18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters - Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, great-granddaughters of a king, daughters of a cabinet minister, and wives of politicians and peers.
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00:01We knew nothing of a world beyond our own.
00:06We were aristocrats.
00:11Mr. Fox?
00:13I adored Caroline.
00:16I wonder what she did to provoke him.
00:19In my eyes, she could do no wrong.
00:22We have dismissed Mr. Fox.
00:24I'm married.
00:26To Mr. Fox.
00:27I will not participate!
00:30I wondered what would happen when my turn came.
00:34What would my parents require of me?
00:37Admirers?
00:39Allow me.
00:44You can't marry! Father won't allow it!
00:47Can't marry! Can't marry!
00:49So, my lord, how do you occupy your time?
00:52Well, at the moment, I'm building a house.
00:57I should be sorry to be the cause of any great disappointment, my lord, but my position is unalterable.
01:13I won't give her a penny more.
01:15Her dowry is fixed at ten thousand pounds.
01:17When her parents die, a distant event, one hopes.
01:22You must provide the rest.
01:24Marriage to one of our family confers such esteem that no financial advantage will be requested or given.
01:30My love for Lady Emily was not inspired by thoughts of fortune.
01:34What settlement do you consider?
01:36This is the sum I require.
01:39This is the sum I require.
01:40This is the sum I require.
01:41This is the sum.
01:46Then that is the sum I agree.
01:47Then that is the sum, I agree.
02:10Have it drawn up?
02:12Patience and dutifulness on my part had softened my parents' objections to Lord Kildare.
02:20He pays through the nose. There's nothing we could fold.
02:24Nevertheless, my father drove a hard bargain.
02:28I was to be handed over with scarcely a guinea to my name.
02:42My father was unstinting, though, in his provisions for the wedding.
02:46The celebrations were magnificent and attended by all London, including the king.
02:54Of course, my sister Caroline was not invited.
02:59Ah! How is my pretty plumcake?
03:06Yes, David.
03:08She speaks in tongues, Your Grace.
03:10All my children speak French, sir.
03:12Shall we see what she says to this?
03:15Of my two younger sisters, little Sarah was the king's favourite.
03:21Shall we put the lid on?
03:24She became something of a royal plaything.
03:34Listen.
03:35The Little Plumcake is a patriot!
03:56Just like a father, eh, Richmond?
04:04Do you accept our offer?
04:06Do you keep us waiting? It's not the thing.
04:09But do you still want me, sir?
04:11Of course, of course.
04:13Then I am honoured to accept the position.
04:16Master of the horse it is, then.
04:19Oh.
04:20I can't wait.
04:21No other…
04:22No.
04:23No.
04:24No.
04:25No.
04:26I've never finished preparing for a wedding.
04:29Oh, my leave.
04:32Not there.
04:33No I have no blood.
04:34No, I have no blood.
04:35No.
04:36No, I have no blood.
04:37No, I have no blood.
04:38No, I have no blood.
04:41No, I have no blood.
04:42No, I have no blood.
04:43No.
04:44No, I have no blood.
04:45How many bedrooms does your house have in Ireland?
05:03I can't remember.
05:07Why?
05:10I'm trying to imagine it.
05:15Is it a little like Richmond House?
05:23Does it have pretty windows?
05:40Does it have a park?
05:45With spotty cattle and black-faced sheep.
05:49I do like being married.
05:59I do like being married.
06:17My dearest.
06:23Jimmy.
06:24Mm-hmm?
06:25You know what we must do tomorrow?
06:28More of this, perhaps?
06:29Mm-hmm.
06:30Mm-hmm.
06:31You know what we must do tomorrow?
06:33More of this, perhaps?
06:34Mm-hmm.
06:35Mm-hmm.
06:36Mm-hmm.
06:37Mm-hmm.
06:38Mm-hmm.
06:39Mm-hmm.
06:40Mm-hmm.
06:41Mm-hmm.
06:42Mm-hmm.
06:43Mm-hmm.
06:44Mm-hmm.
06:45Mm-hmm.
06:46Mm-hmm.
06:47We must visit my sister.
06:48Mm-hmm.
06:49Mm-hmm.
06:51We must visit my sister.
07:09As a married woman, I answered first to my husband.
07:14My parents could not prevent me from visiting Caroline.
07:17And I did so the day after my wedding.
07:26Henry? Do I look well?
07:34Jemmy had no objection.
