1 00:00:20,421 --> 00:00:22,549 [tense music plays] 2 00:00:25,093 --> 00:00:26,469 [woman wailing] 3 00:00:29,430 --> 00:00:30,640 [midwife] Breathe, Your Grace. 4 00:00:31,224 --> 00:00:32,475 [wailing continues] 5 00:00:34,144 --> 00:00:35,603 -Push! -[doctor] Breathe! 6 00:00:35,687 --> 00:00:36,771 [midwife] Yes! Yes! 7 00:00:37,355 --> 00:00:39,649 Your Grace, I shall need you to push. 8 00:00:39,732 --> 00:00:42,485 -[Duchess of Hastings wailing] -[midwife] Very good. Yes! 9 00:00:43,611 --> 00:00:45,321 You must breathe, Your Grace. 10 00:00:45,405 --> 00:00:47,282 Someone must tell me something! 11 00:00:48,491 --> 00:00:51,077 -Would you move? -What are you doing in here, Lady Danbury? 12 00:00:51,161 --> 00:00:53,997 -I am going in, Your Grace. -No place for a lady in there. 13 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,666 Someone must be with her. If not her husband, then-- 14 00:00:56,749 --> 00:00:58,251 [Duchess of Hastings screams] 15 00:01:02,255 --> 00:01:04,257 [wailing] 16 00:01:04,883 --> 00:01:06,426 [groans loudly] 17 00:01:06,509 --> 00:01:07,760 [doctor] Push. 18 00:01:07,844 --> 00:01:09,804 I must know if I am at long last to have a son. 19 00:01:09,888 --> 00:01:11,222 [doctor] Forceps. 20 00:01:11,306 --> 00:01:12,473 [wailing continues] 21 00:01:13,933 --> 00:01:16,769 -I can see the head. Push! -Push! 22 00:01:16,853 --> 00:01:18,438 -Tell me! -Tell him! 23 00:01:18,521 --> 00:01:19,564 -Breathe, Your Grace! -Yes. 24 00:01:19,647 --> 00:01:21,524 -Push. -Push, Your Grace! Push! 25 00:01:22,567 --> 00:01:24,736 What is it? What is it? 26 00:01:24,819 --> 00:01:25,737 [baby gurgles] 27 00:01:26,696 --> 00:01:27,989 It is a boy, Your Grace. 28 00:01:28,072 --> 00:01:30,366 [baby crying] 29 00:01:57,393 --> 00:01:59,062 [baby coos] 30 00:01:59,771 --> 00:02:00,813 I have a son. 31 00:02:02,106 --> 00:02:02,941 I have a son! 32 00:02:03,650 --> 00:02:05,485 [all cheering] 33 00:02:06,861 --> 00:02:07,695 Sarah! 34 00:02:11,324 --> 00:02:12,867 I finally gave him… 35 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:14,994 a son. 36 00:02:17,163 --> 00:02:18,456 [laughing] 37 00:02:18,539 --> 00:02:19,666 [exhales] 38 00:02:20,250 --> 00:02:21,125 [gasps] 39 00:02:21,709 --> 00:02:23,127 [struggling breaths] 40 00:02:24,587 --> 00:02:25,421 Sarah. 41 00:02:25,505 --> 00:02:26,506 Doctor! 42 00:02:27,674 --> 00:02:29,259 There is too much blood. 43 00:02:30,635 --> 00:02:31,511 Sarah… 44 00:02:34,764 --> 00:02:36,307 [Duke of Hastings] A perfect son! 45 00:02:36,391 --> 00:02:41,396 Simon Arthur Henry Fitzranulph Basset, the next Duke of Hastings! 46 00:02:41,479 --> 00:02:42,647 [all cheering] 47 00:02:52,156 --> 00:02:53,116 [maid] Your Grace. 48 00:02:54,242 --> 00:02:56,744 Would you like us to arrange the duchess's room for you? 49 00:02:58,579 --> 00:02:59,414 No. 50 00:03:00,123 --> 00:03:01,499 That will not be necessary. 51 00:03:15,722 --> 00:03:18,308 [Lady Whistledown] There will forever be just two words 52 00:03:18,391 --> 00:03:20,268 that come to this author's mind 53 00:03:20,351 --> 00:03:22,520 the morning after any good party, 54 00:03:22,603 --> 00:03:25,148 {\an8}"shock" and "delight." 55 00:03:25,773 --> 00:03:31,654 {\an8}Well, dear reader, the scandalous accounts from last night's soiree at Vauxhall 56 00:03:31,738 --> 00:03:35,241 {\an8}are quite shocking and delightful indeed. 57 00:03:36,534 --> 00:03:37,660 It has arrived, Your Majesty! 58 00:03:39,662 --> 00:03:41,539 At once! At once! 59 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:45,918 Emerging, phoenix-like from the ashes of irrelevance, 60 00:03:46,002 --> 00:03:49,172 is one Miss Daphne Bridgerton. 61 00:03:49,797 --> 00:03:55,219 The illustrious debutante was seen dancing not once, but twice 62 00:03:55,303 --> 00:03:59,349 with the season's most eligible and most uncatchable rake, 63 00:03:59,432 --> 00:04:01,434 the Duke of Hastings. 64 00:04:01,517 --> 00:04:03,644 Where are you going so early, Your Grace? 65 00:04:04,937 --> 00:04:06,564 To promenade. 66 00:04:18,326 --> 00:04:20,495 -[Lady Danbury] He is smiling. -[Violet giggles] 67 00:04:20,578 --> 00:04:22,163 [Lady Danbury] The duke rarely smiles. 68 00:04:22,246 --> 00:04:24,290 Daphne has an excellent sense of humor. 69 00:04:24,374 --> 00:04:25,750 She will need it. 70 00:04:25,833 --> 00:04:28,586 Life as a duchess will have many demands. 71 00:04:28,669 --> 00:04:29,837 Hosting balls, 72 00:04:29,921 --> 00:04:31,589 greeting foreign dignitaries… 73 00:04:31,672 --> 00:04:33,800 Daphne will not merely be in society. 74 00:04:33,883 --> 00:04:35,218 She will be leading it. 75 00:04:35,301 --> 00:04:37,220 I have prepared her quite well, Lady Danbury. 76 00:04:37,303 --> 00:04:38,221 Mm. 77 00:04:38,304 --> 00:04:39,639 [both laugh] 78 00:04:39,722 --> 00:04:41,724 -Eight balls. -No. 79 00:04:42,475 --> 00:04:44,227 Eight balls. 80 00:04:45,269 --> 00:04:47,605 You do want our plan to succeed, do you not? 81 00:04:47,688 --> 00:04:48,981 The purpose of this arrangement 82 00:04:49,065 --> 00:04:51,234 is to keep the marriage-minded mothers of the ton at bay, 83 00:04:51,317 --> 00:04:53,403 not hurl myself directly into the lion's den. 84 00:04:53,486 --> 00:04:57,782 The purpose of this arrangement is to ensure I marry my very first season. 85 00:04:58,282 --> 00:04:59,492 I shall grant you four. 86 00:04:59,575 --> 00:05:01,327 -Six balls. -Five. 87 00:05:01,411 --> 00:05:03,913 Six. And you must send flowers. 88 00:05:03,996 --> 00:05:04,914 Today. 89 00:05:04,997 --> 00:05:07,166 -Expensive ones. -[Simon sighs] 90 00:05:07,834 --> 00:05:10,795 If you were truly courting me, you'd buy out every florist in town. 91 00:05:10,878 --> 00:05:13,881 If I were truly courting you, I would not need flowers, 92 00:05:13,965 --> 00:05:16,426 only five minutes alone with you in a drawing room. 93 00:05:19,262 --> 00:05:20,263 I did not mean… 94 00:05:20,763 --> 00:05:22,682 -Six balls, Your Grace. -Very well. 95 00:05:22,765 --> 00:05:24,475 Though I shall see about the flowers. 96 00:05:24,559 --> 00:05:26,310 And you must remember, 97 00:05:26,394 --> 00:05:28,646 no one can know about our little arrangement. 98 00:05:30,148 --> 00:05:32,608 Nor about what happened last night with Lord Berbrooke. 99 00:05:32,692 --> 00:05:34,861 Ah, yes. How is your hand this morning? 100 00:05:35,445 --> 00:05:37,029 You must know you did nothing wrong. 101 00:05:37,113 --> 00:05:40,533 What I know is that even the rumor of my being alone with a man, 102 00:05:41,033 --> 00:05:44,036 let alone punching him, will ruin me. 103 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,123 I have no interest in causing a scandal,  Miss Bridgerton. 104 00:05:47,206 --> 00:05:49,709 I should imagine with you it comes naturally. 105 00:05:49,792 --> 00:05:51,335 [both chuckle softly] 106 00:05:52,420 --> 00:05:53,588 [horse neighs] 107 00:05:55,465 --> 00:05:57,925 [Penelope whispering]  Of course I don't know. How would I know? 108 00:05:58,843 --> 00:06:01,971 Because I can't ask her. Because I don't know how it happened. 109 00:06:02,847 --> 00:06:04,182 It's disturbing! 110 00:06:04,265 --> 00:06:06,058 What are you girls talking about? 111 00:06:07,977 --> 00:06:09,604 Penelope is wondering about Miss Thompson. 112 00:06:09,687 --> 00:06:11,022 -Prudence-- -What of Miss Thompson? 113 00:06:11,105 --> 00:06:14,066 -[Prudence] Penelope has inquiries. -[Penelope] If you do not fall silent-- 114 00:06:14,150 --> 00:06:15,818 [Philipa] About Miss Thompson's condition. 115 00:06:15,902 --> 00:06:17,820 -I beg your pardon? -They know, ma'am. 116 00:06:17,904 --> 00:06:20,698 How did it happen, Mama? Is there to be a baby? 117 00:06:20,781 --> 00:06:22,408 That will be enough. 118 00:06:22,492 --> 00:06:24,994 My lord, are you hearing this? 119 00:06:25,077 --> 00:06:26,287 What are we going to do? 120 00:06:26,370 --> 00:06:28,789 There's no need for your hysterics. 121 00:06:28,873 --> 00:06:30,541 Why is Miss Thompson to be kept away? 122 00:06:30,625 --> 00:06:32,627 Because her condition is catching. 123 00:06:38,966 --> 00:06:42,512 So, Daphne may be in love. Does she think it an accomplishment? 124 00:06:42,595 --> 00:06:44,514 What exactly has she accomplished, then? [scoffs] 125 00:06:44,597 --> 00:06:48,059 She certainly did not build that man or bake him. He simply showed up. 126 00:06:48,601 --> 00:06:50,061 Now he straggles about. 127 00:06:50,645 --> 00:06:52,104 He likes her face, probably. 128 00:06:52,188 --> 00:06:53,356 Perhaps her hair. 129 00:06:53,439 --> 00:06:55,983 Having a nice face and pleasant hair is not an accomplishment. 130 00:06:56,067 --> 00:06:58,194 Do you know what is an accomplishment?  [laughs] 131 00:06:58,277 --> 00:07:00,613 Attending university! 