1 00:00:20,088 --> 00:00:22,090 [guests chattering] 2 00:00:32,475 --> 00:00:33,351 Is that her? 3 00:00:33,434 --> 00:00:36,688 The incomparable who captured the prince's eye. 4 00:00:36,771 --> 00:00:39,357 A mere wisp of a young lady, and a commoner at that. 5 00:00:43,111 --> 00:00:45,738 Everyone seems to have quite an opinion. [chuckles] 6 00:00:47,073 --> 00:00:49,367 How long do you think it will be before Her Majesty arrives? 7 00:00:49,450 --> 00:00:51,578 I may very well faint from hunger. 8 00:00:54,497 --> 00:00:56,916 Mama! We are at court! 9 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,960 No one is looking at me, dearest. 10 00:00:59,460 --> 00:01:00,378 Mama! 11 00:01:00,461 --> 00:01:02,630 That's quite delicious. [laughs] 12 00:01:04,174 --> 00:01:05,884 My darling, you seem a little strained. 13 00:01:05,967 --> 00:01:07,802 You have been that way for the past few days. 14 00:01:07,886 --> 00:01:09,846 -I have much on my mind. -You do, indeed. 15 00:01:09,929 --> 00:01:11,014 [doors open] 16 00:01:11,556 --> 00:01:13,183 Her Majesty Queen Charlotte 17 00:01:13,266 --> 00:01:16,352 and her esteemed nephew, Prince Friedrich of Prussia. 18 00:01:16,436 --> 00:01:17,979 [regal music plays] 19 00:01:25,904 --> 00:01:28,907 Miss Bridgerton, I find myself in raptures 20 00:01:28,990 --> 00:01:31,784 over your acceptance of my invitation to the palace. 21 00:01:31,868 --> 00:01:33,703 You flatter me, Your Highness. 22 00:01:33,786 --> 00:01:36,331 I cannot help it. You are perfection itself. 23 00:01:36,414 --> 00:01:37,582 Offer her your gift. 24 00:01:38,791 --> 00:01:40,335 I have brought you a gift. 25 00:01:42,212 --> 00:01:43,421 [exclaims softly] 26 00:01:43,504 --> 00:01:45,381 [guests gasp, murmur] 27 00:01:53,389 --> 00:01:54,807 [mournful piano music plays] 28 00:02:00,438 --> 00:02:02,440 [Daphne sighs, echoing] 29 00:02:08,821 --> 00:02:10,323 [Daphne gasps] 30 00:02:11,157 --> 00:02:12,492 Miss Bridgerton, are you unwell? 31 00:02:14,077 --> 00:02:17,288 I am perfectly well. Of course. [breathes tremulously] 32 00:02:17,372 --> 00:02:18,790 This necklace is… 33 00:02:19,749 --> 00:02:21,000 quite well too. 34 00:02:21,084 --> 00:02:23,169 She will make a lovely princess, will she not? 35 00:02:23,253 --> 00:02:24,712 Of course, Your Majesty. 36 00:02:26,256 --> 00:02:27,173 [chuckles softly] 37 00:02:35,515 --> 00:02:38,268 [Lady Whistledown] {\an8}In a town filled with ambitious mamas 38 00:02:38,351 --> 00:02:40,478 {\an8}and fortune-hunting gentlemen, 39 00:02:40,979 --> 00:02:43,982 marrying above one's station is an art form, indeed. 40 00:02:44,774 --> 00:02:47,694 But Miss Daphne Bridgerton's advance 41 00:02:47,777 --> 00:02:50,655 from future duchess to possible princess 42 00:02:50,738 --> 00:02:55,034 is an achievement that even this jaded author must applaud. 43 00:02:55,743 --> 00:02:58,538 Is it true? Am I to be the sister of a princess? 44 00:02:58,621 --> 00:02:59,664 Calm yourself. 45 00:02:59,747 --> 00:03:01,666 I am not yet engaged to the prince. 46 00:03:01,749 --> 00:03:03,334 Will you have to wear a crown? 47 00:03:03,418 --> 00:03:06,879 Perhaps for special occasions, but only if I should marry the prince. 48 00:03:06,963 --> 00:03:08,798 -Will you have to learn Prussian? -It is German. 49 00:03:08,881 --> 00:03:11,551 And perhaps, but only if I should marry the prince. 50 00:03:11,634 --> 00:03:14,512 Will you have to move to a castle far, far away? 51 00:03:14,595 --> 00:03:16,681 Should you not be off somewhere with your governess? 52 00:03:16,764 --> 00:03:20,476 I should. My governess has the very same questions as me! 53 00:03:21,728 --> 00:03:22,603 [sighs sharply] 54 00:03:22,687 --> 00:03:25,315 [Lady Whistledown] Though this author cannot dismiss 55 00:03:25,398 --> 00:03:27,358 the Duke of Hastings quite so soon. 56 00:03:28,234 --> 00:03:32,071 He may have let the diamond slip through his fingers for now, 57 00:03:32,155 --> 00:03:36,492 but I shall wager he is not a man to ever hide from a fight. 58 00:03:39,412 --> 00:03:41,581 [Simon grunting rapidly] 59 00:03:46,669 --> 00:03:48,504 Does that sack of grain have a German accent, 60 00:03:48,588 --> 00:03:50,214 or is it my imagination? 61 00:03:50,298 --> 00:03:51,132 Remind me, Will… 62 00:03:52,050 --> 00:03:54,802 are you participating in a boxing exhibition today, 63 00:03:54,886 --> 00:03:56,471 or is it a comedy exhibition? 64 00:03:56,554 --> 00:03:58,556 -I was afraid you had forgotten. -I had not. 65 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:01,601 Although I am afraid you will have to soldier on 66 00:04:01,684 --> 00:04:03,728 without your greatest admirer present this afternoon. 67 00:04:03,811 --> 00:04:05,229 Alice will be present. 68 00:04:05,313 --> 00:04:07,690 I am leaving England. [panting] 69 00:04:08,483 --> 00:04:09,650 My business is concluded. 70 00:04:10,818 --> 00:04:12,111 Will's is not. 71 00:04:12,195 --> 00:04:13,863 This will be the biggest match of my career. 72 00:04:13,946 --> 00:04:15,490 -I am not favored to win it. -Will-- 73 00:04:15,573 --> 00:04:17,575 Your smart friends know you frequent my saloon. 74 00:04:17,658 --> 00:04:19,702 Who will wager on me if you are not present? 75 00:04:20,328 --> 00:04:21,954 I don't have any friends. 76 00:04:22,038 --> 00:04:23,706 How about after the Irishman today, Will, 77 00:04:23,790 --> 00:04:26,125 you pummel the piss out of His Grace's self-pity? 78 00:04:27,001 --> 00:04:29,754 I have never asked a favor, but I implore you not to miss this match. 79 00:04:29,837 --> 00:04:31,381 His Grace would like to miss 80 00:04:31,464 --> 00:04:34,300 the chance of seeing the Bridgerton girl on the arm of a prince. 81 00:04:34,384 --> 00:04:35,551 Perhaps you're right. 82 00:04:35,635 --> 00:04:37,470 Both of you understand I am just here, do you? 83 00:04:37,970 --> 00:04:39,764 I am not nearly as devoted as the two of you, 84 00:04:39,847 --> 00:04:41,891 along with Lady Whistledown, would like to believe. 85 00:04:41,974 --> 00:04:45,061 The only thing we are devoted to is putting food in our children's mouths. 86 00:04:45,144 --> 00:04:47,688 Perhaps you'd like to dig a little deeper today, Your Grace, 87 00:04:47,772 --> 00:04:49,899 and help us fatten the match organizer's purses 88 00:04:49,982 --> 00:04:50,817 as well as ours? 89 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:53,319 What? 90 00:04:53,986 --> 00:04:55,696 You don't love me for my subtlety. 91 00:04:59,826 --> 00:05:00,785 [Simon sighs] 92 00:05:00,868 --> 00:05:01,953 [horse neighing] 93 00:05:12,296 --> 00:05:13,214 [grunts] 94 00:05:14,006 --> 00:05:15,633 Her needlework is divine. 95 00:05:15,716 --> 00:05:19,637 And, of course, she sings and plays the pianoforte very prettily. 96 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:20,847 Show me a smile, girl. 97 00:05:21,639 --> 00:05:22,682 I beg your pardon? 98 00:05:22,765 --> 00:05:24,684 Your teeth, I want to see them. 99 00:05:25,226 --> 00:05:26,269 Is she simpleminded? 100 00:05:26,352 --> 00:05:28,604 Goodness, no! Oh, you are droll! 101 00:05:28,688 --> 00:05:32,108 Miss Thompson, um, show Lord Rutledge your lovely smile. 102 00:05:33,025 --> 00:05:35,111 -Miss Thompson? -[Rutledge grunts] 103 00:05:36,946 --> 00:05:38,948 Tell a lot from a person's mouth. 104 00:05:40,450 --> 00:05:41,826 Soldiers' teeth. 105 00:05:41,909 --> 00:05:43,286 Taken from the battlefield. 106 00:05:43,369 --> 00:05:45,580 Cost a pretty penny, let me tell you. 107 00:05:46,330 --> 00:05:50,334 I shall try her out in company, 108 00:05:51,335 --> 00:05:54,005 see how she acquits herself. 109 00:05:54,088 --> 00:05:55,006 Of course. 110 00:05:55,089 --> 00:05:57,842 We will be attending the Trowbridge ball this evening, naturally. 111 00:05:57,925 --> 00:05:59,260 Oh, very well. 112 00:06:00,178 --> 00:06:01,387 Good day, Featherington. 113 00:06:02,305 --> 00:06:03,389 Rutledge. 114 00:06:03,973 --> 00:06:05,433 You cannot be serious. 115 00:06:05,516 --> 00:06:08,019 How dare you conduct yourself in such brazen manner? 116 00:06:08,102 --> 00:06:11,189 -Do you see now what I must endure daily? -[Lord Featherington] Mm. 117 00:06:11,272 --> 00:06:13,900 I have had suitors calling on me every morning this week. 118 00:06:13,983 --> 00:06:15,902 If you think I'm going to marry that vile old-- 119 00:06:15,985 --> 00:06:19,822 Those suitors are courting you, my dear. That could take weeks, months. 120 00:06:20,323 --> 00:06:22,825 Even if a miracle occurred, and one of them married you tomorrow, 121 00:06:22,909 --> 00:06:24,911 how do you imagine they would react six months hence 122 00:06:24,994 --> 00:06:28,414 when that whelp of yours pops out looking the picture of health? 