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00:00:22Please, there has been a misunderstanding.
00:00:24The woman who had me arrested, she did not pay me wage for seven years.
00:00:26She is not to be trusted.
00:00:27I am not the magistrate, sweetheart.
00:00:30Can you send word to someone for me, please?
00:00:33Alfie Burrow. He works under the new Lady Penwood at Penwood House.
00:00:36Your working friend, or anyone who might speak on your behalf,
00:00:40besides the fact that they are unlikely to be believed,
00:00:42if the lady who sent me after you has anything to do with it,
00:00:45she will make sure anyone who does speak for you faces personal ruin.
00:00:50So, I can send for anyone you want,
00:00:53but you'd better make sure you're well worth the trouble to them.
00:00:58No, you are right.
00:01:01Take the blanket.
00:01:03If you are convicted,
00:01:05it's life behind bars.
00:01:07The best.
00:01:10The best.
00:01:10The best.
00:01:26The best.
00:01:34The best.
00:01:37The best.
00:01:46The best.
00:01:48balls thrown by your Queen are the grandest night of the year, full of
00:01:58spectacle, glamour, delights, that sort of thing. Your presence is requested, your
00:02:08style is required, your absence without reason will be noted. The season offers
00:02:14some hope, at least, with us in mourning. At least we will not be expected at the
00:02:19Queen's Fall. Apologies, I was simply trying to... Of course, I am relieved. Avoiding events
00:02:28was one of my and John's most favourite shared activities. Oh yes, do note that this is an
00:02:39event in honour of Lady Agatha Danbury. She has chosen to depart from London to go elsewhere.
00:02:51Does it not seem as slight to Lady Danbury? This part of the text is so small. I can hardly
00:03:00read it.
00:03:01Now that the Queen does not have whistled down to antagonise, perhaps she has shifted her animosity.
00:03:08Do you know anything, Ray? About Lady Danbury and the Queen? I cannot say that I do.
00:03:18No. Of course you do not.
00:03:26Ray is a good housekeeper. Just because you're Miss Varley does not mean you could speak to her.
00:03:29Miss Varley? Where would you get such a strange idea? Do not think of her.
00:03:40I have considered leaving every morning until this one. The dowager was rather pleasant on waking.
00:03:49That is because she had that former maid of hers apprehended last night and this very moment.
00:03:58I believe Lord Stotter may be behind these doors about to propose to Miss Lee.
00:04:07Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
00:04:10My wife to be then. I shall see you soon. And with luck, every day after that.
00:04:20You have surely made the match of the season. Look at my ring.
00:04:23Both of you must begin planning what you will wear to the Queen's Ball.
00:04:26Surely the perfect place to announce your betrothal.
00:04:30Where are you going, Mama? To the jail, naturally. Do you not know?
00:04:34I heard you were quite helpful in guiding Mama to say-
00:04:37Rosamond!
00:04:39Did you have Sophie arrested?
00:04:41A thief should not evade justice.
00:04:44Sophie is not a thief, Mama. She was never anything but good to us.
00:04:47I do not wish to hear from you on this matter any further. I shall return soon.
00:04:51You have done very well, Rosamond.
00:04:57Are you not going to congratulate me? Congratulations, sister.
00:05:08She is where?
00:05:09It is my fault. I thought you were a thief and helped the Dowager Lady Penwood find her.
00:05:14But Miss Posey made it clear I was gravely mistaken.
00:05:17This Sophie worked in this house when it was under the Dowager's oversight, yes.
00:05:22But does she have any family?
00:05:24Less words, please. I know who we should speak to.
00:05:38Oh! Is that an automated roasting spit?
00:05:45These two have a most urgent matter to discuss with you.
00:05:50Perhaps you could let Hyacent show you her ribbon collection. She has made quite a few additions lately.
00:05:55Oh, it is not so impressive.
00:05:56I am thinking I might delay going to Eton for some time to spend time with you, Frank.
00:06:00No, please do not do that. I am so grateful to all of you for your support and attention, but...
00:06:06I believe that your sister would like us all to act normally, if only for a time.
00:06:10Yes. Thank you.
00:06:12Perhaps we could talk about someone else instead.
00:06:16How are you, Mother?
00:06:18Oh. How is your friend, Lord Anderson?
00:06:20Lord Anderson? Well, he... well...
00:06:23Mother! I need to speak to you about Sophie.
00:06:25Oh.
00:06:28Forgive me for interrupting.
00:06:31Francesca, um...
00:06:32Um, impressive or not, I should like to see that ribbon collection. Come along. You as well, Gregory.
00:06:38Did you ask her?
00:06:39Ask her what?
00:06:40Well, ask who?
00:06:40No. She had gone before I could find her.
00:06:42Do you know where she is going?
00:06:44Excuse me, my lady.
00:06:44Sorry, who are we speaking of?
00:06:45Sophie. She has gone to the Americas.