132 00:07:00,696 --> 00:07:02,782 If I were a man, I could do that, you know. 133 00:07:02,865 --> 00:07:05,660 Instead, I shall have to stand by and watch dear Mama appear proud 134 00:07:05,743 --> 00:07:08,579 because some man should like to admire my sister's face and hair 135 00:07:08,663 --> 00:07:10,164 and fill her up with babies! 136 00:07:11,123 --> 00:07:13,417 Oh, Penelope, you're not listening to a word I say. 137 00:07:14,627 --> 00:07:15,795 Whoa! Oh! 138 00:07:15,878 --> 00:07:18,589 I know of someone… with child. 139 00:07:19,715 --> 00:07:20,925 Is it your mama? 140 00:07:21,008 --> 00:07:22,552 Is she not advanced in age? 141 00:07:22,635 --> 00:07:24,428 I suppose your father should still want a boy-- 142 00:07:24,512 --> 00:07:25,972 It is not Mama. 143 00:07:26,055 --> 00:07:27,557 It is a maid. 144 00:07:28,099 --> 00:07:31,102 -Which one of your maids is married? -She is not married. 145 00:07:31,185 --> 00:07:33,187 How did she become with child if she is not married? 146 00:07:33,271 --> 00:07:35,773 I do not know, but I will find out. 147 00:07:36,274 --> 00:07:37,233 You must. 148 00:07:37,316 --> 00:07:39,610 Otherwise, how can we make sure it never happens to us? 149 00:07:39,694 --> 00:07:41,445 We have accomplishments to acquire. 150 00:07:45,366 --> 00:07:47,535 Two dances? With a duke? 151 00:07:47,618 --> 00:07:49,662 He was quite taken with your sister, Hyacinth. 152 00:07:49,745 --> 00:07:52,999 The entire party was, for that matter. All eyes were on Daphne. 153 00:07:53,082 --> 00:07:55,876 -At least enjoy some toast, dearest. -I am not hungry, Mama. 154 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,879 Are you certain the entire party was not simply eyeing a tear in her dress? 155 00:07:58,963 --> 00:08:00,715 Or a misstep she took on the dance floor? 156 00:08:00,798 --> 00:08:03,467 I do wonder, Daphne, might we count on the duke at the Crawford ball? 157 00:08:03,551 --> 00:08:06,846 -I should think it a fair chance. -What about the Ramsbury ball, Friday? 158 00:08:06,929 --> 00:08:09,682 -And what about the grand picnic? -We shall see, Mama. 159 00:08:09,765 --> 00:08:11,225 [Hyacinth] How terrible for Fran 160 00:08:11,309 --> 00:08:13,894 that she'll be off practicing pianoforte with Aunt Winnie all season 161 00:08:13,978 --> 00:08:15,813 and miss Daphne's engagement to the duke. 162 00:08:15,896 --> 00:08:17,398 [Gregory] Did Francesca leave for Bath? 163 00:08:17,481 --> 00:08:19,150 How does a lady come to be with child? 164 00:08:20,192 --> 00:08:22,903 -Eloise, what a question! -I thought one needed to be married. 165 00:08:22,987 --> 00:08:25,823 -What are you talking about? -Apparently, it's not even a requirement. 166 00:08:25,906 --> 00:08:26,991 Eloise, that is enough. 167 00:08:28,868 --> 00:08:30,036 Oh, well… 168 00:08:30,119 --> 00:08:32,538 Daphne, you were playing so lovely. Please, do go on. 169 00:08:35,082 --> 00:08:37,209 -I take it the two of you know? -Do not look at me. 170 00:08:37,293 --> 00:08:39,754 -Have you ever visited a farm, El? -[Eloise growls] 171 00:08:39,837 --> 00:08:42,423 I hope you are not encouraging improper topics of conversation. 172 00:08:42,506 --> 00:08:43,841 [Benedict] Not at all, Mother. 173 00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:46,344 In fact, we were just heading off to… 174 00:08:46,427 --> 00:08:47,345 take our sticks out. 175 00:08:47,428 --> 00:08:49,722 -Colin Bridgerton! -A round of fencing. 176 00:08:51,182 --> 00:08:54,602 -Miss? Humboldt is coming. -Humboldt is coming? 177 00:08:54,685 --> 00:08:56,729 -Humboldt? -Why is Humboldt coming? 178 00:08:59,315 --> 00:09:00,608 Has someone arrived, Humboldt? 179 00:09:00,691 --> 00:09:03,319 -Callers for Miss Daphne, ma'am. -[Daphne squeals, laughs] 180 00:09:03,402 --> 00:09:06,113 But… the duke. You already have a caller, dearest. 181 00:09:06,197 --> 00:09:08,908 Well, I suppose now I have more. 182 00:09:08,991 --> 00:09:09,825 [laughs] 183 00:09:09,909 --> 00:09:11,494 [horses neighing] 184 00:09:20,336 --> 00:09:21,712 What is happening? 185 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:28,594 Coming through! 186 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,644 When you said you will be taking me  to your family… 187 00:09:36,727 --> 00:09:37,561 Move! 188 00:09:37,645 --> 00:09:39,772 …I expected to be the only one present! 189 00:09:39,855 --> 00:09:42,024 I wore my satin knee breeches for the occasion! 190 00:09:42,108 --> 00:09:43,234 Out of my way at once! 191 00:09:49,365 --> 00:09:50,241 Dear God! 192 00:09:51,534 --> 00:09:52,868 I shall speak to my soon-to-be-- 193 00:09:52,952 --> 00:09:56,205 -No, Lord Berbrooke, you must go. -You said you wanted this handled quickly. 194 00:09:56,288 --> 00:09:58,040 -You gave me your word. -I intend to keep it. 195 00:09:58,124 --> 00:10:00,793 You're the only man who proposed, therefore the only one I considered. 196 00:10:00,876 --> 00:10:03,295 This is nothing more than a terrible confusion. 197 00:10:03,379 --> 00:10:05,673 For now, you must go, along with everyone else. 198 00:10:08,342 --> 00:10:11,303 -I should like to know what is going on. -I would like to know the very same. 199 00:10:11,387 --> 00:10:14,807 Perhaps we might begin with why you chose to interrupt such an exquisite morning. 200 00:10:14,890 --> 00:10:16,892 Because she is already engaged to be married. 201 00:10:16,976 --> 00:10:18,686 The duke has already asked for your hand? 202 00:10:18,769 --> 00:10:20,521 I am not engaged, Mama. 203 00:10:20,604 --> 00:10:22,606 Has anyone truly proposed to me? No. 204 00:10:22,690 --> 00:10:25,568 Have I proposed to anyone else? I do not believe I have. 205 00:10:25,651 --> 00:10:28,404 -Do not be disrespectful, sister. -Disrespectful? 206 00:10:28,904 --> 00:10:31,615 I cannot imagine a greater show of disrespect 207 00:10:31,699 --> 00:10:33,743 than promising me to Nigel Berbrooke. 208 00:10:33,826 --> 00:10:35,119 Anthony, tell me you did not. 209 00:10:35,202 --> 00:10:38,456 -He's a fine choice. I looked into him. -You promised your sister to that man? 210 00:10:38,539 --> 00:10:40,708 -Not well enough, apparently. -What? 211 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:42,585 Does not matter. 212 00:10:42,668 --> 00:10:45,379 I now have many choices indeed. I do not need-- 213 00:10:45,463 --> 00:10:48,257 You have suitors. You do not have what matters: proposals. 214 00:10:48,340 --> 00:10:50,676 Except, of course, from Lord Berbrooke. 215 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,554 Whatever happened to his eye? It's quite grotesque. 216 00:10:53,637 --> 00:10:57,224 Daphne has charmed a duke, Anthony. You must know that changes everything. 217 00:10:57,308 --> 00:10:59,685 Please do not tell me this rebellion is to do with Hastings. 218 00:10:59,769 --> 00:11:00,644 They are courting. 219 00:11:00,728 --> 00:11:02,897 They've danced a couple of times together at a ball. 220 00:11:02,980 --> 00:11:04,815 Colin has done the same with Penelope. 221 00:11:04,899 --> 00:11:05,983 It does not signify-- 222 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:09,528 They promenaded this morning, and he sent flowers today to both of us. 223 00:11:09,612 --> 00:11:11,197 Expensive ones. 224 00:11:15,201 --> 00:11:17,578 The duke is not a serious suitor. 225 00:11:17,661 --> 00:11:18,829 He will never marry. 226 00:11:18,913 --> 00:11:20,623 I have known him since we were boys. 227 00:11:20,706 --> 00:11:24,502 It is not bravado, or denial, or even immaturity. 228 00:11:24,585 --> 00:11:25,836 It appears that way to me. 229 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,048 I will not marry Nigel Berbrooke. 230 00:11:31,634 --> 00:11:34,512 I have acted in your best interests, sister. 231 00:11:34,595 --> 00:11:37,765 One day, you will understand. One day, you will be most appreciative. 232 00:11:37,848 --> 00:11:39,892 The contract to Berbrooke will be drawn up, 233 00:11:39,975 --> 00:11:41,393 and you shall marry him. 234 00:11:44,855 --> 00:11:46,565 [doors open, slam shut] 235 00:11:46,649 --> 00:11:49,193 -Mama… -You need not worry, dearest. 236 00:11:49,276 --> 00:11:51,987 Once Lord Berbrooke witnesses the seriousness of the duke's intentions, 237 00:11:52,071 --> 00:11:53,572 he will have no choice but to retreat. 238 00:11:54,532 --> 00:11:56,450 Lord Berbrooke may not respect a woman's choice, 239 00:11:56,534 --> 00:11:58,786 but he certainly will respect a man's. 240 00:12:00,538 --> 00:12:05,751 Well, and if the duke is not… serious, I shall have others. 241 00:12:05,835 --> 00:12:09,129 Daphne, I saw the way the two of you looked at each other last night 242 00:12:09,213 --> 00:12:10,214 and this morning. 243 00:12:11,131 --> 00:12:12,466 There are no others. 