123 00:06:28,498 --> 00:06:30,374 Lord Rutledge is in want of an heir. 124 00:06:31,042 --> 00:06:32,460 He will not ask questions. 125 00:06:33,878 --> 00:06:34,879 [Marina huffs] 126 00:06:36,547 --> 00:06:39,050 -[scoffs] She pushed me! -No, she pushed me. 127 00:06:39,133 --> 00:06:41,552 Hush, both of you! My nerves! 128 00:06:47,350 --> 00:06:48,226 Marina? 129 00:06:50,228 --> 00:06:51,562 Would you like me to stay in? 130 00:06:56,817 --> 00:06:58,069 Kindly remind me, my lord, 131 00:06:58,152 --> 00:07:01,656 why we cannot simply send Miss Thompson back to her father in the country? 132 00:07:01,739 --> 00:07:03,241 The matter is not for discussion. 133 00:07:03,324 --> 00:07:05,868 A gentleman caller. Mr. Albion Finch. 134 00:07:11,457 --> 00:07:12,708 Good day. [sneezes] 135 00:07:14,001 --> 00:07:17,922 [gasps] Daisies always trouble my nose. 136 00:07:18,005 --> 00:07:20,132 Miss Thompson is not receiving visitors, Mr. Finch. 137 00:07:20,216 --> 00:07:21,717 That is quite all right. 138 00:07:21,801 --> 00:07:24,053 I am here to call on Miss Featherington. 139 00:07:27,014 --> 00:07:28,975 Miss Philippa Featherington? 140 00:07:29,058 --> 00:07:30,393 [exhales nervously] 141 00:07:41,571 --> 00:07:42,405 Thank you, sir. 142 00:07:43,781 --> 00:07:44,824 [chuckles] 143 00:07:44,907 --> 00:07:46,200 [exhales contentedly] 144 00:07:47,243 --> 00:07:50,997 I have never understood the fashion for feathers in the hair. 145 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,000 Why would a woman want to draw notice to the fact that she is like a bird 146 00:07:54,083 --> 00:07:56,794 squawking for a man's attention in some bizarre ritual? 147 00:07:56,877 --> 00:07:58,212 Then why are we looking? 148 00:07:58,296 --> 00:08:01,173 Because I would rather do anything than stay a moment longer in that house 149 00:08:01,257 --> 00:08:04,093 while everyone flutters around Daphne, cooing over her prospects. 150 00:08:04,176 --> 00:08:07,096 Is the prince still courting? I imagine you cannot wait for the engagement. 151 00:08:07,179 --> 00:08:09,682 Pen, once they are engaged, I shall be next in line. 152 00:08:09,765 --> 00:08:11,934 If anything, I hope Daphne stays on the shelf forever. 153 00:08:12,018 --> 00:08:13,519 She must marry eventually. 154 00:08:13,603 --> 00:08:15,521 Why must our only options be 155 00:08:15,605 --> 00:08:17,898 to squawk and settle or to never leave the nest? 156 00:08:17,982 --> 00:08:20,109 What if I want to fly? 157 00:08:21,068 --> 00:08:22,903 [scoffs] You know who is flying? 158 00:08:22,987 --> 00:08:25,448 Lady Whistledown. She is up in the sky. 159 00:08:25,531 --> 00:08:28,242 A brilliant woman of business who fools the entire ton, 160 00:08:28,326 --> 00:08:29,952 whilst pocketing their money. 161 00:08:30,036 --> 00:08:31,621 Imagine the life she must lead. 162 00:08:31,704 --> 00:08:32,913 Independence. 163 00:08:33,623 --> 00:08:36,375 She is not simpering on the edge of a ballroom every night, 164 00:08:36,459 --> 00:08:39,211 praying a man might take a fancy and leg-shackle her into marriage. 165 00:08:39,295 --> 00:08:41,547 That is quite the life you have imagined for her. 166 00:08:41,631 --> 00:08:44,842 We must meet her so that she might share her secrets 167 00:08:44,925 --> 00:08:47,386 on how to avoid such a wretched, uninteresting fate. 168 00:08:47,470 --> 00:08:49,597 Lady Whistledown's identity is quite protected. 169 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:51,599 Are we not the two most clever girls in the ton? 170 00:08:51,682 --> 00:08:53,643 If anyone can find her, it is us, I think. 171 00:08:53,726 --> 00:08:57,021 If I could get out of any of the week's events to help you, I would. 172 00:08:58,022 --> 00:08:59,231 Pretend an illness. 173 00:08:59,315 --> 00:09:01,692 Tell your mother you caught whatever Marina had. 174 00:09:01,776 --> 00:09:04,528 -How is she, by the way? -Uh, recovering. 175 00:09:05,154 --> 00:09:06,781 But it would be cruel of me 176 00:09:06,864 --> 00:09:09,200 not to be by her side when she comes back out. 177 00:09:09,283 --> 00:09:11,452 I shall cheer you on in your endeavors, though. 178 00:09:11,535 --> 00:09:13,245 This one. I shall need a new quill 179 00:09:13,329 --> 00:09:14,747 to make my list of suspects. 180 00:09:14,830 --> 00:09:16,332 Ooh! Thank you. 181 00:09:17,708 --> 00:09:18,751 [attendees clamoring] 182 00:09:18,834 --> 00:09:20,961 [bookkeeper] Come on, then! Is it Mondrich or Gillespie? 183 00:09:21,045 --> 00:09:22,213 Thank you, sir! 184 00:09:25,007 --> 00:09:27,718 [Daphne] If Mama knew I were here, of all places… 185 00:09:27,802 --> 00:09:30,304 [Anthony] Trust she would have more to say to me than you. 186 00:09:33,349 --> 00:09:36,143 There's your prince now. With your fancy well in hand, 187 00:09:36,227 --> 00:09:38,521 I shall make myself scarce for the final blow. 188 00:09:42,024 --> 00:09:45,361 Miss Bridgerton, I am delighted to see you here today, though surprised. 189 00:09:45,444 --> 00:09:48,614 Though I asked your brother to bring you so we could spend some time together, 190 00:09:48,698 --> 00:09:50,199 I admit I did not hold much hope. 191 00:09:50,282 --> 00:09:54,078 Most ladies I have met cannot seem to reconcile their delicate sensibilities 192 00:09:54,161 --> 00:09:55,329 with the brutality of fights. 193 00:09:55,413 --> 00:09:57,915 You must have no sisters, Your Highness, 194 00:09:57,998 --> 00:10:00,251 if you think most women delicate and mild. 195 00:10:00,793 --> 00:10:03,212 A trip to the modiste during a silk shortage 196 00:10:03,295 --> 00:10:05,464 would disabuse you of such notions for good. 197 00:10:05,548 --> 00:10:06,757 [both chuckle] 198 00:10:06,841 --> 00:10:09,009 I suppose I have much to learn, then. 199 00:10:09,093 --> 00:10:11,929 I would appreciate your expert tutelage if you would join me. 200 00:10:13,472 --> 00:10:15,266 [mournful music plays] 201 00:10:16,142 --> 00:10:17,143 Miss Bridgerton? 202 00:10:18,269 --> 00:10:20,604 Of course. I would be delighted. 203 00:10:23,649 --> 00:10:26,610 Tell us, Mr. Mondrich, is it true you've been training with the duke? 204 00:10:26,694 --> 00:10:29,280 Let us not exaggerate my role. I am a mere pupil. 205 00:10:29,363 --> 00:10:31,532 -Target practice, at best. -[Will] His Grace is modest. 206 00:10:31,615 --> 00:10:34,368 He's one of the least pitiful students I have ever trained. 207 00:10:34,452 --> 00:10:35,369 [men laughing] 208 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,873 [Will] You'd do well following his lead and wagering on me today. 209 00:10:38,956 --> 00:10:40,416 Is that not right, Hastings? 210 00:10:42,418 --> 00:10:44,503 -Hastings? -Of course. 211 00:10:44,587 --> 00:10:47,548 Our underdog, Mr. Mondrich, shall emerge victorious. 212 00:10:47,631 --> 00:10:50,009 I, for one, have 40 shillings on Mr. Gillespie. 213 00:10:50,092 --> 00:10:52,261 After all, he is the prince's man. 214 00:10:53,262 --> 00:10:55,598 [announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats! 215 00:10:55,681 --> 00:10:57,391 -The match is to begin! -[bell rings] 216 00:10:58,267 --> 00:10:59,477 [crowd cheering, jeering] 217 00:10:59,977 --> 00:11:00,978 [Simon] Watch him! 218 00:11:04,231 --> 00:11:05,608 [crowd exclaims] 219 00:11:06,776 --> 00:11:08,527 Fear not. My man is made of sterner stuff. 220 00:11:09,528 --> 00:11:10,488 [Will groans] 221 00:11:10,571 --> 00:11:13,449 -Yes, again! -Come on, Mondrich! Watch your feet! 222 00:11:19,371 --> 00:11:20,831 [playful music plays] 223 00:11:23,209 --> 00:11:25,503 [music, no dialogue] 224 00:11:29,799 --> 00:11:31,759 -[music ends] -[crowd jeering loudly] 225 00:11:37,598 --> 00:11:39,934 You must tell me, Your Highness, do you miss your homeland? 226 00:11:40,017 --> 00:11:43,437 I have never been to Prussia, but I have read of its beauty. 227 00:11:43,521 --> 00:11:45,231 It has attractions, to be sure. 228 00:11:45,314 --> 00:11:47,691 That said, I attended school here in England, 229 00:11:47,775 --> 00:11:50,736 and I have often thought there is no better place to live, 230 00:11:50,820 --> 00:11:52,071 or to raise a family. 231 00:11:54,114 --> 00:11:56,450 Uh, forgive me if I am too forthright, 232 00:11:56,534 --> 00:11:58,911 but you have a great affinity for your family, do you not? 233 00:11:58,994 --> 00:12:02,373 I do. They are the dearest thing in the world to me. 234 00:12:02,873 --> 00:12:03,916 Are you close to yours? 235 00:12:03,999 --> 00:12:06,001 I grew up with many cousins running underfoot 236 00:12:06,085 --> 00:12:09,213 and I believe I should like the same for my children one day… 237 00:12:09,713 --> 00:12:12,675 if my wife were amenable, of course. 