1 00:00:21,334 --> 00:00:22,502 {\an8}[birds chirping] 2 00:00:22,585 --> 00:00:23,753 {\an8}[quietly] Easy now. 3 00:00:24,879 --> 00:00:26,631 All right, take your time. 4 00:00:26,714 --> 00:00:29,134 [foliage rustling] 5 00:00:32,637 --> 00:00:34,139 He's bloody huge. 6 00:00:34,222 --> 00:00:35,974 Yet no match for a bullet. 7 00:00:36,766 --> 00:00:40,311 Now, all it takes is one clean shot to the heart 8 00:00:40,395 --> 00:00:42,397 to fell even the greatest of beasts. 9 00:00:45,150 --> 00:00:46,943 [steady exhale] 10 00:00:51,489 --> 00:00:52,365 [gunshot] 11 00:00:52,448 --> 00:00:54,117 [bellowing] 12 00:00:55,076 --> 00:00:56,995 -It's impossible. -[crows cawing] 13 00:00:57,078 --> 00:00:59,664 Now, now. There'll be plenty of other opportunities. 14 00:00:59,747 --> 00:01:01,332 I've failed each and every time. 15 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:04,586 I can just hear what Benedict will have to say about this. 16 00:01:04,669 --> 00:01:07,505 -Colin too. -All the more reason to keep trying. 17 00:01:07,589 --> 00:01:09,007 They'll be insufferable. 18 00:01:12,594 --> 00:01:13,970 Shh. Shh, shh. 19 00:01:29,277 --> 00:01:30,862 -[gunshot] -[groans] 20 00:01:30,945 --> 00:01:33,698 Whoo! You have to show me how to do that! 21 00:01:33,781 --> 00:01:35,658 Come along. [chuckles] 22 00:01:38,119 --> 00:01:41,497 It's more about confidence than anything else. 23 00:01:41,581 --> 00:01:43,583 You decided that stag was too large to shoot 24 00:01:43,666 --> 00:01:45,793 before you even touched the trigger, I'm afraid. 25 00:01:45,877 --> 00:01:48,296 But you'll learn. You'll learn in time. 26 00:01:49,172 --> 00:01:50,965 [Anthony] You make it sound so easy. 27 00:01:51,591 --> 00:01:53,468 Nothing ever rattles you, does it? 28 00:01:54,969 --> 00:01:57,931 Oh, I believe your mother would have quite a few things to say about that. 29 00:01:59,432 --> 00:02:02,143 You do know that you cannot show someone your best 30 00:02:02,977 --> 00:02:05,313 without allowing them to see your worst. 31 00:02:08,691 --> 00:02:10,985 Speaking of which, she would adore those. 32 00:02:12,362 --> 00:02:13,279 [grunts softly] 33 00:02:14,697 --> 00:02:15,531 [grunts] 34 00:02:16,032 --> 00:02:18,034 [buzzing] 35 00:02:20,870 --> 00:02:22,538 [sniffs] Ah. 36 00:02:23,081 --> 00:02:25,250 -They're quite lovely, are they not? -[buzzing] 37 00:02:25,333 --> 00:02:28,086 Daphne will be jealous if we return with nothing for her. 38 00:02:29,796 --> 00:02:31,047 Ugh, this bloody… 39 00:02:31,673 --> 00:02:32,548 Ah. 40 00:02:33,925 --> 00:02:34,801 Father? 41 00:02:36,803 --> 00:02:38,471 The damn thing stung me. 42 00:02:39,973 --> 00:02:41,266 -Whatever-- -[grunts] 43 00:02:42,350 --> 00:02:44,143 -[gasping] -[Anthony] Father? 44 00:02:45,895 --> 00:02:46,813 What is it? 45 00:02:46,896 --> 00:02:47,939 Father! 46 00:02:48,439 --> 00:02:49,607 [grunting] 47 00:02:49,691 --> 00:02:51,484 Wha-- What? 48 00:02:51,985 --> 00:02:53,736 -I can't-- [gasps] -Help us, someone! 49 00:02:53,820 --> 00:02:55,822 [tense music playing] 50 00:02:58,074 --> 00:03:00,243 Someone, please! Help! 51 00:03:00,326 --> 00:03:01,744 -[gasping] -Father! 52 00:03:02,954 --> 00:03:04,497 Help! 53 00:03:04,580 --> 00:03:05,498 What happened? 54 00:03:05,581 --> 00:03:07,709 I don't know! I don't know! I don't know! 55 00:03:07,792 --> 00:03:10,086 Was it a bee? A bee, I think. 56 00:03:10,169 --> 00:03:11,838 -Edmund. -[gasping] 57 00:03:11,921 --> 00:03:14,590 -[Violet] Edmund, you must breathe. -[gasps] I can't-- 58 00:03:18,052 --> 00:03:20,263 [Violet breathing heavily] 59 00:03:21,431 --> 00:03:22,598 No, no. 60 00:03:22,682 --> 00:03:24,392 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 61 00:03:24,475 --> 00:03:26,477 Please don't. Do not leave me. 62 00:03:27,186 --> 00:03:29,188 No, Ed-- Edmund! 63 00:03:29,856 --> 00:03:31,649 [sobbing] Do not leave me! 64 00:03:34,944 --> 00:03:35,820 [sobbing] 65 00:03:37,488 --> 00:03:38,906 [inhales sharply, gasps] 66 00:03:39,574 --> 00:03:40,533 Oh, God! 67 00:03:43,202 --> 00:03:44,245 [Violet sniffles] 68 00:03:44,329 --> 00:03:46,080 The other children. They cannot-- 69 00:03:46,622 --> 00:03:48,416 [sobbing] They cannot see him. 70 00:03:50,585 --> 00:03:51,794 Anthony! 71 00:03:52,420 --> 00:03:53,713 Go! 72 00:03:54,922 --> 00:03:56,174 [continues sobbing] 73 00:03:56,257 --> 00:03:59,052 [heartbeat thumping] 74 00:04:11,189 --> 00:04:13,691 [Lady Whistledown] {\an8}We all know the great lengths 75 00:04:13,775 --> 00:04:17,445 {\an8}a young lady will go in pursuit of a proposal. 76 00:04:17,528 --> 00:04:21,366 {\an8}And apparently, she will travel great distances too. 77 00:04:21,449 --> 00:04:25,620 {\an8}Lord Anthony Bridgerton appears to be inching ever so closer 78 00:04:25,703 --> 00:04:27,663 to selecting his viscountess, 79 00:04:27,747 --> 00:04:31,042 and to that end has invited our diamond to join him 80 00:04:31,125 --> 00:04:36,422 for an excursion at his ancestral home, Aubrey Hall. 81 00:04:37,048 --> 00:04:39,384 Perhaps I'll wear the pink silks at dinner tonight. 82 00:04:39,967 --> 00:04:41,594 Do you think Lord Bridgerton will like it? 83 00:04:41,677 --> 00:04:42,845 Of course he will, Bon. 84 00:04:42,929 --> 00:04:46,599 You need not worry about the viscount's favor, Miss Edwina. 85 00:04:46,682 --> 00:04:50,228 It is an exceedingly good sign that he has invited us to spend a few days 86 00:04:50,311 --> 00:04:54,649 with the family, before the rest of the ton arrives for the real party. 87 00:04:54,732 --> 00:04:55,817 [both chuckle softly] 88 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:58,486 Perhaps by then, you will have an engagement to announce. 89 00:04:58,569 --> 00:05:00,988 -[dog whimpers] -He will be assessing me, I know. 90 00:05:01,072 --> 00:05:03,282 Considering how I might perform as viscountess. 91 00:05:03,366 --> 00:05:05,118 [Kate] And he should not be the only one. 92 00:05:05,201 --> 00:05:09,747 You too must consider if Lord Bridgerton is everything you want in a match as well. 93 00:05:09,831 --> 00:05:10,957 [Lady Danbury] Indeed. 94 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,085 We should all pass the week with open minds. 95 00:05:16,462 --> 00:05:18,589 I shall be the very picture of amiability. 96 00:05:19,173 --> 00:05:21,843 Very well. Pink it is for dinner. 97 00:05:21,926 --> 00:05:27,682 [Lady Whistledown] Country air indeed clears the mind and invigorates the body. 98 00:05:27,765 --> 00:05:31,686 Might this be the final gust that pushes the viscount 99 00:05:31,769 --> 00:05:34,230 over the precipice of a proposal? 100 00:05:34,814 --> 00:05:38,484 Of course, the luckless souls remaining in town 101 00:05:38,568 --> 00:05:40,987 will have to find new diversions 102 00:05:41,070 --> 00:05:44,532 in the absence of their most precious of stones. 103 00:05:44,615 --> 00:05:45,741 For goodness' sake, Penelope. 104 00:05:45,825 --> 00:05:47,994 Stop your pacing before you give me indigestion. 105 00:05:48,077 --> 00:05:49,036 Apologies, Mama. 106 00:05:49,662 --> 00:05:52,707 We have much to do before joining the Bridgertons in a few days. 107 00:05:52,790 --> 00:05:55,126 We will head to the modiste after breakfast. 108 00:05:55,209 --> 00:05:56,669 The modiste? Today? 109 00:05:58,838 --> 00:06:01,966 Oh. Are you off to make calls this morning, my lord? 110 00:06:02,049 --> 00:06:03,176 Anyone in particular? 111 00:06:03,259 --> 00:06:06,554 -I thought to pay a visit to White's. -[Lady Featherington] Excellent idea. 112 00:06:06,637 --> 00:06:09,724 I'm sure you'll find the gentlemen there very good company. 113 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:11,601 Good day, ladies. 114 00:06:14,270 --> 00:06:16,898 [sighs softly] I suppose I should be glad 115 00:06:16,981 --> 00:06:19,233 that he's not already out courting his future bride. 116 00:06:19,317 --> 00:06:21,360 It's only a matter of time before he brings home 117 00:06:21,444 --> 00:06:24,697 some young beauty to oust us out onto the streets. 118 00:06:25,323 --> 00:06:27,116 Perhaps it will be Miss Uxbridge. 119 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,327 Now, there's a chickabiddy if ever I saw one. 120 00:06:29,410 --> 00:06:31,496 Varley. Not helping. 121 00:06:33,831 --> 00:06:36,292 What we need to find is someone 122 00:06:36,959 --> 00:06:37,835 malleable. 123 00:06:37,919 --> 00:06:39,921 Someone stupid enough not to know any better, 124 00:06:40,004 --> 00:06:43,132 and certainly not to know how to take on and manage a household. 125 00:06:43,216 --> 00:06:45,676 That would be in our best interest. 126 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:46,594 The question is… 127 00:06:48,387 --> 00:06:49,722 -where? -Hmm. 128 00:06:50,473 --> 00:06:52,642 [Prudence] I want to move into Philippa's room. 129 00:06:52,725 --> 00:06:55,144 Why she always got the bigger one has never been fair. 130 00:06:56,354 --> 00:06:57,313 What? 131 00:06:59,482 --> 00:07:03,319 We were just saying what an eligible match Lord Featherington would make. 132 00:07:03,402 --> 00:07:05,112 -For whom? -You. 133 00:07:05,196 --> 00:07:06,155 But he's our cousin. 134 00:07:06,239 --> 00:07:08,866 -Oh, Penelope. -[Prudence] But he is our cousin. 135 00:07:08,950 --> 00:07:11,494 And since when has that ever created an issue? 136 00:07:11,577 --> 00:07:14,121 It is not odd to marry one's cousin. 137 00:07:14,205 --> 00:07:17,208 It is regal. Just look at the royal family. 138 00:07:19,877 --> 00:07:22,338 Besides, he's your fourth cousin, nonetheless. 139 00:07:22,421 --> 00:07:26,217 Do you not wish to be lady of this household, Prudence? 140 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:30,846 Hosting dinners and balls, the envy of all your friends? 141 00:07:30,930 --> 00:07:33,182 -Would I have such authority? -If that is what you wish. 142 00:07:33,266 --> 00:07:35,142 You will charm him 143 00:07:35,977 --> 00:07:37,436 with some assistance. 144 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,523 You will need a new dress or two, 145 00:07:40,606 --> 00:07:43,609 to appear rather more tempting. 