00:06:47I tried to catch her ship, but there were two leaving at once and I could not find her in
00:06:50the crowd.
00:06:51You chased Sophie to the docks. What is going on, exactly?
00:06:53Your brother is in love with your lady's maid, only she has left us in the middle of the night
00:06:57without saying goodbye.
00:06:58Mom. I am sorry.
00:06:59What?
00:06:59Please do not write about this.
00:07:00I am no longer Lady Whistledown.
00:07:01I cannot lose her to the Americas. I need to know how one might charter a boat.
00:07:05If she'd just left this morning, there may yet be time.
00:07:06It will be alright.
00:07:08Will you all be quiet a moment?
00:07:13Please.
00:07:14Hazel has something to tell you.
00:07:16I'm so sorry to interrupt, but I have good news and bad news.
00:07:20The good news being, Mr Bridgerton will not be needing a boat.
00:07:29Someone is here to see you.
00:07:39Hello Sophie.
00:07:40How rude.
00:07:42You should be grateful the lady has even come to such an undesirable place.
00:07:45Especially as I have come to help you.
00:07:48Help me?
00:07:48Yes.
00:07:49I want to be generous.
00:07:50You could avoid a trial.
00:07:52Your public humiliation.
00:07:54Any possible damage to the Bridgerton household for harboring you.
00:07:58How?
00:07:59A confession.
00:08:01Of course.
00:08:02It would make all this far easier if you admit you impersonated someone you are not.
00:08:07That you stole from me.
00:08:08I did not.
00:08:09You did.
00:08:12You have stolen everything from me.
00:08:16And I will not give you what is left by confessing to make your life easier.
00:08:20You have always made poor choices.
00:08:25At least now.
00:08:27You shall get what you deserve.
00:08:29Guard.
00:08:30I am finished here.
00:08:32This will not go well for you.
00:08:38Without any witness to speak on your behalf, and based on the sworn testimony of the dowager
00:08:44lady Penwood.
00:08:44Sir, please, I-
00:08:45Miss Beck, I must remind you that you are not to speak.
00:08:49At this time I have no choice but to sentence you-
00:08:52Sir!
00:08:52I must ask you to release this woman at once.
00:08:54What is the meaning of this?
00:08:55Who, sir, are you?
00:08:58Benedict Bridgerton.
00:08:59Son to the late Viscount Edmund Bridgerton, and brother to the Viscount Anthony Bridgerton.
00:09:02And brother to the Duke of Hastings.
00:09:05Mr. Bridgerton is a second son.
00:09:07The girl is accused of stealing from a count-
00:09:09You besmirched my honour over a pair of shoe clips.
00:09:11They must have been tremendously valuable.
00:09:14Sir, Miss Peck has been in my employ for months now, and we can attest, based on her character,
00:09:18that these charges are certain to be unfounded.
00:09:21They are certainly not.
00:09:22Do you have any proof?
00:09:23Please, I urge you all to maintain decorum and act in accordance with your rank and dignity.
00:09:30Lady Penwood, if this family were willing to pay you the cost of your shoe clips,
00:09:34would you retract your accusations against Miss Beck?
00:09:37Yes, we are happy to pay.
00:09:39That will be insufficient, as she also stands accused of impersonating a lady.
00:09:44A lady in a silver dress at the very masquerade ball held by the dowager Lady Bridgerton.
00:09:49I will have justice.
00:09:50Then we shall need time to mount a defence for Miss Beck.
00:09:52What kind of defence can there possibly be, except that she has clearly clouded Mr Bridgerton's judgement by seducing it?
00:09:57I did no such thing.
00:09:58How dare you imply that my son is-
00:10:00Order!
00:10:01I will have order!
00:10:03Magistrate Burton, we will provide Miss Peck with a barrister.
00:10:06Until then, I wonder if you would be so kind as to save me from distress.
00:10:09She is a lady's maid in my employ, and I cannot manage without her services.
00:10:13I must beg for your aid.
00:10:15Might you release her into my custody until things are set to rights?
00:10:21We would be so grateful that you indulge my poor mother.
00:10:26I will release Miss Beck on bail, on condition that she remain in the Bridgerton household.
00:10:31And you will guarantee she does not leave such household.
00:10:36But might I suggest, talk with one another.
00:10:40Unless you are able to reach an agreement amongst yourselves, we will meet again in a week's time to determine
00:10:46Miss Beck's fate.
00:10:53There is to be no agreement. She is going to prison.
00:10:56Oh, we shall see about that.
00:10:58What do you think the Queen will say when she finds out you are harbouring a criminal?
00:11:02One you allowed to step outside her station and seduce your son?
00:11:06Do you think she will allow you to remain in society?
00:11:10Shall we find out?
00:11:32I cannot thank both of you enough. I am grateful, but you should not have gone to the trouble.
00:11:37I will not hear of it. Why did you not send word to us? Would the constable not let you?
00:11:40No, I thought perhaps I had done enough to push you all the way.