244 00:12:13,592 --> 00:12:14,802 There is only the duke. 245 00:12:16,178 --> 00:12:17,388 [both chuckling] 246 00:12:20,975 --> 00:12:23,269 -[exhales] -[grunt echoing] 247 00:12:25,604 --> 00:12:26,814 [Simon grunts] 248 00:12:26,897 --> 00:12:29,733 Did you truly dance with the Bridgerton girl? Twice? 249 00:12:30,651 --> 00:12:33,028 [overlapping grunts] 250 00:12:33,112 --> 00:12:35,114 Remind me again why you were the first person 251 00:12:35,197 --> 00:12:38,158 I chose to reacquaint myself with upon my return to town. 252 00:12:38,242 --> 00:12:39,869 -Admit it, friend. -[Simon grunts] 253 00:12:39,952 --> 00:12:42,663 -You missed me. -[Simon grunts, gasps] 254 00:12:42,746 --> 00:12:44,081 [door opens] 255 00:12:44,915 --> 00:12:46,584 [Simon panting] 256 00:12:46,667 --> 00:12:49,587 -Might I have a word? -Have as many as you like, Bridgerton. 257 00:12:50,087 --> 00:12:52,089 [overlapping grunts and panting] 258 00:12:52,756 --> 00:12:54,633 You'll come down here, or must I come up there? 259 00:12:55,593 --> 00:13:00,306 My fists have taken enough pounding from your chin today, Your Dukeship. 260 00:13:00,389 --> 00:13:01,390 [Simon chuckles] 261 00:13:03,350 --> 00:13:05,394 [Simon sniffs, exhales] 262 00:13:06,562 --> 00:13:08,230 -[Anthony grunts] -[Simon grunts] 263 00:13:08,314 --> 00:13:09,607 [Anthony groans] 264 00:13:09,690 --> 00:13:11,400 Well? What seems to be so urgent? 265 00:13:11,483 --> 00:13:13,402 I'd like to know what was going through your head 266 00:13:13,485 --> 00:13:14,820 last night and this morning. 267 00:13:14,904 --> 00:13:17,990 You have to be more precise. A great deal goes on in a mind as quick as mine. 268 00:13:18,073 --> 00:13:19,199 Are you courting my sister? 269 00:13:19,283 --> 00:13:21,160 -Should I not be courting your sister? -No. 270 00:13:21,243 --> 00:13:24,330 And I can think of dozens of reasons why, starting with, "She is my sister," 271 00:13:24,413 --> 00:13:26,874 and ending with, "She is already engaged to be married," 272 00:13:26,957 --> 00:13:31,253 and then perhaps circling back to, "She is my sister." 273 00:13:31,337 --> 00:13:33,547 -[Simon grunts] -[Will laughs] 274 00:13:33,631 --> 00:13:36,675 I was unaware of an engagement. Have the banns been read, then? 275 00:13:36,759 --> 00:13:38,886 I assure you all the formal preparations are underway. 276 00:13:38,969 --> 00:13:40,638 I arranged everything with Nigel Berbrooke, 277 00:13:40,721 --> 00:13:42,264 having given him my word. 278 00:13:42,348 --> 00:13:43,849 So you have struck something squarely. 279 00:13:43,933 --> 00:13:46,977 Your problem is that Berbrooke is an unworthy suitor for Miss Bridgerton. 280 00:13:47,061 --> 00:13:49,104 -[Simon grunts] -[Anthony groans] 281 00:13:49,188 --> 00:13:50,356 He is perfectly decent. 282 00:13:51,607 --> 00:13:54,026 He is never seen going in and out of brothels, at least. 283 00:13:54,109 --> 00:13:56,737 I even know where he's been the past few years, right here in London. 284 00:13:56,820 --> 00:13:59,406 As opposed to some gambling hell, or backwater slum, 285 00:13:59,490 --> 00:14:03,035 or wherever it was you chose to fuck about for God knows whatever reason. 286 00:14:03,118 --> 00:14:05,245 [Anthony pants heavily] 287 00:14:07,331 --> 00:14:10,751 Nigel Berbrooke is hardly a saint. 288 00:14:10,834 --> 00:14:12,711 You are and have long been a good friend. 289 00:14:12,795 --> 00:14:15,255 The best, really. But this is my sister. 290 00:14:15,339 --> 00:14:18,550 Think of all that we have shared as friends. 291 00:14:18,634 --> 00:14:21,929 It is furthest from my intentions to offend you, 292 00:14:22,012 --> 00:14:25,641 but surely you can understand that family must come before all else! 293 00:14:26,934 --> 00:14:28,060 [frustrated exhale] 294 00:14:31,188 --> 00:14:33,148 [Duke of Hastings] Why is he not saying anything? 295 00:14:33,232 --> 00:14:35,484 He is four years old. He should be able to speak. 296 00:14:35,567 --> 00:14:39,446 He is quite advanced in his letters, more so than any child I have taught. 297 00:14:39,530 --> 00:14:43,617 He would have to be bloody Shakespeare with his letters if he cannot speak. 298 00:14:43,701 --> 00:14:44,576 [sighs] 299 00:14:45,619 --> 00:14:46,954 Let us hear it, boy. 300 00:14:47,579 --> 00:14:49,540 Give me a word, a grunt. 301 00:14:51,041 --> 00:14:52,584 -Talk to me, damn you! -You're scaring him! 302 00:14:52,668 --> 00:14:55,462 And if that is what it should take, I shall get a sound from him still. 303 00:14:55,546 --> 00:14:56,797 No. 304 00:14:59,049 --> 00:15:00,050 What did you say? 305 00:15:01,010 --> 00:15:03,721 D-- D-- D-- D-- Do… 306 00:15:04,388 --> 00:15:06,974 n-- n-- n-- not… 307 00:15:07,683 --> 00:15:08,684 What is he doing? 308 00:15:11,353 --> 00:15:12,938 [sharp rapid breathing] 309 00:15:13,564 --> 00:15:15,774 -He's an imbecile. -Your Grace-- 310 00:15:15,858 --> 00:15:17,151 He is an idiot! 311 00:15:19,570 --> 00:15:20,654 My God. 312 00:15:21,613 --> 00:15:24,575 Do you know how precarious of a situation we are in, boy? 313 00:15:25,534 --> 00:15:27,578 We have been granted this line. 314 00:15:27,661 --> 00:15:30,247 The monarchy itself has declared it. 315 00:15:30,789 --> 00:15:32,458 But it will only remain ours 316 00:15:32,541 --> 00:15:35,544 so long as we remain extraordinary. 317 00:15:36,211 --> 00:15:39,214 The Hastings name cannot land 318 00:15:39,298 --> 00:15:41,842 in the quivering hands of a half-wit! 319 00:15:41,925 --> 00:15:43,343 [Young Simon whimpers] 320 00:15:44,636 --> 00:15:47,056 Get him out of my sight. 321 00:15:47,139 --> 00:15:48,724 This boy is dead to me. 322 00:15:49,475 --> 00:15:51,769 [whimpering continues] 323 00:15:54,021 --> 00:15:55,272 [horse neighs] 324 00:16:01,195 --> 00:16:02,154 [knock at door] 325 00:16:05,157 --> 00:16:07,659 I found you a few sweets. 326 00:16:08,285 --> 00:16:09,453 I thought you might enjoy them 327 00:16:09,536 --> 00:16:11,455 while everyone else attends tonight's ball. 328 00:16:12,664 --> 00:16:13,916 You can come in. 329 00:16:13,999 --> 00:16:15,959 I'm sure there's plenty to spare. 330 00:16:25,928 --> 00:16:28,764 I hear they have decided not to send you home to your papa. 331 00:16:28,847 --> 00:16:33,393 I dare say I am relieved. I can only imagine how he will react to… 332 00:16:34,186 --> 00:16:35,187 Your condition? 333 00:16:37,689 --> 00:16:38,607 Marina… 334 00:16:39,858 --> 00:16:40,818 may I ask? 335 00:16:41,777 --> 00:16:43,028 How did it happen? 336 00:16:46,198 --> 00:16:47,074 Cake. 337 00:16:48,325 --> 00:16:49,326 Cake? 338 00:16:52,496 --> 00:16:56,083 Our vicar in Somerset was given to hours-long sermons. 339 00:16:56,750 --> 00:17:00,003 Three, four, sometimes five hours they last. 340 00:17:00,504 --> 00:17:02,881 I would nearly swoon from hunger and fatigue. 341 00:17:02,965 --> 00:17:04,591 Until one Sunday, 342 00:17:04,675 --> 00:17:07,803 just when I thought I'd have to crawl  under the pew from exhaustion, 343 00:17:07,886 --> 00:17:09,596 the eldest Crane boy, George… 344 00:17:11,140 --> 00:17:15,394 Sir George Crane sneaked me a wrapped bundle of cake and biscuits. 345 00:17:16,145 --> 00:17:17,813 The vicar would've had his head if he knew. 346 00:17:17,896 --> 00:17:18,939 [Penelope chuckles] 347 00:17:19,481 --> 00:17:23,360 After some time, the bundles came to include small notes. 348 00:17:23,986 --> 00:17:26,947 We passed tiny missives back and forth for months. 349 00:17:29,825 --> 00:17:32,327 I've never longed for church  quite so much. 350 00:17:34,037 --> 00:17:36,999 -And where is Sir George now? -Spain. 351 00:17:37,583 --> 00:17:39,835 He went off to fight with Wellington… 352 00:17:39,918 --> 00:17:41,712 but he continued to write. 353 00:17:42,754 --> 00:17:43,964 -See? -[Penelope gasps] 354 00:17:47,301 --> 00:17:48,218 So… 355 00:17:49,761 --> 00:17:52,890 your condition, then, it was brought about by… 356 00:17:54,266 --> 00:17:55,142 Love. 357 00:17:56,852 --> 00:17:58,103 It was love, Penelope. 358 00:18:03,233 --> 00:18:05,235 [violin sonata playing] 359 00:18:08,030 --> 00:18:09,406 [dog barking] 360 00:18:17,998 --> 00:18:21,084 Your Majesty, the royal physician has a report on the king. 361 00:18:21,168 --> 00:18:22,669 How is it possible there's not been 362 00:18:22,753 --> 00:18:25,088 a single compelling betrothal yet this season? 363 00:18:25,756 --> 00:18:27,257 Terribly unexciting! 364 00:18:27,341 --> 00:18:30,219 I could tell you a delicious tidbit about our former scullery maid. 365 00:18:30,302 --> 00:18:32,054 I don't care about a dish wench. 366 00:18:32,137 --> 00:18:35,432 I wish to be entertained, enthralled. 367 00:18:37,059 --> 00:18:39,978 Should the royal physician seek to tell me my husband is dead, Brimsley? 368 00:18:40,062 --> 00:18:41,396 I do not believe so, Your Majesty. 