07:36He saw advantages in meeting Mr. Fox, whose star was rising fast.
07:42My Lord and Lady Kildare.
07:47We wasted no time in catching up on the missed years and interrupted confidences.
07:52I can never express enough gratitude to you, Lord Kildare, for restoring my sister to me.
08:09I have wanted to make your acquaintance, Lady Caroline, and that of Mr. Fox.
08:12May your domestic happiness be equal to my own.
08:18You have chosen the best available.
08:22Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Fox.
08:24It is simply the truth.
08:27Well, this calls for a toast.
08:29To happiness in marriage.
08:31My darling Steve.
08:36He is sweeter than any baby is entitled to be.
08:40You can't imagine what I feel for him.
08:46It's not the act of love.
08:49Strange.
08:50Demi says that its frequent use is necessary to a woman's health and happiness.
08:58That's abominably indelicate.
09:03He says what he thinks.
09:06I'm sure one sees many mighty comfortable old virgins.
09:10Perhaps that is so.
09:13But one is awfully glad not to be among them.
09:16Emily!
09:17Oh, dearest sis.
09:27We shall see too little of each other when you are gone.
09:30I shall return from Ireland often.
09:31Then.
09:47To my eyes, Ireland was not at all the place of bogs and cottages my mother had told me it would be.
10:00My eyes then, of course, were not as open as they might have been.
10:05I thought it a pretty country and in parts like the England I had left.
10:09It's houses, however, were in need of some improvement.
10:17As mistress in my own home at last, I set about the business of refurbishment.
10:23No.
10:23No.
10:24Try the other one again.
10:25Yes!
10:33Yes!
10:33That's it!
10:40That's some Chinese silk I've got for the exception of.
10:44More silk?
10:45How much did it cost?
10:52Two hundred pounds.
10:57A little expensive.
11:02Oh, it is so beautiful.
11:04Shall I put it on?
11:10Yes.
11:12I'd give more than I could name to have the pleasure of taking it off.
11:21My husband's feelings for me were such that I very quickly began to breed.
11:28I bred constantly.
11:30I loved my children.
11:35With annual regularity, I gave birth, was confined and bred again.
11:50Good night, George.
11:56Good night, Maria.
11:59Yes.
12:00Emily, we cannot spend any more.
12:08I fear for my ruin.
12:28Henry!
12:29We would go to the theatre.
12:36Indeed.
12:37What time?
12:39We are much too late.
12:42We'll go another time, my love.
12:44I promise.
12:45You promised before.
12:47I was looking forward to this.
12:48There is nothing I can do.
12:50There is nothing you wish to do.
12:52You are happier away from me.
12:55You are happier away from me.
12:57You don't believe that.
12:58You are happier, old people.
12:59I am a happier, young man.
12:59I do not want to know.
13:00I do not feel happy from you, Mr. Fox.
13:08But the people...
13:09Come on.
13:10Now, where are you going from?
13:11Your grace.
13:12He will only talk to Mr. Fox!
13:14Who, my dear?
13:15The king! He will not listen to us!
13:19He asks repeatedly if we've run the war yet,
13:21and when we try to explain the difficulties of doing so,
13:23he calls for Mr. Fox!
13:25Because Mr. Fox is the only man he can understand!
13:33I never thought it a good likeness, anyway.
13:41I am not sure.
13:42I am not sure.
13:44You are not sure.
13:52Tell me, we must go to London.
13:54For what purpose?
13:56You must bespeak me...
13:59...more stockings.
14:01Can Dublin not furnish you with stockings?
14:03Dublin is out of stockings.
14:06I need the blue, embroidered with silk.