146 00:07:43,693 --> 00:07:44,860 Tempting for what? 147 00:07:45,945 --> 00:07:47,238 Never you mind. 148 00:07:47,321 --> 00:07:49,156 [gasps] Off to the modiste, indeed! 149 00:07:55,955 --> 00:07:57,164 [gasps] Sister! 150 00:07:57,248 --> 00:08:00,042 Oh, I am so pleased you were able to come. 151 00:08:00,126 --> 00:08:03,629 As if I would allow dear Augie to miss out on watching his mother 152 00:08:03,713 --> 00:08:05,506 win this little family tradition. 153 00:08:05,590 --> 00:08:08,676 -Second year in a row, if I might add. -Charming words from a duchess. 154 00:08:08,759 --> 00:08:10,177 A duchess who is still a Bridgerton. 155 00:08:10,261 --> 00:08:11,887 Oh, come and see the baby, Eloise. 156 00:08:12,638 --> 00:08:14,932 -Why? Has he changed since I saw him last? -[sighs] 157 00:08:15,016 --> 00:08:17,184 He's grown at least an inch, haven't you? 158 00:08:18,394 --> 00:08:20,813 -Who's that, then? -[Violet chuckles] 159 00:08:21,981 --> 00:08:23,441 Oh, my lovely. 160 00:08:23,524 --> 00:08:25,109 -[gasps] Here we go. -Yes. 161 00:08:25,192 --> 00:08:26,652 There we are. [gasps] 162 00:08:26,736 --> 00:08:27,737 There we go. 163 00:08:28,237 --> 00:08:30,364 -[baby crying] -[Violet exclaims] 164 00:08:30,448 --> 00:08:32,283 Do not mind your Auntie Eloise. 165 00:08:32,366 --> 00:08:36,078 She's too busy reading to notice anything else, as usual. 166 00:08:37,038 --> 00:08:38,289 [Eloise] Is it not nap time? 167 00:08:38,372 --> 00:08:42,543 Perhaps Uncle Colin will lull you to sleep with his many tales from his travels. 168 00:08:42,627 --> 00:08:46,297 Yes. I seem to be missing the peace and solitude of the Greek isles already. 169 00:08:47,006 --> 00:08:48,174 [affectionate laughter] 170 00:08:48,257 --> 00:08:50,885 [Daphne] Enjoying your brief respite 171 00:08:50,968 --> 00:08:54,221 from the ferocious packs of marriage-minded young ladies, Brother? 172 00:08:54,764 --> 00:08:56,432 Quite the opposite, Sister. 173 00:08:56,515 --> 00:09:00,353 I have invited one such young lady and her family to join us today. 174 00:09:00,436 --> 00:09:02,396 Anthony has invited a young lady to Aubrey Hall? 175 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,315 Yes, and she is quite lovely. 176 00:09:05,441 --> 00:09:06,817 My word! 177 00:09:06,901 --> 00:09:10,154 Well, I cannot wait to meet the woman who has captured your heart. 178 00:09:10,237 --> 00:09:11,530 Tell me, what is she like? 179 00:09:11,614 --> 00:09:15,409 Miss Edwina is the picture of grace, beauty, and charm. 180 00:09:15,493 --> 00:09:16,327 Hmm. 181 00:09:16,410 --> 00:09:19,497 Unfortunately, she has a most annoying sister who has styled herself 182 00:09:19,580 --> 00:09:20,748 as something of a gatekeeper. 183 00:09:21,957 --> 00:09:25,169 I'm afraid you must all help me win over both sisters, 184 00:09:25,252 --> 00:09:26,629 if I am to find my bride. 185 00:09:26,712 --> 00:09:30,383 And now you appeal for help. My, you must be smitten by this miss. 186 00:09:30,466 --> 00:09:32,885 Or the sister is a formidable obstacle, indeed. 187 00:09:32,968 --> 00:09:34,220 [Daphne] Fear not, Anthony. 188 00:09:34,303 --> 00:09:36,472 Seeing as though you were such a help to me last season, 189 00:09:36,555 --> 00:09:38,391 it would only be fair of me to return the favor. 190 00:09:38,474 --> 00:09:39,850 Is that a promise or a threat? 191 00:09:39,934 --> 00:09:40,768 Hmm. 192 00:09:41,310 --> 00:09:43,312 [horses snorting softly] 193 00:09:43,854 --> 00:09:45,856 Now, 194 00:09:45,940 --> 00:09:49,610 the only reason to endure such a journey 195 00:09:50,236 --> 00:09:56,450 is to see my great-godson. 196 00:09:56,534 --> 00:09:57,451 Hello. 197 00:09:57,535 --> 00:09:59,912 Well, it is a joy to see you as well, Lady Danbury. 198 00:09:59,995 --> 00:10:01,372 Oh, Your Grace. 199 00:10:01,455 --> 00:10:03,165 Lady Mary. 200 00:10:03,249 --> 00:10:05,584 -So pleased to have you. -Thank you for having us. 201 00:10:05,668 --> 00:10:08,504 -This is my daughter Edwina, you remember. -Lovely to see you. I do. 202 00:10:08,587 --> 00:10:11,549 -And, of course, Kate, my eldest. -[Violet chuckling] 203 00:10:20,558 --> 00:10:21,392 Ah. 204 00:10:21,892 --> 00:10:23,102 You're smiling. 205 00:10:23,769 --> 00:10:24,687 [sighs] 206 00:10:27,064 --> 00:10:28,941 I see my plan to win you over is already working. 207 00:10:29,024 --> 00:10:30,860 I was smiling at the view, 208 00:10:30,943 --> 00:10:32,319 which you are now blocking. 209 00:10:32,403 --> 00:10:33,487 [dog barks] 210 00:10:33,571 --> 00:10:35,281 -Oh, you brought your dog. -Yes. 211 00:10:35,364 --> 00:10:37,491 Newton is an excellent judge of character. 212 00:10:37,992 --> 00:10:39,118 -[barks] -Oh. 213 00:10:39,201 --> 00:10:40,745 -See. -[exhales] 214 00:10:41,454 --> 00:10:43,164 Mark my words, Miss Sharma. 215 00:10:43,247 --> 00:10:47,084 By the end of your stay, your opinion of me will be much improved. 216 00:10:47,793 --> 00:10:48,669 As will his. 217 00:10:48,753 --> 00:10:49,712 [growls softly] 218 00:10:49,795 --> 00:10:51,505 I did not think you such an optimist. 219 00:10:51,589 --> 00:10:54,717 Since your schemes to manipulate me are now out in the open, 220 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,303 I suppose it would be an improvement, indeed. 221 00:10:57,386 --> 00:10:59,889 And you must be Miss Edwina. 222 00:10:59,972 --> 00:11:00,973 [Anthony] No. 223 00:11:02,141 --> 00:11:03,642 This is her sister. 224 00:11:03,726 --> 00:11:05,227 Miss Kate Sharma. 225 00:11:05,311 --> 00:11:07,480 Ah. Forgive me, Miss Sharma. 226 00:11:07,563 --> 00:11:09,398 I'm entirely flattered, Your Grace. 227 00:11:09,482 --> 00:11:12,693 Allow me to introduce my sister, Miss Edwina. 228 00:11:18,115 --> 00:11:20,618 -It is an honor, Your Grace. -[chuckles softly] 229 00:11:20,701 --> 00:11:24,330 Miss Edwina, I am pleased to introduce you to Aubrey Hall. 230 00:11:24,413 --> 00:11:26,916 [chuckles softly] It is a beautiful home. 231 00:11:27,541 --> 00:11:29,126 Thank you so much for inviting us. 232 00:11:29,210 --> 00:11:32,963 I very much look forward to spending time with you and your family. 233 00:11:34,757 --> 00:11:38,677 [Violet] Well, now, you must be weary from your travels. Mrs. Wilson. 234 00:11:38,761 --> 00:11:42,431 Please show our guests to their rooms so they might get refreshed. 235 00:11:42,515 --> 00:11:45,226 -And ready for battle. -Mm, indeed. 236 00:11:45,309 --> 00:11:47,311 -[chuckles] -What can you mean? 237 00:11:47,394 --> 00:11:49,814 [nervous chuckle] Do not mind Eloise. 238 00:11:49,897 --> 00:11:51,774 She's always so spirited in the country. 239 00:11:51,857 --> 00:11:53,317 Then we have that in common. 240 00:11:55,152 --> 00:11:56,237 -Mother? -[Violet] Mm? 241 00:11:56,904 --> 00:11:58,948 I believe there is something I shall be needing now. 242 00:12:00,783 --> 00:12:03,285 [Violet] So you're quite set on your decision, then, I take it? 243 00:12:03,369 --> 00:12:04,954 [Anthony] I made my intentions clear. 244 00:12:05,037 --> 00:12:08,415 [Violet] You must know there is no need to hurry such a momentous occasion. 245 00:12:08,499 --> 00:12:10,459 The Sharmas have barely unpacked their things. 246 00:12:10,543 --> 00:12:13,045 You should take the opportunity to get to know one another. 247 00:12:13,128 --> 00:12:14,755 Mm. Unnecessary. 248 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,592 Miss Edwina will make the perfect viscountess, to be sure. 249 00:12:33,023 --> 00:12:35,150 This house carries many memories, 250 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:37,653 good and bad. 251 00:12:39,613 --> 00:12:42,032 I only hope you are acting with a clear mind. 252 00:12:42,950 --> 00:12:44,869 You have wanted me to marry for years. 253 00:12:45,744 --> 00:12:47,246 And now you suggest I wait? 254 00:12:47,329 --> 00:12:48,330 I did not say that. 255 00:12:48,414 --> 00:12:50,416 I only want you to be certain. 256 00:12:56,422 --> 00:12:57,381 [door opens] 257 00:12:59,717 --> 00:13:00,551 [door closes] 258 00:13:00,634 --> 00:13:01,635 [Nelson] My lord? 259 00:13:01,719 --> 00:13:03,679 [Violet panting, sobbing] 260 00:13:03,762 --> 00:13:06,515 My lord, might we begin with the arrangements? 261 00:13:07,349 --> 00:13:09,476 The minister will need to be called, 262 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:12,062 and the casket, of course. One will need to be built. 263 00:13:12,146 --> 00:13:14,273 Forgive me, my lord. I have questions about the body. 264 00:13:14,857 --> 00:13:16,317 Should I move it from his chambers? 265 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,068 [Nelson] Also the business of the letters. 266 00:13:18,152 --> 00:13:20,279 -The letters? -[Nelson] To give notice of the death. 267 00:13:20,362 --> 00:13:23,032 Not just to the other family, but to the village too. 268 00:13:23,115 --> 00:13:25,993 We should send for the doctor. She's still hysterical. 269 00:13:26,076 --> 00:13:28,162 I also must ask, my lord. 270 00:13:28,245 --> 00:13:31,290 Might you already have the keys to your father's office? We've been searching. 271 00:13:31,373 --> 00:13:33,334 [Mrs. Wilson] With the baby, this cannot be good. 272 00:13:33,417 --> 00:13:35,294 [Nelson] I'll have your mother's things arranged, 273 00:13:35,377 --> 00:13:37,922 but I'll need to know which room you'd like her moved to. 274 00:13:38,005 --> 00:13:39,590 Why would Mother be moved? 275 00:13:39,673 --> 00:13:42,426 [Nelson] Because those rooms belong to you, my lord. 276 00:13:43,177 --> 00:13:44,887 You are the viscount now. 277 00:13:44,970 --> 00:13:46,972 [Violet weeping] 278 00:13:49,642 --> 00:13:51,143 [breathing shakily] 279 00:13:51,727 --> 00:13:53,729 [Violet continues sobbing] 280 00:14:00,861 --> 00:14:02,696 [Daphne] This will teach Colin. 281 00:14:02,780 --> 00:14:04,949 Last time, he put a wicket behind the goat barn. 282 00:14:05,032 --> 00:14:06,992 [Kate] What exactly are the rules of this game? 283 00:14:07,076 --> 00:14:08,827 [Daphne] Pall-mall is less about the rules, 284 00:14:08,911 --> 00:14:10,287 more about the goal. 285 00:14:10,371 --> 00:14:12,623 Which is, of course, to hit your ball through each wicket. 