369 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,190 Then tell him I am occupied, 370 00:18:43,273 --> 00:18:45,067 and bring me my stationery at once. 371 00:19:11,802 --> 00:19:13,720 [Rose] Will it be the rubies  or the pearls, miss? 372 00:19:13,804 --> 00:19:14,888 The pearls, of course. 373 00:19:14,972 --> 00:19:19,685 Mama, perhaps the rubies would better catch the eye of even more new suitors? 374 00:19:22,020 --> 00:19:25,023 If I am not to put all my eggs in one basket, 375 00:19:25,107 --> 00:19:26,024 I must… 376 00:19:26,525 --> 00:19:27,609 collect more… 377 00:19:28,485 --> 00:19:29,820 -eggs. -[Eloise, Violet laugh] 378 00:19:29,903 --> 00:19:32,072 The duke truly has put your head in a spin. 379 00:19:32,155 --> 00:19:35,075 More like Lord Berbrooke must spin far away. 380 00:19:35,158 --> 00:19:36,159 [doors open] 381 00:19:36,243 --> 00:19:39,329 -Good heavens. What is it, Mrs. Wilson? -The queen, ma'am. 382 00:19:39,413 --> 00:19:41,748 -Has she fallen ill? -Has King George caused her harm? 383 00:19:41,832 --> 00:19:46,586 -Her Majesty's royal stationery. -She has written to you, my lady. 384 00:19:56,430 --> 00:19:58,265 -What does it say, Mama? -[Violet chuckles] 385 00:20:03,020 --> 00:20:07,733 I am invited to a private tea with the queen in two days' time. 386 00:20:09,484 --> 00:20:10,610 [Violet chuckles] 387 00:20:13,155 --> 00:20:14,740 Never mind the pearls. 388 00:20:15,407 --> 00:20:17,576 You shall wear the family diamonds tonight. 389 00:20:18,076 --> 00:20:19,453 [Violet chuckles] 390 00:20:24,499 --> 00:20:27,586 Would it pain you to wear some color, Your Grace? 391 00:20:27,669 --> 00:20:31,131 The London season is already terribly monotonous as it is. 392 00:20:31,214 --> 00:20:33,050 Must your wardrobe do the same? 393 00:20:33,133 --> 00:20:36,636 -I was told this look is all the rage. -Certainly not mine. 394 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,139 Take my arm, before you make us late. 395 00:20:50,442 --> 00:20:53,612 So, you are not dead, after all. 396 00:20:53,695 --> 00:20:56,156 My lady, we were not expecting your visit. 397 00:20:56,239 --> 00:20:58,575 Not once seen in London, no news of your education, 398 00:20:58,658 --> 00:21:00,160 not a word about you from your father. 399 00:21:00,243 --> 00:21:03,663 Yet here you are, alive and breathing. 400 00:21:03,747 --> 00:21:06,583 Stand up, boy, so I may look at you. 401 00:21:12,172 --> 00:21:13,548 Your mother would weep 402 00:21:13,632 --> 00:21:16,093 to know her dearest friend was a stranger to her son. 403 00:21:17,552 --> 00:21:18,512 You look just like her. 404 00:21:19,096 --> 00:21:20,639 And a good thing too. 405 00:21:22,391 --> 00:21:24,226 Lady Danbury, my lord. 406 00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:31,900 I see you've not learned any manners. 407 00:21:32,401 --> 00:21:33,402 Have you learned to read, 408 00:21:34,236 --> 00:21:35,112 to write, 409 00:21:35,737 --> 00:21:37,697 to ride a horse, to fence? 410 00:21:38,865 --> 00:21:40,409 Then, why ever are you not in school? 411 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,832 I c-- c-- can 412 00:21:46,915 --> 00:21:47,749 n-- n-- not 413 00:21:48,333 --> 00:21:50,544 s-- s-- speak. 414 00:21:56,091 --> 00:21:59,136 When I was a girl, some centuries ago, 415 00:21:59,678 --> 00:22:01,638 I was afraid even of my own reflection. 416 00:22:01,721 --> 00:22:05,767 I entered a room and attempted to dissolve into the shadows. 417 00:22:05,851 --> 00:22:10,021 But there is only so long one in a position such as ours can hide. 418 00:22:10,689 --> 00:22:13,316 I knew I would have to step into the light someday, 419 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,277 and I could not very well be frightened. 420 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:20,157 So, instead, I made myself frightening. 421 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,535 I sharpened my wit, my wardrobe, and my eye, 422 00:22:23,618 --> 00:22:26,872 and I made myself the most terrifying creature 423 00:22:26,955 --> 00:22:28,457 in any room I entered. 424 00:22:30,167 --> 00:22:31,001 Come. 425 00:22:36,506 --> 00:22:39,134 You can speak. 426 00:22:40,469 --> 00:22:42,262 I understood you well enough. 427 00:22:42,762 --> 00:22:46,475 And I will help you to overcome this stammer of yours. 428 00:22:47,058 --> 00:22:50,520 But in exchange, you must promise me 429 00:22:51,354 --> 00:22:54,232 that when you step into the light… 430 00:22:55,317 --> 00:22:59,154 you will be worthy of the attention you command. 431 00:23:00,739 --> 00:23:01,615 Hmm? 432 00:23:07,871 --> 00:23:09,873 [guests talking, laughing] 433 00:23:26,681 --> 00:23:28,308 A dance, Miss Bridgerton? 434 00:23:28,391 --> 00:23:32,312 I shall need someone else to seek me a glass of ratafia, then. 435 00:23:32,395 --> 00:23:33,897 Lord Bridgerton… 436 00:23:34,773 --> 00:23:35,941 do me the honor? 437 00:23:36,691 --> 00:23:38,151 Of course, Lady Danbury. 438 00:23:44,199 --> 00:23:46,826 Six balls no more. I must have you at eight. 439 00:23:46,910 --> 00:23:48,662 -Along with a picnic. -A picnic? 440 00:23:48,745 --> 00:23:50,413 I am afraid we are required 441 00:23:50,497 --> 00:23:52,290 to fan the flames of our charade. 442 00:23:52,374 --> 00:23:55,502 Oh, because of Lord Berbrooke, I presume? I heard. 443 00:23:56,711 --> 00:24:01,550 We must make him believe that you are on the very precipice of a proposal… 444 00:24:02,050 --> 00:24:03,134 so he will leave me alone. 445 00:24:03,218 --> 00:24:05,428 I should hope I do not lose my balance, then. 446 00:24:05,512 --> 00:24:06,930 I should hope not, either, 447 00:24:07,013 --> 00:24:09,057 for you will be glued to my side all evening. 448 00:24:09,558 --> 00:24:11,685 And we must look like we are enjoying ourselves, 449 00:24:11,768 --> 00:24:12,894 as difficult as that may be. 450 00:24:12,978 --> 00:24:14,604 Yes, quite. 451 00:24:16,606 --> 00:24:18,608 [classical dance music playing] 452 00:24:27,867 --> 00:24:29,703 [inaudible dialogue] 453 00:25:07,324 --> 00:25:08,366 [music ends] 454 00:25:09,492 --> 00:25:11,077 Go dance with your sister. 455 00:25:11,161 --> 00:25:12,871 -Why? -Because I asked you to! 456 00:25:13,538 --> 00:25:14,623 [Benedict groans] 457 00:25:15,832 --> 00:25:17,334 [Anthony] Perhaps I was unclear. 458 00:25:17,417 --> 00:25:19,669 Is it your wish for me to insult your sister, Bridgerton? 459 00:25:19,753 --> 00:25:20,587 On the contrary. 460 00:25:20,670 --> 00:25:22,672 You wish your sister to marry a loathsome toad, then. 461 00:25:22,756 --> 00:25:24,049 [Nigel] Lord Bridgerton. 462 00:25:24,132 --> 00:25:25,800 Forgive the intrusion, 463 00:25:25,884 --> 00:25:27,469 but, if need be, 464 00:25:27,552 --> 00:25:30,472 I will happily restate my intentions with respect to your sister. 465 00:25:30,555 --> 00:25:34,643 She is a prize I have long coveted for her beauty, for her grace-- 466 00:25:34,726 --> 00:25:36,061 For her powerful right hook? 467 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:39,230 I must know whether I can count on you 468 00:25:39,314 --> 00:25:41,941 to handle this misunderstanding, my lord? 469 00:25:42,025 --> 00:25:44,569 I certainly wish to avoid any kind of embarrassment. 470 00:25:44,653 --> 00:25:45,737 Rather late for that. 471 00:25:46,780 --> 00:25:49,574 Are you too friendly with the duke or simply intimidated by his rank-- 472 00:25:49,658 --> 00:25:50,700 Easy, Berbrooke. 473 00:25:50,992 --> 00:25:52,911 I assured you I will resolve the matter, 474 00:25:52,994 --> 00:25:55,789 a matter which I shall remind the duke is none of his concern. 475 00:25:55,872 --> 00:25:57,874 Perhaps you're not the authority on what concerns me, 476 00:25:57,957 --> 00:25:59,959 nor on the matter of Lord Berbrooke's character. 477 00:26:01,044 --> 00:26:03,129 I shall do my best by your sister, Bridgerton. 478 00:26:03,213 --> 00:26:06,424 And perhaps even she might learn to return my affections over time. 479 00:26:06,508 --> 00:26:07,842 Do come off it, Berbrooke. 480 00:26:07,926 --> 00:26:10,136 I presume he failed to mention how he got that purple eye. 481 00:26:11,179 --> 00:26:13,890 -I was careless with a cabinet door. -He was careless with his honor. 482 00:26:14,391 --> 00:26:16,893 He attempted something last night I shan't dignify with words 483 00:26:16,976 --> 00:26:18,311 when your sister planted a facer. 484 00:26:19,062 --> 00:26:20,355 Deservedly so. 485 00:26:23,358 --> 00:26:24,734 My lord, you must know-- 486 00:26:24,818 --> 00:26:26,611 Daphne would have told me if this were true. 487 00:26:28,863 --> 00:26:30,031 Would she? 488 00:26:36,913 --> 00:26:39,249 You will never speak to my sister again, Berbrooke. 489 00:26:39,666 --> 00:26:40,667 But we are to be married. 490 00:26:40,750 --> 00:26:43,336 You are to be buried if you so much as look in her direction. 