00:11:46Escaping in the night as I did, I did not wish to burden you any further.
00:11:48Well, it is a good thing we were allowed.
00:11:50You have a great many people who care for you, Sophia. I hope you see that.
00:11:55Our trials are not over, though.
00:11:57If the dowager Lady Penwood does not win her case in court, she may try to win it in public.
00:12:00And if the Queen finds out about your attachment, well, could create a scandal so large
00:12:06that even your leaving for the country would hardly dampen the effects you might have on your younger siblings' prospects.
00:12:10There is no easy solution to that.
00:12:13I am glad you're here.
00:12:14Safely with us, Sophie.
00:12:16Welcome home.
00:12:21Your room is all made up and ready, but do let us know if there's anything we have forgotten.
00:12:25I do not understand. My room is upstairs in the servants' quarters.
00:12:29Not anymore.
00:12:30Lady Bridgerton has informed us that you are to be our guest until all this with a trial blows over.
00:12:35Or until you formalise your attachment with Mr Bridgerton.
00:12:39Why did you not say?
00:12:41They have no attachment, Hazel.
00:12:45Though Lady Bridgerton has made it clear that her son is not to cross this hall to your room for
00:12:50any reason,
00:12:51or you to his.
00:12:52Of course.
00:12:53I have eyes everywhere.
00:12:59Come along, Hazel.
00:13:17How long have you known?
00:13:20I found your necklace in my bedroom last night.
00:13:23The lady in silver, she wore this very same pendant.
00:13:27I never wished to lie to you, I only...
00:13:31I could not stand to think of your disappointment.
00:13:33Upon learning that the woman you searched for all that time would turn out not to be an enchanting young
00:13:38lady, but...
00:13:40...me.
00:13:41The very last thing I feel knowing it was you is disappointment.
00:13:46I spent so much of my life feeling alone in a crowded room.
00:13:52I fell for you at the masquerade because...
00:13:56...you saw me.
00:13:59Just me.
00:14:02What kind of a man would I be if I only ever saw you as the lady in silver?
00:14:07And yet...
00:14:09...all this time...
00:14:10...you did not believe that I could handle the truth.
00:14:13Perhaps because...
00:14:15...your love for me is not what I thought it was.
00:14:25Benedict.
00:14:28Forgive me.
00:14:29Mrs. Wilson has sent me to keep watch and ensure that both of you keep to your separate rooms.
00:14:35I could use a light down.
00:14:44We should hope at the very least to keep Sophie out of prison.
00:14:48I hesitate to ask something of you so close to your departure, but in a perfect world...
00:14:54...well, the Queen's blessing that their union might protect us all from a scandal.
00:14:58It is quite the fantastical tale.
00:15:02The maid, the gentleman, in love.
00:15:05And Babs, too fantastical for Her Majesty to accept.
00:15:08The Queen has waged a great deal on Benedict's getting married this season.
00:15:14It is unlikely.
00:15:16But I am happy to try.
00:15:18Also, I believe her father to be of nobility.
00:15:21Well, does that help our case at all?
00:15:24Not if the mother was a maid.
00:15:26Even if Sophie had not been relegated to the position of maid herself, the ton would never accept a gentleman...
00:15:32...marrying a girl of illegitimate origins.
00:15:36And I am afraid the best they can hope for is to slip quietly away to the countryside together.
00:15:46I can delay my trip.
00:15:48Stay. Make sure that if any scandal erupts that I am here to...
00:15:52Agatha.
00:15:53No.
00:15:53It is your time.
00:15:55I appreciate you trying with the Queen, but...
00:15:58No. No, you must go.
00:16:00Violet Bridgerton.
00:16:06I will miss you.
00:16:08No.
00:16:09I will miss you too.
00:16:11Very much.
00:16:22May I help you in this bed?
00:16:24Sophie will do, John.
00:16:28Did anyone call for me?
00:16:30No. I do not believe so.
00:16:44You look handsome tonight, John.
00:16:48Are you being quite serious?
00:16:50Of course I am.
00:16:52Because I have not been certain if you are interested.
00:16:56You do have something of a reputation.
00:16:59That was all before I met you.
00:17:06I thought perhaps...
00:17:07I have been trying to figure out how to sneak into yours as well.
00:17:13I was furious when you did not recognise me.
00:17:16I know.
00:17:18I am sorry.
00:17:20I was furious at first.
00:17:22But then I realised it does not matter, Benedict.
00:17:24You have shown me a tremendous amount of love.
00:17:27More than I have felt in a very long time.
00:17:29And my inability to believe in it.
00:17:32The only other person in my life I was sure loved me was my father.
00:17:36He was the sixth Earl of Penwood.
00:17:39Richard Gunn.
00:17:40He promised he would always take care of me and I trusted that.
00:17:44I trusted his love.
00:17:46But after his death it became clear that I had been mistaken in both cases.
00:17:50Is it because of him you became a maid?