286 00:14:12,706 --> 00:14:15,542 The first player to send their ball through the last wicket wins. 287 00:14:15,626 --> 00:14:19,254 Simple enough. Though, if you are feeling devilish, 288 00:14:19,338 --> 00:14:21,799 you can use your turn to knock an opponent's ball 289 00:14:21,882 --> 00:14:24,385 as far away from their next wicket as you would like. 290 00:14:24,468 --> 00:14:27,721 Why waste a turn if the point is to get one's own ball through the wicket? 291 00:14:27,805 --> 00:14:29,515 To infuriate your opponent, I gather? 292 00:14:29,598 --> 00:14:32,518 Precisely. It is a poor player who plays the game, 293 00:14:32,601 --> 00:14:34,478 and a wise one who plays their opponent. 294 00:14:34,561 --> 00:14:36,480 I believe I shall rather enjoy this game. 295 00:14:36,563 --> 00:14:37,815 [chuckling softly] 296 00:14:39,024 --> 00:14:41,986 Right. Oh. Now, Benedict is a solid shot, 297 00:14:42,069 --> 00:14:43,737 but he avoids conflict. 298 00:14:43,821 --> 00:14:45,280 Colin is crafty. 299 00:14:45,364 --> 00:14:47,866 He will strike when he thinks you are least suspecting it, 300 00:14:47,950 --> 00:14:49,702 so always be suspecting it. 301 00:14:49,785 --> 00:14:52,913 Eloise concentrates entirely on defeating her older brothers. 302 00:14:52,997 --> 00:14:56,083 The hope is that she gets so absorbed by them that she forgets about you. 303 00:14:57,084 --> 00:15:00,379 I, of course, am a complete enigma who will divulge none of my secrets. 304 00:15:00,462 --> 00:15:03,048 And, well, then there is Anthony. 305 00:15:03,132 --> 00:15:05,467 Let me guess. A most ruthless, cutthroat player. 306 00:15:05,551 --> 00:15:07,428 [chuckles] Why, you have made his acquaintance. 307 00:15:07,511 --> 00:15:08,554 [chuckles] 308 00:15:09,555 --> 00:15:11,640 That is not to say he has no honor. 309 00:15:12,391 --> 00:15:16,687 He's usually the most genteel sportsman. Except as far as this field is concerned. 310 00:15:16,770 --> 00:15:19,064 I'm sure the viscount is an excellent player. 311 00:15:19,148 --> 00:15:21,358 We will all pass a very pleasant afternoon. 312 00:15:23,694 --> 00:15:26,280 [bell tolling] 313 00:15:26,363 --> 00:15:28,073 No, it should be lower in the bust. 314 00:15:28,157 --> 00:15:30,576 We must make the most of the young lady's figure. 315 00:15:32,161 --> 00:15:33,454 Lower. 316 00:15:33,537 --> 00:15:35,581 Madame, I must protest. 317 00:15:35,664 --> 00:15:37,332 -I don't pay you to protest. -The line of-- 318 00:15:37,416 --> 00:15:40,252 I pay you to fashion the dresses as I see fit. 319 00:15:40,335 --> 00:15:43,630 On second thought, perhaps it is this fabric. 320 00:15:43,714 --> 00:15:46,091 I hear there's a new modiste across the street, 321 00:15:46,175 --> 00:15:47,384 just arrived from Vienna. 322 00:15:47,468 --> 00:15:48,635 Perhaps she'll have something 323 00:15:48,719 --> 00:15:51,764 that will display your assets to their better advantage, Prudence. 324 00:15:51,847 --> 00:15:53,766 Let's get you dressed. [clears throat] 325 00:15:59,980 --> 00:16:01,065 [sighs] 326 00:16:05,194 --> 00:16:07,071 I quite liked your design. 327 00:16:07,154 --> 00:16:09,531 Merci beaucoup, Miss Penelope. 328 00:16:09,615 --> 00:16:14,411 I am always so clumsy with my dresses, it seems. 329 00:16:15,537 --> 00:16:17,748 Well, just the other day, I ripped my bodice, 330 00:16:17,831 --> 00:16:19,958 and I had to borrow a dress from my maid to return home. 331 00:16:20,042 --> 00:16:23,045 -I believe you might have seen me. -I do not recall. 332 00:16:23,545 --> 00:16:25,506 Are you often in that part of town? 333 00:16:25,589 --> 00:16:29,093 Seems it is rather far from the fashionable side, is it not? 334 00:16:29,927 --> 00:16:32,304 Perhaps I might ask you the same thing. 335 00:16:34,598 --> 00:16:35,557 But I will not 336 00:16:36,433 --> 00:16:39,812 because I happen to believe a lady's business is her own. 337 00:16:40,562 --> 00:16:42,356 -Would you not agree? -I-- 338 00:16:43,732 --> 00:16:46,026 Yes. I most certainly would. 339 00:16:46,110 --> 00:16:49,196 -[door opens] -[man] The silks you ordered, ma'am. 340 00:16:50,656 --> 00:16:52,574 Oh. You may leave them at the back. 341 00:16:53,784 --> 00:16:55,869 I only hope I may have use for them. 342 00:17:01,834 --> 00:17:02,835 [Colin] Let's toss a coin. 343 00:17:02,918 --> 00:17:05,003 Last year, we promised to let the youngest pick first. 344 00:17:05,087 --> 00:17:07,214 We pick based on alphabetical order. 345 00:17:07,297 --> 00:17:09,550 -That's the precedent. -It's meant to be a game, is it not? 346 00:17:09,633 --> 00:17:10,884 [Daphne] Everyone, please, now. 347 00:17:10,968 --> 00:17:12,553 The only fair thing to do 348 00:17:12,636 --> 00:17:16,557 is to let our invited guests choose their mallets and strike first. 349 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,809 Please, take your pick, Miss Edwina. 350 00:17:20,477 --> 00:17:21,311 Hmm. 351 00:17:22,604 --> 00:17:24,148 An excellent choice. 352 00:17:29,027 --> 00:17:31,947 -The mallet of death. -Would you look at that, Brother? 353 00:17:32,698 --> 00:17:33,699 Is this yours? 354 00:17:33,782 --> 00:17:35,409 Not at all. You're welcome to it. 355 00:17:35,492 --> 00:17:37,369 You threatened to beat me last time I touched-- 356 00:17:37,452 --> 00:17:40,038 -You exaggerate. -[Kate] Are you the superstitious sort? 357 00:17:40,122 --> 00:17:42,666 I know some men cannot perform without their familiar tools. 358 00:17:42,749 --> 00:17:44,126 Like a child with a blanket. 359 00:17:44,209 --> 00:17:45,794 [scoffing and chuckling] 360 00:17:45,878 --> 00:17:46,920 [Eloise clears throat] 361 00:17:47,004 --> 00:17:49,173 [Anthony] I can play perfectly well with any mallet. 362 00:17:49,256 --> 00:17:50,465 I wish you the best of luck. 363 00:17:50,549 --> 00:17:53,051 Are we to stand around deliberating all day, or shall we play? 364 00:17:53,635 --> 00:17:54,678 No! [groans] 365 00:17:54,761 --> 00:17:56,305 -[chuckling] -[Anthony sighs] 366 00:17:56,388 --> 00:17:58,432 -[Daphne] To the field of combat! -[Eloise] Mm-hmm. 367 00:17:58,515 --> 00:18:00,058 [jaunty classical music plays] 368 00:18:02,477 --> 00:18:03,353 [Colin] Come on. 369 00:18:04,771 --> 00:18:06,523 -[Benedict] Ooh. -[chuckling lightly] 370 00:18:08,108 --> 00:18:09,234 [Eloise gasps] 371 00:18:10,444 --> 00:18:11,778 [players whoop, exclaim] 372 00:18:11,862 --> 00:18:13,363 [laughing] 373 00:18:14,323 --> 00:18:16,950 -[grunts] -[Benedict] Out of practice much, Brother? 374 00:18:18,702 --> 00:18:19,828 Here, allow me. 375 00:18:21,205 --> 00:18:22,623 [exhales heavily] 376 00:18:23,665 --> 00:18:26,418 -Yes! [laughing] -[players exclaiming] 377 00:18:26,501 --> 00:18:28,879 [Daphne] What a shot! Good start. 378 00:18:30,756 --> 00:18:32,799 -[Benedict] Eloise, stop cheating. -No. 379 00:18:32,883 --> 00:18:34,426 [chuckling] 380 00:18:36,345 --> 00:18:37,846 [indistinct chatter] 381 00:18:39,890 --> 00:18:41,642 [Eloise] Would you take your shot? 382 00:18:43,936 --> 00:18:44,853 [Anthony groans] 383 00:18:44,937 --> 00:18:46,980 [Eloise] Ha! Rather unfortunate. 384 00:18:54,571 --> 00:18:56,949 -[all exclaiming] -[applause] 385 00:19:00,619 --> 00:19:04,248 Are the demands of the day affecting your game, Brother? 386 00:19:04,748 --> 00:19:05,874 Not a chance. 387 00:19:06,625 --> 00:19:08,627 Miss Edwina, I believe you are next. 388 00:19:09,294 --> 00:19:11,171 I did not wish to leave my ball in your path, 389 00:19:11,255 --> 00:19:13,674 so I've left an open space so you can send yours. 390 00:19:14,299 --> 00:19:15,884 How very kind of you, my lord. 391 00:19:24,101 --> 00:19:26,144 -[players groan] -[Lady Danbury] Just wide. 392 00:19:26,228 --> 00:19:28,146 -[Mary] Very good, Edwina. -[Anthony] Very good. 393 00:19:28,230 --> 00:19:30,190 Come on, Benedict. [sighs deeply] 394 00:19:30,274 --> 00:19:31,400 It was good. 395 00:19:31,942 --> 00:19:33,360 You'll find it gets easier. 396 00:19:34,152 --> 00:19:35,946 [women chuckling] 397 00:19:36,029 --> 00:19:36,947 Huh. 398 00:19:37,531 --> 00:19:39,741 Your head is clearly elsewhere, Brother. 399 00:19:39,825 --> 00:19:42,995 Otherwise, you never would have given me such an easy shot. 400 00:19:43,578 --> 00:19:44,913 [Lady Danbury] Yes! 401 00:19:45,706 --> 00:19:46,999 [Colin chuckles] 402 00:19:47,499 --> 00:19:49,793 I will admit, my thoughts are far from the field. 403 00:19:51,378 --> 00:19:53,380 [indistinct chatter] 404 00:19:54,548 --> 00:19:57,384 [chuckles] I have applied to become a student of art 405 00:19:58,385 --> 00:20:00,095 at the Royal Academy Schools. 406 00:20:00,178 --> 00:20:02,681 -Have you? Congratulations. -Well, do not celebrate yet. 407 00:20:02,764 --> 00:20:04,641 I await word of my acceptance. 408 00:20:05,267 --> 00:20:07,394 They only invite a select few to study there, it seems. 409 00:20:07,477 --> 00:20:09,187 But still, it is an exciting prospect. 410 00:20:09,271 --> 00:20:11,940 Well, it's hardly a grand tour, as you had with your travels. 411 00:20:12,024 --> 00:20:13,900 But, yes, 412 00:20:13,984 --> 00:20:16,403 I do hope to distinguish myself too. 413 00:20:18,113 --> 00:20:21,575 Watch it, now, Eloise. Yes, then. 414 00:20:21,658 --> 00:20:23,368 Send it. 415 00:20:23,452 --> 00:20:24,494 Send it! 416 00:20:24,578 --> 00:20:25,662 Brava! 417 00:20:25,746 --> 00:20:27,414 [laughing] 418 00:20:29,416 --> 00:20:30,334 [both sigh] 419 00:20:30,834 --> 00:20:33,128 Oh, I must compliment you on your daughters, Lady Mary. 420 00:20:33,211 --> 00:20:35,047 They are a credit to you. 421 00:20:35,130 --> 00:20:36,965 They are my greatest blessing indeed. 422 00:20:37,049 --> 00:20:39,384 And perhaps our greatest challenge too. 423 00:20:39,468 --> 00:20:40,385 [laughs] 424 00:20:40,469 --> 00:20:42,262 During the marriage mart, at least. 425 00:20:42,346 --> 00:20:43,597 [both laughing] 426 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,016 Yes, the season can be quite cutthroat. 