491 00:26:46,423 --> 00:26:49,676 Be grateful you will not take a punch from yet another Bridgerton. 492 00:26:52,554 --> 00:26:54,347 What has happened? Brother? 493 00:26:54,431 --> 00:26:57,559 You need not worry about Berbrooke. Sister, it is done. 494 00:26:58,727 --> 00:26:59,936 [sighs deeply] 495 00:27:04,607 --> 00:27:06,609 -You told him? -I had to say something. 496 00:27:06,693 --> 00:27:09,446 -All will be well, though, I assure you. -You assure me? 497 00:27:10,071 --> 00:27:11,990 Despite what you and my brother may think, 498 00:27:12,073 --> 00:27:15,535 I am quite capable of speaking for myself. You had no right. 499 00:27:15,618 --> 00:27:17,704 -I was trying to help. -Well, you did not. 500 00:27:18,246 --> 00:27:21,249 All you did was underestimate Nigel's entitlement. 501 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,960 Not to mention, people are watching. 502 00:27:24,961 --> 00:27:27,088 You cannot assure me of anything. 503 00:27:38,308 --> 00:27:41,644 A crush of an evening, Your Grace. 504 00:27:42,937 --> 00:27:44,355 Would you not agree? 505 00:27:45,273 --> 00:27:49,027 The young lady is as rare a treasure as there is. 506 00:27:49,110 --> 00:27:51,321 Do try not to bungle it up. 507 00:27:52,614 --> 00:27:54,324 Hmm? Thank you. 508 00:27:54,824 --> 00:27:56,493 And how have you been? 509 00:28:02,123 --> 00:28:05,084 -I think I shall take the air tonight. -Your Grace. 510 00:28:14,511 --> 00:28:15,762 Only me, Your Grace. 511 00:28:16,387 --> 00:28:18,014 Are you following me, Berbrooke? 512 00:28:18,097 --> 00:28:19,599 I thought this matter settled. 513 00:28:19,682 --> 00:28:22,519 It was settled until you had to go and spoil it. 514 00:28:22,602 --> 00:28:24,437 I implore you to speak again with the viscount. 515 00:28:24,521 --> 00:28:26,481 Last night was a mistake, I admit. 516 00:28:26,564 --> 00:28:28,066 A temporary lack of judgment. 517 00:28:28,149 --> 00:28:29,609 You understand that, do you not? 518 00:28:29,692 --> 00:28:33,404 There is not and never will be any kind of understanding between the two of us. 519 00:28:33,488 --> 00:28:36,449 -Go home, Berbrooke. -But you do not need her. 520 00:28:36,533 --> 00:28:37,742 You're a duke. 521 00:28:37,826 --> 00:28:41,162 You already have the money, and the connections, and the standing. 522 00:28:41,246 --> 00:28:44,457 I need her. Why can you not just let me have this one? 523 00:28:44,541 --> 00:28:46,793 I think it really ought to be up to Miss Bridgerton. 524 00:28:46,876 --> 00:28:49,254 When I am buying a horse, I do not negotiate with the horse. 525 00:28:49,337 --> 00:28:50,797 Should you continue to follow me-- 526 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,590 Why, then, have you not asked for her hand 527 00:28:52,674 --> 00:28:55,134 if you are so fond of her, and she so smitten with you? 528 00:28:55,218 --> 00:28:57,303 Why have you not already proposed? 529 00:28:58,179 --> 00:28:59,639 Unless you have already had her. 530 00:29:02,183 --> 00:29:03,726 If you have, you must tell me. 531 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:07,564 For if I had already known she was loose and damaged, not intact, 532 00:29:07,647 --> 00:29:09,315 -I never would have-- -Stop talking. 533 00:29:10,608 --> 00:29:13,361 I shall not have you question the lady's unimpeachable honor again. 534 00:29:13,444 --> 00:29:14,279 Yes. 535 00:29:15,697 --> 00:29:18,116 Yes, very well. That is all I had hoped to hear. 536 00:29:18,741 --> 00:29:21,619 You do not deserve to breathe the same air as her. 537 00:29:21,703 --> 00:29:23,538 Now, go home. 538 00:29:23,621 --> 00:29:25,039 And you do? 539 00:29:25,123 --> 00:29:27,458 I've heard the stories of your father, Hastings. 540 00:29:27,542 --> 00:29:31,212 I know how badly he wanted a son, an heir, 541 00:29:31,296 --> 00:29:33,172 and I know how badly he tried to get one 542 00:29:33,256 --> 00:29:35,717 when it seemed your poor mother could not deliver. 543 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:40,930 If anyone were to ever turn a blind eye to a man's temporary lack of judgment, 544 00:29:41,014 --> 00:29:41,848 it would be you. 545 00:29:41,931 --> 00:29:43,850 The apple should not fall very far, should it? 546 00:29:43,933 --> 00:29:45,643 [overlapping grunts] 547 00:29:57,030 --> 00:29:58,406 [Nigel grunting, moaning] 548 00:30:05,413 --> 00:30:08,207 Your Grace, may I present Lady Danbury 549 00:30:08,291 --> 00:30:10,835 and Lord Basset? 550 00:30:17,592 --> 00:30:18,426 Well… 551 00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:21,721 this is a most unwelcome intrusion. 552 00:30:21,804 --> 00:30:25,808 I thought Your Grace might be relieved to know that your son is alive and well. 553 00:30:25,892 --> 00:30:28,811 Your staff seemed somewhat surprised by the fact. 554 00:30:28,895 --> 00:30:30,480 What is the point of your visit? 555 00:30:33,441 --> 00:30:36,444 I am receiving high marks in all of my studies, sir. 556 00:30:37,987 --> 00:30:39,906 I ride, and I fence, and I shoot… 557 00:30:41,407 --> 00:30:43,910 exceptionally well, I am told. 558 00:30:46,829 --> 00:30:47,830 I even… 559 00:30:51,250 --> 00:30:52,168 I… 560 00:30:54,295 --> 00:30:56,589 You are my worst failure. 561 00:30:57,590 --> 00:30:59,717 I beg your pardon? 562 00:30:59,801 --> 00:31:01,135 I am sure you do. 563 00:31:01,219 --> 00:31:02,345 I shan't again. 564 00:31:03,471 --> 00:31:06,307 Might I remind you that this boy is to be the next Duke of Hastings, 565 00:31:06,391 --> 00:31:09,769 and that he requires whatever reserves of fatherly nature reside 566 00:31:09,852 --> 00:31:11,896 in that frigid heart of yours? 567 00:31:11,980 --> 00:31:12,939 You may… 568 00:31:13,648 --> 00:31:15,775 so long as I may remind you of your place, 569 00:31:16,651 --> 00:31:18,486 which is out of my sight 570 00:31:18,569 --> 00:31:20,738 and with your bitch mouth shut. 571 00:31:24,701 --> 00:31:27,912 I wrote to you many times to let you know I'm… 572 00:31:28,830 --> 00:31:30,415 I'm not… [hesitates] 573 00:31:31,666 --> 00:31:32,625 not dead. 574 00:31:35,336 --> 00:31:37,046 Did you receive my letters? 575 00:31:37,130 --> 00:31:39,132 It is a deep enough wound to live with the knowledge 576 00:31:39,215 --> 00:31:42,051 that you shall one day inherit Hastings, 577 00:31:42,135 --> 00:31:45,346 but to witness your struggle is too great an insult. 578 00:31:46,431 --> 00:31:49,767 You are as useless as your mother proved to be, 579 00:31:50,476 --> 00:31:53,813 so I shall pursue the same recourse with you as I did with her, 580 00:31:54,689 --> 00:31:58,234 to forget that you ever sullied these halls. 581 00:32:22,091 --> 00:32:24,594 [Lady Whistledown] This author has often thought the heart 582 00:32:24,677 --> 00:32:26,679 a most curious of instruments, 583 00:32:26,763 --> 00:32:29,015 heeding neither reason nor rank. 584 00:32:29,098 --> 00:32:32,977 For what possible explanation might Miss Bridgerton have 585 00:32:33,061 --> 00:32:35,605 for entertaining the suit of a mere baron 586 00:32:35,688 --> 00:32:38,107 when she seems to have secured a duke? 587 00:32:38,608 --> 00:32:42,403 Could the debutante's mind not be the only thing amiss? 588 00:32:42,987 --> 00:32:45,031 The recipe is my own, miss. 589 00:32:46,365 --> 00:32:48,409 I'm certain the duke  should find it appealing. 590 00:32:48,493 --> 00:32:50,828 It does not matter what the duke thinks, Rose. 591 00:32:50,912 --> 00:32:53,039 He is gallant, is he not? With refined taste-- 592 00:32:53,122 --> 00:32:54,082 Stop. 593 00:32:56,667 --> 00:32:58,002 Is the rouge not to your liking? 594 00:33:00,963 --> 00:33:01,839 No. 595 00:33:03,257 --> 00:33:04,509 It is perfect. 596 00:33:06,219 --> 00:33:07,428 I should like some more. 597 00:33:13,392 --> 00:33:16,312 [attendees talking, laughing] 598 00:33:17,814 --> 00:33:20,274 [Lady Whistledown] Let it be known, dear reader, 599 00:33:20,358 --> 00:33:24,570 that if this bizarre behavior portends yet another scandal, 600 00:33:24,654 --> 00:33:27,824 then be sure that I shall uncover it, 601 00:33:27,907 --> 00:33:31,327 for there is nothing like an excursion into nature 602 00:33:31,410 --> 00:33:34,831 to lift the spirits and loosen the tongue. 603 00:33:35,373 --> 00:33:37,667 I hear she may be courting with bumbling Berbrooke. 604 00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:39,794 Quite a good match for her, I rather think. 605 00:33:39,877 --> 00:33:41,087 [both snickering] 606 00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:49,679 -Mama, might I go play with Eloise? -A lady does not play, Penelope. 607 00:33:49,762 --> 00:33:52,598 Forgive me, Mama. Might I go promenade for suitors with Eloise? 