14:09seven pairs
14:11and two pairs
14:13of
14:14the green
14:17with pink
14:19flocks
14:20I will bespeak you
14:24a thousand
14:25this talk of stockings
14:29and the sight of your
14:32dear pretty legs
14:34makes me feel
14:37what is not to be
14:39expressed
14:40you are not fair Mr Fox
14:53and you are very fair
14:55Lady Kildare
14:56I cannot argue with a pun
14:58particularly if it flatters me
15:01no one can argue with Mr Fox
15:03he always wins
15:04I imagine Lady Kildare
15:07also has a habit of winning
15:08oh I don't contest
15:10I defer to Lord Kildare
15:12in all things
15:13ah
15:14is that not so
15:17all things in the great world perhaps
15:20but in the matter of children
15:21and house
15:22I think women have the wiser view
15:25you would have us believe my dear
15:27that your opinions are confined to
15:28children and house
15:30they have the major share of my thoughts
15:31otherwise my thoughts are commonplace
15:34let us hear these commonplace thoughts
15:37I think war
15:40is a disgrace to human nature
15:42it makes us rich
15:45that should not be
15:46it makes everyone rich
15:48our manufactories make arms
15:51our merchants sell cloth for uniforms
15:53our bankers make loans
15:55our corn prices rise
15:56and your father grows richer by the day
15:59as his coal is used
16:00such wealth is dearly bought
16:02paid for by people's lives
16:05not by ours
16:06I don't want a profit from death Henry
16:09perhaps I should refuse my pay
16:16you said you wish to bring this war to a speedy end
16:19are you now saying you wish it to continue
16:21it doesn't hinder my prospects
16:26so this war
16:28is a useful instrument
16:30to your advancement
16:31I said no such thing
16:33war is a murdering trade
16:35and you talk of prospects
16:37is the end of war not in sight
16:51I said no such thing
17:21I have never been more convinced
17:24of your being tired of me
17:25as I have been this last month
17:26I know fidelity is not the custom
17:30amongst people of our rank
17:32and there are some marriages
17:34where the presence of a mistress
17:36does not seem to disturb the wife
17:38and perhaps I should be more accustomed
17:43but I cannot bear it
17:45if I am not first in your heart
17:47you think I have a mistress
17:50a mistress
17:54when should I find time for a mistress
17:57but if it was a servant
17:59or an actress
18:00perhaps I could bear it
18:01but to be displaced by an equal
18:04an equal
18:06who is she Henry
18:07listen
18:11there is no one
18:13there is only you
18:16you mean I have no rival
18:19you are always in my thoughts
18:22wherever I am
18:24whoever I am with
18:25you are the centre of my life
18:31I think of you all the time
18:34I think of you in the clamour of debate
18:37I think of you
18:40when I am calculating
18:41the movement of troops
18:43from Portsmouth to Nova Scotia
18:45your rival is the war
18:50I have looked at these applications
19:01Lord Kildare
19:01and I shall do what I can
19:04I am grateful
19:05there is a favour
19:07I must ask in return
19:09if Lady Kildare doesn't mind
19:13have you considered what she did
19:17it is done father
19:18and can't be changed
19:19children are not independent
19:21of their parents
19:21she knew that
19:22yet she set her will against mine
19:24you know how she cared for you
19:26I did everything for her
19:28I know
19:28I was the best judge
19:30of her happiness
19:31I know
19:32but she misses you
19:34she didn't mean to give you pain
19:36your behaviour gave me pain
19:38mine?
19:39the day after your wedding
19:40you visited her
19:41all London spoke of it
19:42there would have been less noise
19:44if we'd lost the fleet
19:44father years have passed
19:49if punishment were needed
19:54has there not been enough
19:57I worry about you
20:02do not presume to worry about me
20:05you think to advise me
20:06you live in Ireland
20:07what can you know?
20:09father
20:09do you not want to see
20:13be your eldest grandchild?
20:21Emily you were a clever child
20:22but it grieves me now
20:24to see that you have become
20:25a brainless woman
20:26how dare he speak to you
20:39in that manner
20:40he can't understand
20:41being crossed
20:42Richmond is too proud
20:44pride is natural
20:46if one's grandfather
20:49was king
20:49and what of his grandmother?
20:51she was the king's mistress
20:53one of the many
20:54he took to bed
20:55and her grandson
20:56presumes to be proud
20:57royalty issues
20:59its own permissions
21:00my family has a legal line
21:02for 600 years
21:04should my wife
21:05be insulted
21:06by a bastard son?
21:09for God's sake
21:11Mr. Fox
21:16my husband so hates
21:18to see me upset
21:19indeed I do
21:22we are both grateful
21:24to you Lady Kildare
21:26you did your best
21:28you will never change now
21:31I'm not certain of that
21:33perhaps the presence
21:42of a baby again
21:43in his household
21:44softened my father's feelings
21:45towards his eldest daughter
21:47Caroline
21:47no
21:50bring her to me
21:51bring Lady Cecilia to me
21:54a war had been raging
22:02between my parents
22:03and Caroline
22:04for seven years
22:05a war had been raging
22:09in Europe
22:09for almost as long
22:11this is no way
22:16to celebrate
22:17winning a war
22:18why should we have rain?