427 00:20:46,099 --> 00:20:47,225 It has been some time 428 00:20:47,309 --> 00:20:49,144 since you have been on English soil, has it not? 429 00:20:49,227 --> 00:20:51,605 Not since I left with my late husband. 430 00:20:52,939 --> 00:20:54,441 A lifetime ago, it seems. 431 00:20:56,943 --> 00:20:58,278 I quite understand. 432 00:20:58,779 --> 00:21:01,740 Aubrey Hall holds many such memories for me as well. 433 00:21:02,616 --> 00:21:05,827 Well, they are off to a slow start, 434 00:21:05,911 --> 00:21:08,955 but I have hopes of bloodshed yet. 435 00:21:09,039 --> 00:21:10,082 [chuckles] 436 00:21:10,582 --> 00:21:11,792 Lady Danbury jests. 437 00:21:11,875 --> 00:21:15,045 My children may be rivalrous, but we have yet to lose any limbs. 438 00:21:16,797 --> 00:21:19,591 Motherhood seems to suit the duchess very well. 439 00:21:19,674 --> 00:21:21,468 Yes, it does. 440 00:21:21,551 --> 00:21:26,723 Our matchmaking efforts last season were quite wise indeed, Lady Bridgerton. 441 00:21:27,391 --> 00:21:31,353 Yes. Perhaps we will have such success again, Lady Danbury. 442 00:21:31,853 --> 00:21:33,730 Your follow-through seems widely off-course. 443 00:21:33,814 --> 00:21:37,567 If they can somehow stay the course. 444 00:21:39,361 --> 00:21:41,363 [rousing classical music plays] 445 00:21:41,446 --> 00:21:43,198 -Yes! -[cheering] 446 00:21:43,824 --> 00:21:44,866 Mark me, Brother! 447 00:21:47,828 --> 00:21:48,870 [all exclaiming] 448 00:21:48,954 --> 00:21:50,330 [Benedict] Cracking shot! 449 00:21:50,414 --> 00:21:52,290 -Yes! -[Colin laughs] 450 00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:54,709 -[players] Oh! -[Daphne] Oh, what luck! 451 00:21:57,879 --> 00:21:59,214 You have the chance to best him. 452 00:21:59,297 --> 00:22:01,216 That would not be very sportsmanlike, would it? 453 00:22:01,299 --> 00:22:04,469 I was told unsportsmanlike conduct was a requirement for this game. 454 00:22:04,553 --> 00:22:07,139 [chuckles] A fast learner you are indeed, Miss Sharma. 455 00:22:07,222 --> 00:22:08,223 [Benedict chuckles] 456 00:22:09,266 --> 00:22:10,851 What do you say, my lord? 457 00:22:10,934 --> 00:22:12,144 Are you in a losing mood? 458 00:22:12,227 --> 00:22:15,397 My mood shall remain unchanged, regardless of your choice. 459 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,859 Ah, is that so? You would bravely bear the crushing shame of defeat? 460 00:22:18,942 --> 00:22:21,570 -Play pleasant, Didi. -Not to worry, Miss Edwina. 461 00:22:21,653 --> 00:22:24,114 In light of my brothers' and sisters' tactics, 462 00:22:24,197 --> 00:22:26,658 Miss Sharma conducts herself with much grace indeed. 463 00:22:26,741 --> 00:22:27,784 Huh. [clicks tongue] 464 00:22:27,868 --> 00:22:29,786 Then you shall not mind this. 465 00:22:32,497 --> 00:22:34,416 -[chuckles] -Well done! 466 00:22:34,499 --> 00:22:36,001 [applause] 467 00:22:37,711 --> 00:22:39,296 -I knew I liked her. -Miss Edwina. 468 00:22:40,338 --> 00:22:41,339 It's your turn. 469 00:22:41,423 --> 00:22:42,340 Oh. 470 00:22:54,895 --> 00:22:56,062 [Benedict groans] 471 00:23:02,277 --> 00:23:03,695 I am bested, I see. 472 00:23:03,778 --> 00:23:06,948 You could still retrieve your ball if you wish to stay in the game. 473 00:23:07,032 --> 00:23:07,908 [chuckles softly] 474 00:23:18,376 --> 00:23:19,961 I think I shall cut out. 475 00:23:26,009 --> 00:23:26,843 I sh… 476 00:23:28,553 --> 00:23:31,139 I shall, uh… join you if you like? 477 00:23:33,808 --> 00:23:36,269 There is no need to spoil your fun on my account. 478 00:23:36,770 --> 00:23:39,105 I shall enjoy some refreshments with our mamas. 479 00:23:43,610 --> 00:23:45,070 -[Daphne] Oh! -[mallet cracks] 480 00:23:45,153 --> 00:23:46,988 [Benedict] Ugh. I missed it. 481 00:23:47,072 --> 00:23:48,782 [Eloise] Colin, it's your turn. 482 00:23:48,865 --> 00:23:49,741 [sighs] 483 00:23:55,956 --> 00:23:57,749 [Anthony] Oh, what a shot, Brother! 484 00:23:58,250 --> 00:23:59,751 [chuckling] 485 00:23:59,834 --> 00:24:01,836 Yes! What a shame. 486 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,296 You two better go fetch them. 487 00:24:03,380 --> 00:24:05,799 Unless you would like to quit, here and now? 488 00:24:05,882 --> 00:24:07,884 [jaunty classical music plays] 489 00:24:08,802 --> 00:24:10,136 Absolutely not. 490 00:24:10,220 --> 00:24:11,429 After you. 491 00:24:25,777 --> 00:24:26,736 [Anthony groans] 492 00:24:28,446 --> 00:24:29,531 [Anthony grunts] 493 00:24:29,614 --> 00:24:32,117 You best hope your play does not hand victory to my brothers, 494 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,702 or we shall never hear the end of it. 495 00:24:33,785 --> 00:24:36,413 While you would be magnanimous in victory, I am sure. 496 00:24:37,122 --> 00:24:38,665 [panting] 497 00:24:40,166 --> 00:24:41,042 Oh. 498 00:24:41,126 --> 00:24:42,002 Dash it! 499 00:24:42,085 --> 00:24:44,087 -[insects buzzing] -[birds chirping] 500 00:24:46,089 --> 00:24:49,426 We could pluck them out. No one would be any the wiser. 501 00:24:50,343 --> 00:24:51,428 But I would know. 502 00:24:52,971 --> 00:24:54,097 [sighs] 503 00:24:54,681 --> 00:24:58,268 So, you do have honor, then. At least as far as sport is concerned. 504 00:24:58,351 --> 00:25:00,770 That, and the fact I suspect you'd loudly advertise my cheating 505 00:25:00,854 --> 00:25:02,147 the moment I stepped out of line. 506 00:25:02,230 --> 00:25:03,523 And vice versa. 507 00:25:05,984 --> 00:25:07,027 [mud squelches] 508 00:25:11,656 --> 00:25:13,158 There's nothing for it, then. 509 00:25:27,297 --> 00:25:28,214 [sighs] 510 00:25:28,757 --> 00:25:30,175 Your play, my lord. 511 00:25:30,258 --> 00:25:33,011 Unless you do not wish to dirty those fine boots of yours? 512 00:25:33,094 --> 00:25:35,096 Do not worry about my boots. 513 00:25:37,724 --> 00:25:39,726 [whimsical music plays] 514 00:25:50,862 --> 00:25:52,405 [boots sloshing] 515 00:25:59,162 --> 00:25:59,996 Help. 516 00:26:01,039 --> 00:26:02,040 Just pull. 517 00:26:02,123 --> 00:26:04,042 I am trying. It is stuck. 518 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,004 [sighs] 519 00:26:13,510 --> 00:26:15,345 -Ow! -Do you want my help or not? 520 00:26:16,054 --> 00:26:16,888 [chuckles] 521 00:26:18,973 --> 00:26:20,183 -[grunts] -[shrieks] 522 00:26:22,936 --> 00:26:23,853 [Anthony groans] 523 00:26:26,981 --> 00:26:28,149 It is not amusing. 524 00:26:28,233 --> 00:26:29,609 I did not say it was. 525 00:26:31,611 --> 00:26:33,613 [breathing heavily] 526 00:26:35,407 --> 00:26:37,409 [both chuckling] 527 00:26:39,661 --> 00:26:41,830 [both laughing] 528 00:26:45,458 --> 00:26:47,377 I can't-- [clears throat] 529 00:26:48,086 --> 00:26:49,170 [Kate sighs] 530 00:26:50,797 --> 00:26:52,590 -[Anthony groans] -[both chuckle] 531 00:26:54,968 --> 00:26:58,179 I believe I… underestimated you, Miss Sharma. 532 00:26:59,097 --> 00:27:02,142 That seems to be the theme of our acquaintance, does it not? 533 00:27:02,225 --> 00:27:03,309 [Anthony grunts] 534 00:27:04,477 --> 00:27:06,855 Well, since we are long past formalities… 535 00:27:09,482 --> 00:27:11,025 tell me frankly. [grunts] 536 00:27:11,860 --> 00:27:13,528 What must I do to win your approval? 537 00:27:13,611 --> 00:27:16,197 I do not withhold it out of spite, my lord. 538 00:27:17,198 --> 00:27:20,952 I simply wish to steer my sister to the greatest possible happiness. 539 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,122 I'd have thought you could understand my position, 540 00:27:24,205 --> 00:27:27,000 seeing as you too have sisters to protect. 541 00:27:27,083 --> 00:27:28,585 It's different. It's my duty as their-- 542 00:27:28,668 --> 00:27:32,046 I am the same for Edwina, in every way that matters. 543 00:27:34,215 --> 00:27:36,551 Then let us put our past acrimony behind us, 544 00:27:36,634 --> 00:27:37,594 and allow me to prove 545 00:27:37,677 --> 00:27:40,305 I can offer your sister all the happiness and security you seek. 546 00:27:40,388 --> 00:27:41,222 Could you… 547 00:27:42,348 --> 00:27:43,725 Could you do me that favor? 548 00:27:50,064 --> 00:27:51,191 Truce or not, 549 00:27:52,192 --> 00:27:54,861 I shall never surrender to you on the sporting field. 550 00:27:58,281 --> 00:27:59,199 Ha! 551 00:27:59,282 --> 00:28:00,700 Your turn, my lord. 552 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,207 Is something the matter? 553 00:28:07,290 --> 00:28:09,250 -[Colin exclaims] -[Daphne] I have won! 554 00:28:09,334 --> 00:28:10,585 [laughter and applause] 555 00:28:10,668 --> 00:28:12,003 [chuckles] 556 00:28:12,086 --> 00:28:14,005 She will be amusing company at dinner. 557 00:28:20,386 --> 00:28:22,472 Lord Bridgerton, do you not wish to retrieve-- 558 00:28:22,555 --> 00:28:23,723 The game is over. 559 00:28:24,641 --> 00:28:26,643 [somber classical music plays] 560 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,821 -[thunder crashing] -[Violet shrieking] 561 00:29:20,530 --> 00:29:21,739 [Violet sobbing] 562 00:29:24,951 --> 00:29:27,203 [moaning in pain] 563 00:29:27,287 --> 00:29:29,372 [young Daphne singing indistinctly] 564 00:29:29,455 --> 00:29:30,957 [Violet] You cannot do this. 565 00:29:31,541 --> 00:29:33,835 You get him back in here now! 566 00:29:33,918 --> 00:29:36,671 My lord. You must come in. 567 00:29:36,754 --> 00:29:37,589 Me? 568 00:29:37,672 --> 00:29:38,923 It is imperative. 569 00:29:39,007 --> 00:29:41,009 -Ah. -[Violet moaning] 570 00:29:48,266 --> 00:29:49,934 [Violet screaming] 571 00:29:50,018 --> 00:29:53,354 [Doctor Lewis] All is well. Please. You must not be standing. 572 00:29:53,438 --> 00:29:55,523 All is not well. I have done this seven times. 573 00:29:55,607 --> 00:29:58,985 I know what well is, and this is not well. He cannot do this. 574 00:29:59,068 --> 00:29:59,903 [panting] 575 00:29:59,986 --> 00:30:02,530 I will not allow it. You stop him. 576 00:30:02,614 --> 00:30:04,324 The baby is not in position. 577 00:30:04,949 --> 00:30:06,868 -What does that mean? -It's turned the wrong way. 578 00:30:06,951 --> 00:30:08,661 I need to know what you'd like us to do. 579 00:30:08,745 --> 00:30:10,330 -I don't know what you-- -I'll do my best. 580 00:30:10,413 --> 00:30:12,790 But there may need to be a choice made. 581 00:30:14,375 --> 00:30:16,085 Who would your lordship prefer? 