1 00:00:28,555 --> 00:00:30,849 [Lady Whistledown] Dearest gentle reader, 2 00:00:30,932 --> 00:00:33,476 I must send felicitations 3 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,521 to the new Duke and Duchess of Hastings. 4 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:41,734 Congratulations and stamina as they embark 5 00:00:41,818 --> 00:00:45,572 on the most exhilarating time in a young couple's life. 6 00:00:47,991 --> 00:00:52,412 I am, of course, talking of the honeymoon. 7 00:00:54,372 --> 00:00:56,374 [horses neighing] 8 00:01:19,189 --> 00:01:22,025 Is there a more romantic notion? 9 00:01:22,609 --> 00:01:25,236 -To retreat from society together… -Good morning. 10 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:29,032 -…finally leaving watchful eyes behind. -Good morning. 11 00:01:35,997 --> 00:01:38,291 Welcome to Clyvedon, Your Grace. 12 00:01:38,374 --> 00:01:39,792 It has been so long 13 00:01:39,876 --> 00:01:41,711 since we have been blessed with your presence, 14 00:01:41,794 --> 00:01:43,796 but I trust you will find everything to your liking. 15 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,341 I do not doubt it, Mrs. Colson. I hope you have been well. 16 00:01:46,424 --> 00:01:47,258 Mm. 17 00:01:47,342 --> 00:01:49,969 May I introduce to you the Duchess of Hastings? 18 00:01:50,803 --> 00:01:53,598 I am looking forward to making your acquaintance, Mrs. Colson. 19 00:01:53,681 --> 00:01:55,308 Thank you, Your Grace. 20 00:01:55,391 --> 00:01:58,019 I have planned everything to make you both comfortable. 21 00:01:58,102 --> 00:02:00,521 First, a light meal, served on the terrace. 22 00:02:00,605 --> 00:02:03,524 Then a tour to show you all the improvements I have made. Then-- 23 00:02:03,608 --> 00:02:06,653 I am sure it will be most diverting, but I am afraid it will have to wait. 24 00:02:06,736 --> 00:02:09,239 I have plans of my own for my new bride. 25 00:02:10,198 --> 00:02:11,282 Mm. 26 00:02:11,908 --> 00:02:12,742 Mm. 27 00:02:20,750 --> 00:02:21,876 [chuckles] 28 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:23,294 I want to show you the bedroom. 29 00:02:24,671 --> 00:02:26,381 Yours or mine? 30 00:02:26,464 --> 00:02:29,092 You truly believe we are to have separate rooms? 31 00:02:30,093 --> 00:02:31,386 I should think not. 32 00:02:31,469 --> 00:02:33,471 [both chuckling] Stop! They shall see! 33 00:02:33,554 --> 00:02:35,223 Whatever will they think? 34 00:02:35,306 --> 00:02:36,266 Does it matter? 35 00:02:37,141 --> 00:02:38,476 [Daphne laughs] 36 00:02:38,559 --> 00:02:39,602 [Simon laughs] 37 00:02:41,646 --> 00:02:44,565 [Lady Whistledown] While this author, along with the rest of the ton, 38 00:02:44,649 --> 00:02:47,902 will certainly miss its most-remarked-upon couple 39 00:02:47,986 --> 00:02:49,028 back in London, 40 00:02:49,112 --> 00:02:50,780 perhaps we might find solace 41 00:02:50,863 --> 00:02:56,286 in the promise of the duke and duchess returning to us bearing a surprise. 42 00:02:56,369 --> 00:02:58,538 [crowd chattering] 43 00:02:58,663 --> 00:03:01,082 I wonder what Daphne is doing at this very moment. 44 00:03:01,165 --> 00:03:04,210 I am sure she has many new duties to attend to as duchess, 45 00:03:04,294 --> 00:03:06,004 things you should be learning for your debut. 46 00:03:06,087 --> 00:03:06,963 [Eloise scoffs] 47 00:03:07,046 --> 00:03:08,881 Making simpering conversation, pretending not to wince 48 00:03:08,965 --> 00:03:10,717 every time a man treads on my toes during a waltz? 49 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,260 -Eloise! -I'm no good at those things. 50 00:03:12,343 --> 00:03:13,678 I'll only make a fool of myself. 51 00:03:13,761 --> 00:03:16,014 If you devoted as much time to your deportment lessons 52 00:03:16,097 --> 00:03:18,683 as you did to writing in your journal, you might feel rather better. 53 00:03:18,766 --> 00:03:21,060 And on that subject, in preparation for your season, 54 00:03:21,144 --> 00:03:23,354 it is time we lowered your skirts to wear at home. 55 00:03:23,438 --> 00:03:25,148 I have no time for a visit to the modiste. 56 00:03:25,231 --> 00:03:26,232 I am busy. 57 00:03:26,316 --> 00:03:29,152 The queen herself has charged me with discovering Whistledown's identity. 58 00:03:29,235 --> 00:03:31,529 You would not have me cross Her Majesty, would you? 59 00:03:31,612 --> 00:03:34,532 -[glass clanging] -May I have everyone's attention? 60 00:03:38,077 --> 00:03:40,371 I would like to make a small but important announcement. 61 00:03:42,540 --> 00:03:44,042 I have happy news to impart. 62 00:03:46,377 --> 00:03:50,882 I have asked Miss Marina Thompson to be my wife, and she has accepted. 63 00:03:50,965 --> 00:03:52,300 [guests exclaim happily] 64 00:03:54,052 --> 00:03:54,969 [applause] 65 00:04:02,143 --> 00:04:03,353 [woman] Congratulations! 66 00:04:03,436 --> 00:04:05,396 [guests laughing, chattering] 67 00:04:05,897 --> 00:04:06,773 [man] Bravo, sir! 68 00:04:07,982 --> 00:04:09,400 Did you know about this? 69 00:04:10,651 --> 00:04:11,986 People are looking, dear. 70 00:04:13,029 --> 00:04:14,697 Congratulate the happy couple. 71 00:04:21,954 --> 00:04:24,082 You barely know the young lady. What were you thinking? 72 00:04:24,165 --> 00:04:27,085 I was thinking you'd respond like this and how little I would care to hear. 73 00:04:27,168 --> 00:04:29,796 Do you think this is a joke? Poor Mother was beside herself. 74 00:04:29,879 --> 00:04:33,007 Mother seems perfectly happy to me. She congratulated us. 75 00:04:33,883 --> 00:04:36,135 So, you compromised this young lady? 76 00:04:36,219 --> 00:04:39,055 -Certainly not. I am a gentleman. -Then why ever would you-- 77 00:04:39,138 --> 00:04:40,848 Why does anyone marry, brother? 78 00:04:41,599 --> 00:04:42,600 For love, of course. 79 00:04:42,683 --> 00:04:46,896 Look, I know you are still rather green, and that is my fault. 80 00:04:46,979 --> 00:04:49,357 I should've taken you to brothels when you returned from Eton. 81 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,192 If this is a matter of wetting your wick-- 82 00:04:51,275 --> 00:04:52,652 You are an ass. Do you know that? 83 00:04:52,735 --> 00:04:55,279 This is what comes of not sowing your wild oats. 84 00:04:55,363 --> 00:04:57,281 Proposing to the first chit you set your cap at. 85 00:04:57,365 --> 00:04:58,366 Enough! 86 00:04:59,367 --> 00:05:01,327 You insult me and my intended. 87 00:05:01,411 --> 00:05:05,623 It is not my fault, nor Marina's, that you cannot fathom true attachment. 88 00:05:06,457 --> 00:05:09,252 -You are still a child, Colin. -I'm older than Daphne. 89 00:05:09,335 --> 00:05:11,462 -You were happy to marry her off. -It is not the same. 90 00:05:11,546 --> 00:05:14,257 -I know nothing of the sort. -Then you betray your immaturity! 91 00:05:15,007 --> 00:05:18,886 If I caused Mother discomfort today, I am sorry for it. 92 00:05:19,512 --> 00:05:20,805 I shall speak with her. 93 00:05:20,888 --> 00:05:25,017 The truth is, I do not require your permission to marry Miss Thompson… 94 00:05:26,102 --> 00:05:28,938 but I would very much prefer to have your blessing. 95 00:05:29,021 --> 00:05:30,731 Then I am afraid I must disappoint you. 96 00:05:31,816 --> 00:05:32,692 You have… 97 00:05:34,318 --> 00:05:35,528 in more ways than one. 98 00:05:38,156 --> 00:05:39,824 [door opens, closes] 99 00:05:39,907 --> 00:05:41,909 [theme music plays] 100 00:05:48,166 --> 00:05:50,293 {\an8}I believe I now know the reason 101 00:05:50,376 --> 00:05:54,547 {\an8}why every mama of the ton keeps her daughter in total darkness 102 00:05:54,630 --> 00:05:57,675 about certain… diversions. 