238 00:12:26,272 --> 00:12:27,273 [crowd cheers] 239 00:12:29,108 --> 00:12:30,150 Come on, Billy! 240 00:12:30,234 --> 00:12:31,193 Go on, Mondrich! 241 00:12:31,277 --> 00:12:33,821 Focus, Mondrich! Get your wits about you! 242 00:12:35,489 --> 00:12:38,117 Go on, Gillespie! Plant a facer! 243 00:12:40,870 --> 00:12:41,871 Good man! Another! 244 00:12:42,538 --> 00:12:43,914 [grunting] 245 00:12:43,998 --> 00:12:44,832 [crowd cheers] 246 00:12:45,666 --> 00:12:46,542 [Daphne exclaims] 247 00:12:56,594 --> 00:12:57,845 [bell rings] 248 00:12:57,928 --> 00:12:59,221 [crowd cheers loudly] 249 00:13:00,556 --> 00:13:01,891 [Anthony] Go on, Mondrich! 250 00:13:08,856 --> 00:13:10,107 [inaudible dialogue] 251 00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:18,365 -[man] You guaranteed my money. -Gentlemen! 252 00:13:18,449 --> 00:13:22,077 I assure you, on my good name, each of you will receive your payments. 253 00:13:22,161 --> 00:13:24,663 I merely need two days to raise the blunt. 254 00:13:25,664 --> 00:13:27,666 [men murmuring] 255 00:13:29,501 --> 00:13:31,420 [Henry] What do you think, Bridgerton? 256 00:13:31,503 --> 00:13:33,380 This one more to your liking? 257 00:13:33,464 --> 00:13:34,506 Mr. Granville-- 258 00:13:34,590 --> 00:13:36,717 Perhaps they should take it over to Somerset House 259 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,345 so it can be skyed right next to mine. 260 00:13:39,428 --> 00:13:41,430 I believe I owe you an apology, sir. 261 00:13:42,431 --> 00:13:43,307 Unnecessary. 262 00:13:43,974 --> 00:13:46,352 I actually quite enjoy the eloquent stings of your critique. 263 00:13:46,435 --> 00:13:47,394 [Benedict] Mm. 264 00:13:47,895 --> 00:13:48,729 So? 265 00:13:49,563 --> 00:13:51,565 A touch morose for my tastes. 266 00:13:51,649 --> 00:13:52,483 [Henry] Mm. 267 00:13:54,193 --> 00:13:55,027 [Henry inhales] 268 00:13:55,110 --> 00:13:57,363 A tragedy. The hound deserved better. 269 00:13:57,446 --> 00:13:59,490 [laughs] Where is yours? 270 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:01,450 -My… -Your work. 271 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:05,371 Are you to tell me you're not an artist yourself? 272 00:14:05,454 --> 00:14:07,831 Well, I-- I suppose sometimes I like to… 273 00:14:07,915 --> 00:14:09,500 Well, I mean, I almost-- 274 00:14:09,583 --> 00:14:12,795 I believe "yes" and "thank you" are the words you seek. 275 00:14:13,837 --> 00:14:17,007 But either way, you should come by my studio. 276 00:14:18,384 --> 00:14:20,594 The pieces I do for myself are there, 277 00:14:20,678 --> 00:14:23,806 and I think you will find my real work far less, um… 278 00:14:24,264 --> 00:14:27,685 Oh, how did you put it? "Cold and lacking inner life"? 279 00:14:27,768 --> 00:14:30,521 Mm. I shall never live that down, shall I? 280 00:14:30,604 --> 00:14:32,231 -[chuckles] -[Henry] Hmm. 281 00:14:32,314 --> 00:14:33,399 [Benedict laughs] 282 00:14:41,657 --> 00:14:43,867 I hear you are to leave town tonight. 283 00:14:44,493 --> 00:14:45,661 You hear correctly. 284 00:14:46,954 --> 00:14:49,456 I misjudged you. I was never quite certain, 285 00:14:49,540 --> 00:14:52,710 but now it is clear your intentions with Daphne were honorable after all. 286 00:14:53,502 --> 00:14:55,129 She has found herself a prince, 287 00:14:55,921 --> 00:14:57,423 and you are going on your way. 288 00:14:58,590 --> 00:15:01,468 Perhaps one day the two of us will be able to laugh at all this? 289 00:15:01,969 --> 00:15:02,845 Perhaps. 290 00:15:04,096 --> 00:15:06,056 Are you to tell me you're sorry to see me go? 291 00:15:06,140 --> 00:15:08,475 We should not have to go that far, should we? 292 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:09,852 [Simon chuckles] 293 00:15:14,314 --> 00:15:15,232 Lord Bridgerton. 294 00:15:15,941 --> 00:15:16,859 Your Highness. 295 00:15:17,609 --> 00:15:19,862 I was told you would be here. Might we have a word? 296 00:15:19,945 --> 00:15:21,030 [Benedict] Certainly. 297 00:15:25,034 --> 00:15:26,118 [inaudible dialogue] 298 00:15:32,499 --> 00:15:34,084 Your brother took you where? 299 00:15:34,168 --> 00:15:36,712 He kept close watch the entire time, Mama. 300 00:15:36,795 --> 00:15:40,883 It does not matter. A boxing exhibition is no place for any young lady. 301 00:15:40,966 --> 00:15:44,094 Is it a place for a prince? Was he at today's match, Sister? 302 00:15:44,178 --> 00:15:45,012 He certainly was. 303 00:15:45,095 --> 00:15:47,347 It is a loathsome and barbarous form of entertainment. 304 00:15:47,431 --> 00:15:49,641 -What about the duke? -[both] What about the duke? 305 00:15:51,435 --> 00:15:53,437 Was he also present? 306 00:15:54,188 --> 00:15:55,189 I do not know. 307 00:15:55,689 --> 00:15:57,858 If the duke was there, I did not see him. 308 00:15:57,941 --> 00:15:59,651 [playing classical piano tune] 309 00:16:03,197 --> 00:16:05,157 -What are you writing? -Nothing. [clears throat] 310 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,493 You sit about, writing nothing all day long. 311 00:16:07,576 --> 00:16:09,119 [sighs] I am telling Francesca 312 00:16:09,203 --> 00:16:11,080 about what an officious little busybody you are. 313 00:16:11,163 --> 00:16:12,498 [chuckles ironically] 314 00:16:16,460 --> 00:16:18,045 Mother. Daph. 315 00:16:18,128 --> 00:16:20,130 Did you truly take your sister to a boxing match? 316 00:16:20,214 --> 00:16:22,174 Your admonishment will have to wait. I have news. 317 00:16:22,257 --> 00:16:25,177 Prince Friedrich has asked for my permission to propose. 318 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:27,679 So soon? 319 00:16:28,222 --> 00:16:29,848 Well, what did you tell him? 320 00:16:29,932 --> 00:16:32,142 That I know better than to answer for my sister. 321 00:16:32,226 --> 00:16:34,812 I have no objections to the man. People speak well of him. 322 00:16:34,895 --> 00:16:38,398 Whatever you decide, Daph, you shall have my support. 323 00:16:38,482 --> 00:16:40,275 [tense music plays] 324 00:16:44,363 --> 00:16:45,906 I… uh… 325 00:16:45,989 --> 00:16:47,407 I… [sighs] 326 00:16:47,908 --> 00:16:49,326 You need not decide now. 327 00:16:50,452 --> 00:16:52,037 You have not known him long. 328 00:16:52,121 --> 00:16:54,623 Let me know when you have an answer, and I shall convey it. 329 00:16:55,207 --> 00:16:56,041 Indeed. 330 00:17:12,766 --> 00:17:15,018 It is quite a necklace. [chuckles] 331 00:17:17,938 --> 00:17:18,981 Do you like it? 332 00:17:19,815 --> 00:17:21,275 It is very beautiful. 333 00:17:21,358 --> 00:17:22,568 But do you like it? 334 00:17:24,862 --> 00:17:27,406 If you should have something to say, Mama, please say it. 335 00:17:27,489 --> 00:17:28,949 Well, I only wonder… 336 00:17:32,286 --> 00:17:34,955 If you wear that necklace at tonight's ball, what will the duke think? 337 00:17:35,038 --> 00:17:35,873 Oh, Mama! 338 00:17:35,956 --> 00:17:38,167 Until you have decided to accept the prince's proposal, 339 00:17:38,250 --> 00:17:40,335 I simply think you should keep your mind open. 340 00:17:40,419 --> 00:17:43,714 Mama, I do not care what the duke thinks. 341 00:17:44,923 --> 00:17:47,009 Besides, he will not even be at tonight's ball. 342 00:17:47,092 --> 00:17:49,928 -What happened between the two of you? -Nothing happened. 343 00:17:50,846 --> 00:17:51,680 He is leaving. 344 00:17:51,763 --> 00:17:54,558 I know my daughter. I know it was not nothing between you. 345 00:17:54,641 --> 00:17:55,642 You do not know. 346 00:17:56,268 --> 00:17:57,561 You do not know anything. 347 00:17:57,644 --> 00:17:59,229 Daphne, I know what I saw! 348 00:17:59,313 --> 00:18:00,397 What you saw… 349 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:02,357 was a lie. 350 00:18:05,569 --> 00:18:06,486 What? 351 00:18:07,696 --> 00:18:08,530 It was a lie. 352 00:18:10,324 --> 00:18:11,325 It was a ruse. 353 00:18:13,035 --> 00:18:16,622 The… duke and I, we were pretending, 354 00:18:17,289 --> 00:18:20,042 all so I could attract a suitor of a high enough rank, 355 00:18:20,125 --> 00:18:22,169 all so I could be that much more… 356 00:18:22,794 --> 00:18:23,754 desirable. 357 00:18:26,048 --> 00:18:27,216 It was an agreement. 358 00:18:27,299 --> 00:18:29,676 It was an act, and it worked. 359 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,053 We got what we wanted. 360 00:18:31,136 --> 00:18:33,096 You did, too. I now have a prince. 361 00:18:33,722 --> 00:18:34,723 You should be proud. 