22:23I trust we did not request it
22:25rain, rain
22:27we can overcome all else
22:29but who can overcome rain?
22:32Catherine wheels
22:33that don't turn
22:34rockets that don't shoot
22:35and fountains
22:36that don't spray
22:37are quite a deal
22:38to overcome
22:39the rain is a trifle
22:41no party goes well
22:43in the rain
22:43no party goes well
22:44when the party pavilion
22:45is burnt to the ground
22:47this was to have been a night
22:49we would never forget
22:51I for one
22:53will never forget it
22:55the dampest squib
22:57of my life
22:58we so wanted
23:00a party
23:01I will organise a party
23:03your majesty
23:04with peace restored
23:06on the continent
23:06it was time for the family
23:08to be reconciled as well
23:10your generosity
23:12your grace
23:12is unequalled in London
23:14my gratitude
23:15cannot be expressed
23:17Mama
23:22Caroline
23:24Father
23:33Charles
23:47why you've grown so tall
23:53what are you reading?
23:57Libby's history
23:58of the Punic Wars
23:59a small memento
24:03your grace
24:04Dresden
24:06thank you
24:08a small struffle
24:09to convey our regard
24:12pray
24:13open it
24:14a portrait of Lady Caroline
24:19yes
24:19to remember her by
24:21Louisa
24:34you don't remember me
24:37are you our sister?
24:44Sarah
24:45Cecilia
24:50he's a fine child
24:58for his age
24:59Favre's his grandfather
25:01don't you think?
25:06thank you
25:20oh we like it
25:26when the wheels
25:27go around
25:28and the rockets
25:29go up
25:30that is fortunate
25:31your majesty
25:32because that is precisely
25:33what they're designed
25:34to do
25:34do you know
25:35everything
25:36your grace?
25:38your majesty
25:38you know about animals
25:40and you know about
25:41antiquities
25:43I can't think
25:44how many languages
25:45you speak
25:46and here
25:48you know about fireworks
25:50yes they've turned out well
25:51in design and execution
25:53I think I may say
25:57they've turned out well
25:58thank you your majesty
26:09a splendid display
26:18your grace
26:19indeed indeed
26:21now that the war
26:22is over
26:23Mr Fox
26:24you must find yourself
26:25less busy
26:25it takes as much effort
26:28to get soldiers home
26:29as it did to send them out
26:30you would forbid me
26:31to make a short oration
26:32certainly
26:33come on
26:40my little girls
26:45Charles
26:47go forward Charles
26:48my son and heir
26:50I have here
26:52your most gracious majesty
26:54I have my family
26:56my friends
26:58I have my beautiful wife
26:59the most wonderful prize
27:02a man ever won
27:04I have my daughter Emily
27:06where's Emily?
27:08my daughter
27:09who was married in my house
27:11and Caroline
27:12my daughter
27:14who wasn't
27:14but she has now
27:16happily returned to us
27:17all strains are past
27:18all wounds are healed
27:19all injuries forgotten
27:20Henry Fox
27:23has acquired the regard
27:24of his monarch
27:24and his peers
27:25he is being called
27:27a great man
27:28and for Caroline's sake
27:30I'm glad
27:32Lord Kildare and Emily
27:35have given me
27:35two grandchildren already
27:37soon there'll be another
27:38your grace
27:39and Charles
27:41my boy
27:43in the fullness of time
27:47you will take my place
27:50may you be blessed
27:51as I have been blessed
27:52you will build on the plenty
27:54you inherit
27:55you will travel to Europe soon
27:56see what it has to offer
27:57and know that we can do more
27:59your majesty
28:00our country's influence
28:01stretches around the globe
28:03may it extend
28:04from east to west
28:05through the known
28:05and the unknown worlds
28:06may it grow
28:07your majesty
28:08may it grow
28:09and grow
28:10and
28:11Charles
28:16no
28:19fetch the lawyer
28:23let's go
28:35let's go
28:36let's go
28:39let's go
28:42let's go
28:52With my father dead, my mother lost her own will to live.
29:03I'll join him before my mourning's out.
29:06I shall ask God to take me.
29:09I'm sure he'll oblige.
29:13She too died within the year.
29:15But we were to learn that decrees and principles could still rule from the grave.
29:23This is a final codicil to the will of Sarah, Duchess of Richmond.
29:29The bequests thus described have been declared in accordance with my husband's wishes,
29:34and his wishes with regard to the guardianship of my remaining children I accede to and relate.