103 00:05:57,758 --> 00:05:59,135 [Simon] Mm. 104 00:05:59,218 --> 00:06:00,219 Do you? 105 00:06:00,303 --> 00:06:03,473 [chuckles] Should they have told us what it was truly like, 106 00:06:03,556 --> 00:06:06,476 however would we get anything else done at all? 107 00:06:06,559 --> 00:06:07,643 [laughs] 108 00:06:07,727 --> 00:06:09,729 -[Simon kissing] -[moans lightly] 109 00:06:10,646 --> 00:06:12,773 -I must go. -Mm. 110 00:06:12,857 --> 00:06:16,444 If I am to be duchess of all of this, I must start learning the lie of the land. 111 00:06:16,527 --> 00:06:18,905 You are already duchess of all this. 112 00:06:18,988 --> 00:06:20,531 -[Simon chuckles] -And I look forward 113 00:06:20,615 --> 00:06:23,242 to exploring that particular land further… 114 00:06:24,827 --> 00:06:26,329 -Later. -[both laughing] 115 00:06:26,412 --> 00:06:27,371 Simon! 116 00:06:27,455 --> 00:06:29,540 You said the duchy was most intimidating. 117 00:06:29,624 --> 00:06:34,754 Why not stay and lord it over this room? You may find it a bit more titillating. 118 00:06:34,837 --> 00:06:37,089 [laughs] I do not doubt it. 119 00:06:37,173 --> 00:06:39,550 But I suspect Mrs. Colson shall always resent me 120 00:06:39,634 --> 00:06:41,010 if I do not take her tour. 121 00:06:41,093 --> 00:06:42,386 [whispering] Then let her resent. 122 00:06:43,971 --> 00:06:44,972 [Simon moans lightly] 123 00:06:45,056 --> 00:06:47,141 I shall do nothing of the sort. 124 00:06:47,225 --> 00:06:50,728 My mother told me a lady is nothing without her housekeeper. 125 00:06:50,811 --> 00:06:52,939 I must make a good impression, 126 00:06:53,022 --> 00:06:55,691 or nothing in this house shall run smoothly. 127 00:06:59,278 --> 00:07:00,696 Then I wish you well. 128 00:07:02,657 --> 00:07:04,742 -Your Grace. -Your Grace. 129 00:07:04,825 --> 00:07:05,952 [chuckles] 130 00:07:06,994 --> 00:07:08,996 [door opens, closes] 131 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:10,998 [knocking, door opens] 132 00:07:13,543 --> 00:07:16,337 I have prepared the study for you to work, Your Grace. 133 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:18,881 Jeffries, I am on my honeymoon. 134 00:07:18,965 --> 00:07:21,801 The steward has left the records in some disarray. 135 00:07:21,884 --> 00:07:24,762 I cannot make head nor tail of the estate's accounting, 136 00:07:24,845 --> 00:07:26,305 and there are several letters 137 00:07:26,389 --> 00:07:28,933 from farm tenants begging an audience with Your Grace. 138 00:07:29,016 --> 00:07:30,768 Very well! [groans] 139 00:07:30,851 --> 00:07:31,686 If I must. 140 00:07:34,855 --> 00:07:38,776 The castle was built in 1706 for Admiral Thomas, 141 00:07:39,277 --> 00:07:41,737 a gift from Her Majesty Queen Anne-- 142 00:07:41,821 --> 00:07:45,449 For his military triumphs against the French, I believe. 143 00:07:45,533 --> 00:07:49,412 My younger sister Hyacinth is something of a student of history. 144 00:07:49,495 --> 00:07:51,330 Very well, Your Grace. Here we are. 145 00:07:51,998 --> 00:07:54,041 The morning room, where the former duchess 146 00:07:54,125 --> 00:07:55,710 preferred to take tea with visitors. 147 00:07:55,793 --> 00:07:59,213 My mama suggested I extend an invitation to the vicar first. 148 00:07:59,714 --> 00:08:02,508 -I believe she is right. -Of course, Your Grace. 149 00:08:02,592 --> 00:08:05,219 I look forward to hosting our first ball. 150 00:08:05,303 --> 00:08:07,513 But I believe it would be prudent to wait 151 00:08:07,597 --> 00:08:10,182 until after the close of the London season, yes? 152 00:08:11,475 --> 00:08:13,019 Indeed, Your Grace. 153 00:08:13,811 --> 00:08:14,687 [chuckles] 154 00:08:14,770 --> 00:08:17,732 And I shall look at redecorating this room first. 155 00:08:18,566 --> 00:08:20,067 You wish to redecorate? 156 00:08:21,193 --> 00:08:22,528 Certainly, Your Grace. 157 00:08:23,362 --> 00:08:25,615 There is to be a fair in the village this week. 158 00:08:25,698 --> 00:08:27,908 I offered it patronage on your behalf. 159 00:08:27,992 --> 00:08:30,286 Most thoughtful of you, Mrs. Colson. 160 00:08:30,870 --> 00:08:33,456 Perhaps we might give the servants some time off to attend as well. 161 00:08:33,539 --> 00:08:34,999 There is much to be done 162 00:08:35,082 --> 00:08:37,293 now that the duke and yourself are in residence. 163 00:08:37,376 --> 00:08:40,630 Ah. Well, even more reason to allow them some respite, then. 164 00:08:43,466 --> 00:08:44,300 Is that…? 165 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,219 The former duchess, yes. 166 00:08:47,303 --> 00:08:49,805 -She was beautiful. -Thoughtful, too. 167 00:08:49,889 --> 00:08:51,057 Most proper. 168 00:08:51,932 --> 00:08:53,684 A perfect duchess. 169 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:55,603 Hmm. 170 00:09:02,568 --> 00:09:05,488 And here is the nursery. 171 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:12,370 [chuckles lightly] 172 00:09:13,329 --> 00:09:14,163 Your Grace? 173 00:09:15,039 --> 00:09:16,707 -It is lovely. -Mm. 174 00:09:18,334 --> 00:09:19,335 Shall we move on? 175 00:09:20,252 --> 00:09:22,296 I am certain there is much left to see. 176 00:09:22,380 --> 00:09:25,049 Yes, of course. Let me show you your grounds. 177 00:09:41,273 --> 00:09:42,441 [Simon] My apologies. I-- 178 00:09:44,694 --> 00:09:46,237 Are we expecting royalty? 179 00:09:47,238 --> 00:09:50,908 Begging your pardon, Your Grace. The late duke preferred a formal table. 180 00:09:52,618 --> 00:09:54,161 -But if you prefer-- -No. 181 00:09:54,745 --> 00:09:55,913 No, never mind. 182 00:10:03,671 --> 00:10:08,926 Mrs. Colson's tour today was exceptional. The gardens are particularly lovely. 183 00:10:09,009 --> 00:10:12,430 I found myself in continual awe of their beauty. 184 00:10:16,475 --> 00:10:17,309 Is anything wrong? 185 00:10:17,893 --> 00:10:19,145 [scoffs] You… 186 00:10:19,895 --> 00:10:21,355 You are so far away. 187 00:10:21,439 --> 00:10:23,274 [chuckles] Well… 188 00:10:23,816 --> 00:10:25,317 Well, that is easily remedied. 189 00:10:27,069 --> 00:10:28,571 It is no trouble, truly. 190 00:10:28,654 --> 00:10:29,613 [chuckles] 191 00:10:31,490 --> 00:10:32,992 [Simon clears throat] 192 00:10:43,127 --> 00:10:45,254 There, now. Much better, yes? 193 00:10:48,174 --> 00:10:50,718 I thought perhaps to redecorate a few rooms 194 00:10:50,801 --> 00:10:52,511 but wished to talk to you first. 195 00:10:52,595 --> 00:10:55,389 I'd hate to change anything you're particularly attached to. 196 00:10:55,473 --> 00:10:57,975 Then you may change it all. In fact, please do. 197 00:10:58,058 --> 00:10:59,977 [chuckles] Now, do not jest. 198 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:01,604 You must have fond memories… 199 00:11:02,563 --> 00:11:05,483 or sentimental attachments. 200 00:11:05,566 --> 00:11:08,027 After all, this has been your home for many years. 201 00:11:08,110 --> 00:11:09,153 Do what you will. 202 00:11:09,236 --> 00:11:11,030 Paper the drawing room in flamingo-pink tulle. 203 00:11:11,113 --> 00:11:12,406 I am sure I shall love it. 204 00:11:12,490 --> 00:11:15,618 You do know, you need not dress so formally here. 205 00:11:19,538 --> 00:11:22,792 Does this meet your approval? 206 00:11:23,292 --> 00:11:25,211 Oh, without question. 207 00:11:25,294 --> 00:11:26,337 [Daphne chuckles] 208 00:11:29,757 --> 00:11:30,674 [sighs] 209 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:33,844 Your Grace, should we… 210 00:11:35,054 --> 00:11:36,263 go upstairs? 211 00:11:36,347 --> 00:11:37,598 I have a better idea. 212 00:11:38,599 --> 00:11:42,186 [both laughing] 213 00:11:42,770 --> 00:11:44,271 Where are we going? 214 00:11:44,355 --> 00:11:45,189 Out. 215 00:11:46,482 --> 00:11:48,234 [Daphne laughing] 216 00:11:56,242 --> 00:11:58,702 [thunder crackles] 217 00:12:00,871 --> 00:12:02,873 [both laughing] 218 00:12:13,092 --> 00:12:14,385 [Simon laughing] 219 00:12:34,697 --> 00:12:37,241 [Daphne gasping, moaning] 220 00:12:44,790 --> 00:12:46,417 Do you like this? 221 00:12:48,544 --> 00:12:50,296 Tell me what you want. 222 00:12:50,379 --> 00:12:52,131 [shuddering breaths] 223 00:12:52,214 --> 00:12:53,173 I want… 224 00:12:56,468 --> 00:12:57,344 you. 225 00:13:04,894 --> 00:13:08,230 [thunder booms] 226 00:13:09,899 --> 00:13:11,567 [both gasping, moaning] 227 00:13:19,491 --> 00:13:21,577 [Daphne moaning loudly] 228 00:13:28,542 --> 00:13:30,961 [laughs, panting] 229 00:13:35,966 --> 00:13:37,009 What? 230 00:13:38,135 --> 00:13:39,595 Does that hurt? 231 00:13:39,678 --> 00:13:41,347 -[laughs] -When you… 232 00:13:41,931 --> 00:13:42,806 No. 233 00:13:44,391 --> 00:13:45,559 I feel as you feel, 234 00:13:45,643 --> 00:13:47,728 absolutely wonderful. 