608 00:33:52,682 --> 00:33:53,808 Very well, then. 609 00:33:57,562 --> 00:34:00,857 What have you learned from your maid, the one who is in the family way? 610 00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:04,318 -What happened? How did it happen? -She said it was love. 611 00:34:05,236 --> 00:34:08,239 Love? That doesn't stand to reason. 612 00:34:08,322 --> 00:34:09,866 No, it certainly does not. 613 00:34:09,949 --> 00:34:11,951 Look at my mama. Three children. 614 00:34:12,034 --> 00:34:14,495 Would anyone presume that had anything to do with love? 615 00:34:14,579 --> 00:34:17,081 Well, what else did she say? Was she not frightened? 616 00:34:17,165 --> 00:34:18,124 More… 617 00:34:18,833 --> 00:34:20,585 sad than frightened. 618 00:34:20,668 --> 00:34:23,754 But there may be a chance for her to have a happy ending yet, I suppose. 619 00:34:23,838 --> 00:34:26,507 She wants to escape to the country, where she and her love will marry. 620 00:34:26,883 --> 00:34:29,510 Then she has even greater reason to be frightened. 621 00:34:29,594 --> 00:34:33,264 Once she is married, her life is over. Scarcely an escape, Penelope. 622 00:34:33,347 --> 00:34:34,682 Oh, that poor maid! 623 00:34:48,112 --> 00:34:50,823 I was not aware, sister, of what Berbrooke attempted. 624 00:34:50,907 --> 00:34:53,451 I would have helped you. You should have told me. 625 00:34:53,534 --> 00:34:55,161 Would you have believed me? 626 00:34:56,078 --> 00:34:57,997 Did you only change your mind about Lord Berbrooke 627 00:34:58,080 --> 00:34:59,790 because another man told you the truth? 628 00:34:59,874 --> 00:35:01,375 You truly esteem me so little? 629 00:35:01,459 --> 00:35:05,171 After I apprised you of my wishes, and you proceeded to ignore them… 630 00:35:05,254 --> 00:35:06,672 yes, brother, I do. 631 00:35:06,756 --> 00:35:08,716 [galloping horse approaches] 632 00:35:16,474 --> 00:35:18,184 -You are late. -Apologies. 633 00:35:18,267 --> 00:35:20,019 Should we rejoin your family at their camp? 634 00:35:20,102 --> 00:35:21,479 Certainly not. 635 00:35:22,230 --> 00:35:26,067 We must promenade past the group of men playing their games up ahead. 636 00:35:30,988 --> 00:35:32,823 Whatever happened to your hand? 637 00:35:32,907 --> 00:35:33,824 Boxing. 638 00:35:33,908 --> 00:35:36,869 It's an absurdity that passes for entertainment amongst men. 639 00:35:36,953 --> 00:35:40,122 -My cuff, button it. -I beg your pardon? 640 00:35:48,923 --> 00:35:52,093 You need not feel your evident worry. Berbrooke is-- 641 00:35:52,176 --> 00:35:54,428 Have you not heard what Whistledown writes of me still? 642 00:35:54,512 --> 00:35:57,682 No. Even if you believe Lord Berbrooke is taken care of, 643 00:35:57,765 --> 00:35:59,100 our ruse is not finished. 644 00:35:59,183 --> 00:36:00,559 I'm still in need of a husband. 645 00:36:00,643 --> 00:36:03,020 Though I am flattered, I'm afraid I must reject your proposal. 646 00:36:03,104 --> 00:36:05,815 Yes, I know. You are not the marrying type. 647 00:36:06,524 --> 00:36:09,443 Yet have you considered you are not the type women wish to marry? 648 00:36:09,527 --> 00:36:11,153 I suppose if I were forced  to take a wife, 649 00:36:11,237 --> 00:36:12,905 you would be the least objectionable option. 650 00:36:12,989 --> 00:36:14,824 -Is that meant to be a compliment? -Yes. 651 00:36:14,907 --> 00:36:18,160 But it is no matter, for you wish to marry for love, do you not? 652 00:36:19,370 --> 00:36:20,413 Of course I do. 653 00:36:23,082 --> 00:36:24,083 They still looking? 654 00:36:25,334 --> 00:36:26,585 [men chuckling] 655 00:36:27,795 --> 00:36:29,005 [man 1] Here he comes now. 656 00:36:32,717 --> 00:36:34,051 [Nigel] Bridgerton! 657 00:36:34,135 --> 00:36:35,511 What have you done? 658 00:36:38,180 --> 00:36:40,641 I bring cheerful news, Bridgertons. 659 00:36:40,725 --> 00:36:42,393 I have taken matters in my own hands 660 00:36:42,476 --> 00:36:45,730 and sought a special license for my wedding to Miss Bridgerton. 661 00:36:45,813 --> 00:36:48,816 -There is to be no wedding. -I told you. The arrangement is canceled. 662 00:36:48,899 --> 00:36:50,901 Lord Berbrooke, you look in a great deal of pain. 663 00:36:50,985 --> 00:36:52,987 Shall we continue this in a more private location? 664 00:36:53,070 --> 00:36:55,156 I require no further conversation. 665 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,409 Though, perhaps I am finally speaking to the true head of the Bridgerton house. 666 00:36:58,492 --> 00:36:59,327 For if it were you, 667 00:36:59,410 --> 00:37:02,705 I imagine you would have instructed your sister to take better care 668 00:37:02,788 --> 00:37:04,790 than to encourage certain attentions 669 00:37:04,874 --> 00:37:06,834 while alone with me on the Dark Walk at Vauxhall. 670 00:37:06,917 --> 00:37:11,213 Of course, mere hearsay of such a scandal could wreak havoc 671 00:37:11,297 --> 00:37:13,591 on even the most influential of families. 672 00:37:13,674 --> 00:37:17,053 What would someone like, say, Lady Whistledown do 673 00:37:17,136 --> 00:37:18,846 with such unseemly information? 674 00:37:18,929 --> 00:37:20,973 -Is that a threat? -It is certainly not. 675 00:37:21,474 --> 00:37:23,851 Because in three days, I am to marry. 676 00:37:25,311 --> 00:37:26,771 I have the diamond of the season. 677 00:37:26,854 --> 00:37:29,607 I have the very best the ton has to offer. 678 00:37:29,690 --> 00:37:31,067 I have a Bridgerton. 679 00:37:31,650 --> 00:37:35,237 And I shall save her, as well as your entire family, 680 00:37:35,321 --> 00:37:38,157 from the ruin which you could not protect them. 681 00:37:42,495 --> 00:37:43,496 [chuckles] 682 00:37:43,579 --> 00:37:46,916 I look forward to the union of our great families. 683 00:37:47,833 --> 00:37:48,793 Bridgerton. 684 00:37:49,543 --> 00:37:50,461 Hastings. 685 00:37:55,466 --> 00:37:57,676 [Anthony] I must issue my challenge to Berbrooke straight away. 686 00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:58,594 [Violet] Anthony… 687 00:37:58,677 --> 00:38:01,097 I assure you I've been properly trained in the manner. 688 00:38:01,180 --> 00:38:03,766 You are not to duel with Lord Berbrooke. Do you understand me? 689 00:38:04,433 --> 00:38:07,228 I do not care what kind of training you think you may have. 690 00:38:07,311 --> 00:38:09,522 It is illegal, not to mention positively horrific. 691 00:38:09,605 --> 00:38:11,899 Gentlemen are left with no other choice, Mother. 692 00:38:11,982 --> 00:38:14,151 When a young woman, let alone one's sister, 693 00:38:14,235 --> 00:38:17,196 is rumored to be dishonored, the consequences shall be deadly! 694 00:38:17,279 --> 00:38:18,197 It is no solution. 695 00:38:19,281 --> 00:38:22,118 Should Lord Berbrooke decide to make good on his threat 696 00:38:22,201 --> 00:38:25,830 before you shoot him dead, brother, what happens then? 697 00:38:26,747 --> 00:38:30,418 He may decide to open his tiny mouth at any moment, 698 00:38:30,501 --> 00:38:32,128 and then I shall be ruined… 699 00:38:33,504 --> 00:38:34,588 as will we all. 700 00:38:38,217 --> 00:38:40,094 I must marry Nigel Berbrooke. 701 00:38:40,845 --> 00:38:42,304 It is the only choice. 702 00:38:59,447 --> 00:39:00,823 [Daphne sniffles] 703 00:39:00,906 --> 00:39:03,033 Rose, can you leave us for a moment? 704 00:39:05,453 --> 00:39:06,370 [Daphne sniffles] 705 00:39:18,340 --> 00:39:20,009 I have taught you to believe 706 00:39:20,092 --> 00:39:23,762 that marriage is the best that life has to offer, 707 00:39:24,346 --> 00:39:25,973 and that remains true. 708 00:39:26,724 --> 00:39:31,061 But it is not simply a partner that marriage provides. 709 00:39:31,145 --> 00:39:34,982 You will have comfort and a house to tend, 710 00:39:35,065 --> 00:39:37,568 and most importantly, children. 711 00:39:39,528 --> 00:39:42,448 You will throw yourself into raising your family, 712 00:39:42,531 --> 00:39:44,992 and you will find much joy. 713 00:39:46,035 --> 00:39:47,411 I am certain. 714 00:39:52,750 --> 00:39:53,834 You and Papa… 715 00:39:56,754 --> 00:39:59,006 The two of you were so beautiful, Mama. 716 00:40:01,217 --> 00:40:02,927 That is what I wanted. 717 00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:07,014 That is all I hoped to one day find. 718 00:40:08,390 --> 00:40:09,433 As did I. 719 00:40:14,563 --> 00:40:16,190 [Violet chuckles affectionately] 720 00:40:25,950 --> 00:40:27,952 [exhales] 721 00:40:28,827 --> 00:40:30,287 [Benedict] Eloise Bridgerton. 722 00:40:32,373 --> 00:40:33,415 [Eloise groans] 723 00:40:40,297 --> 00:40:41,298 Go on, then. 724 00:40:41,924 --> 00:40:43,175 Chastise me. 725 00:40:45,636 --> 00:40:47,054 Spare one for me? 726 00:41:00,359 --> 00:41:02,111 Suppose I desire something different. 727 00:41:03,112 --> 00:41:05,072 -How do you mean? -Just different. 