582 00:30:17,545 --> 00:30:20,256 -What? -[Violet] What are you saying to him? 583 00:30:20,340 --> 00:30:22,550 I told you, you may not speak to him. 584 00:30:22,634 --> 00:30:24,761 Speak to me! 585 00:30:24,844 --> 00:30:25,678 [shouts] 586 00:30:25,762 --> 00:30:27,931 It is a conversation for his lordship. 587 00:30:28,014 --> 00:30:30,850 [Violet] His lordship is a child! 588 00:30:31,768 --> 00:30:36,856 He's my child. He was born in this very room, from this very body. 589 00:30:36,940 --> 00:30:39,317 It is no matter to him. 590 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,069 Let us speak in the hall. 591 00:30:41,152 --> 00:30:43,696 [Violet] No, Anthony. Do not leave this room. 592 00:30:43,780 --> 00:30:46,699 Mother, please. Lie down, still your mind. 593 00:30:46,783 --> 00:30:49,285 I will find out what he is asking of me and return immediately. 594 00:30:49,369 --> 00:30:53,498 He is asking of you to decide which one of us should live. 595 00:30:53,581 --> 00:30:56,167 Me or the baby. 596 00:30:56,250 --> 00:30:59,504 You kill the baby. You save the mother. 597 00:31:00,296 --> 00:31:03,091 You cut the mother. You save the child. 598 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:04,968 It is not your choice to make. 599 00:31:05,051 --> 00:31:07,053 -It is mine. -It is his lordship's choice. 600 00:31:07,136 --> 00:31:09,305 Edmund is his lordship! 601 00:31:09,389 --> 00:31:10,640 [sobbing] 602 00:31:12,558 --> 00:31:15,061 The choice is Edmund's. 603 00:31:15,144 --> 00:31:18,815 It could only be Edmund's because he loved me. 604 00:31:19,774 --> 00:31:24,570 He loved me so much. This wouldn't even be a conversation. 605 00:31:25,697 --> 00:31:27,699 Because that kind of love, 606 00:31:28,825 --> 00:31:32,120 the answer, this choice, 607 00:31:32,912 --> 00:31:34,330 is obvious. 608 00:31:34,414 --> 00:31:35,665 [groans, sniffles] 609 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,794 I should not have to explain this to anyone! 610 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,339 [sobbing] Edmund should be here! 611 00:31:43,923 --> 00:31:45,174 [wails] 612 00:31:48,011 --> 00:31:49,178 Do what she wants. 613 00:31:49,262 --> 00:31:51,305 -Your lordship-- -Whatever she chooses. 614 00:31:52,473 --> 00:31:54,058 I will do my best to save them both. 615 00:31:54,142 --> 00:31:55,852 [Violet wails loudly] 616 00:31:59,522 --> 00:32:01,566 [Violet crying faintly] Do not leave me! 617 00:32:10,992 --> 00:32:14,537 Flutter it so, to draw his eyes to your bosom. 618 00:32:15,163 --> 00:32:16,080 There. 619 00:32:16,706 --> 00:32:18,332 And remember to laugh at his jokes. 620 00:32:18,416 --> 00:32:20,585 Every man wishes to be thought a sharp wit. 621 00:32:20,668 --> 00:32:21,836 [door opens] 622 00:32:21,919 --> 00:32:23,254 Good afternoon. 623 00:32:28,217 --> 00:32:30,928 It is a good day, indeed. 624 00:32:31,929 --> 00:32:33,181 It's hot, though. 625 00:32:34,265 --> 00:32:35,516 Is it not, Prudence? 626 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,685 Yes, it's very hot. 627 00:32:38,853 --> 00:32:40,396 Unseasonably so. 628 00:32:40,980 --> 00:32:41,981 [clears throat] 629 00:32:44,567 --> 00:32:47,028 Mama, might I return to the modiste? 630 00:32:47,111 --> 00:32:49,197 -I need new ribbons. -Not now, Penelope. 631 00:32:53,951 --> 00:32:54,952 Uh… [clears throat] 632 00:32:55,036 --> 00:32:58,206 Prudence was just asking about the Americas. 633 00:32:58,289 --> 00:33:00,416 -Were you not, Prudence? -I-- 634 00:33:01,250 --> 00:33:02,085 Yes. 635 00:33:02,877 --> 00:33:04,212 You have an interest in travel? 636 00:33:04,796 --> 00:33:06,089 Adore it. 637 00:33:07,381 --> 00:33:09,842 [hesitates] I mean to say, I would adore it. 638 00:33:11,052 --> 00:33:13,596 I-- I have not been further than Sussex. 639 00:33:14,430 --> 00:33:17,892 Mama says everywhere beyond Hampshire is positively uncivilized. 640 00:33:18,434 --> 00:33:20,269 [Lady Featherington chuckles softly] 641 00:33:21,312 --> 00:33:22,230 How she jests. 642 00:33:22,313 --> 00:33:25,108 Dear Pru is… such a wit. [chuckles] 643 00:33:25,191 --> 00:33:28,069 Well, the Americas are certainly further than Hampshire. 644 00:33:29,112 --> 00:33:32,406 [cackles loudly] 645 00:33:37,078 --> 00:33:39,747 Oh, I have invited the Cowpers to dinner this evening. 646 00:33:41,457 --> 00:33:42,583 The Cowpers? 647 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,129 Uh, could this have anything to do 648 00:33:46,212 --> 00:33:49,215 with the necklace you gifted Miss Cowper, I believe it was? 649 00:33:49,298 --> 00:33:51,592 [Jack] Do I need a reason to enjoy their company? 650 00:33:52,093 --> 00:33:54,428 You'll make the arrangements? Venison, perhaps? 651 00:33:56,556 --> 00:33:58,933 [sighs] It did not work. 652 00:33:59,016 --> 00:34:01,561 Cousin Jack did not glance once at my bosom. 653 00:34:01,644 --> 00:34:03,187 Stop calling him that. 654 00:34:04,647 --> 00:34:06,023 And stop that too. 655 00:34:10,987 --> 00:34:13,156 I do hope the afternoon was not too taxing for you. 656 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:14,866 Not at all, my lord. 657 00:34:15,575 --> 00:34:18,786 My brothers and sisters, they can be wearying. 658 00:34:18,870 --> 00:34:21,706 Oh. I find it is impossible for me 659 00:34:21,789 --> 00:34:24,167 to grow weary in the fresh country air. 660 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:25,585 That is a happy outlook. 661 00:34:26,085 --> 00:34:28,963 You shall need it if you are to spend much more time with the Bridgertons. 662 00:34:29,046 --> 00:34:29,964 [exhales] 663 00:34:35,928 --> 00:34:38,890 Do you imagine you should like to raise your family out here 664 00:34:38,973 --> 00:34:40,558 in the country, my lord? 665 00:34:40,641 --> 00:34:44,604 It is likely my responsibilities will keep me moving around quite often. 666 00:34:45,396 --> 00:34:48,107 It is entirely possible that there will be stretches of time 667 00:34:48,733 --> 00:34:51,110 where I'll be apart from my children. My wife too. 668 00:34:51,194 --> 00:34:52,153 [chuckles softly] 669 00:34:53,112 --> 00:34:56,073 I do look forward to supporting my husband 670 00:34:56,157 --> 00:34:58,117 in whatever his endeavors may be. 671 00:34:59,118 --> 00:35:02,079 [Anthony] You do express yourself so agreeably, Miss Edwina. 672 00:35:02,163 --> 00:35:04,707 It is refreshing and rare indeed. 673 00:35:08,127 --> 00:35:10,296 Though, to be clear, my lord, 674 00:35:11,172 --> 00:35:13,633 that is not to say I do not have a mind of my own. 675 00:35:14,425 --> 00:35:16,385 I have found that 676 00:35:16,469 --> 00:35:18,387 one may easily remain agreeable 677 00:35:18,471 --> 00:35:20,973 when one also has inner resources. 678 00:35:21,849 --> 00:35:24,227 I myself am fortunate 679 00:35:24,310 --> 00:35:28,189 to have found a love of literature, but also of learning as well. 680 00:35:28,773 --> 00:35:30,608 It is why I am 681 00:35:31,234 --> 00:35:34,195 quite content in different circumstances. 682 00:35:34,737 --> 00:35:35,905 Fulfilled even, 683 00:35:36,572 --> 00:35:39,659 in all my varied interests and employments, you see. 684 00:35:42,036 --> 00:35:43,037 I must admit to you. 685 00:35:45,081 --> 00:35:47,208 The only books I have read this year 686 00:35:47,291 --> 00:35:50,127 are ledgers of the estate's accounts. 687 00:35:50,211 --> 00:35:53,381 [quietly] And, um, they're all dreadfully boring. 688 00:35:53,464 --> 00:35:54,799 [chuckles lightly] 689 00:35:55,716 --> 00:35:57,718 [all chuckling softly] 690 00:35:59,220 --> 00:36:01,097 It is perfect, then. 691 00:36:01,180 --> 00:36:02,640 You are much too busy to read, 692 00:36:02,723 --> 00:36:05,476 and I am very much in need of someone to tell about my stories. 693 00:36:05,559 --> 00:36:06,894 [Anthony chuckles lightly] 694 00:36:06,978 --> 00:36:08,854 [Edwina] I so enjoy talking of books. 695 00:36:09,647 --> 00:36:10,648 Go on, then. 696 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:13,526 Have you read Ghalib? 697 00:36:17,321 --> 00:36:18,864 -Never. -[chuckles] 698 00:36:19,657 --> 00:36:20,533 Good. 699 00:36:20,616 --> 00:36:22,118 [both chuckle] 700 00:36:24,704 --> 00:36:26,372 -[chuckling] -[indistinct chatter] 701 00:36:26,455 --> 00:36:28,124 He is quite funny. 702 00:36:28,207 --> 00:36:29,041 [Kate] Hmm. 703 00:36:29,542 --> 00:36:31,752 -A good thing, I suppose. -Intelligent too. 704 00:36:31,836 --> 00:36:33,629 I would have not expected otherwise. 705 00:36:33,713 --> 00:36:36,465 And the conversation, there were no awkward pauses. 706 00:36:36,549 --> 00:36:38,926 Really. No truly disastrous lulls. 707 00:36:39,844 --> 00:36:40,970 What… 708 00:36:41,053 --> 00:36:42,346 What did you talk about? 709 00:36:42,430 --> 00:36:44,265 [Edwina] His family, to begin with. 710 00:36:44,348 --> 00:36:48,019 [Kate] So it was all about him, then? Bon, if the conversation felt one-sided-- 711 00:36:48,102 --> 00:36:49,270 Only it did not. 712 00:36:49,895 --> 00:36:53,899 [sighs] I was convinced my poor showing on the pall-mall field 713 00:36:53,983 --> 00:36:56,694 left the viscount feeling… indifferent. 714 00:36:56,777 --> 00:37:00,114 But he asked me questions about myself, about our family. 715 00:37:00,197 --> 00:37:02,491 He was interested in everything I had to say, Didi. 716 00:37:02,575 --> 00:37:04,910 In the books I have read, even in the books I have not. 717 00:37:06,203 --> 00:37:07,204 Well, uh, 718 00:37:08,456 --> 00:37:12,043 I-- I only hope his intentions were genuine and nothing less. 719 00:37:12,126 --> 00:37:14,670 I truly believe something will come of this. 720 00:37:14,754 --> 00:37:15,588 [chuckles] 721 00:37:17,590 --> 00:37:18,883 A proposal, Didi. 722 00:37:20,176 --> 00:37:21,469 I can feel it. 723 00:37:23,804 --> 00:37:26,390 So, it is all going well, then? 724 00:37:26,474 --> 00:37:27,767 Extremely. 