235 00:13:53,442 --> 00:13:55,444 [classical music playing] 236 00:14:16,006 --> 00:14:18,008 [classical music continues] 237 00:14:20,177 --> 00:14:21,804 [gasping] 238 00:14:22,262 --> 00:14:24,848 [moaning lightly] 239 00:14:27,643 --> 00:14:30,104 [gasping] 240 00:14:30,938 --> 00:14:31,772 Wait! 241 00:14:31,855 --> 00:14:34,316 Wait! Come here. 242 00:14:35,859 --> 00:14:38,445 [both grunting, moaning] 243 00:14:38,570 --> 00:14:40,739 -Whatever will the staff think? -Does it matter? 244 00:14:44,576 --> 00:14:46,578 [muffled grunting, moaning] 245 00:14:54,128 --> 00:14:55,379 [muffled moaning] 246 00:14:55,462 --> 00:14:56,922 [glass shatters] 247 00:14:57,006 --> 00:14:58,298 [moaning continues] 248 00:15:24,658 --> 00:15:25,784 -Ah! -Ooh. 249 00:15:25,868 --> 00:15:26,994 Apologies, Your Grace. 250 00:15:29,621 --> 00:15:33,834 Well, our activities are quite… spirited. 251 00:15:36,045 --> 00:15:38,672 I admit, I did not even know it was possible. 252 00:15:38,756 --> 00:15:44,428 I believed his physical inability to have children would preclude him from… 253 00:15:44,511 --> 00:15:47,181 …causing such difficult entanglements? 254 00:15:47,264 --> 00:15:49,433 [both giggling] 255 00:15:50,059 --> 00:15:50,934 Yes. 256 00:15:51,935 --> 00:15:54,271 I am quite glad to say I was wrong. 257 00:15:55,397 --> 00:15:57,649 [both laugh] 258 00:15:58,484 --> 00:15:59,902 [both sigh] 259 00:16:08,410 --> 00:16:10,579 [Benedict] He took your ribbon? Did you take the ribbon? 260 00:16:10,662 --> 00:16:13,332 -[Gregory] Dunno what you're talking ab-- -[Hyacinth] I saw him do it. 261 00:16:13,415 --> 00:16:15,959 -[Benedict] I saw it in your pocket. -[Hyacinth] It's not fair. 262 00:16:16,043 --> 00:16:17,086 He does it every time. 263 00:16:17,169 --> 00:16:18,921 -Just give it back. -Gregory, stop! 264 00:16:19,004 --> 00:16:20,089 -Good morning. -Greg-- 265 00:16:21,924 --> 00:16:22,925 Morning, brother. 266 00:16:24,093 --> 00:16:26,804 -Colin, your engagement is in Whistledown! -Hyacinth! 267 00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:29,014 [Hyacinth] What? It is! 268 00:16:29,098 --> 00:16:31,517 -Very well. Everyone out, I think. -[Violet] Yes. 269 00:16:42,820 --> 00:16:43,821 I did say I was sorry. 270 00:16:43,904 --> 00:16:46,949 I suppose I ought to be relieved I found out before Lady Whistledown. 271 00:16:47,032 --> 00:16:49,868 Mother, I have been courting Miss Thompson all season. 272 00:16:49,952 --> 00:16:52,371 Perhaps you were so taken up by Daphne you failed to see it. 273 00:16:52,454 --> 00:16:56,208 I knew you were flirting with her, but you flirt with plenty of young ladies. 274 00:16:56,291 --> 00:16:58,335 You always have, never in earnest. 275 00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:01,630 -Until now. -It is all happening so quickly. 276 00:17:03,799 --> 00:17:07,427 I am not sure I have ever seen you so solemn and serious. 277 00:17:07,511 --> 00:17:09,847 No one ever takes me seriously, except Marina. 278 00:17:13,308 --> 00:17:16,979 I was not prepared to let another of you fly the nest so soon. 279 00:17:17,062 --> 00:17:18,272 Never fear, Mother. 280 00:17:19,148 --> 00:17:20,983 You will still have your hands full. 281 00:17:22,151 --> 00:17:24,486 -Especially with Eloise. -[chuckles] 282 00:17:25,154 --> 00:17:26,113 Good luck with that one. 283 00:17:28,448 --> 00:17:30,450 [horses neighing] 284 00:17:31,243 --> 00:17:33,871 Do you think Colin will introduce us to his friends? 285 00:17:33,954 --> 00:17:36,290 -Some of them are quite strapping. -I am sure he will. 286 00:17:36,373 --> 00:17:38,917 I am sure all of our fortunes are about to change. 287 00:17:39,001 --> 00:17:40,794 Mm. Especially Colin's. 288 00:17:43,755 --> 00:17:46,758 -You look very lovely today, Penelope. -Do not mock me. 289 00:17:53,182 --> 00:17:56,518 It pains me you should think every compliment a mockery. 290 00:17:57,019 --> 00:17:58,520 Do not pity me, either. 291 00:17:58,604 --> 00:18:00,105 I do not pity you, Penelope. 292 00:18:00,189 --> 00:18:01,315 I respect you. 293 00:18:02,566 --> 00:18:05,569 You have been a true friend since I arrived here, 294 00:18:05,652 --> 00:18:07,988 and I rely on your continued friendship and sympathy. 295 00:18:08,572 --> 00:18:10,324 My continued silence, you mean? 296 00:18:11,533 --> 00:18:13,911 You think so little of me, I cannot bear it. 297 00:18:15,996 --> 00:18:18,749 I never would have made my way through this awful tangle 298 00:18:18,832 --> 00:18:19,875 without your kindness. 299 00:18:19,958 --> 00:18:22,377 Please do not tell me you regret it. 300 00:18:23,670 --> 00:18:26,632 I would never bring scandal on you or our family, 301 00:18:26,715 --> 00:18:28,133 if that is what you ask, 302 00:18:28,217 --> 00:18:29,927 but I cannot condone your actions. 303 00:18:33,263 --> 00:18:35,098 I want you as my friend, Pen. 304 00:18:36,308 --> 00:18:38,727 Can you not try to understand and be a little pleased for me? 305 00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:41,396 Marina? Time for the modiste. 306 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,023 We must see to your trousseau. 307 00:18:50,364 --> 00:18:53,033 -[scoffs] She is so lucky. -[Prudence sighs wistfully] 308 00:18:53,116 --> 00:18:55,494 A whole new wardrobe and a handsome husband. 309 00:18:55,994 --> 00:18:58,956 Between the two of them, they will make the most beautiful baby. 310 00:18:59,831 --> 00:19:03,502 He is not the father, you dunderhead! 311 00:19:03,585 --> 00:19:06,463 -[both laughing] -Oh, my goodness! I clean forgot. 312 00:19:06,546 --> 00:19:09,216 Do not laugh at him! She makes a fool of him already. 313 00:19:09,299 --> 00:19:11,468 Ugh! You are no fun anymore. 314 00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:14,263 Was I ever? 315 00:19:17,641 --> 00:19:22,062 See? You will look so very lovely with it pinned up next season. 316 00:19:22,145 --> 00:19:24,106 No. I will look like every other young lady, 317 00:19:24,189 --> 00:19:25,983 except less graceful and more bad-tempered. 318 00:19:27,818 --> 00:19:30,237 Lady Bridgerton. Miss Eloise. 319 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,407 I understand we are here on the matter of dropping our hems? 320 00:19:33,490 --> 00:19:34,408 Precisely. 321 00:19:36,201 --> 00:19:38,620 [Lady Featherington] Lady Bridgerton! There you are. 322 00:19:38,704 --> 00:19:40,872 Lady Featherington. Miss Thompson. 323 00:19:40,956 --> 00:19:43,041 It is lovely to see you, Lady Bridgerton. 324 00:19:43,125 --> 00:19:45,877 You must call me Violet now, I insist. 325 00:19:45,961 --> 00:19:47,713 Is this not just delightful, 326 00:19:47,796 --> 00:19:51,216 to know now that our families will be joined forever? 327 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:53,719 Yes, it certainly is something. [strained chuckle] 328 00:19:53,802 --> 00:19:58,598 You must join us tomorrow night, you, and dear Colin, and the viscount. 329 00:19:58,682 --> 00:20:02,519 -We have so much to celebrate. -I will certainly ask the viscount. 330 00:20:02,602 --> 00:20:06,648 Perfect. Now, I shall need to steal Madame Delacroix away for a moment. 331 00:20:06,732 --> 00:20:10,736 [chuckles] I do apologize, Lady Featherington, 332 00:20:10,819 --> 00:20:12,988 but first there is the matter of your account. 333 00:20:13,071 --> 00:20:15,115 I was clear to your maid that your line of credit-- 334 00:20:15,198 --> 00:20:16,700 Allow me to stop you there. 