00:17:54He provided nothing for me in his will.
00:17:57Araminta made that very clear.
00:17:59Did you see this will for yourself?
00:18:02No, I did not wish to be further crushed.
00:18:08Sophie.
00:18:10It is clear that woman despises you.
00:18:14From the very day she met me.
00:18:16What reason would you have to believe her about your father?
00:18:22I...
00:18:25I...
00:18:25I do not know.
00:18:28I simply believed her.
00:18:32Believed that my father would have forgotten me.
00:18:37Believed that the love I felt in my head was made up from the beginning.
00:18:40Believed that I should not expect you to recognise me or love me or commit to me.
00:18:45Sophie.
00:18:47Of course I love you.
00:18:51Do you believe me now?
00:18:54I did not help. I should never have asked you to be my mistress.
00:18:57I am forever sorry.
00:18:59Last night I came back here for a reason.
00:19:01To ask you the question I should have asked you all along.
00:19:04You do not.
00:19:06Not now.
00:19:07I have my family's blessing, Sophie.
00:19:12Not with the trial hanging over us.
00:19:14Your family's reputation at stake let us wait.
00:19:21I love you.
00:19:23I love you, Benedict.
00:19:42I love you.
00:19:58Will you join me?
00:20:00Bye.
00:20:02Bye.
00:21:09We cannot risk.
00:21:11Then we will not.
00:21:19Turn around.
00:21:20Turn around.
00:21:58Turn around.
00:22:21You do not have to do that anymore.
00:22:23Miss Bridgerton, I hope you are not cross with me.
00:22:25Oh, I am positively outraged.
00:22:30Now, the most interesting thing ever to happen in my home happened right under my nose and I was blind
00:22:34to it the entire time.
00:22:37Good, because I would like to ask you a favour.
00:22:41I would like your help getting into Penwood House.
00:22:47I am delighted you have come to call.
00:22:49I am all for putting the past in the past.
00:22:55Yes, as am I.
00:22:58Well, we do have a good many things to discuss that should occupy us for a good many minutes.
00:23:03I am all is.
00:23:04Yes, I had heard you repaint it with pink and I wanted to tell you how splendid it looked.
00:23:12It is so you.
00:23:19Alfie.
00:23:21What are you doing here?
00:23:22What are you doing here?
00:23:22My father's will.
00:23:23I believe it...
00:23:25I believe it is in the study.
00:23:26Araminta is trying to put me behind bars and I must know what it says before she succeeds.
00:23:38You should sit before you wear a line in that rug.
00:23:42Apologies.
00:23:43I know that Lady Danby was not optimistic, but I am certain everything will work out.
00:23:48We will find a way.
00:23:50We always do.
00:23:56So, Sophie was the lady in silver.
00:23:59Well, I think the Earl of Penwood's daughter deserved to attend a ball at some point.
00:24:07If we survive this chapter, what if I cannot do it?
00:24:12Moving permanently to the countryside.
00:24:15Being a husband.
00:24:16Do you doubt your feelings for Sophie?
00:24:18No, I doubt myself.
00:24:20Why, Benedict?
00:24:21Have I not been disappointing you my entire life?
00:24:25I have never disappointed in my children.
00:24:30Oh, well, maybe I have been hard on you at times, but there is a reason for that.
00:24:36It is because in many ways I was most like you as a child.
00:24:41What do you mean?
00:24:43Children have an easier time imagining a ghost in a darkened hallway than they do imagining their mother as a
00:24:48youth.
00:24:49In fairness, I have mostly forgotten that girl myself.
00:24:54What was she like?
00:24:56She was impulsive, passionate, wild, carefree, filled with a burning desire to experience all that life had to offer,
00:25:06and constantly wishing to do the opposite of what her parents wanted.
00:25:10Antony is just like your father.
00:25:13But you, you are my son.
00:25:16Through and through.
00:25:18What happened to her?
00:25:19Well, I fell in love.
00:25:22A love that made all my wild rebellion grow quiet, and still, I did not need it anymore.
00:25:27I was just happy.
00:25:31That is what I feel for Sophie.
00:25:32Then your love will make you capable of anything you put your mind to.
00:25:37I hope you have not left that wild, carefree young girl behind.
00:25:44She sounds delightful, in her own right.
00:25:50She won.
00:26:16It has to be in here.
00:26:27Lily thought she saw you walking up.
00:26:29I had to see for myself.
00:26:30Emma.
00:26:31Do you know where the key for this is?
00:26:33We're looking for her father's will.
00:26:35I have seen his lordship open that.
00:26:37With a key from this drawer.
00:26:46Which one is it?
00:26:48Your guess is as good as mine.
00:26:56And will you be using this shade of pink for your country estate as well?
00:27:03Eloise.
00:27:04I find it most difficult to believe that you came here today to compliment my taste in colours.
00:27:10Oh, why?
00:27:11I...