728 00:41:05,864 --> 00:41:08,200 I watch Daphne prepare for these balls 729 00:41:08,284 --> 00:41:10,953 with all of those dresses and the many suitors, 730 00:41:11,036 --> 00:41:12,371 and I am exhausted. 731 00:41:13,163 --> 00:41:14,707 Suppose I want a different life, 732 00:41:14,790 --> 00:41:18,168 that I truly believe I am quite capable of something more, 733 00:41:19,336 --> 00:41:21,589 even when I am not allowed to have anything else. 734 00:41:24,049 --> 00:41:26,176 Then I would say… 735 00:41:28,387 --> 00:41:29,555 that you're not the only one. 736 00:41:41,275 --> 00:41:42,610 [overlapping grunts] 737 00:41:43,819 --> 00:41:44,903 [Simon moans] 738 00:41:50,034 --> 00:41:52,036 Still on that dance floor with Miss Bridgerton? 739 00:41:54,455 --> 00:41:55,414 How is she? 740 00:41:55,497 --> 00:41:57,249 [exhales sharply] She is to marry. 741 00:41:57,333 --> 00:41:59,418 Then you are free to do as you please. 742 00:42:01,170 --> 00:42:02,004 Another. 743 00:42:27,237 --> 00:42:28,280 [exhales lightly] 744 00:42:56,183 --> 00:42:57,184 Your Majesty. 745 00:42:57,267 --> 00:42:59,019 [piano sonata playing] 746 00:43:08,487 --> 00:43:09,530 [sniffs sharply] 747 00:43:12,157 --> 00:43:13,409 [sniffles] 748 00:43:14,118 --> 00:43:15,119 [grunts lightly] 749 00:43:15,703 --> 00:43:16,829 What do you think? 750 00:43:20,499 --> 00:43:21,500 Of the music? 751 00:43:23,335 --> 00:43:24,878 I find it quite beautiful. 752 00:43:26,922 --> 00:43:28,090 Is it Mozart? 753 00:43:29,007 --> 00:43:32,177 I became acquainted with Mr. Mozart when he was not ten years old. 754 00:43:32,261 --> 00:43:36,140 The boy accompanied me as I sang an aria, and I declared then and there 755 00:43:36,223 --> 00:43:38,934 that he should become one of the finest composers in Europe. 756 00:43:39,017 --> 00:43:41,145 And certainly you were right. 757 00:43:41,854 --> 00:43:45,315 I'm rarely wrong about such matters. Do you know why? 758 00:43:45,399 --> 00:43:48,026 Because when I choose to extend to someone my favor, 759 00:43:48,110 --> 00:43:49,737 I expect them to make good on it. 760 00:43:49,820 --> 00:43:51,697 -Your Majesty, is this about-- -Brimsley! 761 00:43:52,614 --> 00:43:53,490 Fresh snuff. 762 00:44:00,873 --> 00:44:03,375 -That one is a terrible gossip. -[door closes] 763 00:44:03,459 --> 00:44:05,127 If we were to speak freely in his presence, 764 00:44:05,210 --> 00:44:08,130 before long, the whole of England would know our business. 765 00:44:09,423 --> 00:44:10,299 I see. 766 00:44:12,217 --> 00:44:13,594 I suppose you do see. 767 00:44:14,428 --> 00:44:16,096 I expected a great future for your daughter 768 00:44:16,180 --> 00:44:18,265 upon her entrance into society. 769 00:44:18,348 --> 00:44:21,852 A future with someone like a duke, perhaps. 770 00:44:21,935 --> 00:44:23,479 A pairing like that… 771 00:44:24,813 --> 00:44:25,689 Well… 772 00:44:26,774 --> 00:44:29,276 it would certainly be most enchanting indeed. 773 00:44:30,068 --> 00:44:31,403 [Queen Charlotte clears throat] 774 00:44:35,199 --> 00:44:36,325 [door closes] 775 00:44:43,415 --> 00:44:44,750 As I was saying, 776 00:44:44,833 --> 00:44:47,711 the glow of success benefited not only the young maestro. 777 00:44:48,796 --> 00:44:51,924 Surely the entire Mozart family would have felt the repercussions, 778 00:44:52,007 --> 00:44:54,468 had their boys stayed forever in Salzburg. 779 00:44:58,347 --> 00:44:59,556 Would you not agree? 780 00:45:06,939 --> 00:45:09,233 Why, yes. Yes, I would. 781 00:45:11,151 --> 00:45:12,736 But what are we to do, ma'am? 782 00:45:12,820 --> 00:45:16,323 We are to invite Lady Berbrooke over for tea, Mrs. Wilson, at once. 783 00:45:23,205 --> 00:45:26,500 -Nigel is my one and only child. -[Violet] Mm-hmm. 784 00:45:26,583 --> 00:45:28,252 Very special boy, indeed. 785 00:45:28,335 --> 00:45:32,422 In fact, I often say God did not bless me with another 786 00:45:32,506 --> 00:45:35,634 because perfection had already been achieved. [chuckles] 787 00:45:35,717 --> 00:45:36,677 My goodness. 788 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:37,761 [Lady Berbrooke] Mm. 789 00:45:37,845 --> 00:45:40,305 Not every lady can be so blessed, I know. 790 00:45:40,931 --> 00:45:42,850 -[Daphne sniffles] -Miss Bridgerton… 791 00:45:42,933 --> 00:45:45,894 allow me to set my eyes upon you. 792 00:45:47,271 --> 00:45:48,146 Mm. 793 00:45:48,647 --> 00:45:49,815 Certainly healthy. 794 00:45:50,941 --> 00:45:53,360 Even if your countenance is a bit drawn. 795 00:45:53,443 --> 00:45:54,528 [Daphne inhales sharply] 796 00:45:54,611 --> 00:45:57,489 -It was a terribly late evening. -All the excitement, I suppose. 797 00:45:57,573 --> 00:45:59,408 Yet you must try harder, dear. 798 00:46:00,075 --> 00:46:01,869 My Nigel is quite discerning. 799 00:46:01,952 --> 00:46:05,539 He already turned away many more handsome debutantes, saying, 800 00:46:05,622 --> 00:46:06,748 "Mother… 801 00:46:06,832 --> 00:46:10,502 [chuckles] …I prize accomplishment over beauty." 802 00:46:11,545 --> 00:46:12,754 Can you believe it? 803 00:46:15,507 --> 00:46:16,967 [crunching loudly] 804 00:46:17,551 --> 00:46:19,803 -[bell rings] -[Wilson] Ooh! Oh! 805 00:46:20,387 --> 00:46:23,265 That mistress of yours is going through the biscuits quick. 806 00:46:23,765 --> 00:46:26,518 Do not worry, Rose. I shall handle it. 807 00:46:29,813 --> 00:46:30,689 Housekeepers… 808 00:46:31,523 --> 00:46:33,233 They believe themselves the sun and the moon, 809 00:46:33,317 --> 00:46:35,861 when in truth, it is us lady's maids that do all the hard work. 810 00:46:35,944 --> 00:46:37,112 [Celia chuckles] 811 00:46:37,195 --> 00:46:38,947 I have one just like her. 812 00:46:39,031 --> 00:46:40,407 You are quite fortunate, though. 813 00:46:40,490 --> 00:46:41,950 How troublesome could a household be 814 00:46:42,034 --> 00:46:45,037 with only Lady Berbrooke and young Lord Berbrooke to look after? 815 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,247 Oh, you have no idea. 816 00:46:49,041 --> 00:46:53,545 You ate but not one bite at tea, my dear! 817 00:46:53,629 --> 00:46:56,798 A young lady must be well fed if she is to bear children. 818 00:46:56,882 --> 00:47:00,135 Kippers on rye every morning worked wonders for me 819 00:47:00,218 --> 00:47:02,012 when I conceived my Nigel. 820 00:47:02,095 --> 00:47:04,306 [Lady Berbrooke and Violet chuckling] 821 00:47:07,184 --> 00:47:08,727 [gasps] What have you found? 822 00:47:08,810 --> 00:47:09,937 [Daphne] What is going on? 823 00:47:10,020 --> 00:47:11,813 You could not think I'd ask that woman for tea 824 00:47:11,897 --> 00:47:13,357 without a thought for you, could you? 825 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:16,401 The help hears everything, as we all know. 826 00:47:16,485 --> 00:47:17,903 She has heard a good deal, in fact. 827 00:47:17,986 --> 00:47:20,697 Lord Berbrooke has a boy by one of his maids 828 00:47:20,781 --> 00:47:22,407 that he refused to provide for. 829 00:47:22,491 --> 00:47:24,618 Sent the maid and child away to live off scraps. 830 00:47:24,701 --> 00:47:25,535 Horrible man. 831 00:47:25,619 --> 00:47:28,288 Horrible enough for us to be rid of him, let us pray. 832 00:47:29,873 --> 00:47:31,708 Well, he-- He will only deny it. 833 00:47:32,751 --> 00:47:35,504 And who will believe a group of women over a man's word? 834 00:47:36,004 --> 00:47:37,089 Perhaps no one. 835 00:47:37,839 --> 00:47:42,177 But they will if Lady Whistledown does. So we shall do what women do. 836 00:47:43,345 --> 00:47:44,429 We shall talk. 837 00:47:48,350 --> 00:47:50,352 And the only reason he married her 838 00:47:50,435 --> 00:47:54,523 is because his père squandered the accounts on some scheme in America. 839 00:47:54,606 --> 00:47:56,817 [gasps theatrically] Oh, mon Dieu. 840 00:47:56,900 --> 00:47:59,695 Is it not the most lurid story of the season? 841 00:48:01,029 --> 00:48:02,698 Perhaps not the most lurid. 842 00:48:05,283 --> 00:48:07,661 Well, every baron has a bastard. 843 00:48:07,744 --> 00:48:10,539 A bastard he sent away before the miss even popped? 844 00:48:11,748 --> 00:48:14,835 You don't say. Well, we must tell Jennie and Mary. 845 00:48:18,255 --> 00:48:20,173 [inaudible dialogue] 846 00:48:21,758 --> 00:48:24,761 [Lady Whistledown] It has come to this author's attention 847 00:48:24,845 --> 00:48:28,932 that the ton is abuzz with a most sordid tale. 848 00:48:33,812 --> 00:48:38,233 It is said one cannot judge a book by its cover. 849 00:48:38,316 --> 00:48:41,361 But in the case of the bumbling Baron Berbrooke, 850 00:48:41,445 --> 00:48:46,533 it seems his displeasing appearance is quite an apt metaphor 851 00:48:46,616 --> 00:48:49,161 for the state of affairs in his household. 