335 00:20:18,660 --> 00:20:21,413 Our bills will be settled in full 336 00:20:21,496 --> 00:20:23,957 as soon as you have made Miss Thompson, soon-to-be Bridgerton, 337 00:20:24,041 --> 00:20:26,251 her gown and the other items for her trousseau. 338 00:20:26,335 --> 00:20:28,420 I am afraid that is not possible. 339 00:20:28,962 --> 00:20:33,175 Perhaps you might find another tailoress more to your liking across town. 340 00:20:33,884 --> 00:20:36,470 -Oui? -Madame Delacroix, that reminds me. 341 00:20:36,553 --> 00:20:39,139 You have such a unique accent, 342 00:20:39,222 --> 00:20:42,017 and yet I have never asked where in France you're from. 343 00:20:42,851 --> 00:20:45,187 [in French] My mother was French, you see, 344 00:20:45,270 --> 00:20:47,314 and I am not fooled by your little act. 345 00:20:48,273 --> 00:20:50,442 I would hate for the other ladies of the ton 346 00:20:50,525 --> 00:20:52,235 to learn they have been taken in as well. 347 00:20:53,779 --> 00:20:57,741 [in English] I believe Madame Delacroix will be somewhat more amenable 348 00:20:57,824 --> 00:21:00,827 to our requests now, Lady Featherington. Très bon? 349 00:21:01,745 --> 00:21:03,413 -Très bon. -[Marina] Mm. 350 00:21:14,966 --> 00:21:16,760 [attendees chattering] 351 00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:19,179 [pigs snorting loudly] 352 00:21:22,724 --> 00:21:24,101 What is the prize for the winner? 353 00:21:24,184 --> 00:21:26,478 Why, slaughter, of course. 354 00:21:28,105 --> 00:21:29,731 [Simon chuckles] 355 00:21:33,276 --> 00:21:35,320 -[Simon clears throat] -[Daphne] Ahem. 356 00:21:35,404 --> 00:21:37,656 As the duke has granted me the honor 357 00:21:37,739 --> 00:21:40,283 of opening our village fair with this contest, 358 00:21:40,367 --> 00:21:44,746 it is after careful consideration that I have decided… 359 00:21:46,832 --> 00:21:48,792 that all three pigs have tied! 360 00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:50,502 [confused murmuring] 361 00:21:51,086 --> 00:21:54,840 I hereby decree every pig such a winner that none should be slaughtered. 362 00:21:56,216 --> 00:21:59,177 [hesitant applause] 363 00:22:02,264 --> 00:22:05,267 [maypole dance music plays] 364 00:22:08,562 --> 00:22:10,147 They look lovely. 365 00:22:10,897 --> 00:22:12,065 Look at those. 366 00:22:13,859 --> 00:22:16,361 Why, these are delicious! We must order some for Clyvedon. 367 00:22:19,072 --> 00:22:22,033 Does your patronage extend beyond pies, Your Grace? 368 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:26,830 The harvests on the farm have been poor, and with the rents being tripled, 369 00:22:26,913 --> 00:22:28,832 we are struggling to put food on the table. 370 00:22:28,915 --> 00:22:30,083 The rents tripled? 371 00:22:30,167 --> 00:22:31,626 My steward did not inform me. 372 00:22:31,710 --> 00:22:33,712 He hasn't shown his face since your father passed, 373 00:22:33,795 --> 00:22:35,922 God rest His Grace's soul. 374 00:22:36,006 --> 00:22:39,301 He always gave his tenants what they needed, unlike some. 375 00:22:39,384 --> 00:22:42,137 Then it is a good thing indeed that we are back at Clyvedon. 376 00:22:42,220 --> 00:22:45,515 I am sure we can find a solution to these difficulties, 377 00:22:45,599 --> 00:22:48,101 and I thank you for bringing them to our attention. 378 00:22:48,185 --> 00:22:49,019 Your Grace. 379 00:22:54,608 --> 00:22:56,109 [child whining] 380 00:22:57,027 --> 00:22:59,196 -[child screeching, crying] -Oh! 381 00:22:59,279 --> 00:23:02,365 Oh, there, there, there, child. No need to cry. 382 00:23:02,949 --> 00:23:03,992 All is well. 383 00:23:04,618 --> 00:23:07,621 My! You have a strong set of lungs. They shall hear you all the way in London. 384 00:23:07,704 --> 00:23:10,332 -If not all the way to France. -[Daphne chuckles] 385 00:23:11,541 --> 00:23:12,792 Oh, my goodness. 386 00:23:12,876 --> 00:23:14,461 I must apologize, Your Grace. 387 00:23:14,544 --> 00:23:16,755 Little Ada has just discovered her own voice 388 00:23:16,838 --> 00:23:19,799 and likes to use it as often and loudly as she can. 389 00:23:20,592 --> 00:23:22,010 Oh, um… 390 00:23:22,719 --> 00:23:24,095 Oh, please, stand. 391 00:23:24,179 --> 00:23:26,431 You should not be stooping in your condition. 392 00:23:31,561 --> 00:23:34,356 Well, it was lovely to make your acquaintance. 393 00:23:36,149 --> 00:23:38,360 Ada. [chuckles] 394 00:23:38,443 --> 00:23:39,319 Oh! 395 00:23:39,819 --> 00:23:40,779 Your Grace. 396 00:23:43,365 --> 00:23:44,366 [Daphne] Mm. 397 00:23:48,495 --> 00:23:52,541 What can we do about the farmer's rent? There must be something. 398 00:23:52,624 --> 00:23:55,085 I should have returned sooner to see that things were in order. 399 00:23:55,168 --> 00:23:57,170 I did not realize my absence would be felt this way. 400 00:23:57,254 --> 00:23:58,630 -Daphne-- -I hope that-- 401 00:23:59,631 --> 00:24:00,632 Please. 402 00:24:01,383 --> 00:24:02,676 I only meant to say, 403 00:24:03,260 --> 00:24:07,347 I hope it did not pain you too much to see me with those children. 404 00:24:08,098 --> 00:24:09,140 Pain me? 405 00:24:10,392 --> 00:24:12,727 Daphne, I thought only of you. 406 00:24:15,272 --> 00:24:16,982 You know, oddly enough, 407 00:24:17,065 --> 00:24:18,942 when I am actually in the presence of children, 408 00:24:19,025 --> 00:24:20,735 I forget all about my own concerns. 409 00:24:22,028 --> 00:24:24,030 They are the easiest company in the world. 410 00:24:24,114 --> 00:24:25,615 You are natural with them. 411 00:24:26,283 --> 00:24:27,867 My younger sisters and brother. 412 00:24:28,994 --> 00:24:30,370 Each one a mischief. 413 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,834 You know, my abundant family will be good for at least one thing in future. 414 00:24:36,418 --> 00:24:39,838 Eventually, they will all marry and have children of their own, 415 00:24:39,921 --> 00:24:44,426 and we will have more screaming infants in our lives than we know what to do with. 416 00:24:44,509 --> 00:24:46,344 [both laughing] 417 00:24:47,637 --> 00:24:49,806 You will be a splendid aunt. 418 00:24:50,515 --> 00:24:54,144 It thrills me that you are satisfied with our married life as it is, 419 00:24:54,894 --> 00:24:56,021 just the two of us. 420 00:24:56,605 --> 00:24:58,440 I have all that I want just here. 421 00:24:59,274 --> 00:25:00,859 How did I earn such luck? 422 00:25:01,610 --> 00:25:03,361 That I do not know. 423 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,255 [Lord Featherington sighs] 424 00:25:30,805 --> 00:25:32,015 Turn, please. 425 00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:33,642 Profile. 426 00:25:35,226 --> 00:25:36,061 Swish. 427 00:25:36,770 --> 00:25:37,854 Swish! 428 00:25:42,442 --> 00:25:45,987 Good. You have done well thus far, Miss Thompson. 429 00:25:46,988 --> 00:25:49,366 Tonight, I shall need to raise the matter of a swift wedding. 430 00:25:49,449 --> 00:25:50,367 [snickers loudly] 431 00:25:52,369 --> 00:25:53,244 I am… 432 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:55,246 very sorry. 433 00:25:55,330 --> 00:25:58,083 But this plan of yours, I find it wanting. 434 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,335 Deceiving Colin is one thing, 435 00:26:00,418 --> 00:26:02,921 but being at close quarters with his mother, 436 00:26:03,004 --> 00:26:04,089 that is quite another. 437 00:26:04,172 --> 00:26:05,507 Lady Bridgerton is shrewd. 438 00:26:05,590 --> 00:26:07,008 She has had eight children. 439 00:26:07,550 --> 00:26:09,678 Trust she knows when she is being managed. 440 00:26:13,682 --> 00:26:16,059 What were your favorite pastimes in the country? 441 00:26:16,142 --> 00:26:18,687 I enjoyed riding above all else, my lady. 442 00:26:18,770 --> 00:26:20,563 Please, you must call me Violet now. 443 00:26:20,647 --> 00:26:21,481 Remember? 444 00:26:21,564 --> 00:26:24,776 Miss Thompson is such a proper young lady, is she not? 445 00:26:24,859 --> 00:26:27,696 Have you traveled at all beyond England, Miss Thompson? 