00:27:12Can a young lady not simply wish to discuss the colour pink?
00:27:14I know why you are truly here.
00:27:19You have finally succumbed to the mania.
00:27:24The marriage mania.
00:27:25It's clear you are at last imagining what it would be like to have a husband one day.
00:27:31And you wish to know what it is like.
00:27:32Oh.
00:27:34Yes.
00:27:35I am quite overcome with the madness.
00:27:40It was difficult last season.
00:27:42Not having a shared dream for the future between us.
00:27:45I do understand your view of things.
00:27:47How marriage steals independence and liberty.
00:27:49Mary Wollstonecraft and all that.
00:27:51You read Mary Wollstonecraft?
00:27:52You would not stop talking about her last season.
00:27:55And what else was I supposed to do in Wales?
00:27:59She has some good ideas.
00:28:01The truth is, she does not sufficiently value love.
00:28:04It has the power to change one's life, Eloise.
00:28:09Yes.
00:28:10I am starting to see that.
00:28:22Well done.
00:28:27This is the one.
00:28:37Richard Gunn.
00:28:38The sixth cell of Penwood.
00:28:42He bequeaths an additional 4,000 pounds to Araminta for every year she houses me.
00:28:47Oh my goodness.
00:28:48That's why she kept you on.
00:28:50She was profiting off you.
00:28:54It's all fair.
00:28:56What is it?
00:29:01I can see that marriage has been of great benefit to you.
00:29:04At the very least, it has had the power to give me the drawing room of my dreams.
00:29:09It is quite an improvement on Cowper House, is it not?
00:29:13You never belonged in that house.
00:29:15Or with your parents.
00:29:18I should like to apologise.
00:29:19All that business with you nearly having to marry a man three times your age last season.
00:29:25I was far too self-interested, really, to appreciate how difficult that must have been.
00:29:32And how much your success on the marriage mark mattered to you.
00:29:39And all is well.
00:29:41Everything has worked out exactly as it should.
00:29:47It has indeed.
00:29:51After all that, the shoe clips turned out to be fake.
00:29:58Is this what passes for gossip these days?
00:30:01I do not care about shoe clips or maids.
00:30:05No matter what I may think of the dowager Lady Penwood, if the magistrate sees fit to charge the girl,
00:30:12so be it.
00:30:13The dowager also means to impress upon your majesty that this maid seduced a gentleman, Benedict Bridgerton.
00:30:28The most eligible suitor of the season, seduced by a maid?
00:30:36Is it true?
00:30:37No, it is not true.
00:30:40She did not have to seduce him because he loves her.
00:30:45Against all reason and expectation, they have formed an attachment.
00:30:51She saved his life in the countryside and he fell for her as she nursed him back to health.
00:30:55A man, once thought, never able to commit, moved by the simple grace and beauty of a girl of humble
00:31:03origins.
00:31:04Your majesty, you were right all along.
00:31:08Benedict Bridgerton is ready for marriage after all.
00:31:14It is unfortunate.
00:31:16I was right all along, casting my wager.
00:31:19But I will lose still.
00:31:21Your majesty.
00:31:22Well, Benedict Bridgerton cannot marry a maid, can he?
00:31:27I had hoped we could make one last great match together, Lady Danbury.
00:31:31It is a shame for us to go out on a loss.
00:31:35Tell me, Brimsley, how is the ball coming along?
00:31:39Extremely well, your majesty.
00:31:46What do you know about what is going on with Benedict Bridgerton?
00:31:50You've been spending a great deal of time together this season.
00:31:52What do you know?
00:31:53You know something.
00:31:55You have been withholding from me.
00:31:57If you know I've been withholding something, then you have been withholding something as well.
00:32:05All I know, there is a lower class girl, someone he knows he should not be with.
00:32:08It is a maid at Bridgerton House.
00:32:10I overheard them.
00:32:11They are in love, and the Dowager Lady Penwood is trying to send her to prison.
00:32:16This morning, I spent four hours helping the Queen decide on florals for her ball.
00:32:23Yesterday, there was a debate over whether the Pomeranians should be shaved to resemble lions.
00:32:28The day before that...
00:32:28Alice, we can move to the country if you're unhappy with your position.
00:32:34No.
00:32:34No, we cannot.
00:32:36One does not simply walk away from the Queen.
00:32:38And I do not wish to, but I wish to do something of meaning, Will.
00:32:41Lady Danbury helped the Queen reshape our society.
00:32:44I am decorating.
00:32:47I'm not even decorating.
00:32:49I am saying yes or no while the servants decorate.
00:32:52You and I, we were given this life out of thin air.
00:32:57And it has been wonderful.
00:32:59And we are enjoying ourselves at last, but I should like to help others enjoy it as well.
00:33:04If I involve myself in trying to help this maid, either it will finally earn me the Queen's close confidence,
00:33:10or it will ruin this family.
00:33:12I should like to do it either way.
00:33:15You have my full support, then.