362 00:18:34,806 --> 00:18:38,185 What I wanted, dearest, was for you to have the best, 363 00:18:38,268 --> 00:18:40,520 not in terms of rank, but love. 364 00:18:40,604 --> 00:18:42,856 And what I have seen between you and the duke-- 365 00:18:42,940 --> 00:18:44,942 It was not real, Mama! 366 00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:48,111 Everything you saw… 367 00:18:48,904 --> 00:18:50,239 None of it was real. 368 00:18:53,408 --> 00:18:54,534 Well, it… 369 00:18:54,618 --> 00:18:55,827 It is over now. 370 00:18:57,871 --> 00:19:00,249 [voice breaking] I do not have to pretend any longer. 371 00:19:09,466 --> 00:19:10,676 I am sorry, Mama. 372 00:19:11,802 --> 00:19:13,971 I am so sorry. [sobs lightly] 373 00:19:19,059 --> 00:19:20,811 It is a beautiful necklace. 374 00:19:22,479 --> 00:19:24,189 I should like it very much. 375 00:19:34,324 --> 00:19:36,285 [Lady Danbury] I would tell you it's been lovely 376 00:19:36,368 --> 00:19:38,161 spending all this time with you, Your Grace, 377 00:19:38,245 --> 00:19:41,039 but I tend to leave such sycophantic behavior 378 00:19:41,123 --> 00:19:42,541 for the rest of the ton. 379 00:19:42,624 --> 00:19:45,085 I shall miss you, too, Lady Danbury. 380 00:19:46,253 --> 00:19:48,380 Are you going to tell me where you will go? 381 00:19:48,797 --> 00:19:49,923 This time, that is. 382 00:19:50,007 --> 00:19:51,591 I am still considering, but-- 383 00:19:51,675 --> 00:19:53,343 It does not really matter, does it? 384 00:19:53,427 --> 00:19:56,179 I am sure you will abscond to some remote corner of the world 385 00:19:56,263 --> 00:19:58,598 and continue to do what you have always done. 386 00:19:58,682 --> 00:20:02,894 -And what would that be? -Take everything you have for granted. 387 00:20:04,104 --> 00:20:07,399 The young man I have always taken pride in raising, 388 00:20:07,482 --> 00:20:08,317 well… 389 00:20:09,735 --> 00:20:11,611 I would have expected more. 390 00:20:12,487 --> 00:20:15,949 More discernment, more understanding, more appreciation. 391 00:20:16,033 --> 00:20:16,867 Lady Danbury-- 392 00:20:16,950 --> 00:20:20,203 You allowed that young lady to slip through your fingers 393 00:20:20,287 --> 00:20:21,413 as if it were nothing. 394 00:20:22,372 --> 00:20:25,959 I understand that you believe such subjects as love and devotion, 395 00:20:26,043 --> 00:20:27,544 affection and attachment, 396 00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:29,963 you find it all trite and frivolous. 397 00:20:30,047 --> 00:20:34,217 But have you any idea those very things are precisely what have allowed 398 00:20:34,301 --> 00:20:38,055 a new day to begin to dawn in this society? 399 00:20:39,598 --> 00:20:40,807 Look at our queen. 400 00:20:41,683 --> 00:20:44,019 Look at our king. Look at their marriage. 401 00:20:44,102 --> 00:20:47,647 Look at everything it is doing for us, 402 00:20:47,731 --> 00:20:49,941 allowing us to become. 403 00:20:50,442 --> 00:20:54,029 We were two separate societies, divided by color, 404 00:20:54,112 --> 00:20:57,282 until a king fell in love with one of us. 405 00:20:58,241 --> 00:21:00,702 Love, Your Grace… 406 00:21:01,661 --> 00:21:03,288 conquers all. 407 00:21:05,582 --> 00:21:07,417 I believe that remains to be seen. 408 00:21:09,169 --> 00:21:11,338 The king may have chosen his queen. 409 00:21:11,963 --> 00:21:13,131 He may have elevated us 410 00:21:13,215 --> 00:21:15,926 from novelties in their eyes to now dukes and royalty, 411 00:21:16,009 --> 00:21:17,594 and at that same whim… 412 00:21:18,553 --> 00:21:20,931 he may just as easily change his mind, 413 00:21:21,848 --> 00:21:25,143 a mind, as we all know, that is hanging on by one very loose and tenuous thread. 414 00:21:25,227 --> 00:21:28,188 So, no, I am sorry, Lady Danbury, we are in disagreement here. 415 00:21:28,271 --> 00:21:30,982 Love changes nothing. 416 00:21:35,612 --> 00:21:37,823 My ship departs at quarter past nine. 417 00:21:39,324 --> 00:21:40,492 I will write to you… 418 00:21:41,868 --> 00:21:43,036 from wherever I go. 419 00:21:49,126 --> 00:21:51,086 ["Second Waltz" by Dmitri Shostakovich plays] 420 00:21:51,169 --> 00:21:52,879 [Lady Whistledown] As we all know, 421 00:21:52,963 --> 00:21:56,883 there is nothing this author loves more than a scandal, 422 00:21:56,967 --> 00:22:00,762 and tonight's soiree promises more than its fair share, 423 00:22:00,846 --> 00:22:04,433 courtesy of the recently widowed Lady Trowbridge. 424 00:22:04,516 --> 00:22:07,519 Some may call her celebrations too provocative, 425 00:22:07,602 --> 00:22:09,312 and I would caution any young lady 426 00:22:09,396 --> 00:22:13,316 from getting caught up in the sensual nature of her fêtes. 427 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,736 For one scandalous move between an unwed couple, 428 00:22:16,820 --> 00:22:20,157 a wayward touch, or heaven forbid, a kiss, 429 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,786 would banish any young lady from society in a trail of ruin. 430 00:22:27,539 --> 00:22:28,457 Lord Rutledge. 431 00:22:30,625 --> 00:22:34,129 Miss Thompson has spent all afternoon telling us 432 00:22:34,212 --> 00:22:36,923 how eager she is to converse with you. 433 00:22:37,007 --> 00:22:41,344 I don't need her conversation. I shall like to see how she spins. 434 00:22:44,055 --> 00:22:45,348 [sneezes] 435 00:22:46,641 --> 00:22:49,060 -Mr. Finch. -Pardon me, Miss Featherington. 436 00:22:49,144 --> 00:22:51,480 -[chuckles] -Oh! What a delectable frock! 437 00:22:51,563 --> 00:22:53,565 Almost the exact shade of double Gloucester 438 00:22:53,648 --> 00:22:55,233 your mother served at tea this afternoon. 439 00:22:55,317 --> 00:22:57,402 I so love cheese. 440 00:22:58,236 --> 00:23:00,572 -As do I, Mr. Finch. [chuckles] -[laughs] 441 00:23:00,655 --> 00:23:03,909 Though, I must say, I do prefer a Stilton to a cheddar. 442 00:23:05,785 --> 00:23:07,162 -[Albion chuckles] -Mm! 443 00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:12,667 Perhaps we will have two weddings this season, my lord. 444 00:23:12,751 --> 00:23:13,960 Oh, I do doubt that. 445 00:23:28,016 --> 00:23:29,100 Daphne! [chuckles] 446 00:23:29,643 --> 00:23:32,604 -You look beautiful, as always. -Thank you, Cressida. 447 00:23:35,023 --> 00:23:36,483 You could have chosen anyone. 448 00:23:36,566 --> 00:23:38,902 You have gentlemen lined up to pay you tribute. 449 00:23:39,402 --> 00:23:42,989 Yet you did not hesitate to steal my chance for happiness away, did you? 450 00:23:44,032 --> 00:23:46,660 I knew the marriage market would make rivals of us, 451 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,079 but I never thought you capable of being my enemy. 452 00:23:49,162 --> 00:23:51,248 The man made his choice, Cressida. 453 00:23:53,250 --> 00:23:54,876 What did you expect me to do? 454 00:24:03,843 --> 00:24:07,514 Miss Bridgerton. You look absolutely exquisite, as always. 455 00:24:07,597 --> 00:24:09,391 Thank you, Your Highness. 456 00:24:09,474 --> 00:24:11,935 I hope there's room on your dance card for the two of us. 457 00:24:12,018 --> 00:24:13,311 I believe there is. 458 00:24:29,035 --> 00:24:31,246 ["Second Waltz" by Dmitri Shostakovich ends] 459 00:24:38,253 --> 00:24:39,087 Jeffries! 460 00:24:40,297 --> 00:24:41,423 Your Grace. 461 00:24:41,506 --> 00:24:44,050 Why is this painting here and not at Somerset House? 462 00:24:44,134 --> 00:24:45,385 Have you forgotten, sir? 463 00:24:45,468 --> 00:24:47,846 You requested it returned to you, 464 00:24:47,929 --> 00:24:50,932 an endeavor that was no small feat to arrange, I might add. 465 00:24:53,518 --> 00:24:54,978 [dramatic music plays] 466 00:25:18,209 --> 00:25:19,210 Mr. Bridgerton. 467 00:25:20,462 --> 00:25:21,963 Come in, come in. 468 00:25:22,047 --> 00:25:23,048 Thank you. 469 00:25:31,973 --> 00:25:35,644 I do not know what I was expecting, but it surely was not this. 470 00:25:35,727 --> 00:25:38,938 Oh, simply a gathering of like-minded souls. 471 00:25:39,022 --> 00:25:41,191 Here, let me show you what I've been working on. 472 00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:45,362 They speak of war abroad as if it will distract from inequities at home. 473 00:25:45,445 --> 00:25:47,614 They do not need a war to be distracted. 474 00:25:47,697 --> 00:25:49,199 Why, this Whistledown's enough 475 00:25:49,282 --> 00:25:52,077 to turn their eyes from the needs of ordinary people. 476 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:53,244 [Henry] What do you think? 477 00:25:54,037 --> 00:25:55,080 [Benedict sighs] 478 00:25:56,665 --> 00:25:57,707 Hmm. 479 00:25:57,791 --> 00:26:00,001 It's a far cry from Somerset House, I must say. 480 00:26:00,085 --> 00:26:01,419 I shall take that as a compliment. 