29:40My son, Charles Lennox, now 3rd Duke of Richmond, is the head of the family,
29:47but is to continue his education in Europe without interruption.
29:52The guardianship of my youngest daughters I give into the care of my daughter, my daughter Emily.
29:59It is my heartfelt desire that no influence may corrupt the morals of my children.
30:04I believe my daughter Emily and her husband, Lord Kildare,
30:09will ensure their moral and physical well-being until they are of marriageable age.
30:15They will then return to London to be presented at court.
30:34No influence may corrupt the morals of my children.
30:40This is a slur on you.
30:42My dear, it's a turn of phrase.
30:44He believed a freethinker could have no morals.
30:46What does it matter what he believed?
30:48I am the older sister.
30:50Do I not love them as much as you?
30:52Of course you do.
30:55Should they be taken to Ireland?
30:58There's nothing wrong with Ireland.
31:00It's not London.
31:01You have not been there, so do not judge.
31:05However suitable it is not their home.
31:07I believe it will soon become so, Lady Caroline.
31:09It is miles from all they know.
31:11Caroline, don't.
31:13This is father's way of revenge.
31:14It's simply his wish.
31:17Who knows what he thought?
31:18They return to us when they are grown.
31:21There's no consolation.
31:22It's years away.
31:24Emily, you will let me have them.
31:31I believe we must respect your father's will.
31:36This is between Emily and I.
31:38With profound respect, my name is mentioned.
31:42We must think of their good.
31:44I do.
31:46Your father's trust is an honour I did not look for.
31:49It's a duty I will not evade.
31:51It might be better not to dispute.
31:54Please be assured of our fondest care.
31:57No, it is not right.
32:00I cannot regard this as just or fair.
32:04I know I cannot alter the written word.
32:07I know I cannot bring back the dead.
32:09But it is not right.
32:11It is done.
32:13We must accept it.
32:16It's done.
32:17It's done.
32:21Having reunited us so recently,
32:23my father had split us asunder again.
32:27Caroline was hurt and angry.
32:30What could we do?
32:32Our parents were dead
32:33and beyond the reach of appeal or reason.
32:36My sisters Louisa and Sarah and baby Cecilia
32:53were to be cared for by me in Ireland.
32:56I think I gave them the childhood
32:58my parents would have wished for them.
33:00Undoubtedly, theirs would have been
33:02a very different upbringing
33:03if they had stayed in London
33:04with Caroline and Mr. Fox.
33:08Hooray!
33:09James, that's enough!
33:13Below the board with cups and spoons
33:15is crowned.
33:16Hooray!
33:17Hooray!
33:18No front line!
33:19Not at all.
33:20Say five more.
33:21And you'll grant me a wish.
33:23Let me hear you first.
33:25Meanwhile declining,
33:26at the noon of day,
33:27the sun obliquely shoots
33:28his burning ray.
33:30And the hungry judge
33:31is soon sent and signed
33:33that wretched hang
33:34that your remand may dine.
33:36That was four.
33:37The bargain is five.
33:38No wonder this home
33:39is called Liberty Hall
33:40for children.
33:41Take him down, Henry.
33:42Not at all.
33:43Come along, Charles James.
33:44My nephew, Stee,
33:45had been joined in that household
33:46by a younger brother,
33:48the precocious Charles James,
33:50who was to become
33:51more famous than his father.
33:53Bravo!
33:54Bravo!
33:55That was good.
33:56Come here, my boy.
33:58Come on.
33:58Sit here.
34:01Good.
34:02Fair and square.
34:03Now, what is your wish?
34:05I wish I could bathe in cream.
34:07Ah-ha!
34:08Bathe in cream!
34:09And so you shall, my boy.
34:12Ha-ha-ha!
34:13Woo!
34:13Woo!
34:14Woo!
34:14Woo!
34:15Woo!
34:17Woo!
34:17Woo!
34:18Woo!
34:19Woo!
34:19Woo!
34:20Woo!
34:20Woo!
34:20Woo!
34:21Woo!
34:21Woo!
34:22Woo!
34:22Woo!
34:23Woo! Woo!
34:23With my younger sisters,
34:24nothing in Ireland.
34:26At least, I furnished them
34:27with a succession of playmates
34:29in the pretty shapes
34:30of my own children,
34:32my ever-increasing brood.
34:34Slow down!
34:35You're great, then!