00:33:23She hasn't been gone that long, Alan Diggs.
00:33:28Oh, we say some hundred.
00:33:30Good day.
00:33:30Alice, unfortunately now is not an ideal time.
00:33:32Yes, I know.
00:33:33Lady Danbury had little success with the Queen.
00:33:35But I have an idea for another approach.
00:33:48My mother and I have been so worried for you.
00:33:50Forgive me, the new Lady Penwood insisted on Miss Bridgetton's day for tea.
00:33:54How did it go?
00:33:56I saw my father's will.
00:33:59Well, what is it?
00:34:00My father.
00:34:03He kept his promise.
00:34:06Posey, Rosamond, myself.
00:34:09He left us each an equal portion dowry.
00:34:13He loved me.
00:34:19Of course he did.
00:34:21How could anyone not?
00:34:26You were not going to prison.
00:34:29The dowager Lady Penwood stole your dowry.
00:34:31That makes her a liar and a thief.
00:34:33She has not already spent it all.
00:34:35She has not already spent it all.
00:34:35I have a dowry.
00:34:37It still does not make me legitimate or an appropriate match for a gentleman.
00:34:40I do not care about the money.
00:34:42And I do not care about whether you are appropriate or not.
00:34:44Mrs. Mondrich came to call.
00:34:46She is one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting.
00:34:50She has a plan to help us.
00:34:52What is it?
00:34:54We will have to find you a dress.
00:34:56Because you are going to the Queen's Ball tomorrow.
00:35:07It is a game for two.
00:35:10Forgive me.
00:35:12It is my family.
00:35:13There is a scandal brewing.
00:35:16A scandal?
00:35:18Do you tell?
00:35:23Benedict, my brother,
00:35:26is in love with a maid.
00:35:28My family, we are all supporting them.
00:35:32But everyone else in the town will surely be up in arms if they find out.
00:35:35Which, I confess, does feel rather trivial compared to...
00:35:45Now is when you choose to hold your tongue.
00:35:50I am only surprised.
00:35:52Your family is surprising.
00:35:56I would not blame you for distancing yourself from us.
00:35:59From me.
00:36:00No, I meant surprising in a good way.
00:36:04Love does not always look how one expects, I imagine.
00:36:07I am not one to judge the happiness of others.
00:36:12I am relieved to hear you say so.
00:36:18I had hoped, if you were not concerned by our continued association,
00:36:23that you might consider staying here in London
00:36:26until a new heir is found.
00:36:28I am here.
00:36:29I know.
00:36:31But I suppose I am feeling...
00:36:34a suspense about when you might leave again,
00:36:37as you so rarely stay in one place for long.
00:36:39You are the only other person who truly understands.
00:36:45If you were to like it, I shall stay.
00:36:49It would mean a great deal to me.
00:36:52I feel very close to you, Michaela.
00:36:56As do I.
00:37:14Look what one of the maids helped me rescue from the bin.
00:37:17Slightly rumpled, but I think it gives it character, no?
00:37:22You need not have bothered.
00:37:24Ah, I take it you are still planning not to debut.
00:37:32I must say, I think that would be a mistake.
00:37:36You cannot be serious.
00:37:39After you incessantly mocked my lesson...
00:37:41In my defence, they were extremely mockable.
00:37:45I thought you would be thrilled.
00:37:48Now you will not grow old alone.
00:37:50We can be Spencers together.
00:37:57As wonderful as that sounds,
00:37:59I know it's not genuinely what you want.
00:38:04It is all right to be frightened.
00:38:06What happened to John, it is beyond awful.
00:38:09It frightens me too more than I care to admit.
00:38:11Some things are out of our control.
00:38:13What is in our control is our ability to support one another
00:38:17and ensure that we do not allow fear
00:38:19to keep us from experiencing something that could be truly special.
00:38:23Now you are a proponent of marriage.
00:38:25Proponent is far too strong a word.
00:38:27But after spending a season by your side,
00:38:29I can see that on occasion,
00:38:31marriage might have its advantages.
00:38:34Companionship,
00:38:35family,
00:38:37a prime seat at a soiree.
00:38:39And then,
00:38:40if not for mother and father's marriage,
00:38:43we would not all have each other.
00:38:45Which seems a rather large reward.
00:38:48Most of the time, anyway.
00:38:53Suppose your points have some merit.
00:38:56Though if
00:38:58I am to one day find the right husband,
00:39:01I think I should like to get to know myself better first.
00:39:06An excellent plan.
00:39:27The season will not be the same without you, Lady Dan.
00:39:30Well, I have no doubt you will
00:39:32still find ways of
00:39:34enjoying yourselves.
00:39:36You will be missed greatly.
00:39:38By the Queen, most of all.
00:39:47Well,
00:39:49he's to us.
00:39:59Tonight is our night, Rosamund.
00:40:01Let us greet Lord Stotter,
00:40:03and then we shall speak to the Queen
00:40:04and settle the matter of Sophie.