725 00:37:27,850 --> 00:37:32,271 And did Miss Edwina mention pall-mall? She did not appear to be having much fun. 726 00:37:32,355 --> 00:37:33,606 Well, how could she have done, 727 00:37:33,689 --> 00:37:36,484 when the lot of you were downright gladiatorial out there? 728 00:37:36,567 --> 00:37:38,736 [Daphne] As if the game can be played any other way. 729 00:37:38,819 --> 00:37:41,322 I was surprised she played for as long as she did. 730 00:37:43,032 --> 00:37:44,158 It is no matter. 731 00:37:45,034 --> 00:37:48,954 Miss Edwina did not need to win a silly game in order to win my heart. 732 00:37:49,914 --> 00:37:52,541 Who are you, and what have you done with my brother? 733 00:37:53,125 --> 00:37:55,961 -Daph. -Has this young lady truly won your heart? 734 00:37:56,045 --> 00:37:57,088 [Anthony] You met her. 735 00:37:57,171 --> 00:37:59,465 You met her family. She is delightful, 736 00:37:59,548 --> 00:38:01,050 and pleasant, 737 00:38:01,133 --> 00:38:02,218 and interesting. 738 00:38:02,718 --> 00:38:03,886 Even wise. 739 00:38:05,096 --> 00:38:07,181 What exactly are your objections? 740 00:38:07,973 --> 00:38:10,393 Well, I s-- I suppose I do not have any. 741 00:38:11,894 --> 00:38:14,021 If you say Miss Edwina is the one for you. 742 00:38:15,815 --> 00:38:17,983 If you say she is the one in whose presence 743 00:38:18,067 --> 00:38:22,738 you cannot properly think, or even… or even breathe. 744 00:38:23,697 --> 00:38:25,825 If you say you feel that feeling. 745 00:38:26,784 --> 00:38:27,785 Feeling? 746 00:38:29,954 --> 00:38:30,788 What-- 747 00:38:33,207 --> 00:38:34,041 Uh… 748 00:38:34,917 --> 00:38:38,295 The one that makes it impossible for you to look away from them 749 00:38:38,379 --> 00:38:40,005 at any given moment. 750 00:38:41,257 --> 00:38:42,341 When your 751 00:38:43,384 --> 00:38:44,885 body and soul 752 00:38:46,554 --> 00:38:49,265 feel as if they could burst into flames 753 00:38:49,348 --> 00:38:51,016 whenever the two of you are near. 754 00:38:53,519 --> 00:38:56,522 When all you are able to do in their presence 755 00:38:56,605 --> 00:39:01,110 is to fight the urge to lean forward and… and touch their lips with yours. 756 00:39:04,989 --> 00:39:07,867 If that is the feeling you have when you are with Miss Edwina, 757 00:39:07,950 --> 00:39:09,910 I am quite happy for you indeed. 758 00:39:13,664 --> 00:39:15,708 I could not have described it better myself. 759 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:18,794 Huh. 760 00:39:22,298 --> 00:39:24,300 [whimsical music plays] 761 00:39:34,393 --> 00:39:35,895 Do I really wish to know? 762 00:39:38,397 --> 00:39:39,732 Do not answer that. 763 00:39:52,870 --> 00:39:57,583 How agreeable that you could all join us this evening, and on such little notice. 764 00:39:57,666 --> 00:39:59,585 Of course, Lady Featherington. 765 00:39:59,668 --> 00:40:03,130 How dare we decline an invitation from the man of the hour? 766 00:40:03,214 --> 00:40:04,507 Apparently. [chuckles] 767 00:40:04,590 --> 00:40:07,968 Yes, the new Lord Featherington has certainly made a splash in town. 768 00:40:08,052 --> 00:40:09,803 Has he not, Prudence? 769 00:40:12,765 --> 00:40:13,974 [Prudence clears throat] 770 00:40:14,558 --> 00:40:16,018 Lord Featherington, 771 00:40:16,101 --> 00:40:17,811 I'm quite interested to hear more 772 00:40:17,895 --> 00:40:20,356 about your gemstone mines back in the Americas. 773 00:40:20,439 --> 00:40:23,859 They certainly do make for the most exquisite of necklaces, my lord. 774 00:40:23,943 --> 00:40:25,653 Why talk of rubies across the ocean 775 00:40:25,736 --> 00:40:28,113 when there is so much to discover just here? 776 00:40:28,197 --> 00:40:32,117 Tell me, Miss Cowper, do you have brothers, perchance? 777 00:40:32,201 --> 00:40:34,036 Alas, I am an only child. 778 00:40:34,787 --> 00:40:36,830 But I consider myself particularly maternal. 779 00:40:36,914 --> 00:40:38,207 [Lady Featherington coughs] 780 00:40:39,375 --> 00:40:41,126 [chuckling] Pardon me. 781 00:40:41,210 --> 00:40:42,545 You were saying, dearest? 782 00:40:42,628 --> 00:40:44,672 Well, I would never dream of bragging… 783 00:40:44,755 --> 00:40:49,343 [chuckles] …but I have always been told I have a warm, affectionate disposition. 784 00:40:49,426 --> 00:40:52,221 You are a credit to your sex, indeed. 785 00:40:52,304 --> 00:40:53,722 [Lord Cowper] I say, Featherington, 786 00:40:53,806 --> 00:40:56,433 I bet you could never find a venison like this in the Americas. 787 00:40:56,517 --> 00:40:59,770 [chuckles] There is certainly nothing like English cooking. 788 00:40:59,853 --> 00:41:03,857 Then you must be our guest. My cook is renowned for her trifle. 789 00:41:03,941 --> 00:41:06,819 Is that the cook you stole from the Evans household? 790 00:41:07,528 --> 00:41:08,362 [clears throat] 791 00:41:09,071 --> 00:41:11,282 [Lady Cowper] I am curious, my lord. 792 00:41:11,365 --> 00:41:16,161 All those years traveling, you have not been tempted to marry? 793 00:41:17,121 --> 00:41:19,748 I wished to establish myself in the world first. 794 00:41:20,499 --> 00:41:23,168 Uh, but now, as Lord Featherington, 795 00:41:24,211 --> 00:41:27,256 there comes a time in everyone's life when one needs a partner. 796 00:41:28,007 --> 00:41:30,676 Someone who sees you as you truly are 797 00:41:31,468 --> 00:41:33,887 to help ease the burdens of the day. [chuckles] 798 00:41:35,472 --> 00:41:36,765 [Lady Featherington] Hmm. 799 00:41:37,725 --> 00:41:39,226 Is that a new dress, Cressida? 800 00:41:39,310 --> 00:41:40,894 [Lady Cowper] Is it not lovely? 801 00:41:40,978 --> 00:41:44,023 That new modiste is most accomplished. 802 00:41:44,106 --> 00:41:46,525 Madame Delacroix's designs seem 803 00:41:46,609 --> 00:41:49,320 rather tired by comparison. [chuckles] 804 00:41:49,903 --> 00:41:51,488 Could you stop your interruptions? 805 00:41:51,572 --> 00:41:54,617 -I was merely asking. -Prudence, did you say something? 806 00:41:55,367 --> 00:41:56,368 [coughs] 807 00:41:56,910 --> 00:41:59,580 I did, in fact. 808 00:42:00,998 --> 00:42:03,083 I was wondering if, perhaps after dinner, 809 00:42:03,167 --> 00:42:05,502 I might display my singing voice for everyone? 810 00:42:05,586 --> 00:42:06,420 Oh, dear Lord. 811 00:42:06,503 --> 00:42:07,880 Have I mentioned my Cressida 812 00:42:07,963 --> 00:42:10,549 is accomplished in both song and the pianoforte? 813 00:42:10,633 --> 00:42:11,467 [chuckles] 814 00:42:11,550 --> 00:42:13,177 Oh my. I could never do that. Philippa-- 815 00:42:13,260 --> 00:42:15,638 Miss Cowper, are you occupied on Thursday? 816 00:42:16,430 --> 00:42:19,600 Might I ask you for the honor of your company for a promenade? 817 00:42:19,683 --> 00:42:21,310 -Rotten Row, perhaps? -[chuckles] 818 00:42:21,810 --> 00:42:24,188 I would be simply delighted, my lord. 819 00:42:32,613 --> 00:42:34,156 I really would be happy to sing-- 820 00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:35,908 -Enough, Prudence. -[utensils clatter] 821 00:42:42,581 --> 00:42:45,876 [Colin] If it is a clear mind you seek, Brother, I may know how to help. 822 00:42:45,959 --> 00:42:49,129 Worldly travelers use it as a way to open their minds 823 00:42:49,213 --> 00:42:51,465 and transcend ordinary anxieties. 824 00:42:55,386 --> 00:42:56,637 [sniffs, swallows] 825 00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:58,347 Smells rather foul, does it not? 826 00:42:58,430 --> 00:43:01,308 It only takes the smallest of doses to feel the effects. 827 00:43:07,690 --> 00:43:08,857 Whatever is the point? 828 00:43:08,941 --> 00:43:11,985 I hardly think a tea will distract me from the momentous decision 829 00:43:12,069 --> 00:43:14,780 the proctors at the Royal Schools are making at this very moment. 830 00:43:14,863 --> 00:43:16,407 [Colin] Or perhaps it will allow you 831 00:43:16,490 --> 00:43:18,617 to escape the thoughts that've been plaguing your mind. 832 00:43:18,701 --> 00:43:21,370 The doubts, the questions that seem to linger, 833 00:43:21,453 --> 00:43:23,330 no matter how far you go to escape them. 834 00:43:24,540 --> 00:43:26,709 -Are you quite well, Brother? -You will see. 835 00:43:26,792 --> 00:43:28,752 This tea is quite the elixir. 836 00:43:29,336 --> 00:43:33,048 On one occasion, in Paxos, I found myself meditating for hours 837 00:43:33,132 --> 00:43:35,801 upon a single blade of grass. [chuckles] 838 00:43:44,226 --> 00:43:45,102 [Colin] Uh… 839 00:43:48,731 --> 00:43:50,607 [chuckles] Hell and the devil. 840 00:43:51,734 --> 00:43:53,193 [groans] That's bad. 841 00:43:53,944 --> 00:43:55,154 [Colin chuckles] 842 00:44:16,842 --> 00:44:17,676 Oh. 843 00:44:18,427 --> 00:44:19,303 [chuckles softly] 844 00:44:19,386 --> 00:44:20,262 Hi. 845 00:44:21,555 --> 00:44:23,807 You must not let the game of pall-mall dismay you. 846 00:44:23,891 --> 00:44:26,268 Antagonism is, I'm afraid, what you must expect. 847 00:44:26,351 --> 00:44:27,811 [chuckles softly] 848 00:44:39,573 --> 00:44:41,658 Can I ask you something, Miss Eloise? 849 00:44:41,742 --> 00:44:45,245 Did I purposely make the third wicket two inches narrower than last year? Yes. 850 00:44:45,913 --> 00:44:46,872 [chuckles softly] 851 00:44:47,956 --> 00:44:48,791 Anything. 852 00:44:50,793 --> 00:44:53,420 I fear I may have upset the viscount during our game. 853 00:44:53,504 --> 00:44:54,338 Ah. 854 00:44:55,506 --> 00:44:57,007 You were near our father's grave? 855 00:44:58,383 --> 00:45:00,302 Well, then his mood was not on your account. 856 00:45:00,385 --> 00:45:01,929 He rarely goes near if he can help it. 857 00:45:07,309 --> 00:45:08,936 Can I ask you something? 858 00:45:12,314 --> 00:45:14,191 Was it your choice you never married? 859 00:45:14,274 --> 00:45:17,319 My brothers tell me I have a habit of being rather direct. 860 00:45:18,195 --> 00:45:22,574 But everyone tells me it is fate worse than death to end up a spinster. 861 00:45:23,826 --> 00:45:27,204 But you seem perfectly content with your situation. 862 00:45:27,287 --> 00:45:28,288 [chuckles] 863 00:45:31,124 --> 00:45:33,210 You must know, it is hardly ideal. 864 00:45:33,836 --> 00:45:36,922 The world is not exactly welcoming to an unmarried woman. 