34:40Slow down!
34:43With this thing,
34:45I do well,
34:45with my body,
34:46I do worship.
34:48And with all my worldly goods,
34:50I...
34:51And with all my worldly goods,
34:53I've been down.
34:54And now you may kiss the bride.
34:54And now you may kiss the bride.
34:55And now you may kiss the bride.
34:56And now you may kiss the bride.
34:58Very good.
35:00Very good.
35:01Now you read us the rest of the story, Emily.
35:03Yes, Sarah, come sit down.
35:04Now where were we?
35:05Often it seemed to me as if Louisa,
35:19Sarah and Cecilia were my children rather than my sisters.
35:22Sometimes they even called me Mama.
35:26My home was theirs and the years passed in busy happiness.
35:32When the time came for Louisa to be married,
35:48she did not have to go to London for her husband.
35:51I found her a perfectly splendid one in Ireland
35:54in the form of Mr. Tom Connolly.
35:56Nobody could have been more suitable.
36:01Damn fine speech you made in Parliament last week,
36:03Lord Kildare.
36:04Which one, Mr. Connolly?
36:05I can't remember exactly.
36:07The one about munificence or...
36:11Does not the Patriot rejoice in the growth
36:13and munificence of his country?
36:15That's the one.
36:16Our munificence is curtailed.
36:18Our taxes go to England.
36:20It is a custom which is not just.
36:22England won't give back money.
36:24I may have to go to the king and say.
36:26I think perhaps you should dance with your wife, Mr. Connolly.
36:30Good idea.
36:32Ready, my lady?
36:38We'll show them how.
36:45The success of the match made me begin to consider
36:48whom Sarah might marry.
36:50And when will you marry Sarah?
36:52Mary?
36:56Me?
36:59I do not know.
37:01But finding a husband for Sarah
37:03was going to prove more difficult.
37:04Good night, children.
37:28But, Mama, it's early.
37:30It is long past your bedtime, George.
37:32But they're still dancing.
37:35I expect they will dance till dawn,
37:38but my children must sleep.
37:41Go on.
37:46And you too, Cecilia.
37:49Good night, sister.
37:51Good night.
37:52Don't say you're hurt.
38:00I'd die on the spot if you're hurt.
38:02Oh, Tom.
38:04What a nice thing to say.
38:05I always go at things.
38:07Hunting, dancing, anything.
38:09No one can keep up with you in the country dance.
38:12Apart from you.
38:12Come on.
38:23Let's go home.
38:24Let's go home.
38:24Let's go home.
38:26Where are all my servants?
38:45Get them out of their beds.
38:47And get candles quickly.
38:48My lady must see her house.
38:50I have seen your house.
38:52Your house, my lady.
38:53You are its mistress now.
38:55It's splendid.
38:57I like it so much.
38:59You'll want improvements.
39:00Women always want improvements.
39:02I want lights in every room.
39:04Morning room, gallery, boudoir, drawing room, library,
39:09bedrooms, dressing rooms, blue room, study.
39:12Mr. Connolly, that's enough.
39:14Enough.
39:14Put the lights on in Lady Louisa's bedroom first.
39:19Give me another watch of cameras to the cellar.
39:25I will only change things if you like me to.
39:28I so want to be a good wife.
39:30We'll make a splash.
39:32The first in fashion.
39:33The latest style.
39:37Please, Mary.
39:39The cameras are in there.
39:40You will tell me how much you desire me to spend.
39:43You may spend what you like.
39:46I'm the richest man in Ireland!
39:52No, I won't get on the south wall.
39:55Get all the hounds around to the south wall.
39:57Get up!
39:58Get up!
40:02Ah, it's ended, Mr. Ron.
40:04What a take.
40:05I'm with you as soon as I get all this to rights.
40:07I'm with you in it.
40:08He is never still for a moment.
40:20He is my darling flea.
40:23He must jump about.
40:24Marriage agrees with you?
40:35Indeed.
40:36I wondered at first.
40:39But it's not at all alarming.
40:40Should I wear the mustard or the lime green?
40:51I think the lime green.
40:53Oh, did you tell them to polish my riding boots?
40:56Yes, my angel.
40:57It's all in order.
41:03One would think you had been married for years, not days.
41:05I grow quite accustomed to it.
41:11I had nurtured my sisters well and was proud of them.
41:15In London, Caroline had less reason to be proud of her sons.
41:20You cannot go there again.
41:21Why not?