481 00:26:01,503 --> 00:26:02,337 [both chuckle] 482 00:26:02,420 --> 00:26:04,589 And I must say, I'm truly jealous. 483 00:26:05,340 --> 00:26:06,508 Is this your life? 484 00:26:08,093 --> 00:26:10,512 There are advantages to being the second-born. 485 00:26:11,346 --> 00:26:12,889 Heirs have the responsibility. 486 00:26:13,390 --> 00:26:15,558 -Second sons have the fun. -[both chuckle] 487 00:26:15,642 --> 00:26:16,518 So… 488 00:26:17,435 --> 00:26:18,937 why not go have some fun? 489 00:26:43,002 --> 00:26:44,546 [exhales slowly] 490 00:26:55,682 --> 00:26:58,143 [singing "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" in French] 491 00:27:04,315 --> 00:27:07,902 [guests chattering quietly] 492 00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:40,310 [Violet] Anthony? 493 00:27:40,393 --> 00:27:41,352 Anthony. 494 00:27:41,853 --> 00:27:44,647 This is Miss Addington, the Earl of Lindsay's niece. 495 00:27:44,731 --> 00:27:45,982 -Pleasure. -Mm. 496 00:27:46,065 --> 00:27:48,318 [Violet chuckles] There, you see? 497 00:27:56,868 --> 00:27:57,994 [chuckles awkwardly] 498 00:28:01,539 --> 00:28:03,750 Quite the affair, Lady Trowbridge. 499 00:28:03,833 --> 00:28:05,293 You have such, uh… 500 00:28:05,794 --> 00:28:08,171 [chuckles] …striking taste. 501 00:28:08,254 --> 00:28:10,173 What a compliment, Lady Featherington, 502 00:28:10,256 --> 00:28:12,091 especially from you. 503 00:28:12,801 --> 00:28:13,927 [Lady Featherington] Mm. 504 00:28:14,010 --> 00:28:17,722 Philippa, should you not be on the dance floor with Mr. Finch? 505 00:28:17,806 --> 00:28:18,723 [Philippa sobs] 506 00:28:19,390 --> 00:28:20,266 Dry your eyes. 507 00:28:20,350 --> 00:28:23,061 Such constant commotion with this one, Mama. 508 00:28:23,144 --> 00:28:25,980 -Mr. Finch won't so much as meet my eye. -[Prudence scoffs] 509 00:28:26,064 --> 00:28:28,024 Papa told him something, and now… 510 00:28:29,150 --> 00:28:30,485 I loved him. [sobs] 511 00:28:36,699 --> 00:28:38,535 Whatever did you say to Mr. Finch? 512 00:28:38,618 --> 00:28:41,079 He may not be a lord, but he's perfectly suitable, 513 00:28:41,162 --> 00:28:42,664 and Phillipa has no other suitors. 514 00:28:42,747 --> 00:28:44,791 Then we shall wait until next season. 515 00:28:46,209 --> 00:28:47,585 With two others unwed? 516 00:28:47,669 --> 00:28:50,421 They can all wait until next season, as far as I'm concerned. 517 00:28:50,505 --> 00:28:53,258 Could you truly wish to embarrass me further tonight? 518 00:28:53,758 --> 00:28:55,301 I would advise against it. 519 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,490 What are you doing in my room? 520 00:29:18,241 --> 00:29:19,158 Oh… Uh… 521 00:29:19,659 --> 00:29:22,871 Mama asked me to retrieve the latest copy of Lady Whistledown. 522 00:29:22,954 --> 00:29:27,792 She wanted to count how many times Daphne and Prince Friedrich had been mentioned. 523 00:29:27,876 --> 00:29:29,669 The viscountess is at the Trowbridge ball. 524 00:29:29,752 --> 00:29:32,463 She did not seem particularly pleased about Prince Friedrich. 525 00:29:33,131 --> 00:29:34,465 [chuckles nervously] 526 00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:36,634 Why do you have them, all of these Whistledowns? 527 00:29:36,718 --> 00:29:39,012 Must I explain myself to you? 528 00:29:39,554 --> 00:29:40,597 Yes… 529 00:29:41,389 --> 00:29:42,223 you must. 530 00:29:42,307 --> 00:29:44,642 After all, I am a Bridgerton, so therefore your mistress. 531 00:29:45,852 --> 00:29:48,897 I wiped your bottom when you were in leading strings, 532 00:29:48,980 --> 00:29:51,190 and I… I do not appreciate your tone. 533 00:29:51,274 --> 00:29:55,737 I asked you once, and I ask again, what are you doing in my room, Eloise? 534 00:29:55,820 --> 00:29:57,739 Thinking perhaps you are Lady Whistledown. 535 00:29:59,115 --> 00:30:01,034 [laughing] 536 00:30:01,743 --> 00:30:04,454 Or… if not you, 537 00:30:04,537 --> 00:30:07,040 then perhaps another servant type. 538 00:30:07,123 --> 00:30:09,042 Are you not meant to be the smart one? 539 00:30:09,125 --> 00:30:10,752 -I beg your pardon? -[laughs] 540 00:30:10,835 --> 00:30:15,381 You believe a servant would ever have the time to be Lady Whistledown, 541 00:30:15,465 --> 00:30:17,216 with all the work we must do? 542 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:19,677 -[laughing continues] -[Eloise chuckles awkwardly] 543 00:30:21,012 --> 00:30:26,225 You believe I would be working for you if I had all the money Whistledown does? 544 00:30:26,309 --> 00:30:28,686 -[Eloise sighs ironically] -Oh! Oh! 545 00:30:28,770 --> 00:30:31,397 Oh, it hurts. [laughing continues] 546 00:30:33,566 --> 00:30:34,567 Get out. 547 00:30:39,697 --> 00:30:41,240 [guests chattering] 548 00:30:52,794 --> 00:30:54,295 Our host looks a bit fussy. 549 00:30:55,338 --> 00:30:57,507 Do you think if he goes to bed, we all have to leave? 550 00:30:57,590 --> 00:30:58,424 [Penelope chuckles] 551 00:30:58,508 --> 00:31:01,886 It's lucky the lady produced an heir before the old earl croaked, no? 552 00:31:01,970 --> 00:31:03,179 Lucky, indeed. 553 00:31:04,013 --> 00:31:06,265 But do you not think the boy bears a passing resemblance 554 00:31:06,349 --> 00:31:07,892 to Lady Trowbridge's footman? 555 00:31:07,976 --> 00:31:09,018 Penelope! 556 00:31:10,061 --> 00:31:11,104 What a barb! 557 00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:20,446 I've tried to get in front of Miss Thompson all night. 558 00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:23,032 Surely she cannot be interested in Lord Rutledge, can she? 559 00:31:23,116 --> 00:31:25,243 I think the only thing Miss Thompson is interested in 560 00:31:25,326 --> 00:31:26,869 is a swift rescue, indeed. 561 00:31:27,537 --> 00:31:29,247 I believe you are right. 562 00:31:29,330 --> 00:31:31,165 Oh, Colin, I did not mean-- 563 00:31:38,589 --> 00:31:39,424 Another? 564 00:31:39,507 --> 00:31:41,467 [chuckles] I do believe a third dance 565 00:31:41,551 --> 00:31:43,594 would be considered improper, my lord. 566 00:31:43,678 --> 00:31:47,306 You need not continue to prove your virtue to me, my girl. 567 00:31:47,390 --> 00:31:50,518 There are other things a man looks for in a wife. 568 00:31:50,601 --> 00:31:52,437 Miss Thompson. A dance? 569 00:31:56,983 --> 00:31:58,943 Are you well recovered, Miss Thompson? 570 00:31:59,694 --> 00:32:01,779 Oh, yes. Um, I was quite ill. 571 00:32:01,863 --> 00:32:04,282 And what a suspicious illness you came down with. 572 00:32:05,283 --> 00:32:06,826 It seems to have manifested 573 00:32:06,909 --> 00:32:09,412 as a walking spittle factory with very large teeth. 574 00:32:12,457 --> 00:32:15,001 -Am I the only one who can see it? -Alas, I can as well. 575 00:32:15,084 --> 00:32:17,795 But spin me away, and perhaps I shall recover. 576 00:32:18,963 --> 00:32:20,423 [both laughing] 577 00:32:25,053 --> 00:32:26,679 They appear to be enjoying themselves. 578 00:32:26,763 --> 00:32:30,808 Yes. My brother Colin certainly knows how to make things memorable. 579 00:32:32,351 --> 00:32:34,103 Well, perhaps I may do the same. 580 00:32:36,647 --> 00:32:39,650 I know we've only known each other a short time, Miss Bridgerton, 581 00:32:39,734 --> 00:32:41,903 but from the moment I laid eyes on you, I, uh-- 582 00:32:48,284 --> 00:32:50,953 -Ah! There you are. -Here I am, Your Highness. 583 00:32:52,455 --> 00:32:53,581 As I was saying, 584 00:32:54,248 --> 00:32:56,709 some in Prussia believe I have run away, 585 00:32:56,793 --> 00:33:00,046 but the truth is I left to find someone to start a life with. 586 00:33:00,129 --> 00:33:02,507 -To have a family with. -[gasps] 587 00:33:07,428 --> 00:33:08,304 [gasps] 588 00:33:10,306 --> 00:33:14,560 And so I find myself left with one question to ask. 589 00:33:18,606 --> 00:33:20,024 -Miss Bridgerton-- -I need a moment. 590 00:33:22,193 --> 00:33:24,654 To refresh myself, Your Highness. [breathes nervously] 591 00:33:24,737 --> 00:33:27,031 Miss Bridgerton, are you yet engaged? 592 00:33:28,032 --> 00:33:31,285 You must set me up with one of those brothers I hear the prince has. 593 00:33:32,078 --> 00:33:34,247 Do watch where you are flying, angel. 594 00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:36,040 [exhales nervously] 595 00:33:38,042 --> 00:33:39,669 [gasping] 596 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,343 [grunts loudly, panting] 597 00:33:50,179 --> 00:33:51,389 [Simon] Miss Bridgerton. 598 00:33:53,266 --> 00:33:54,308 [gasps] 599 00:33:56,352 --> 00:33:57,895 What are you doing here? 600 00:34:01,065 --> 00:34:04,402 -I thought you were leaving London. -I was. I am. 601 00:34:05,987 --> 00:34:08,072 -I came to say goodbye. -To whom? 602 00:34:08,156 --> 00:34:10,825 -To you. -Your goodbye is wholly unnecessary. 