865 00:45:37,005 --> 00:45:39,007 There seems to be no place in society for us, 866 00:45:39,091 --> 00:45:40,884 except at the edge of things. 867 00:45:40,968 --> 00:45:43,846 That rather seems to be society's flaw, not a woman's. 868 00:45:43,929 --> 00:45:44,847 [chuckles] 869 00:45:46,098 --> 00:45:47,307 Indeed, it does. 870 00:46:32,644 --> 00:46:33,478 Mother. 871 00:46:35,939 --> 00:46:36,815 There you are. 872 00:46:37,691 --> 00:46:38,984 Here I am. 873 00:46:42,362 --> 00:46:43,697 You look well. 874 00:46:46,575 --> 00:46:47,659 I slept. 875 00:46:49,494 --> 00:46:50,662 I bathed. 876 00:46:52,873 --> 00:46:55,751 I went for a walk outdoors. I saw the children. 877 00:46:57,961 --> 00:47:00,672 I went to chapel. Now I'm making myself 878 00:47:01,715 --> 00:47:04,384 useful with embroidery. 879 00:47:04,968 --> 00:47:06,386 Perhaps join us for family dinner? 880 00:47:10,807 --> 00:47:12,225 I know this is hard. 881 00:47:12,976 --> 00:47:14,102 I know you miss him. 882 00:47:14,186 --> 00:47:15,812 -[Violet] Please… -But we all miss him. 883 00:47:16,396 --> 00:47:17,814 -And I think-- -Anthony, this is it. 884 00:47:17,898 --> 00:47:20,442 This is my best. I am doing my best. 885 00:47:21,443 --> 00:47:23,070 [crying] Every day, I get up, 886 00:47:23,153 --> 00:47:27,824 I get dressed, I feed myself, I try to breathe in and out. 887 00:47:29,326 --> 00:47:32,579 I force myself to stop by the nursery. 888 00:47:34,122 --> 00:47:35,707 And I think about how 889 00:47:36,833 --> 00:47:39,670 sorry I feel for little baby Hyacinth 890 00:47:39,753 --> 00:47:43,173 because she will never know Edmund's laugh. 891 00:47:45,133 --> 00:47:46,843 Or the way he smelled, 892 00:47:46,927 --> 00:47:50,681 or what it is to be hugged in his arms. 893 00:47:53,850 --> 00:47:57,229 I feel even sorrier for myself because, most of the time, 894 00:47:57,312 --> 00:47:59,564 all I am thinking is that this little baby 895 00:47:59,648 --> 00:48:02,317 did not do me the kindness of killing me 896 00:48:02,401 --> 00:48:05,445 so that I could be with my husband. 897 00:48:08,031 --> 00:48:10,534 Edmund was the air that I breathed. 898 00:48:13,245 --> 00:48:15,205 And now there is no air. 899 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:18,875 So, 900 00:48:20,335 --> 00:48:22,921 do not ask me about family dinner. 901 00:48:27,759 --> 00:48:29,594 I am doing my best. 902 00:48:33,932 --> 00:48:35,267 [Violet, distant] Anthony? 903 00:48:37,644 --> 00:48:38,687 Anthony. 904 00:48:41,106 --> 00:48:43,567 -I can take my leave. -No. Stay. 905 00:48:44,192 --> 00:48:45,027 Please. 906 00:49:05,797 --> 00:49:07,549 Lilacs were his favorite. 907 00:49:19,144 --> 00:49:20,228 Dearest. 908 00:49:21,521 --> 00:49:23,523 I hate to see you like this. 909 00:49:24,066 --> 00:49:25,776 So weighed down. 910 00:49:26,818 --> 00:49:29,738 Courtship, the consideration of a proposal, 911 00:49:29,821 --> 00:49:33,158 choosing the person you wish to spend the rest of your life with. 912 00:49:33,784 --> 00:49:37,829 My darling boy, it should be a time full of joy. 913 00:49:38,622 --> 00:49:40,332 -I am content. -Mm. 914 00:49:41,625 --> 00:49:43,835 I'm fulfilling my duty to this family, Mother. 915 00:49:45,003 --> 00:49:46,880 That is what takes precedence above all else. 916 00:49:46,963 --> 00:49:49,049 Just because you are dedicated to this family 917 00:49:49,132 --> 00:49:53,053 does not mean that there should be no room left for love, Anthony. 918 00:49:55,472 --> 00:49:58,391 Your father took his role as viscount seriously, 919 00:49:58,475 --> 00:50:01,645 but he also loved deeply. 920 00:50:02,354 --> 00:50:05,649 I know that is what you want too. I know that, deep down, 921 00:50:05,732 --> 00:50:07,484 it is what you have always wanted. 922 00:50:07,567 --> 00:50:09,194 You're quite certain how well you know me. 923 00:50:09,277 --> 00:50:12,489 I know how sweet and earnest you were as a boy. 924 00:50:13,073 --> 00:50:16,201 Always with a kind word and a joke. 925 00:50:18,787 --> 00:50:21,790 But then, after your father died, a wall went up inside you, 926 00:50:21,873 --> 00:50:24,626 as if love had become some… 927 00:50:25,669 --> 00:50:27,379 some weakness 928 00:50:28,463 --> 00:50:31,258 instead of your greatest strength. And that is not you. 929 00:50:33,885 --> 00:50:36,596 You deserve the feeling that I had 930 00:50:36,680 --> 00:50:39,558 the moment your father placed that ring on my finger. 931 00:50:41,059 --> 00:50:43,562 It was a promise, not just of the sacred commitment 932 00:50:43,645 --> 00:50:45,689 that we were making to one another, but a sacred love. 933 00:50:45,772 --> 00:50:48,441 -Love shall have no place in my marriage. -You cannot mean that. 934 00:50:48,525 --> 00:50:52,487 I seek an amiable partner with whom I may share a pleasant life, 935 00:50:52,571 --> 00:50:55,448 untouched by heartbreak and the ravages of grief. 936 00:51:00,036 --> 00:51:01,997 You were barely even there… 937 00:51:03,999 --> 00:51:05,250 after he died. 938 00:51:06,084 --> 00:51:07,627 And yet, I, myself, 939 00:51:08,253 --> 00:51:10,797 am cursed to remember every waking moment. 940 00:51:13,508 --> 00:51:14,426 I could never… 941 00:51:15,594 --> 00:51:18,346 I could never be the cause of such pain, 942 00:51:19,723 --> 00:51:22,934 no matter how cruel and hard-hearted everyone else may find me to be. 943 00:51:38,241 --> 00:51:39,951 [indistinct chatter, laughter] 944 00:51:40,035 --> 00:51:43,371 [Benedict] This room is exceptionally well-lit. 945 00:51:44,372 --> 00:51:45,999 Have you noticed, Col? 946 00:51:47,042 --> 00:51:49,669 The twinkle of the candles, it is as-- 947 00:51:49,753 --> 00:51:53,882 -It's as if… we sit among the stars. -What is wrong with you? 948 00:51:53,965 --> 00:51:58,094 I was just telling Benedict how brilliant the stars were in Greece. 949 00:51:59,763 --> 00:52:01,973 [Daphne] Are you enjoying your time here, Miss Edwina? 950 00:52:02,057 --> 00:52:05,268 I am, very much. The buzz of the city is thrilling indeed, 951 00:52:05,352 --> 00:52:07,604 but I quite enjoy the peace of the country. 952 00:52:07,687 --> 00:52:10,398 As do I. Though I dare say. It is not quite so peaceful 953 00:52:10,482 --> 00:52:12,567 with my entire family in residence. 954 00:52:12,651 --> 00:52:14,569 [Edwina chuckling] 955 00:52:14,653 --> 00:52:15,737 I understand, my lord. 956 00:52:15,820 --> 00:52:19,616 Certainly, I cannot compare my family with your seven brothers and sisters, 957 00:52:19,699 --> 00:52:20,825 but, 958 00:52:21,326 --> 00:52:23,995 my sister and I were known to be a handful growing up too. 959 00:52:24,079 --> 00:52:25,121 Mm. I can imagine. 960 00:52:25,205 --> 00:52:28,541 [Edwina] But Kate always has had my best interests at heart. 961 00:52:28,625 --> 00:52:30,877 She bears a heavy responsibility for our family. 962 00:52:30,961 --> 00:52:33,255 That sounds remarkably similar to you, Anthony. 963 00:52:34,089 --> 00:52:36,258 Much familial responsibility to bear, indeed. 964 00:52:36,341 --> 00:52:38,176 -[Benedict sighs] -[Colin] It was a revelation. 965 00:52:38,260 --> 00:52:41,221 Made all the better by the knowledge that I may have been the only Briton 966 00:52:41,304 --> 00:52:42,806 to see it in decades. 967 00:52:42,889 --> 00:52:44,933 [Benedict moans] Mmm. Mmm! 968 00:52:45,809 --> 00:52:46,810 [Kate gasps] 969 00:52:46,893 --> 00:52:49,521 Benedict, dear, you alarm our guests. 970 00:52:49,604 --> 00:52:51,815 -It's all right, Lady Bridgerton. -[Lady Danbury] Perhaps… 971 00:52:51,898 --> 00:52:52,899 [Benedict chuckling] 972 00:52:54,150 --> 00:52:56,403 …it is time for a toast. 973 00:52:56,486 --> 00:52:58,863 A good idea. To cheer our guests. 974 00:52:58,947 --> 00:53:02,993 -[sighs] -Or to tend to other pressing matters. 975 00:53:10,333 --> 00:53:12,794 My-- I believe my sister and I have grown rather weary. 976 00:53:12,877 --> 00:53:14,629 A toast. Yes. 977 00:53:15,463 --> 00:53:16,423 [clears throat] 978 00:53:18,133 --> 00:53:21,094 My sincere gratitude to the Sharmas for joining us. 979 00:53:21,636 --> 00:53:24,222 It has been splendid having you here 980 00:53:24,306 --> 00:53:28,476 to witness what is now my second annual loss at pall-mall. 981 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,688 -[light laughter] -Not to be repeated, I assure you. 982 00:53:33,690 --> 00:53:36,776 And my special gratitude to Miss Edwina. 983 00:53:38,278 --> 00:53:39,904 It has certainly been a privilege 984 00:53:39,988 --> 00:53:42,198 to truly make your acquaintance these past days. 985 00:53:42,824 --> 00:53:43,658 In fact, 986 00:53:43,742 --> 00:53:47,412 I believe there is a question I would like to ask you. 987 00:54:00,133 --> 00:54:01,384 I should like to, uh… 988 00:54:08,892 --> 00:54:11,061 I should like to ask you to please 989 00:54:11,144 --> 00:54:14,564 refrain from telling anyone back in London about yesterday's loss. 990 00:54:14,647 --> 00:54:18,777 I fear the harm to my reputation would simply be too great. 991 00:54:18,860 --> 00:54:20,528 -[awkward chuckling] -Um… 992 00:54:20,612 --> 00:54:22,113 To the pleasant days ahead. 993 00:54:22,197 --> 00:54:24,282 -Uh, pleasant days. -Hear! Hear! 994 00:54:24,366 --> 00:54:26,534 -[Colin] Days ahead. -[Benedict] Hear! Hear! 995 00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:27,994 Yes. 996 00:54:32,957 --> 00:54:34,125 [Colin] Mm. 997 00:54:34,918 --> 00:54:36,044 [exhales deeply] 998 00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:05,573 -You must know you did nothing wrong. -I must have done something. 999 00:55:07,450 --> 00:55:10,370 The rest of the ton are now set to join us in the country. 1000 00:55:11,788 --> 00:55:14,833 Surely, if the viscount were to propose, he'd have done it by now. Yes? 1001 00:55:17,419 --> 00:55:19,462 -What if I have missed my chance? -Edwina. 1002 00:55:19,546 --> 00:55:22,006 Perhaps I should've found out more about the Bridgertons. 1003 00:55:22,090 --> 00:55:24,634 I should've known more about their interests. 1004 00:55:24,717 --> 00:55:26,469 [loudly] I should've been better. 