41:22But you...
41:23You lose so much.
41:25Lose?
41:26By my standards, 5,000 is nothing.
41:29Your standards?
41:30You do not pay.
41:31Your father does.
41:32I would have thought you both would have more sense.
41:36If one never ventures, one never gains.
41:38You never win.
41:39You lose and lose.
41:41Then it's ripe for our luck to turn.
41:43It is a wicked waste.
41:45A vice and a sin.
41:46Mother!
41:49It's a doing that gives so much pleasure.
41:55They only knew how much it hurt me.
41:57I'm sure they would stop.
42:02Charles James and Stee have been gambling again.
42:09Our sons follow the fashion of all young men.
42:15And they're drunk.
42:16Henry, do I begin to look old?
42:35Have I neglected to admire a new dress?
42:39You misunderstand me.
42:41I wish to look old.
42:44Un visage salueux.
42:45And what is the purpose of this serious face?
42:51I can't help thinking Emily wrongs me.
42:55You can still launch Sarah.
42:58I shall insist on it.
43:01But I should have launched Louisa.
43:04I could have sat at assemblies like an old lady and helped find her a husband.
43:09Why did Emily keep her?
43:11I am the eldest.
43:14Mama!
43:15Mama, did you see what I caught?
43:17It's a splendid fish, George.
43:20Will there be a river at Eton?
43:22Yes, William.
43:23And there'll be games.
43:24Latin and lessons.
43:26I'm afraid so.
43:28Oh, must we go?
43:29You must.
43:31I shall be taking you there.
43:32You know where to go to London again.
43:35I make no progress in my efforts here.
43:38Ireland is prospering, but all our tax ends up in London.
43:42I'm making a protest.
43:43I may resign one of my positions.
43:46It's not the best time for us to lose income.
43:50Whatever our income, my Emily will spend it.
43:53Jimmy, I'm reading again.
43:59Again?
44:00That's George, William, Henrietta, little Emily, Sophia...
44:05Charlotte.
44:07Charlotte.
44:07Lucy.
44:08That's six.
44:10Seven.
44:12Jimmy?
44:13Is it?
44:13I'm frightened for them.
44:39So far from home.
44:42They will soon become accustomed.
44:44Yes, my lord.
44:49What will I?
44:51A mother's natural fears accompanied every separation from my sons.
44:57George and William, who were my eldest, were the first to leave me.
45:01I hated to see them go.
45:09Lord Kildare.
45:10And did your business prosper today, my lord?
45:16It was another day of delays.
45:19I waited half the day to petition the king, then was told his majesty was fatigued and would see no one else.
45:24Half a day?
45:26That's nothing.
45:26Time slips by.
45:28Time slips by.
45:29I get nowhere.
45:31What do you wish to accomplish?
45:33It's not easy.
45:34Were it not for your help and guidance, I believe I would despair.
45:38A word from you.
45:38I have less influence than you imagine.
45:41My cause is just.
45:43Your parliament bleeds Ireland dry.
45:45Ireland's taxes should make Ireland rich.
45:49I have believed in the justice of many causes.
45:53But the greater my convictions, the more enemies I have made.
45:58Justice guarantees nothing.
45:59You will not help me, then?
46:02I shall do what I can.
46:04I don't promise success.
46:10You will stay to dine?
46:11If you'll excuse me, Lady Caroline, I'm fagged to death.
46:15Good night.
46:16Will you see the king?
46:23Not a chance in the world.
46:26Are you going to help him?
46:28I may arrange a few more fruitless appointments with ministers.
46:33But to be frank, my dear, he's something of an embarrassment.
46:39Why must he concern himself with matters he barely understands?
46:42Why can't he simply enjoy being rich?
46:50My children adore your little flea.
46:55I see your maid is breeding.
47:04Louisa, I'm not the only woman in my house that can breed of my lord, Kildare.
47:12She's...
47:14She's...
47:16It's...
47:18Constancy is rarely found in men.
47:26That part of their nature is hard for us to judge.
47:30I would be jealous.
47:32I wouldn't overcome it.
47:35Jealous?
47:37You would make yourself unhappy and no avail.
47:40Infidelity in men
47:44is as common as rain
47:47and has as little meaning.
47:53And besides,
47:55Jamie loves me.
47:58I see.
47:58Who knows?
48:08Someday I may have a lover too.
48:09I don't know.
48:10Oh, my God.
48:40Oh, my God.
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