603 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:13,202 We are not friends. 604 00:34:13,911 --> 00:34:15,955 We never were friends, as you made abundantly clear. 605 00:34:16,038 --> 00:34:18,624 -And I am sorry for that. -Please, do not apologize. 606 00:34:20,376 --> 00:34:24,005 I shall not be led once more by you from this direction to that. 607 00:34:24,505 --> 00:34:28,259 You are my friend. You are not my friend. You are a rake. You are not a rake. 608 00:34:28,342 --> 00:34:30,136 -You are sorry-- -I am sorry. 609 00:34:30,219 --> 00:34:31,345 That is very well. 610 00:34:32,930 --> 00:34:36,267 But you should know that your apology has absolutely no effect on my life, 611 00:34:36,350 --> 00:34:38,186 nor does your leaving London. 612 00:34:39,145 --> 00:34:40,396 I am marrying the prince. 613 00:34:41,063 --> 00:34:43,316 I shall be very happy, indeed. 614 00:34:46,819 --> 00:34:48,905 Will you be? Happy? 615 00:34:48,988 --> 00:34:50,156 Why would I not be? 616 00:34:51,908 --> 00:34:53,284 Prince Friedrich is kind… 617 00:34:54,577 --> 00:34:55,494 and adoring… 618 00:34:56,537 --> 00:34:58,164 and he knows what he wants. 619 00:34:59,582 --> 00:35:02,335 He is a good man, and he will make a wonderful father. 620 00:35:02,418 --> 00:35:04,921 And so you truly believe him the best man for you? 621 00:35:05,004 --> 00:35:07,089 How dare you question my choices? 622 00:35:08,382 --> 00:35:11,010 They are my choices to make, not yours. 623 00:35:11,093 --> 00:35:14,597 I do not question your choice to rake across the continent, 624 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:15,890 forlorn and alone. 625 00:35:17,058 --> 00:35:20,603 I do not have to explain myself to you. I do not owe you anything. 626 00:35:21,270 --> 00:35:24,440 He is perfect for me. I am going to be princess! 627 00:35:31,405 --> 00:35:32,990 Are you going to say anything? 628 00:35:38,704 --> 00:35:39,789 Well, then, leave. 629 00:35:42,041 --> 00:35:42,875 [groans] 630 00:35:43,751 --> 00:35:44,794 Very well. 631 00:35:47,421 --> 00:35:48,547 [Simon] Miss Bridgerton. 632 00:35:49,298 --> 00:35:50,341 Miss Bridgerton. 633 00:35:51,676 --> 00:35:52,802 Miss Bridgerton! 634 00:35:59,267 --> 00:36:00,518 Come back to the party. 635 00:36:01,185 --> 00:36:02,311 Stop walking! 636 00:36:02,395 --> 00:36:05,064 -Stop following me. -It is not safe out here. 637 00:36:05,815 --> 00:36:09,277 -I forbid you to go any further. -You cannot tell me what to do. 638 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:10,278 [Simon] Daphne… 639 00:36:11,570 --> 00:36:13,114 Will you not listen? 640 00:36:22,039 --> 00:36:23,499 [Daphne breaths tremulously] 641 00:36:25,376 --> 00:36:26,919 My most sincere apologies. 642 00:36:27,003 --> 00:36:28,462 [Daphne panting] 643 00:36:28,546 --> 00:36:29,463 [Simon] I… 644 00:36:31,507 --> 00:36:32,633 I… 645 00:36:42,143 --> 00:36:44,228 [Daphne gasping] Oh! 646 00:36:49,442 --> 00:36:50,860 [both grunting, moaning] 647 00:36:53,946 --> 00:36:54,989 [Daphne gasps] 648 00:36:58,451 --> 00:36:59,702 Bastard! 649 00:36:59,785 --> 00:37:01,871 -[Anthony grunts] -Anthony! 650 00:37:03,289 --> 00:37:04,457 [Daphne gasps] 651 00:37:08,002 --> 00:37:09,045 You will marry her. 652 00:37:10,212 --> 00:37:11,881 -What? -[Anthony] Immediately. 653 00:37:11,964 --> 00:37:13,799 We can only hope no one saw you take such liberties, 654 00:37:13,883 --> 00:37:15,634 and my sister is saved further mortification. 655 00:37:15,718 --> 00:37:17,511 -You will marry her! -Brother! 656 00:37:17,595 --> 00:37:19,764 [panting] I cannot marry her. 657 00:37:22,475 --> 00:37:25,436 You have defiled her innocence, and now you refuse her hand? 658 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,690 I knew you were a rake, Hastings, never thought a villain. 659 00:37:29,774 --> 00:37:31,776 I cannot marry her. 660 00:37:35,696 --> 00:37:37,198 Then you leave me no choice. 661 00:37:38,157 --> 00:37:39,950 I must demand satisfaction. 662 00:37:40,743 --> 00:37:43,245 A duel? Anthony, you cannot-- 663 00:37:43,329 --> 00:37:44,789 He dishonors you, sister. 664 00:37:44,872 --> 00:37:48,209 He dishonors you and me and the very Bridgerton name. 665 00:37:49,251 --> 00:37:51,754 I have misjudged you, indeed. You have duped us both, 666 00:37:51,837 --> 00:37:54,215 but I shall not see my sister pay for my own misdeeds. 667 00:37:54,298 --> 00:37:56,759 -We will settle this as gentlemen. -I understand. 668 00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,220 I shall see you at dawn. 669 00:38:01,263 --> 00:38:02,848 I do not understand. 670 00:38:04,225 --> 00:38:07,144 You would rather die than marry me? 671 00:38:09,397 --> 00:38:10,731 I am truly sorry. 672 00:38:12,983 --> 00:38:14,735 [Anthony] We need to go, Daph, 673 00:38:14,819 --> 00:38:16,278 before anyone should see us. 674 00:38:24,620 --> 00:38:26,455 [distorted sigh] 675 00:38:30,584 --> 00:38:32,336 [distorted heartbeat] 676 00:38:32,420 --> 00:38:34,422 [distorted laughing, chattering] 677 00:38:39,885 --> 00:38:40,970 [distortion ends] 678 00:38:41,053 --> 00:38:44,181 [Violet] Champagne! It sounds like "sham" and "pain." 679 00:38:44,265 --> 00:38:46,183 It is quite amusing, really. [laughs] 680 00:38:46,767 --> 00:38:49,145 Our sister has a headache. I am taking her home. 681 00:38:49,687 --> 00:38:52,857 -See to Mother, will you? -Daphne, you look unwell. 682 00:38:52,940 --> 00:38:54,775 Did you catch a chill in the garden? 683 00:39:05,161 --> 00:39:06,912 [bristles brushing] 684 00:39:16,589 --> 00:39:17,465 Hmm. 685 00:39:18,090 --> 00:39:19,884 -You have great potential. -It's nothing. 686 00:39:20,384 --> 00:39:22,178 Though, for such a staunch critic of others, 687 00:39:22,261 --> 00:39:24,180 you certainly lack a clear eye for your own work. 688 00:39:24,263 --> 00:39:26,265 It's the lines. Not what they're supposed to be. 689 00:39:26,348 --> 00:39:28,267 Take the compliment, Bridgerton. 690 00:39:28,976 --> 00:39:31,312 There is no expectation or judgment here. 691 00:39:32,271 --> 00:39:34,148 You left all of that back in Mayfair. 692 00:39:34,899 --> 00:39:35,900 [Benedict chuckles] 693 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,652 You can feel free to be yourself here… 694 00:39:39,403 --> 00:39:41,071 if that's what you should like. 695 00:39:41,572 --> 00:39:43,741 It's what works for me, at least. 696 00:39:43,824 --> 00:39:47,536 And I haven't been dissatisfied with my lines in… well, quite some time. 697 00:39:47,620 --> 00:39:48,621 [Benedict chuckles] 698 00:39:48,704 --> 00:39:52,082 -Well, I've done worse, I suppose, really. -Mm. Fair enough. 699 00:39:52,791 --> 00:39:55,961 I seem to have enjoyed myself too much this evening. 700 00:39:56,462 --> 00:39:57,922 I should be on my way. 701 00:39:58,005 --> 00:39:59,924 [exhales deeply] As you wish. 702 00:40:00,007 --> 00:40:04,512 But know you are welcome back any time for practice or even conversation. 703 00:40:05,012 --> 00:40:06,722 [both laughing] 704 00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:08,682 I'll see you out. 705 00:40:17,233 --> 00:40:20,444 I knew something was amiss when he insisted we keep Miss Thompson, 706 00:40:20,528 --> 00:40:22,112 but did I quarrel with him? No. 707 00:40:22,196 --> 00:40:23,697 I did what I was told, I did my best. 708 00:40:23,781 --> 00:40:26,200 But getting rid of my dear Philippa's one and only suitor… 709 00:40:26,283 --> 00:40:29,119 Under no circumstances. Intolerable man! 710 00:40:30,412 --> 00:40:31,580 Guard the door. 711 00:40:31,664 --> 00:40:33,624 What exactly are you hoping to find, ma'am? 712 00:40:33,707 --> 00:40:36,126 I shan't know that, Mrs. Varley, until I find it. 713 00:40:39,713 --> 00:40:41,799 Pen, he is kind and funny 714 00:40:41,882 --> 00:40:44,093 and a surprisingly accomplished dancer. 715 00:40:44,176 --> 00:40:47,596 And, well, I'm sure you've seen him with the small Bridgertons. 716 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,057 He will be a wonderful father. 717 00:40:50,140 --> 00:40:51,308 [chuckles lightly] 718 00:40:51,934 --> 00:40:54,812 Surely, though, Colin is a tad young for marriage. 719 00:40:54,895 --> 00:40:57,022 You do need someone who will propose soon. 720 00:40:57,106 --> 00:40:59,733 But that is why Mr. Bridgerton is so perfect. 721 00:40:59,817 --> 00:41:02,319 Did you see the way he rescued me tonight? 722 00:41:02,403 --> 00:41:06,824 He's not like the other young men who play games and guard their affections. 