say.

But if we were at chess,

I'd keep an eye on Monsieur
Vergennes's king-side bishop.

I managed to teach
you something after all.

It seems we're obliged to play
a different game ourselves now.

But you gave your word.

Did I?

A shame, really.

I do so like the French.

Sorry to disturb you at
such an hour, but, um--

Something has
come to light and I--

Well, I'm compelled to seek
out the wisest counsel I know.

You are too generous.

You are too modest.

As you may be aware,
I have, on occasion,

aided Dr. Franklin in the
organizing of his papers.

A fool's errand, if you ask me.

Nonetheless, I have tried.

To my dismay, I
discovered...

...that I unwittingly took some
correspondence back to my lodgings.

No great cause
for consternation.

Of course, of course.
But...

I found this.

In Master Temple's hand.

I-I-I cannot attest to its veracity, nor
explain why the doctor kept it secret.

And why show it to me?

Because too much is at stake to trust
a man whose loyalties are suspect.

Well...

you have come to
your senses at last.

Sir?

The son, the grandson,

and yet somehow the
patriarch is without sin.

Have I not warned against
his duplicity for years?

I did not wish to believe it.

Our fates cannot be
founded on wishes.

May I keep this?

If you must. I...

Bancroft, I commend you.

As a patriot.