00:40:11We can do this.
00:40:13We can do this.
00:40:15Are we certain we can do this?
00:40:17Would it not be better to wait
00:40:18until we see the magistrate?
00:40:19It may be too late by then
00:40:20if the dowager gets to the Queen tonight.
00:40:22Mrs Mondridge will arrange everything.
00:40:26You will just have to tuck in close
00:40:28as we sneak you in.
00:40:30Hopefully,
00:40:31last time.
00:40:35Your party.
00:40:36Violet Bridgerton,
00:40:37the dowager lady Bridgerton.
00:40:40Yes, plus three.
00:40:41Er, something like that.
00:40:43Yes, so many children.
00:40:47Bridgertons,
00:40:48come with me.
00:40:56Wait,
00:40:56what are we meant to do now then?
00:40:58Well,
00:40:58it's strange not to be
00:40:59at the very centre of scandal for once.
00:41:01Let us enjoy it then.
00:41:04May I have this dance?
00:41:05Yes.
00:41:16Miss Posey.
00:41:18Miss Bridgerton.
00:41:21Oh,
00:41:22no.
00:41:22I am...
00:41:23I do not know if you know,
00:41:25but I was not part of...
00:41:26No,
00:41:26I assumed not.
00:41:27I was simply greeting you.
00:41:29Though perhaps I should not.
00:41:30Your mother may disapprove.
00:41:33Yes.
00:41:36But do not let her dictate what you do.
00:41:38A friend of mine has a mother
00:41:39not too dissimilar to yours,
00:41:41and that friend has done very well
00:41:42for herself now.
00:41:43Truly.
00:41:51You have the interest of Lord Barnaby.
00:41:54He does ask me to dance
00:41:56from time to time,
00:41:57but my mother's efforts
00:41:59are concentrated on my sister this season.
00:42:04Oh,
00:42:05I should not let her dictate
00:42:08the matters of my heart like that.
00:42:10Lord Barnaby is most eligible.
00:42:12And your mother and sister are occupied.
00:42:19Very well.
00:42:31Miss Posey,
00:42:33will you at last accept
00:42:34my offer of a dance?
00:42:43Lady Penwood,
00:42:45you are being summoned.
00:42:47Am I being summoned by the Queen?
00:42:51It's easier than I thought.
00:42:57Come along, Posey.
00:42:59Now.
00:43:02Excuse me.
00:43:12What is this?
00:43:13I thought the Queen was to join us.
00:43:15I believe you will be glad
00:43:17she is elsewhere for the moment.
00:43:19Sophie?
00:43:20Ma, what is she doing here?
00:43:23Seven years.
00:43:26Seven long years
00:43:27I spent serving you in my own home.
00:43:29I asked you the day you kicked me out
00:43:31why you kept me so long.
00:43:32And I know now
00:43:32it was never out of any goodness.
00:43:35But only because my father
00:43:36promised you an extra stipend
00:43:37for every year you kept me on.
00:43:39But you were never
00:43:40meant to keep me on as a maid.
00:43:41How did you know that?
00:43:42I saw the will.
00:43:43And I also saw that my father
00:43:45left me a dowry.
00:43:46Mother.
00:43:47Quiet, Posey.
00:43:47Three equal parts.
00:43:49One for Rosamund,
00:43:50one for Posey,
00:43:51and one for myself.
00:43:53Yet I venture to guess
00:43:54that what you have promised
00:43:55Lord Stutter
00:43:56is double what you have told Posey
00:43:57she is to receive.
00:43:58Doubled by the embezzlement
00:43:59of my portion.
00:44:01This is preposterous.
00:44:02How dare you accuse
00:44:03my mother of such a thing?
00:44:05Eighteen thousand pounds.
00:44:10What is yours?
00:44:14Did you not believe
00:44:15my beauty and charm
00:44:16were enough on their own
00:44:16to make a match?
00:44:19You believed I needed
00:44:20thirty-six thousand pounds?
00:44:21This is all beside the point.
00:44:22She stole from me.
00:44:23I was the one
00:44:24who stole the shoe clips, Mama.
00:44:29It is not about
00:44:30the shoe clips.
00:44:33The money for your dowry.
00:44:35It was our money.
00:44:36It should have been our money.
00:44:37But you stole it from us.
00:44:38You stole him
00:44:40from us.
00:44:42My girls needed a father.
00:44:44They needed his love.
00:44:45I needed his love.
00:44:48But instead,
00:44:49you were there.
00:44:52Araminta,
00:44:53he loved you too.
00:44:54I saw it.
00:44:55And you have the love
00:44:57of your daughters.
00:44:58Both of them.
00:44:59Do not take it for granted.
00:45:01Trust me,
00:45:01it serves no one.
00:45:04Richard was a good man.
00:45:06But he lived in a dream world.