446 00:26:27,779 --> 00:26:31,157 It has long been Colin's greatest ambition to travel the world. 447 00:26:31,241 --> 00:26:32,117 Never. 448 00:26:32,826 --> 00:26:35,495 Though it is now a great ambition of mine as well. 449 00:26:35,578 --> 00:26:38,581 I am sensing a honeymoon in foreign parts. 450 00:26:39,791 --> 00:26:41,668 What think you, Lord Bridgerton? 451 00:26:41,751 --> 00:26:43,253 I would not like to speculate. 452 00:26:43,336 --> 00:26:47,298 Yes, indeed. I believe a honeymoon in foreign parts would be just the thing. 453 00:26:47,382 --> 00:26:49,592 Mr. Bridgerton, you might even make the most 454 00:26:49,676 --> 00:26:51,302 of this fine weather we've been having 455 00:26:51,386 --> 00:26:54,806 if you choose to marry sooner rather than later. 456 00:26:55,515 --> 00:26:57,100 Colin is still very young. 457 00:26:57,851 --> 00:27:00,186 I believe a lengthier engagement would be prudent, 458 00:27:00,270 --> 00:27:01,688 excellent weather notwithstanding. 459 00:27:04,065 --> 00:27:07,360 Mother, have I told you Miss Thompson is very accomplished at needlework? 460 00:27:07,861 --> 00:27:09,946 She is quite brilliant. Puts my sisters to shame. 461 00:27:10,029 --> 00:27:11,698 I can assure you, that is not true. 462 00:27:11,781 --> 00:27:14,325 You have not seen my sister Daphne's embroidery. 463 00:27:14,409 --> 00:27:18,121 -In all honesty, it is like a battlefield. -[Lady Featerhington laughs] 464 00:27:18,747 --> 00:27:19,706 [Marina chuckles] 465 00:27:20,373 --> 00:27:22,041 [Penelope slices loudly] 466 00:27:29,090 --> 00:27:32,677 [off-key] ♪ Oh dear, what can the matter be? ♪ 467 00:27:32,761 --> 00:27:36,222 ♪ Oh dear, what can the matter be? ♪ 468 00:27:36,306 --> 00:27:39,726 ♪ Oh dear, what can the matter be? ♪ 469 00:27:39,809 --> 00:27:42,645 ♪ Johnny's so long at the fair ♪ 470 00:27:43,396 --> 00:27:46,941 ♪ He promised he'd buy me A bunch of blue ribbons ♪ 471 00:27:47,025 --> 00:27:50,862 ♪ He promised to buy me A bunch of blue ribbons ♪ 472 00:27:50,945 --> 00:27:54,324 ♪ Promised to buy me A bunch of blue ribbons ♪ 473 00:27:54,407 --> 00:27:56,993 ♪ To tie up my bonny brown hair ♪ 474 00:27:57,535 --> 00:27:59,037 ♪ And it's oh dear… ♪ 475 00:27:59,579 --> 00:28:00,455 Colin? 476 00:28:00,872 --> 00:28:02,165 Might I have a word? 477 00:28:02,874 --> 00:28:03,917 Pen, of course. 478 00:28:04,042 --> 00:28:05,543 [Prudence] ♪ What can the matter be ♪ 479 00:28:05,627 --> 00:28:06,961 ♪ Oh dear ♪ 480 00:28:07,879 --> 00:28:08,713 It… 481 00:28:09,714 --> 00:28:11,132 is a rather delicate matter. 482 00:28:11,216 --> 00:28:14,677 I wish I did not have cause to raise it, but I believe you deserve to know. 483 00:28:15,220 --> 00:28:16,721 Is there something on my face? 484 00:28:16,805 --> 00:28:18,723 Has it been there all evening? It has, hasn't it? 485 00:28:19,724 --> 00:28:21,059 Sorry. Um, go on. 486 00:28:21,142 --> 00:28:23,770 I have wanted to talk to you since the engagement was announced, 487 00:28:23,853 --> 00:28:24,938 but we're always in company. 488 00:28:25,021 --> 00:28:26,523 So, this is something about Marina? 489 00:28:26,606 --> 00:28:28,358 Her heart belongs to another. 490 00:28:29,317 --> 00:28:30,151 What? 491 00:28:30,235 --> 00:28:31,611 His name is Sir George Crane. 492 00:28:31,736 --> 00:28:33,238 He is a first son, a soldier. 493 00:28:33,321 --> 00:28:35,448 They grew up in neighboring properties in the country. 494 00:28:35,532 --> 00:28:37,992 I am sorry, but I have seen their love letters. 495 00:28:38,076 --> 00:28:40,495 I felt you should know before it was too late. 496 00:28:45,250 --> 00:28:46,793 You really are very good. You know that? 497 00:28:48,628 --> 00:28:49,921 Did you think that I would care 498 00:28:50,004 --> 00:28:52,298 that she had fond feelings for another before we met? 499 00:28:53,049 --> 00:28:55,218 It would be rich of me, considering I have flirted 500 00:28:55,301 --> 00:28:57,136 with half the girls in London at one point. 501 00:28:57,220 --> 00:29:00,098 You misunderstand. This was no mere flirtation. 502 00:29:00,181 --> 00:29:02,100 Marina loves this man. She loves him still. 503 00:29:02,183 --> 00:29:03,726 And yet she is marrying me. 504 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:05,395 Trust me, Pen, do not fret. 505 00:29:05,895 --> 00:29:07,689 I know my mind and Marina's. 506 00:29:07,772 --> 00:29:09,440 We understand each other. 507 00:29:12,735 --> 00:29:15,530 Oh. Have we moved the party to the corridor? 508 00:29:15,613 --> 00:29:17,073 You know, it is peculiar, 509 00:29:17,574 --> 00:29:19,784 but the further I get from that pianoforte, 510 00:29:19,868 --> 00:29:21,119 the more like a party it feels. 511 00:29:21,703 --> 00:29:24,163 Pen, your mother's asking for you. 512 00:29:24,247 --> 00:29:25,915 [muffled music continues] 513 00:29:29,419 --> 00:29:30,712 [tepid applause] 514 00:29:31,588 --> 00:29:32,797 [Marina sighs deeply] 515 00:29:32,881 --> 00:29:33,882 Is anything wrong? 516 00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:35,675 Is it my brother? He… 517 00:29:36,426 --> 00:29:38,595 He was odious at dinner. I apologize. 518 00:29:39,637 --> 00:29:40,680 I cannot stand it, Colin. 519 00:29:41,723 --> 00:29:43,099 My own father does not want me. 520 00:29:43,182 --> 00:29:45,727 Even the Featheringtons cannot wait to be rid of me. 521 00:29:45,810 --> 00:29:47,228 Fool that I am, I truly thought 522 00:29:47,312 --> 00:29:50,023 that with your family, I might finally find acceptance. 523 00:29:51,608 --> 00:29:52,650 But it is no use. 524 00:29:54,068 --> 00:29:57,739 -Even your mother is just being polite. -That is not true, Marina. 525 00:29:59,032 --> 00:30:00,617 I am your family now. 526 00:30:01,534 --> 00:30:04,037 We shall make our own family, you and me. 527 00:30:05,538 --> 00:30:06,956 It is all I want. 528 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:08,917 It is all I want in all the world. 529 00:30:09,584 --> 00:30:12,170 I wish we could be married this very minute. 530 00:30:13,087 --> 00:30:15,131 Then we could be alone together always. 531 00:30:16,841 --> 00:30:19,093 I would never have to leave your arms. 532 00:30:21,638 --> 00:30:24,223 -What if I told you there was a way? -Colin, what are-- 533 00:30:24,307 --> 00:30:26,184 Scotland. Gretna Green. 534 00:30:28,144 --> 00:30:29,520 I know it is mad, 535 00:30:29,604 --> 00:30:32,690 but we could be married within a matter of days. 536 00:30:32,774 --> 00:30:34,233 We just have to make it to the border. 537 00:30:34,317 --> 00:30:37,195 Anthony would be an ogre about it when we first return, of course, 538 00:30:37,278 --> 00:30:38,905 but by then, it would be too late. 539 00:30:38,988 --> 00:30:41,324 We would be married. We would be together. 540 00:30:44,410 --> 00:30:45,578 You hate the idea. 541 00:30:47,830 --> 00:30:48,873 I love it. 542 00:30:49,624 --> 00:30:50,833 I love you. 543 00:30:52,085 --> 00:30:54,671 Allow me a day. I shall arrange everything. 544 00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:56,422 [sighs happily] 545 00:31:04,013 --> 00:31:05,223 [sighs lightly] 546 00:31:42,802 --> 00:31:46,472 -Ah. Here you are. -Oh, good morning, dearest. 547 00:31:48,808 --> 00:31:52,311 -The steward's books, I take it? -Mm. I could not sleep. 548 00:31:52,395 --> 00:31:55,023 Not even after last night's exertions? 549 00:31:55,106 --> 00:31:56,107 [chuckles] 550 00:31:56,858 --> 00:31:59,318 Would you care to break your fast with me? 551 00:31:59,402 --> 00:32:01,654 I am sorry, my love. The farmer in the village was right. 552 00:32:01,738 --> 00:32:03,489 The estates have been neglected far too long. 553 00:32:03,573 --> 00:32:05,783 Wheat yields are down, yet nobody uses the fields 554 00:32:05,867 --> 00:32:08,619 for livestock grazing, or rotate to a more plentiful crop. 555 00:32:08,703 --> 00:32:11,497 -Is that not the steward's job? -[angrily] They're my tenants, my people. 