1005 00:55:31,182 --> 00:55:33,101 [breathing shakily] 1006 00:55:33,184 --> 00:55:35,854 [crying softly] I have bungled this entire affair. 1007 00:55:38,022 --> 00:55:40,400 [inhales shakily] And now I feel like a fool. 1008 00:55:41,526 --> 00:55:42,402 [sighs] 1009 00:55:42,485 --> 00:55:43,945 Never say such a thing, Bon. 1010 00:55:44,696 --> 00:55:47,866 I knew he would only end up hurting you. Come here. 1011 00:55:52,078 --> 00:55:53,663 [breathes shakily, sniffles] 1012 00:55:53,746 --> 00:55:55,665 I hate seeing you like this. 1013 00:55:56,166 --> 00:55:57,041 [sobs softly] 1014 00:55:57,125 --> 00:55:58,960 I thought he liked me. 1015 00:55:59,878 --> 00:56:00,837 [Kate sighs] 1016 00:56:04,174 --> 00:56:06,426 You are the diamond of the season. 1017 00:56:07,260 --> 00:56:10,972 There is nary a gentleman back in London who does not wish for your hand. 1018 00:56:11,055 --> 00:56:12,348 [chuckles, sniffles] 1019 00:56:14,058 --> 00:56:15,685 You have choices, Bon. 1020 00:56:17,770 --> 00:56:18,605 All will be well, 1021 00:56:18,688 --> 00:56:21,816 despite this disappointment with the viscount, I assure you. 1022 00:56:47,425 --> 00:56:48,843 [knocking at door] 1023 00:56:50,470 --> 00:56:51,513 Are you still up? 1024 00:56:52,013 --> 00:56:54,849 Ugh. You may wish to bathe before you see Mother in the morning. 1025 00:56:54,933 --> 00:56:56,267 It's magical, Brother. 1026 00:56:57,435 --> 00:56:58,686 You were right. 1027 00:56:58,770 --> 00:57:00,939 I've allowed my doubts to plague me for too long. 1028 00:57:01,022 --> 00:57:04,275 The Royal Academy Schools are not the arbiters of taste. The world is! 1029 00:57:04,359 --> 00:57:06,361 [scoffs] You are a fatwit. 1030 00:57:06,444 --> 00:57:08,905 Benedict, something has apparently arrived for you. 1031 00:57:08,988 --> 00:57:10,281 A letter from London. 1032 00:57:14,035 --> 00:57:15,662 [muttering] 1033 00:57:20,708 --> 00:57:21,543 I have a place. 1034 00:57:22,502 --> 00:57:25,463 [chuckles] The Royal Schools have accepted me as a student. 1035 00:57:25,547 --> 00:57:28,091 [sobs, shouts] I got in! 1036 00:57:28,174 --> 00:57:30,343 I thought they were not the arbiters of taste? 1037 00:57:30,426 --> 00:57:33,680 They must see great promise in my work. Oh my! 1038 00:57:35,515 --> 00:57:38,184 You shall all bear witness 1039 00:57:38,268 --> 00:57:40,311 to my talents! 1040 00:57:40,395 --> 00:57:42,105 Shh! It's the middle of the night! 1041 00:57:42,188 --> 00:57:44,190 -[laughing] -[dog barking] 1042 00:57:44,857 --> 00:57:47,318 He will be as insufferable now as you. 1043 00:57:47,402 --> 00:57:48,236 Me? 1044 00:57:48,319 --> 00:57:51,322 If I must hear one more tale of your extraordinary adventures from Greece… 1045 00:57:51,406 --> 00:57:54,951 Tell me, Brother, if you loved it there so much, why did you ever return home? 1046 00:57:56,536 --> 00:57:57,370 Well… 1047 00:57:58,413 --> 00:58:00,123 Do you ever hear from her? 1048 00:58:00,206 --> 00:58:01,416 Miss Thompson? 1049 00:58:02,750 --> 00:58:04,919 Are you ladies not always writing letters? 1050 00:58:05,003 --> 00:58:07,880 [scoffs] I'd have thought your travels banished Miss Thompson-- 1051 00:58:07,964 --> 00:58:10,717 Lady Crane, rather, from your mind completely. 1052 00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:13,386 Funny how distance is no match for memory, is it not? 1053 00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:17,181 She lives not far from here, you know. 1054 00:58:19,309 --> 00:58:22,061 [Benedict] "I am honored to accept 1055 00:58:23,354 --> 00:58:24,856 your acceptance." 1056 00:58:25,732 --> 00:58:27,567 You think it will last much longer? 1057 00:58:28,359 --> 00:58:29,652 Well, devil if I know. 1058 00:58:30,236 --> 00:58:34,240 [Lady Whistledown] An artist must be free to follow their muse. 1059 00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:40,747 But it appears the ton has fallen prey to the fickleness of fashion. 1060 00:58:42,206 --> 00:58:45,084 For how else might one explain the tawdry, 1061 00:58:45,168 --> 00:58:50,131 dare I say vulgar, gown sported lately by Miss Cressida Cowper? 1062 00:58:55,553 --> 00:58:58,389 Mayfair's newest modiste 1063 00:58:58,473 --> 00:59:01,643 has one thing, and one thing only, going for her. 1064 00:59:01,726 --> 00:59:02,852 She is new. 1065 00:59:03,478 --> 00:59:06,522 Whereas Madame Delacroix might be old, 1066 00:59:06,606 --> 00:59:08,900 but at least she is capable. 1067 00:59:08,983 --> 00:59:09,984 [door opens] 1068 00:59:11,653 --> 00:59:13,655 You may leave the silks there. 1069 00:59:20,244 --> 00:59:21,371 Miss Penelope. 1070 00:59:21,454 --> 00:59:24,248 [Penelope] It is your job to be observant, is it not? 1071 00:59:25,541 --> 00:59:28,419 To hide your clients' secrets with a well-draped piece of fabric 1072 00:59:28,503 --> 00:59:30,296 or a cleverly embellished rosette, 1073 00:59:31,798 --> 00:59:33,216 just as I too hide. 1074 00:59:34,759 --> 00:59:35,593 Behind my pen. 1075 00:59:37,470 --> 00:59:40,014 I have no interest in revealing your identity. 1076 00:59:40,098 --> 00:59:41,724 That is not why I'm here. 1077 00:59:42,475 --> 00:59:44,894 I believe I can trust you, Madame Delacroix. 1078 00:59:46,270 --> 00:59:48,898 In a world of men, you have built a thriving business, 1079 00:59:48,981 --> 00:59:50,274 much like myself. 1080 00:59:50,358 --> 00:59:52,360 I think we can be of use to one another. 1081 00:59:54,779 --> 00:59:58,074 My enterprise grows more difficult for me to maintain on my own. 1082 00:59:58,658 --> 01:00:02,787 If I was spotted by you so easily, it is only so long before I get recognized 1083 01:00:02,870 --> 01:00:05,289 by someone… less discreet. 1084 01:00:05,373 --> 01:00:06,207 [sighs] 1085 01:00:06,708 --> 01:00:09,961 I have proved to you how I can help you in your business. 1086 01:00:11,087 --> 01:00:13,047 Now I'd like you to help me with mine. 1087 01:00:16,342 --> 01:00:18,177 Did you have to call me old? 1088 01:00:20,638 --> 01:00:22,932 I could not be so obvious with my flattery. 1089 01:00:24,142 --> 01:00:25,309 But is it not working? 1090 01:00:25,393 --> 01:00:28,354 Madame Delacroix? I require your expert knowledge. 1091 01:00:28,438 --> 01:00:30,064 I believe I was first. 1092 01:00:34,110 --> 01:00:39,073 [Lady Whistledown] Of course, not everyone can always get things so right. 1093 01:00:49,083 --> 01:00:50,334 [growls] 1094 01:01:06,142 --> 01:01:07,977 [Lady Whistledown] Though I suppose, for some, 1095 01:01:08,060 --> 01:01:10,938 it may be simply too late to change course 1096 01:01:11,022 --> 01:01:13,065 and undo any damage. 1097 01:01:14,692 --> 01:01:16,360 [exhales deeply] 1098 01:01:16,944 --> 01:01:17,945 Whoa. 1099 01:01:30,750 --> 01:01:31,584 [horse snorts] 1100 01:01:39,217 --> 01:01:40,051 My lord. 1101 01:01:41,385 --> 01:01:42,386 Miss Sharma. 1102 01:01:44,263 --> 01:01:45,473 Is your sister… 1103 01:01:46,891 --> 01:01:48,226 She is in her room. 1104 01:01:49,685 --> 01:01:52,063 Not feeling her best this morning, it seems. 1105 01:01:54,065 --> 01:01:56,025 I did not mean to disappoint her last night 1106 01:01:56,567 --> 01:01:58,152 when I did not declare myself. 1107 01:01:59,487 --> 01:02:00,905 And I'd like to thank you for not-- 1108 01:02:00,988 --> 01:02:04,075 She shall not be disappointed for long. Assure her, I still intend to propose. 1109 01:02:05,535 --> 01:02:09,080 Last night was a lark, at best. My brothers were up to no good, and 1110 01:02:09,914 --> 01:02:12,875 with everyone sitting there, staring back at me, well… 1111 01:02:14,585 --> 01:02:16,754 my feelings would not allow me to speak. 1112 01:02:19,590 --> 01:02:22,885 So your feelings are too strong for you now? 1113 01:02:22,969 --> 01:02:24,846 -Miss Sharma-- -No. No. 1114 01:02:24,929 --> 01:02:26,389 All you are doing, my lord, 1115 01:02:26,472 --> 01:02:29,225 is toying with the emotions of an impressionable young lady. 1116 01:02:29,308 --> 01:02:32,436 Miss Edwina seems perfectly capable of forming her own impressions. 1117 01:02:32,520 --> 01:02:33,521 If you took notice-- 1118 01:02:33,604 --> 01:02:35,815 So now you claim to know my sister better than me? 1119 01:02:35,898 --> 01:02:37,441 I know she wishes to be happy. 1120 01:02:38,860 --> 01:02:41,070 This is precisely what I wish for her. 1121 01:02:41,153 --> 01:02:44,365 I can assure you, happiness is not your strength. 1122 01:02:44,448 --> 01:02:47,451 Exasperation, perhaps. Fixation, most definitely. 1123 01:02:47,535 --> 01:02:50,121 The only feeling you are, in fact, 1124 01:02:50,204 --> 01:02:52,874 capable of engendering, my lord, is that of discontent. 1125 01:02:52,957 --> 01:02:55,793 -Do not move. Stand still, damn it! -Do not tell me what to do! 1126 01:02:55,877 --> 01:02:57,336 [Anthony panting] 1127 01:02:59,046 --> 01:03:00,131 [buzzing] 1128 01:03:02,884 --> 01:03:05,136 -No! Do not! Leave it! -It is only a bee. Ow! 1129 01:03:08,055 --> 01:03:09,140 [sighs] 1130 01:03:09,223 --> 01:03:10,683 -Are you hurt? -What? 1131 01:03:10,766 --> 01:03:12,018 Can you breathe? 1132 01:03:12,101 --> 01:03:13,686 It is only a sting. Of course. 1133 01:03:13,769 --> 01:03:14,854 Are you certain? 1134 01:03:16,439 --> 01:03:18,482 -My lord? -No, no. Do not-- 1135 01:03:18,566 --> 01:03:19,567 [panting] 1136 01:03:19,650 --> 01:03:20,735 -My lord? -Do not-- 1137 01:03:20,818 --> 01:03:22,820 [panting] 1138 01:03:23,362 --> 01:03:24,614 I am unharmed. 1139 01:03:24,697 --> 01:03:26,073 [panting] 1140 01:03:26,157 --> 01:03:27,533 I am unharmed. 1141 01:03:28,993 --> 01:03:31,495 [breathing calms] 1142 01:03:38,878 --> 01:03:41,881 [whispering] It was just a bee. 1143 01:03:43,299 --> 01:03:44,550 [whispers] It was a bee. 1144 01:03:46,886 --> 01:03:49,096 [hearts beating steadily] 1145 01:04:01,233 --> 01:04:02,818 [horse neighs] 1146 01:04:02,902 --> 01:04:05,571 [indistinct chatter in distance] 1147 01:04:08,616 --> 01:04:10,618 [horse neighing] 1148 01:04:11,702 --> 01:04:13,704 [tense music plays] 1149 01:04:15,456 --> 01:04:17,458 [panting] 1150 01:04:22,213 --> 01:04:24,048 [panting] 1151 01:04:38,187 --> 01:04:39,230 [sighs]