852 00:48:50,871 --> 00:48:52,372 I would not be surprised 853 00:48:52,456 --> 00:48:56,960 if Lord Berbrooke were called away to the country on alleged business… 854 00:48:57,044 --> 00:48:58,920 Business which, perhaps, 855 00:48:59,004 --> 00:49:02,507 might involve sending some much overdue funds 856 00:49:02,591 --> 00:49:05,635 to one former maid and young boy, 857 00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:08,305 who we can only hope takes after his mother. 858 00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:14,186 I have heard talk that Berbrooke has left town. 859 00:49:15,645 --> 00:49:18,857 I think this solution to our problem did not come about by chance. 860 00:49:25,322 --> 00:49:27,532 I am resolved to handle matters differently in the future. 861 00:49:30,035 --> 00:49:31,495 Or perhaps not at all. 862 00:49:34,247 --> 00:49:37,626 I know society has dictated your present role in this family, Anthony, 863 00:49:37,709 --> 00:49:41,296 but with Daphne officially out, I assure you, I am more than capable. 864 00:49:45,967 --> 00:49:47,094 This is for Daphne. 865 00:49:48,303 --> 00:49:49,137 Tulips. 866 00:49:50,430 --> 00:49:51,848 They symbolize passion. 867 00:49:53,183 --> 00:49:56,645 A most appropriate hem for your sister when she decides to marry the duke. 868 00:49:58,647 --> 00:50:00,982 Perhaps your bride would like the same. 869 00:50:03,068 --> 00:50:04,194 Good night, Mother. 870 00:50:07,405 --> 00:50:09,407 [Violet chuckles lightly] 871 00:50:20,919 --> 00:50:21,962 [door opens] 872 00:50:26,842 --> 00:50:30,762 Surely your mistress does not plan on confining me to this bedroom forever. 873 00:50:30,846 --> 00:50:31,721 [Varney chuckles] 874 00:50:31,805 --> 00:50:36,017 I should think one has only herself to blame for her confinement, miss. 875 00:50:48,655 --> 00:50:49,781 [footsteps approaching] 876 00:50:59,249 --> 00:51:00,125 Eloise. 877 00:51:01,918 --> 00:51:03,920 Uh… Did you need something? 878 00:51:05,297 --> 00:51:06,131 No. 879 00:51:09,134 --> 00:51:09,968 Yes. 880 00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:12,596 I am… [clears throat] 881 00:51:12,679 --> 00:51:15,891 …glad this business with Nigel Berbrooke is over for you. 882 00:51:16,975 --> 00:51:17,893 Thank you. 883 00:51:21,897 --> 00:51:25,609 You hear stories about appalling arrangements, 884 00:51:25,692 --> 00:51:28,278 and hopeless endings, and… 885 00:51:29,779 --> 00:51:31,615 Well, it is all very frightening. 886 00:51:32,532 --> 00:51:35,952 -Eloise, you mustn't worry about-- -Are you not frightened, too, sister? 887 00:51:37,078 --> 00:51:39,664 Of marriage? Of… children? 888 00:51:40,790 --> 00:51:42,834 I find children to be delightful. 889 00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,671 Though, you are not currently proving my point. 890 00:51:48,924 --> 00:51:51,384 Surely you've not forgotten what happened to Mama? 891 00:51:52,135 --> 00:51:53,511 Her screams that night. 892 00:51:55,305 --> 00:51:57,515 You tried to hide it by singing to me, 893 00:51:57,599 --> 00:51:58,683 but her voice… 894 00:51:59,684 --> 00:52:00,936 it rattled the windows. 895 00:52:02,354 --> 00:52:06,358 I hear them sometimes still  in my dreams. 896 00:52:08,318 --> 00:52:09,569 She almost died… 897 00:52:10,904 --> 00:52:12,322 mere months after Papa. 898 00:52:14,282 --> 00:52:15,742 [Eloise sighs tremulously] 899 00:52:15,867 --> 00:52:17,702 Of course I have not forgotten. 900 00:52:21,539 --> 00:52:22,457 Of course… 901 00:52:23,708 --> 00:52:24,751 I am frightened. 902 00:52:25,835 --> 00:52:29,547 I dare say I would be a fool at this point not to be terrified. 903 00:52:30,340 --> 00:52:33,551 You remember correctly that Mama had a… 904 00:52:34,636 --> 00:52:35,762 perilous night. 905 00:52:36,972 --> 00:52:39,182 But at dawn, the world had Hyacinth, 906 00:52:40,308 --> 00:52:42,269 and we are all the richer for it. 907 00:52:43,937 --> 00:52:45,438 Yes, Eloise, there… 908 00:52:46,022 --> 00:52:49,651 are perhaps darker turns in these woods 909 00:52:49,734 --> 00:52:51,486 than we've been taught to expect. 910 00:52:53,071 --> 00:52:55,448 There is light to be found at their end. 911 00:52:56,449 --> 00:52:57,450 And I know… 912 00:52:58,368 --> 00:52:59,286 one day… 913 00:53:00,370 --> 00:53:01,746 we both will find it. 914 00:53:04,833 --> 00:53:06,334 It must be taxing. 915 00:53:07,836 --> 00:53:08,670 What? 916 00:53:10,380 --> 00:53:13,717 The game of pretend that you feel you must endlessly maintain. 917 00:53:18,555 --> 00:53:21,641 [rendition of "In My Blood" by Vitamin String Quartet playing] 918 00:53:22,559 --> 00:53:23,893 [guests laughing, talking] 919 00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:55,133 Good evening. 920 00:53:58,136 --> 00:54:01,431 You should not have lost your temper with Lord Berbrooke. 921 00:54:01,514 --> 00:54:03,933 You should know something about me, Miss Bridgerton. 922 00:54:04,017 --> 00:54:05,727 I will not tolerate a bully. 923 00:54:06,227 --> 00:54:08,688 And you should know something about me, Your Grace. 924 00:54:09,439 --> 00:54:10,732 I will not have this go wrong. 925 00:54:11,524 --> 00:54:12,817 You mean our ruse? 926 00:54:14,861 --> 00:54:16,529 It is more than a ruse now. 927 00:54:17,572 --> 00:54:19,366 It is more than a negotiation. 928 00:54:20,658 --> 00:54:22,786 This is not just about finding  the best match 929 00:54:22,869 --> 00:54:24,537 to impress Lady Whistledown… 930 00:54:25,830 --> 00:54:28,541 or the queen, or any member of the ton. 931 00:54:28,625 --> 00:54:32,295 This is about a life, Your Grace. My life. 932 00:54:33,421 --> 00:54:35,382 I must finally take charge of it. 933 00:54:36,466 --> 00:54:38,468 I cannot afford to do otherwise. 934 00:54:39,135 --> 00:54:41,096 So I shall not have this go wrong. 935 00:54:41,179 --> 00:54:43,765 If you are not in agreement, then you should tell me now. 936 00:54:45,850 --> 00:54:46,768 I shall agree… 937 00:54:47,977 --> 00:54:49,062 on one condition. 938 00:54:49,145 --> 00:54:51,981 -You do not understand, Your Grace-- -That you call me Simon. 939 00:54:53,483 --> 00:54:57,487 If we are truly to seem to be courting, if this is to be a match like no other, 940 00:54:57,570 --> 00:54:59,155 you should call me by my name. 941 00:54:59,239 --> 00:55:00,240 Very well… 942 00:55:01,991 --> 00:55:02,909 Simon. 943 00:55:03,451 --> 00:55:04,369 [stifled chuckle] 944 00:55:04,452 --> 00:55:07,080 Is there something funny about my name? 945 00:55:07,664 --> 00:55:09,124 No, no, no. 946 00:55:10,291 --> 00:55:12,585 It is a perfectly fine name. 947 00:55:12,669 --> 00:55:14,003 Oh, perfectly fine? 948 00:55:14,087 --> 00:55:16,172 Very well… Daphne. 949 00:55:29,060 --> 00:55:30,478 I wish to find a husband… 950 00:55:32,272 --> 00:55:35,316 so that I may have a family, children. 951 00:55:36,526 --> 00:55:38,153 Then let us find you a husband. 952 00:55:56,713 --> 00:55:58,256 May I have the pleasure? 953 00:56:01,968 --> 00:56:03,136 Of course. 954 00:56:12,020 --> 00:56:15,857 The two of you certainly make a captivating match, Your Grace. 955 00:56:22,071 --> 00:56:23,948 Whatever is bothering you? 956 00:56:29,913 --> 00:56:32,665 N-Nothing at all, Lady Danbury. 957 00:56:37,378 --> 00:56:38,880 [strained gasping] 958 00:56:47,639 --> 00:56:49,182 [gasping for air] 959 00:56:49,265 --> 00:56:51,059 My… My son. 960 00:56:51,142 --> 00:56:55,021 [strained whispering] You have returned to take your rightful place. 961 00:56:55,146 --> 00:56:57,440 [coughs, gasping] 962 00:56:58,441 --> 00:56:59,609 My heart may be failing, 963 00:57:00,777 --> 00:57:02,487 but I assure you, 964 00:57:03,279 --> 00:57:04,364 it swells with pride, 965 00:57:05,281 --> 00:57:07,951 knowing the duke you have grown into… 966 00:57:08,743 --> 00:57:09,786 [coughs] 967 00:57:09,869 --> 00:57:14,624 …and the great Hastings name shall continue. 968 00:57:14,707 --> 00:57:16,459 [labored panting] 969 00:57:16,543 --> 00:57:18,294 Listen to me very closely… 970 00:57:20,713 --> 00:57:23,216 for I have only returned to do but one thing… 971 00:57:23,299 --> 00:57:24,467 [intense music plays] 972 00:57:24,551 --> 00:57:25,760 …to make you a vow… 973 00:57:26,678 --> 00:57:28,888 the only vow I will ever make in my life. 974 00:57:31,849 --> 00:57:33,184 I will never marry. 975 00:57:34,435 --> 00:57:36,604 I will never sire an heir. 976 00:57:36,688 --> 00:57:38,064 [Duke of Hastings gasping wetly] 977 00:57:38,147 --> 00:57:41,401 The Hastings line will die with me. 978 00:57:41,484 --> 00:57:42,777 [strained choking] 979 00:57:45,154 --> 00:57:47,657 Are my words clear enough for you, Father? 980 00:57:50,368 --> 00:57:52,954 Speak, you fucking monster. 981 00:57:53,037 --> 00:57:55,039 [tense music intensifies] 982 00:57:56,374 --> 00:57:58,293 -[Duke of Hastings coughs] -Speak! 983 00:57:58,376 --> 00:57:59,961 [sharp breaths] 984 00:58:11,055 --> 00:58:12,807 [tense music crescendos]