723 00:41:07,575 --> 00:41:08,659 He is eager. 724 00:41:09,952 --> 00:41:12,538 Pen, I believe he will propose soon. 725 00:41:13,122 --> 00:41:15,249 -I shan't have to marry Rutledge. -[forced chuckle] 726 00:41:17,376 --> 00:41:20,254 Oh, I am sorry. Am I keeping you awake with all this talk? 727 00:41:20,337 --> 00:41:22,464 Yes, I do feel sleep coming over me. 728 00:41:23,382 --> 00:41:24,550 But, Pen… 729 00:41:25,509 --> 00:41:26,719 the best part is, 730 00:41:27,636 --> 00:41:29,805 when we wed, I'll be able to stay in town. 731 00:41:29,888 --> 00:41:34,101 And since you and Eloise are so close, we will all practically be sisters. 732 00:41:34,184 --> 00:41:35,227 Imagine that. 733 00:41:35,311 --> 00:41:36,312 [exhales joyously] 734 00:41:38,397 --> 00:41:39,398 [door opens] 735 00:41:40,357 --> 00:41:41,317 [door closes] 736 00:41:43,652 --> 00:41:45,362 [sobbing breaths] 737 00:41:54,413 --> 00:41:55,581 [light tapping] 738 00:41:56,999 --> 00:41:58,000 [light tapping] 739 00:42:04,506 --> 00:42:05,466 I have a theory. 740 00:42:06,008 --> 00:42:06,925 [strained chuckle] 741 00:42:07,009 --> 00:42:09,762 -Eloise, it is quite late. -A good theory about Lady Whistledown. 742 00:42:09,845 --> 00:42:13,349 I thought she had to be a servant, but I was wrong, quite wrong. 743 00:42:13,432 --> 00:42:16,143 Because who truly has the time and means to be that remarkable? 744 00:42:16,226 --> 00:42:18,020 Who would be invited to all of the parties, 745 00:42:18,103 --> 00:42:20,230 able to hear things unnoticed by others? 746 00:42:20,314 --> 00:42:21,690 Perhaps we can discuss it tomorrow. 747 00:42:21,774 --> 00:42:24,401 Lady Whistledown is someone free and unencumbered by society. 748 00:42:24,485 --> 00:42:26,987 She is a single woman of means. Better yet, she is a widow, 749 00:42:27,071 --> 00:42:30,032 who would be invited to all of the events but not paid any attention. 750 00:42:30,115 --> 00:42:31,283 While you were at the ball-- 751 00:42:31,367 --> 00:42:32,743 Eloise, I do not care! 752 00:42:34,953 --> 00:42:37,581 People have real problems, mature problems, 753 00:42:37,665 --> 00:42:38,999 problems that have nothing to do 754 00:42:39,083 --> 00:42:40,876 with the secret identity of some silly writer. 755 00:42:42,294 --> 00:42:43,879 And you are so mature now? 756 00:42:44,672 --> 00:42:45,839 Well, I am of age. 757 00:42:45,923 --> 00:42:47,341 I am out in society. 758 00:42:47,424 --> 00:42:50,219 Therefore, I have more important, mature things to worry about. 759 00:42:50,302 --> 00:42:51,762 -Like what? -Like marriage. 760 00:42:51,845 --> 00:42:53,972 -You do not care about marriage. -What if I do? 761 00:42:55,516 --> 00:42:57,559 I cannot expect you to understand. 762 00:42:57,643 --> 00:42:59,728 Not everyone can be a pretty Bridgerton. 763 00:43:04,149 --> 00:43:05,359 Eloise, I did not-- 764 00:43:05,901 --> 00:43:06,985 Eloise, wait! 765 00:43:14,493 --> 00:43:16,829 Thank you, Humboldt. No need to send anyone up. 766 00:43:17,538 --> 00:43:20,040 I want you to know I am not angry with you. 767 00:43:20,124 --> 00:43:22,376 I do not blame you for what transpired. 768 00:43:22,459 --> 00:43:24,586 Do not treat me like a child. 769 00:43:24,670 --> 00:43:25,838 I did this. 770 00:43:25,921 --> 00:43:29,133 -He took advantage of you. -No less than I took liberties with him. 771 00:43:29,216 --> 00:43:30,551 You do not understand. 772 00:43:31,135 --> 00:43:34,304 I should have protected you better. I knew his true nature from the start. 773 00:43:34,805 --> 00:43:36,890 You think that just because I am a woman, 774 00:43:36,974 --> 00:43:39,560 I am incapable of making my own choices? 775 00:43:40,227 --> 00:43:41,228 Is that it, brother? 776 00:43:42,438 --> 00:43:45,399 Do you even care that Simon has dishonored me, as you say, 777 00:43:45,482 --> 00:43:48,986 or is it your own male pride that you seek to satisfy? 778 00:43:49,069 --> 00:43:51,864 -You are to go on up to bed. -You cannot duel him. 779 00:43:51,947 --> 00:43:54,283 It is illegal, to name but one reason. 780 00:43:54,366 --> 00:43:56,952 You could both be arrested, let alone killed. 781 00:43:59,079 --> 00:44:01,457 -There must be another way. -What would you have me do? 782 00:44:02,332 --> 00:44:03,751 I do not take this decision lightly, 783 00:44:03,834 --> 00:44:06,295 but this is the way things are handled amongst gentlemen. 784 00:44:06,378 --> 00:44:08,839 -If this were to become known-- -I could live with that. 785 00:44:09,339 --> 00:44:12,885 What I could not live with is the duke's death on my hands. 786 00:44:13,677 --> 00:44:16,472 Nor yours, however tempting that may be at this very moment. 787 00:44:16,555 --> 00:44:19,224 It is more than just your honor at stake. It is your sisters', too, 788 00:44:19,308 --> 00:44:20,726 the entire family name. 789 00:44:20,809 --> 00:44:21,852 It has been decided. 790 00:44:21,935 --> 00:44:22,978 Oh, this is madness! 791 00:44:24,855 --> 00:44:25,689 What is it? 792 00:44:26,565 --> 00:44:27,608 You and I need to talk. 793 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:29,568 Daphne, bed. 794 00:44:32,404 --> 00:44:33,405 [door slams] 795 00:44:34,907 --> 00:44:37,201 [panting deeply, growls] 796 00:44:38,076 --> 00:44:39,787 I will need you to stand as my second. 797 00:44:41,538 --> 00:44:43,290 What if you get yourself killed? 798 00:44:43,373 --> 00:44:45,834 Then the title and estates will pass to you. 799 00:44:48,212 --> 00:44:51,048 -And if you kill Hastings? -I shall have to leave the country. 800 00:44:51,131 --> 00:44:53,383 You'll be head of the family in every way that matters. 801 00:44:55,010 --> 00:44:56,094 [muffled chuckling] 802 00:44:57,095 --> 00:44:59,598 [Colin] Of course not. You are clearly sober. 803 00:44:59,681 --> 00:45:01,183 [Violet laughs] 804 00:45:03,185 --> 00:45:06,355 And I'm sober enough to know when you're being impertinent. 805 00:45:07,314 --> 00:45:09,566 -Good night, dear. -Good night, Mother. 806 00:45:13,403 --> 00:45:14,446 Come here. 807 00:45:14,530 --> 00:45:16,573 Good God. Did someone die? 808 00:45:17,157 --> 00:45:19,159 [clattering] 809 00:45:20,744 --> 00:45:21,912 What are you doing? 810 00:45:21,995 --> 00:45:24,581 I find myself in rather desperate need of a drink. 811 00:45:24,665 --> 00:45:27,000 And this was the only place you could find one? 812 00:45:32,089 --> 00:45:33,966 Are you not supposed to be on a ship by now? 813 00:45:34,049 --> 00:45:35,008 Change of plans. 814 00:45:37,678 --> 00:45:40,806 For brandy this good, you need to actually tell me what is going on. 815 00:45:42,975 --> 00:45:45,435 I am to meet Anthony Bridgerton at dawn. 816 00:45:53,735 --> 00:45:57,781 Whatever the insult, apologize, and he will surely be a forgiving man. 817 00:45:57,865 --> 00:46:00,325 Not when it comes to his sister. 818 00:46:02,494 --> 00:46:05,163 Exactly how insulted was she? 819 00:46:06,999 --> 00:46:08,166 [exhales tremulously] 820 00:46:15,465 --> 00:46:17,259 I shall need another if I am to be your second. 821 00:46:17,342 --> 00:46:19,136 -I cannot let you. -You cannot stop me. 822 00:46:19,928 --> 00:46:21,930 [tense music plays] 823 00:46:49,499 --> 00:46:52,044 I believe you may have strayed too far from home tonight. 824 00:46:52,127 --> 00:46:53,295 Siena, please. 825 00:46:54,504 --> 00:46:56,214 We cannot be together. I know that now. 826 00:46:56,298 --> 00:46:57,716 This world shall not permit it. 827 00:46:57,799 --> 00:47:00,344 But what if we were to find ourselves in another situation, 828 00:47:00,427 --> 00:47:02,512 at a place where you and I might be accepted, 829 00:47:02,596 --> 00:47:05,349 with none of the shame nor recriminations that this society grants us. 830 00:47:05,432 --> 00:47:06,475 Would you have me then? 831 00:47:06,558 --> 00:47:08,727 You talk in dreams, my lord, 832 00:47:08,810 --> 00:47:10,771 and yet you deprive me the luxury of sleep. 833 00:47:10,854 --> 00:47:12,105 I duel at dawn. 834 00:47:17,069 --> 00:47:18,236 An affair of honor? 835 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,572 If I live to see sunrise, I am free… 836 00:47:21,782 --> 00:47:25,202 free of society, free of these rules, the very ones that keep us apart. 837 00:47:25,285 --> 00:47:27,913 We could go together, away from all this, Siena. 838 00:47:35,629 --> 00:47:36,713 My apologies. 