556 00:32:11,581 --> 00:32:13,207 The responsibility is mine. 557 00:32:15,793 --> 00:32:18,838 Please, excuse me. I have been staring at these figures all morning. 558 00:32:19,547 --> 00:32:20,423 Of course. 559 00:32:22,508 --> 00:32:25,720 I suppose I have a good deal to occupy myself with today too. 560 00:32:25,803 --> 00:32:26,929 [Simon] Mm. 561 00:32:27,013 --> 00:32:29,390 You know, I mean to visit some of your tenants. 562 00:32:30,516 --> 00:32:33,061 I might deliver some gift baskets and… 563 00:32:43,279 --> 00:32:44,906 Are you missing home, Your Grace? 564 00:32:48,409 --> 00:32:50,870 Do you think we have enough for all the baskets? 565 00:32:51,621 --> 00:32:53,081 Um, I should think so. 566 00:32:53,164 --> 00:32:54,540 Your Grace! 567 00:32:55,083 --> 00:32:56,167 Whatever are you… 568 00:32:57,293 --> 00:32:59,295 I will have someone gather those on your behalf. 569 00:32:59,378 --> 00:33:01,464 One of the kitchen maids or the gardener. 570 00:33:01,547 --> 00:33:03,257 Was no one available to assist you? 571 00:33:03,341 --> 00:33:05,718 There is no need to trouble anyone, Mrs. Colson. 572 00:33:05,802 --> 00:33:06,969 We have it all in hand. 573 00:33:07,053 --> 00:33:10,223 Do you intend to collect honey from the hives in person as well? 574 00:33:11,057 --> 00:33:12,308 [chuckles] Oh… 575 00:33:12,391 --> 00:33:14,519 That might be a little beyond me. 576 00:33:16,854 --> 00:33:19,190 If you simply tell me of your wants and needs, 577 00:33:19,273 --> 00:33:21,651 I will ensure everything is in order. 578 00:33:21,734 --> 00:33:24,237 I will ensure everything is done properly. 579 00:33:25,530 --> 00:33:28,116 -I shall keep that in mind. -Mm. 580 00:33:28,783 --> 00:33:29,951 Thank you, Mrs. Colson. 581 00:33:30,034 --> 00:33:31,119 Mm-hmm. 582 00:33:37,708 --> 00:33:40,461 Faith, she despises me. 583 00:33:40,545 --> 00:33:42,255 She despises everybody. 584 00:33:42,338 --> 00:33:44,132 Do not give it another thought. 585 00:33:44,215 --> 00:33:45,967 [villagers chattering, laughing] 586 00:33:47,677 --> 00:33:48,594 [Daphne] Hello. 587 00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:50,096 Would you like a basket? 588 00:33:50,972 --> 00:33:52,807 -There is-- -[villager clears throat] 589 00:33:53,307 --> 00:33:54,767 A basket from Clyvedon? 590 00:33:55,810 --> 00:33:57,436 Oh! A basket from Clyvedon? 591 00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,689 -There is-- -[villagers whisper, indistinct] 592 00:34:02,275 --> 00:34:03,609 Is something amiss? 593 00:34:04,193 --> 00:34:07,655 Mama taught me it was tradition for the new duchess to visit with gifts. 594 00:34:07,738 --> 00:34:09,574 Well, I believe it is proper. 595 00:34:10,158 --> 00:34:12,368 Should I have worn a different dress? 596 00:34:12,451 --> 00:34:15,288 Or perhaps it signifies I am high in the instep. 597 00:34:15,371 --> 00:34:16,664 [Ada] Your Grace! 598 00:34:17,331 --> 00:34:18,583 [Ada laughs] 599 00:34:20,334 --> 00:34:24,338 Would you like a basket from Clyvedon? There is bread and honey for the children. 600 00:34:24,422 --> 00:34:25,798 Oh. You are too kind. 601 00:34:26,507 --> 00:34:29,635 I would gladly take one if I had means to carry it home. 602 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,512 Then we are determined to walk with you. 603 00:34:31,596 --> 00:34:32,972 Oh, no. I didn't-- 604 00:34:33,055 --> 00:34:34,765 -I insist. -No. Oh, I… 605 00:34:35,558 --> 00:34:36,601 [sighs] 606 00:34:37,351 --> 00:34:40,354 Perhaps I might ask your opinion on something? 607 00:34:40,438 --> 00:34:41,272 Of course. 608 00:34:41,355 --> 00:34:44,817 Though, how I might advise a duchess, I am not sure. 609 00:34:45,693 --> 00:34:48,946 I feel that I have done something to offend the village. 610 00:34:49,989 --> 00:34:51,449 I know I am new to the role, 611 00:34:51,532 --> 00:34:54,410 but I cannot imagine what I have done wrong so soon. 612 00:34:57,121 --> 00:34:59,165 -What? -It was the pigs. 613 00:35:00,791 --> 00:35:03,085 You said that all three pigs won. 614 00:35:03,169 --> 00:35:04,170 At the fair? 615 00:35:05,296 --> 00:35:07,215 I thought it the best outcome for everyone. 616 00:35:07,298 --> 00:35:09,425 It is tradition that the winner is allowed 617 00:35:09,508 --> 00:35:11,844 to supply pork to Clyvedon for the next year. 618 00:35:11,928 --> 00:35:15,264 It's a great number of pigs, indeed. 619 00:35:15,348 --> 00:35:17,808 When you could not choose a winner, 620 00:35:17,892 --> 00:35:19,769 no farmer won the contract, 621 00:35:19,852 --> 00:35:21,687 nor the income to go along with it. 622 00:35:21,771 --> 00:35:24,440 -[Daphne gasps] -Simply speaking, you, um… 623 00:35:24,523 --> 00:35:25,858 You snubbed them. 624 00:35:25,942 --> 00:35:27,985 I will correct my mistake at once. I… 625 00:35:28,903 --> 00:35:30,279 I had no idea. 626 00:35:30,363 --> 00:35:32,573 [sighs] How could you have, Your Grace? 627 00:35:45,628 --> 00:35:46,712 What is all this? 628 00:35:47,380 --> 00:35:48,381 Simon? 629 00:35:48,464 --> 00:35:49,340 [man] Steady… 630 00:35:49,423 --> 00:35:51,425 -Is everything well? -Ah, Daphne. Yes. 631 00:35:51,509 --> 00:35:52,969 I'm setting up work in the east wing. 632 00:35:53,052 --> 00:35:54,679 -What's wrong with the study? -[loud crash] 633 00:35:54,762 --> 00:35:55,638 Careful! 634 00:35:55,721 --> 00:35:57,306 You shall have to excuse me. 635 00:36:01,310 --> 00:36:02,228 Your Grace. 636 00:36:03,729 --> 00:36:04,689 Mrs. Colson? 637 00:36:05,356 --> 00:36:06,649 Do you have a moment? 638 00:36:07,358 --> 00:36:08,567 [Colson grunts lightly] 639 00:36:08,651 --> 00:36:11,570 I know I have made some missteps since I arrived. 640 00:36:12,655 --> 00:36:15,574 My mother taught me a great deal about being mistress of a household, 641 00:36:15,658 --> 00:36:18,035 but I am not sure either of us ever imagined 642 00:36:18,119 --> 00:36:19,829 a house as grand as this one. 643 00:36:19,912 --> 00:36:20,871 [Colson] Mm-hmm. 644 00:36:21,372 --> 00:36:23,958 I am so very grateful for your guidance, Mrs. Colson. 645 00:36:27,003 --> 00:36:28,129 The truth is… 646 00:36:29,588 --> 00:36:33,134 I fear the duke might not be entirely at ease here at Clyvedon, 647 00:36:33,217 --> 00:36:36,053 which is of course no reflection of you or any of your staff. 648 00:36:36,137 --> 00:36:39,348 -No. I-- I quite understand. -You do? 649 00:36:39,432 --> 00:36:40,558 Master Simon-- 650 00:36:40,641 --> 00:36:42,852 Eh… I beg your pardon. His Grace… 651 00:36:43,436 --> 00:36:45,688 His childhood was not always easy. 652 00:36:46,647 --> 00:36:48,482 After the death of my late mistress, 653 00:36:48,566 --> 00:36:50,735 the duke lived almost exclusively in London. 654 00:36:50,818 --> 00:36:53,154 Do you mean to say that Simon grew up here on his own? 655 00:36:53,237 --> 00:36:54,780 We did our best to take care of him, 656 00:36:54,864 --> 00:36:56,615 to mind him as his mother would have wanted. 657 00:36:56,699 --> 00:36:57,783 Of course you did. 658 00:36:57,867 --> 00:36:58,701 [Colson] Mm. 659 00:37:00,202 --> 00:37:03,080 The late duke must have loved his wife very much 660 00:37:03,164 --> 00:37:05,458 to have struggled so after her death. 661 00:37:07,168 --> 00:37:08,919 Was it not a happy marriage, then? 662 00:37:09,712 --> 00:37:11,380 It was strained. 663 00:37:12,631 --> 00:37:13,883 He wanted an heir. 664 00:37:13,966 --> 00:37:15,259 She wanted a child. 665 00:37:16,427 --> 00:37:19,889 She kept trying long after the doctors warned her not to. 666 00:37:19,972 --> 00:37:23,392 Every month when her courses came, it broke my heart to see her. 667 00:37:24,935 --> 00:37:26,520 She was lucky to have you. 668 00:37:26,604 --> 00:37:28,564 Everyone talked as though it was her fault. 669 00:37:28,647 --> 00:37:32,068 But how could they know that? It is not always the woman who is barren. 670 00:37:32,151 --> 00:37:34,570 Sometimes it is the man's fault, of course. 671 00:37:35,321 --> 00:37:38,032 Oh dear. I am afraid I am speaking out of turn. 672 00:37:38,115 --> 00:37:40,409 No. Not at all, Mrs. Colson. 673 00:37:41,202 --> 00:37:42,078 Mm. 674 00:37:43,079 --> 00:37:44,080 You were saying? 675 00:37:45,039 --> 00:37:48,667 Well, I said to the duchess what my mother said to me. 676 00:37:49,335 --> 00:37:52,880 A womb cannot quicken without strong, healthy seed. 677 00:37:52,963 --> 00:37:56,842 And then, just as she was finally blessed with Master Simon… 678 00:37:57,468 --> 00:37:58,844 [sobbing] we lost her. 679 00:38:02,807 --> 00:38:03,724 [knocking at door] 680 00:38:06,602 --> 00:38:07,853 Why are you not dressed? 681 00:38:07,937 --> 00:38:10,648 I told you we were dining with Lady Gartside this evening. 682 00:38:10,731 --> 00:38:12,858 [coughing, gasping] 683 00:38:12,942 --> 00:38:14,777 Sorry, Mama. I'm not feeling well. 684 00:38:15,486 --> 00:38:18,697 I ought to make you come along to cough and splutter all evening. 685 00:38:18,781 --> 00:38:20,741 It would serve Lady Gartside right. 686 00:38:20,825 --> 00:38:24,662 She has been withholding a dinner invitation from me, and now look… 687 00:38:25,204 --> 00:38:27,415 Not a day after Miss Thompson's announcement, 688 00:38:27,498 --> 00:38:29,417 and they all come crawling. 689 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:31,001 [coughing] 690 00:38:31,544 --> 00:38:33,129 Enjoy your evening, Mama! 691 00:38:33,212 --> 00:38:34,880 [footsteps receding] 692 00:38:36,090 --> 00:38:37,133 [sighs lightly] 693 00:38:38,759 --> 00:38:39,718 [sighs] 694 00:38:40,970 --> 00:38:42,763 [breathes deeply] 695 00:38:42,847 --> 00:38:44,974 [suspenseful music plays] 696 00:38:56,318 --> 00:38:57,987 [suspenseful music continues] 697 00:39:36,525 --> 00:39:38,569 [suspenseful music intensifies] 698 00:40:03,636 --> 00:40:05,304 [suspenseful music ends] 699 00:40:08,974 --> 00:40:10,518 Penelope, what are you…? 700 00:40:12,770 --> 00:40:13,979 -How dare you! -Look. 701 00:40:14,063 --> 00:40:16,273 Look at the signature on Sir George's last letter, 702 00:40:16,357 --> 00:40:18,567 and this one from many months ago. 703 00:40:21,028 --> 00:40:23,364 -So? -So, they are not the same. 704 00:40:23,447 --> 00:40:25,282 The slant of the lettering, it is all wrong. 705 00:40:25,866 --> 00:40:28,118 -Penelope, I'm tired. I haven't-- -This one. 706 00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:31,956 It was in a drawer on the back of Mama's desk. 707 00:40:32,623 --> 00:40:36,001 She or even Mrs. Varley practiced George's signature, 708 00:40:36,085 --> 00:40:37,962 but even they could not get it perfect. 709 00:40:38,045 --> 00:40:41,549 That last letter, the one where he broke your heart… 710 00:40:42,466 --> 00:40:44,343 it was a forgery, Marina. 711 00:40:45,302 --> 00:40:47,304 George never wrote those things to you. 712 00:40:47,388 --> 00:40:49,974 He never denied loving you. He never denied your child. 713 00:40:50,641 --> 00:40:52,184 -Perhaps. -Marina-- 714 00:40:52,268 --> 00:40:54,937 -Even if you are correct-- -I am correct. You cannot deny-- 715 00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:58,357 Even if it is true, George has still not replied to my letters. 716 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,609 He has abandoned me, 717 00:41:00,693 --> 00:41:02,486 while Colin has embraced me. 718 00:41:02,570 --> 00:41:03,862 I thought you loved him. 719 00:41:05,072 --> 00:41:05,948 George. 720 00:41:06,657 --> 00:41:07,783 I was a fool. 721 00:41:08,409 --> 00:41:09,994 This changes nothing. 722 00:41:20,629 --> 00:41:22,214 Why is your bag packed? 723 00:41:23,257 --> 00:41:25,092 Tell me you are not going to Gretna Green! 724 00:41:27,011 --> 00:41:31,682 Marina! What will you do when Colin realizes the child is not his? 725 00:41:32,266 --> 00:41:33,976 That day will come. He is not simple. 726 00:41:34,059 --> 00:41:36,312 What I will do is live safe in the knowledge 727 00:41:36,395 --> 00:41:38,606 that my husband is a good and kind man. 728 00:41:38,689 --> 00:41:41,191 He would never turn me out on the street. 729 00:41:42,234 --> 00:41:44,820 He will care for us both, come what may. 730 00:41:44,903 --> 00:41:46,780 But what of him? What of Colin? 731 00:41:50,451 --> 00:41:52,036 -You love him. -What? 732 00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:55,581 No, it makes sense now. Your objections, your meddling. 733 00:41:55,664 --> 00:41:57,207 You love Colin Bridgerton. 734 00:41:57,291 --> 00:41:59,084 You know not of what you speak. 735 00:41:59,168 --> 00:42:01,545 I believe I know so much more than you, Pen… 736 00:42:03,088 --> 00:42:05,007 of Colin, of the world. 737 00:42:05,090 --> 00:42:08,177 If I am to be the executioner of this childish infatuation, 738 00:42:08,260 --> 00:42:09,136 then so be it. 739 00:42:10,929 --> 00:42:12,931 Your love is an unrequited fantasy. 740 00:42:14,350 --> 00:42:15,601 Colin sees you as you are 741 00:42:15,684 --> 00:42:18,687 and regards you no differently than he does Eloise, 742 00:42:18,771 --> 00:42:20,439 or even little Hyacinth. 743 00:42:21,231 --> 00:42:23,776 He sees me as a wife, a woman. 744 00:42:23,859 --> 00:42:26,695 And as a woman, I must make these difficult choices 745 00:42:26,779 --> 00:42:28,989 for myself and for my child… 746 00:42:31,992 --> 00:42:33,952 even if they hurt your feelings. 747 00:42:40,376 --> 00:42:42,795 [door opens, closes] 748 00:42:53,222 --> 00:42:54,973 Working late, Your Grace? 749 00:42:56,475 --> 00:42:57,559 Curse it. What time is it? 750 00:42:59,770 --> 00:43:00,729 [sighs] 751 00:43:02,356 --> 00:43:05,025 These books seem to have taken possession of you. 752 00:43:05,109 --> 00:43:07,569 Those people rely on me to make a living, 753 00:43:08,112 --> 00:43:09,446 to feed their families. 754 00:43:09,988 --> 00:43:11,990 I should not have stayed away so long. 755 00:43:12,908 --> 00:43:13,951 Why did you? 756 00:43:14,034 --> 00:43:15,786 No particular reason. 757 00:43:15,869 --> 00:43:16,995 Business in London. 758 00:43:17,538 --> 00:43:20,040 But then I met this impertinent young lady 759 00:43:20,124 --> 00:43:23,210 with a right hook like an East End prizefighter. 760 00:43:23,293 --> 00:43:24,712 I am serious. 761 00:43:24,795 --> 00:43:25,713 As am I. 762 00:43:31,260 --> 00:43:33,470 -Simon. -Daphne. 763 00:43:42,479 --> 00:43:44,565 [both breathing heavily] 764 00:43:45,315 --> 00:43:47,609 [both grunting] 765 00:43:50,696 --> 00:43:52,823 -[Daphne panting] -[Simon grunting] 766 00:43:52,906 --> 00:43:55,075 [Daphne exclaims passionately] 767 00:43:57,953 --> 00:43:59,955 [both grunting] 768 00:44:08,505 --> 00:44:10,883 [coins and books clatter] 769 00:44:10,966 --> 00:44:12,968 [Simon gasping urgently] 770 00:44:18,015 --> 00:44:19,266 [Simon exclaims, moans] 771 00:44:20,559 --> 00:44:22,311 [exhaling sharply] 772 00:44:24,104 --> 00:44:25,272 Ah! 773 00:44:25,355 --> 00:44:27,941 [Simon panting loudly] 774 00:44:28,817 --> 00:44:31,653 -We ought to clean up for dinner. -Yes. 775 00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:37,117 I'll meet you in the dining room. 776 00:44:39,077 --> 00:44:41,079 [ominous music plays] 777 00:44:44,291 --> 00:44:46,084 Your Grace! These are the servants' quarters! 778 00:44:46,168 --> 00:44:47,336 Where is Miss Nolan? 779 00:44:51,673 --> 00:44:54,051 Your Grace, what is wrong? You should have rung for me. 780 00:44:54,134 --> 00:44:56,220 I need you to tell me something, Rose. 781 00:44:56,303 --> 00:44:58,639 [breathing nervously] 782 00:44:59,348 --> 00:45:01,683 How does a woman come to be with child? 783 00:45:02,726 --> 00:45:04,895 -Y-Your mother-- -My mother told me nothing. 784 00:45:07,314 --> 00:45:10,150 Please. No embarrassment. 785 00:45:11,485 --> 00:45:13,904 Explain it to me, precisely. 786 00:45:14,738 --> 00:45:16,406 [dramatic piano music plays] 787 00:45:16,490 --> 00:45:17,991 [Simon] It was such a simple solution. 