839 00:47:38,465 --> 00:47:40,133 I've taxed your patience for the last time. 840 00:47:44,429 --> 00:47:45,514 [Anthony moans] 841 00:47:47,599 --> 00:47:49,226 [both breathing heavily] 842 00:47:58,276 --> 00:48:00,028 [both grunting, moaning] 843 00:48:04,574 --> 00:48:05,867 [sighs] 844 00:48:17,462 --> 00:48:19,548 -Wh-- What are you doing in here? -Hush. 845 00:48:20,132 --> 00:48:24,636 I found your ledgers, hidden under old newspapers, no less. 846 00:48:26,638 --> 00:48:27,723 [exhales tremulously] 847 00:48:28,849 --> 00:48:30,392 I know of every transaction… 848 00:48:32,310 --> 00:48:34,021 every financial account. 849 00:48:34,104 --> 00:48:35,939 -Y-- You do not know-- -I know… 850 00:48:36,857 --> 00:48:37,774 everything. 851 00:48:38,942 --> 00:48:40,318 I know about your gambling. 852 00:48:40,902 --> 00:48:42,487 I know about your debts. 853 00:48:42,571 --> 00:48:45,198 I know that you have spent all our money. 854 00:48:45,282 --> 00:48:47,951 -I shall not-- -Including our girls' dowries! 855 00:48:53,123 --> 00:48:57,627 Is that not why you rejected that perfectly acceptable Mr. Finch 856 00:48:57,711 --> 00:48:59,337 for our dear Philippa? 857 00:48:59,421 --> 00:49:02,966 Is it not why we continue to keep Miss Thompson in our home? 858 00:49:03,050 --> 00:49:04,468 You owe her father too. 859 00:49:04,551 --> 00:49:07,179 So the question certainly is not what I know! 860 00:49:08,388 --> 00:49:09,306 [sighs] 861 00:49:11,183 --> 00:49:12,434 The question is… 862 00:49:14,061 --> 00:49:16,396 what are you going to do about it? 863 00:49:19,024 --> 00:49:20,525 -[sobs] -My lord? 864 00:49:21,860 --> 00:49:22,986 -My lord? -[weeping] 865 00:49:28,700 --> 00:49:29,910 [sniffs loudly] 866 00:49:29,993 --> 00:49:31,036 Archibald… 867 00:49:31,119 --> 00:49:32,370 I've have failed you! 868 00:49:33,705 --> 00:49:35,207 I've-- I've-- 869 00:49:35,290 --> 00:49:37,459 I have failed our daughters! 870 00:49:39,169 --> 00:49:40,003 I… 871 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,049 I do not know what to do. 872 00:49:44,633 --> 00:49:46,134 [sobbing] Portia… 873 00:49:48,095 --> 00:49:49,596 I don't know what to do. 874 00:49:55,352 --> 00:49:57,354 [weeping, sniffing] 875 00:50:15,497 --> 00:50:17,499 [tense music plays] 876 00:50:18,208 --> 00:50:19,042 [kisses] 877 00:50:56,830 --> 00:50:58,832 [tense music continues] 878 00:51:08,091 --> 00:51:09,509 -Where have they gone? -Daph… 879 00:51:09,593 --> 00:51:11,845 -Tell me where this duel takes place. -Why would I do that? 880 00:51:11,928 --> 00:51:15,390 -So that I may prevent it from happening. -Hastings has done you a grave dishonor. 881 00:51:15,473 --> 00:51:17,601 -Surely you wish to see him pay. -Not with his life. 882 00:51:17,684 --> 00:51:20,103 It will not come to that. The duke will remember his honor 883 00:51:20,187 --> 00:51:22,355 once he finds himself on the deadly end of a pistol. 884 00:51:22,439 --> 00:51:23,648 And if he does not? 885 00:51:23,732 --> 00:51:26,735 They will both do the gentlemanly thing and fire their pistols wide. 886 00:51:26,818 --> 00:51:30,447 Allow them to bring this ugly business to a conclusion themselves. 887 00:51:30,530 --> 00:51:33,909 [groans] Do you know how many times I have heard that said? 888 00:51:33,992 --> 00:51:35,702 To leave the men to their business 889 00:51:35,785 --> 00:51:38,872 and to not concern myself with such weighty affairs, 890 00:51:39,456 --> 00:51:42,959 whose affairs are my future, my family. 891 00:51:43,627 --> 00:51:47,631 Anthony is too angry to fire wide, and Simon is too stubborn to yield. 892 00:51:47,714 --> 00:51:49,132 You did not see them in that garden. 893 00:51:49,216 --> 00:51:51,301 No, I did not, and neither did anyone else. 894 00:51:51,384 --> 00:51:53,470 You should be happy that no one saw anything. 895 00:51:53,553 --> 00:51:57,432 Daphne, you look unwell. Did you catch a chill in the garden? 896 00:51:58,475 --> 00:51:59,851 Only, someone did see. 897 00:52:01,728 --> 00:52:02,938 Cressida Cowper. 898 00:52:04,564 --> 00:52:06,650 Colin, you must tell me. 899 00:52:07,609 --> 00:52:08,818 Where have they gone? 900 00:52:21,790 --> 00:52:24,084 Doctor, I appreciate your attendance and discretion. 901 00:52:24,167 --> 00:52:25,293 You have my blunt? 902 00:52:28,171 --> 00:52:31,132 Very well. Try not to go dying while I am present. 903 00:52:31,216 --> 00:52:34,177 If the goal is merely to wound, where should my brother aim? 904 00:52:34,261 --> 00:52:37,389 You think you have the skill to guide the path of a moving bullet? 905 00:52:37,472 --> 00:52:40,517 Then you are either a fool or the king's finest marksman. 906 00:52:41,142 --> 00:52:42,018 Which is it? 907 00:52:45,397 --> 00:52:46,856 [horses neighing] 908 00:52:54,531 --> 00:52:56,449 I have one last matter to discuss with you. 909 00:52:56,533 --> 00:52:58,451 You have already provided ample instruction. 910 00:52:58,535 --> 00:53:00,704 Contact the solicitor and safeguard our sisters' dowries. 911 00:53:00,787 --> 00:53:01,621 An additional task. 912 00:53:01,705 --> 00:53:04,374 In the top drawer of my desk, you shall find the name of a lady. 913 00:53:05,333 --> 00:53:08,128 If I die, you must ensure she is provided for. Do you swear? 914 00:53:09,212 --> 00:53:10,588 -Benedict, do-- -I swear. 915 00:53:20,390 --> 00:53:21,558 -Brother-- -That is all. 916 00:53:29,941 --> 00:53:32,861 -Is there anything you need from me? -My affairs are in order. 917 00:53:37,907 --> 00:53:39,909 [tense music intensifies] 918 00:54:08,104 --> 00:54:10,690 For what it is worth, I am sorry. 919 00:54:10,774 --> 00:54:12,901 Your apology is worth nothing to me. 920 00:54:21,618 --> 00:54:23,828 [pistols cocking] 921 00:54:34,381 --> 00:54:35,382 Ready! 922 00:54:35,465 --> 00:54:36,299 Ready! 923 00:55:06,996 --> 00:55:08,998 [tense music crescendos] 924 00:55:09,124 --> 00:55:10,333 -Stop! -[gunshot] 925 00:55:10,417 --> 00:55:12,710 -[horse whinnies] -Daphne! [gasps] 926 00:55:12,794 --> 00:55:14,129 Sister! 927 00:55:14,212 --> 00:55:16,047 Sister! Stand aside! 928 00:55:20,301 --> 00:55:22,178 -Oh, good God. -[Daphne panting] 929 00:55:22,262 --> 00:55:24,264 Are you hurt? Tell me! 930 00:55:24,347 --> 00:55:28,226 I am perfectly well, no thanks to you idiots. 931 00:55:28,309 --> 00:55:30,478 -What are you playing at? -Says the man who just shot at me! 932 00:55:30,562 --> 00:55:32,063 You rode into the middle of a duel! 933 00:55:33,523 --> 00:55:34,941 I require a moment with the duke. 934 00:55:35,024 --> 00:55:37,694 -Daphne-- -I require a moment with the duke. 935 00:55:37,777 --> 00:55:38,862 Make it brief. 936 00:55:40,989 --> 00:55:42,824 You should not have come. My mind's not changed. 937 00:55:42,907 --> 00:55:43,825 It must. 938 00:55:44,409 --> 00:55:46,161 If not for your sake, then mine. 939 00:55:46,953 --> 00:55:48,288 Simon, we were seen. 940 00:55:48,913 --> 00:55:51,040 Cressida Cowper witnessed us in the garden. 941 00:55:51,124 --> 00:55:52,292 She knows. 942 00:55:52,375 --> 00:55:55,503 It is not merely your own life that hangs in the balance now. 943 00:55:55,587 --> 00:55:58,465 If you do not marry me, I shall be ruined. 944 00:56:00,717 --> 00:56:02,010 Daphne, I cannot. 945 00:56:03,136 --> 00:56:04,554 Did you not hear me? 946 00:56:05,138 --> 00:56:07,098 Someone knows what we have done, 947 00:56:07,182 --> 00:56:08,975 someone who will surely talk. 948 00:56:11,478 --> 00:56:16,691 What possible reason could you have to condemn me to shame and reproach? 949 00:56:18,109 --> 00:56:19,068 Do you truly… 950 00:56:20,361 --> 00:56:22,572 Do you truly hold me in such low regard? 951 00:56:22,655 --> 00:56:25,116 It is because I regard you so highly that I cannot marry you. 952 00:56:28,828 --> 00:56:30,121 I know you do not love me, 953 00:56:31,414 --> 00:56:33,416 but I never thought you could despise me so. 954 00:56:33,500 --> 00:56:34,375 Daphne… 955 00:56:39,214 --> 00:56:40,924 You must know, if we were to wed… 956 00:56:43,676 --> 00:56:45,303 I can never give you children. 957 00:56:47,555 --> 00:56:50,183 It is your dream to be a mother, is it not? 958 00:56:51,017 --> 00:56:53,102 To have a household full of love and laughter, 959 00:56:53,186 --> 00:56:55,230 like the one you have known all your life? 960 00:56:57,232 --> 00:56:58,942 You deserve nothing less. 961 00:57:00,026 --> 00:57:03,196 You deserve everything your heart desires. 962 00:57:04,322 --> 00:57:05,782 But I cannot provide it for you. 963 00:57:07,659 --> 00:57:10,036 Nor could I ever ask such a sacrifice. 964 00:57:10,662 --> 00:57:13,373 Please, Daphne, for your own sake… 965 00:57:14,916 --> 00:57:16,292 you must stand aside… 966 00:57:17,627 --> 00:57:19,504 and let your brother finish this. 967 00:57:21,339 --> 00:57:23,633 We must resume before someone should find us. 968 00:57:29,389 --> 00:57:30,890 There will be no need to resume. 969 00:57:36,604 --> 00:57:38,606 The duke and I are to be married.