788 00:45:18,075 --> 00:45:20,118 [distant, echoing] We can increase the harvest 789 00:45:20,202 --> 00:45:22,204 if the farmers plant turnip. 790 00:45:22,287 --> 00:45:25,249 On my travels, I encountered farmers who tripled their income 791 00:45:25,332 --> 00:45:29,253 by no longer rotating crops, and instead, planting turnip, 792 00:45:29,336 --> 00:45:32,840 and then turning out sheep to graze and remove the weeds. 793 00:45:39,847 --> 00:45:42,307 [dramatic piano music continues] 794 00:46:01,743 --> 00:46:02,953 [Simon grunts, sighs] 795 00:46:07,791 --> 00:46:08,959 [Daphne exhales deeply] 796 00:46:25,225 --> 00:46:26,810 [Farmer Robert] Thank you, Your Grace! 797 00:46:27,769 --> 00:46:30,397 And please send my great thanks to the duke! 798 00:46:31,648 --> 00:46:34,902 He has purchased us several cattle for the farm 799 00:46:34,985 --> 00:46:39,114 so that we may rear livestock until the soil is fertile again. 800 00:46:39,698 --> 00:46:42,534 Our fortunes have been restored. [laughs] 801 00:46:45,412 --> 00:46:46,288 Your Grace? 802 00:46:48,916 --> 00:46:50,751 You may return to the house. 803 00:46:52,210 --> 00:46:53,670 I wish to walk a while. 804 00:47:15,943 --> 00:47:17,903 [dramatic piano music ends] 805 00:47:20,614 --> 00:47:21,990 [clock ticking] 806 00:47:33,710 --> 00:47:35,671 [footsteps approaching] 807 00:47:35,754 --> 00:47:37,589 Are you ready for bed, my dear? 808 00:47:39,007 --> 00:47:40,258 I believe I am. 809 00:47:54,898 --> 00:48:00,195 ♪ Keep your breath on me ♪ 810 00:48:00,278 --> 00:48:05,242 ♪ And keep keep keep going 'Til my body is free ♪ 811 00:48:08,912 --> 00:48:14,584 ♪ And keep keep keep going 'Til my body is free ♪ 812 00:48:14,668 --> 00:48:16,670 [Simon panting] 813 00:48:17,254 --> 00:48:21,008 ♪ Keep your eyes on me ♪ 814 00:48:25,137 --> 00:48:29,766 ♪ And keep keep keep going 'Til I'm the last thing you see ♪ 815 00:48:30,767 --> 00:48:32,644 [Daphne moaning] 816 00:48:32,728 --> 00:48:37,357 ♪ Keep your touch on my skin ♪ 817 00:48:38,567 --> 00:48:40,902 [both panting] 818 00:48:40,986 --> 00:48:46,366 ♪ Keep keep keep going Keep keep keep going ♪ 819 00:48:47,701 --> 00:48:52,831 ♪ Oh you're taking me down Haunting my dreams ♪ 820 00:48:52,914 --> 00:48:56,418 ♪ I'd like to end the world with you ♪ 821 00:48:56,501 --> 00:49:00,297 ♪ You're taking me on Haunting my heart ♪ 822 00:49:00,380 --> 00:49:03,550 ♪ I'm at the end of the world with you ♪ 823 00:49:04,342 --> 00:49:08,221 ♪ You're taking me down Haunting my dreams ♪ 824 00:49:08,305 --> 00:49:10,307 [panting] Wait. Wait. 825 00:49:10,390 --> 00:49:12,059 -[Daphne moans] -Daphne… 826 00:49:13,894 --> 00:49:14,978 Daphne… 827 00:49:15,062 --> 00:49:16,063 [grunts] 828 00:49:16,146 --> 00:49:19,983 ♪ I'm at the end of the world with you ♪ 829 00:49:20,067 --> 00:49:21,943 [grunting forcefully] 830 00:49:25,822 --> 00:49:27,616 [panting slows] 831 00:49:31,578 --> 00:49:32,829 [both panting tremulously] 832 00:49:32,913 --> 00:49:33,747 Daphne… 833 00:49:37,793 --> 00:49:38,877 [Simon grunts] 834 00:49:41,171 --> 00:49:42,214 Daphne. 835 00:49:43,507 --> 00:49:45,717 [panting] Daphne. 836 00:49:45,801 --> 00:49:46,760 Daphne! 837 00:49:50,597 --> 00:49:52,015 Wh-Wh-What… 838 00:49:52,099 --> 00:49:53,892 What did you do? 839 00:49:53,975 --> 00:49:55,894 I had hoped it was not true. 840 00:49:56,728 --> 00:49:59,898 I had hoped I was mistaken, but clearly, I was not. 841 00:49:59,981 --> 00:50:01,608 -How could you? -How could I? 842 00:50:02,484 --> 00:50:03,568 How could I? 843 00:50:04,069 --> 00:50:06,029 -You lied to me. -I did not lie. 844 00:50:06,113 --> 00:50:07,072 I trusted you. 845 00:50:07,697 --> 00:50:10,826 I trusted you more than anyone in this world, 846 00:50:10,909 --> 00:50:12,369 and you took advantage. 847 00:50:12,452 --> 00:50:15,205 You seized an opportunity. And so I did the very same. 848 00:50:15,288 --> 00:50:17,207 I told you I cannot give you children. 849 00:50:17,290 --> 00:50:21,169 "Cannot" and "will not" are two entirely different things. 850 00:50:22,003 --> 00:50:23,588 You chose this for yourself. 851 00:50:24,089 --> 00:50:25,173 You chose to lie to me. 852 00:50:25,257 --> 00:50:27,092 I did not lie. I thought you were prepared. 853 00:50:27,175 --> 00:50:29,094 I thought you understood how a child came to be. 854 00:50:29,177 --> 00:50:33,306 You took my future from me, the one thing I wanted more than anything. 855 00:50:33,390 --> 00:50:35,559 You knew. You knew that becoming a mother, 856 00:50:35,642 --> 00:50:37,394 to have a family of my own one day, 857 00:50:37,477 --> 00:50:39,187 you knew that was all I ever wanted. 858 00:50:39,271 --> 00:50:41,815 I was prepared to die on that dueling field 859 00:50:42,357 --> 00:50:44,568 rather than marry you and take your dream away. 860 00:50:44,651 --> 00:50:46,319 I would have died for you. 861 00:50:46,403 --> 00:50:48,446 You were the one who insisted on this union. 862 00:50:48,530 --> 00:50:50,240 You told me I was enough. 863 00:50:50,323 --> 00:50:51,950 That was before I knew you. 864 00:50:53,660 --> 00:50:56,121 Do you know, I even felt pity for you? 865 00:50:56,204 --> 00:50:58,915 "Poor Simon," I thought. "How it must pain him 866 00:50:58,999 --> 00:51:00,876 to never know what it is to be a father." 867 00:51:00,959 --> 00:51:03,920 -I never asked for your pity. -And I never asked for your betrayal! 868 00:51:04,713 --> 00:51:06,923 -Daphne, I-- -You what? 869 00:51:08,508 --> 00:51:09,551 You what? 870 00:51:10,844 --> 00:51:13,555 You love me? No, you most certainly do not. 871 00:51:13,638 --> 00:51:16,099 You do not know the meaning of the word. 872 00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,685 You do not lie to the one you love. 873 00:51:18,768 --> 00:51:20,478 You do not trick the one you love. 874 00:51:20,562 --> 00:51:23,148 You do not humiliate the one you love. 875 00:51:23,857 --> 00:51:27,277 I may not know much, as you have made abundantly clear, 876 00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:28,570 but I do know one thing… 877 00:51:28,653 --> 00:51:31,156 I know that is not love. 878 00:51:39,581 --> 00:51:40,665 [sighs] 879 00:51:41,124 --> 00:51:44,502 [Lady Whistledown] All is fair in love and war, 880 00:51:45,337 --> 00:51:47,964 but some battles leave no victor, 881 00:51:48,632 --> 00:51:51,009 only a trail of broken hearts 882 00:51:51,092 --> 00:51:53,762 that makes us wonder if the price we pay 883 00:51:53,845 --> 00:51:55,722 is ever worth the fight. 884 00:52:00,727 --> 00:52:01,645 [sighs] 885 00:52:02,896 --> 00:52:07,400 The ones we love have the power to inflict the greatest scars. 886 00:52:08,818 --> 00:52:11,363 For what thing is more fragile… 887 00:52:12,197 --> 00:52:13,949 than the human heart? 888 00:52:14,532 --> 00:52:16,159 [sobbing] 889 00:52:24,793 --> 00:52:25,627 [Eloise] Shh. 890 00:52:35,512 --> 00:52:40,934 [Lady Whistledown] The bond between man and bride is private, sacred. 891 00:52:41,851 --> 00:52:43,728 But I must tell you, 892 00:52:43,812 --> 00:52:47,983 I have learned that a grave fraud is afoot. 893 00:52:48,066 --> 00:52:49,150 What is it? 894 00:52:59,077 --> 00:53:02,872 As if the Featheringtons did not have enough to be dealing with, 895 00:53:02,956 --> 00:53:06,459 Miss Marina Thompson is with child… 896 00:53:12,090 --> 00:53:16,261 and she has been from the very first day 897 00:53:16,344 --> 00:53:18,430 she arrived in our fair city. 898 00:53:28,189 --> 00:53:32,193 Desperate times may call for desperate measures, 899 00:53:32,277 --> 00:53:36,698 but I would wager many will think her actions beyond the pale. 900 00:53:38,575 --> 00:53:41,369 Perhaps she thought it her only option, 901 00:53:41,453 --> 00:53:44,664 or perhaps she knows no shame. 902 00:53:45,290 --> 00:53:46,416 But I ask you, 903 00:53:46,499 --> 00:53:51,004 can the ends ever justify such wretched means?