00:45:08He thrust his greatest mistake
00:45:09upon me with no notice
00:45:11or warning
00:45:11and left me
00:45:12to face the consequences
00:45:13of harbouring
00:45:13an illegitimate child.
00:45:15I have done nothing
00:45:15but tried to protect
00:45:17both of my girls.
00:45:18Mama,
00:45:19we've never been in jeopardy
00:45:20because of Sophie.
00:45:25And I am tired
00:45:26of talking about her.
00:45:31It's still a matter
00:45:32of you impersonating nobility.
00:45:33Oh, that I think
00:45:34we can settle ourselves.
00:45:36As you have committed
00:45:37a far greater crime.
00:45:39Embezzlement
00:45:39of a dowry
00:45:40dishonouring
00:45:41the late Earl's
00:45:42will and estate.
00:45:44I will not go to prison.
00:45:48If you ruin me,
00:45:50I will ruin her.
00:45:51And vice versa.
00:45:52It is simple.
00:45:54We shall all agree
00:45:55to a more mutually
00:45:56beneficial
00:45:57recounting of events.
00:46:15It is a beautiful evening.
00:46:18Yes.
00:46:23Your Majesty.
00:46:25Mrs Mondridge.
00:46:27Are you quite well?
00:46:28Your Majesty,
00:46:29I have prepared
00:46:29something for you.
00:46:30The maid,
00:46:31Benedict Bridgerton,
00:46:31is in love with.
00:46:32She is here.
00:46:35What do you mean,
00:46:36she is here?
00:46:36I have arranged
00:46:37for her to be here
00:46:38so that you might see
00:46:39what is between her
00:46:40and Mr Bridgerton.
00:46:41Because I believe
00:46:42if you were to witness
00:46:43it in person,
00:46:44you will see
00:46:44the love they show.
00:46:45No, Mrs Mondridge.
00:46:47Get her out of here.
00:46:48Oh, Your Majesty.
00:46:49Perhaps...
00:46:51I will not.
00:46:55Once upon a time,
00:46:57there were royals
00:46:58living in a palace
00:46:59who wished for you
00:46:59to go away.
00:47:00But you stayed.
00:47:02And you are the most
00:47:03fascinating woman
00:47:04to have sat on the throne
00:47:05in a very long time.
00:47:06You are a patron of music,
00:47:09of the arts.
00:47:10You have zebras
00:47:11in your gardens
00:47:12and you love gossip.
00:47:14You are a woman
00:47:14of many interests,
00:47:15but you are missing
00:47:16the largest portion
00:47:18of what is amusing
00:47:18in the world
00:47:19by ignoring those
00:47:19of the lower classes.
00:47:21Because with all respect
00:47:22to you, Lady Danbury,
00:47:23not every maid
00:47:24is humble
00:47:24or graceful
00:47:25or simple.
00:47:27The woman
00:47:27Benedict Bridgerton
00:47:28is in love with?
00:47:30A woman capable
00:47:31of making that man
00:47:32settle down?
00:47:33That woman is sure
00:47:34to be full of
00:47:35vim and vigor.
00:47:36A spitfire so full of life
00:47:38that she has a countess
00:47:39setting foot in a prison
00:47:40because she is so obsessed
00:47:41with this woman.
00:47:42Your Majesty,
00:47:44you are missing
00:47:45all the good gossip.
00:47:57That is too far.
00:47:58I will not do it.
00:47:58You will.
00:47:59And you will retreat
00:48:00to your country estate
00:48:01for the remainder
00:48:01of the season.
00:48:03Well, Mr. Bridgerton,
00:48:06I am told
00:48:07you are in love.
00:48:09Yes, Your Majesty.
00:48:14May I present
00:48:16Miss Sophie Gunn.
00:48:18Gunn?
00:48:21As in the late
00:48:22Lord Penwood?
00:48:23She is the daughter
00:48:24of his cousin.
00:48:25Were you not just saying
00:48:26how much they resembled
00:48:27each other, Lady Penwood?
00:48:34I was.
00:48:36She has spent
00:48:36most of her life
00:48:37in the country
00:48:38and has only just
00:48:38come to town.
00:48:40I thought you said...
00:48:41I was mistaken,
00:48:42Your Majesty.
00:48:44I was mistaken,
00:48:46Your Majesty.
00:49:02Do you speak?
00:49:04Yes, Your Majesty.
00:49:06Is what they say true?
00:49:08That you are a relation
00:49:10of the late Earl.
00:49:15I can say
00:49:16with complete conviction,
00:49:17Your Majesty,
00:49:18that I am by birth
00:49:19and by education
00:49:20a daughter of Penwood House.
00:49:31You would have made
00:49:33a wonderful diamond.
00:49:37Very well, then.
00:49:39Was there something
00:49:40of interest
00:49:42about shoe clips?
00:49:44No, Your Majesty.
00:49:45I do not believe so.
00:49:46I think there was.
00:49:48But carry on.
00:50:15We're cousins, then.
00:50:19We are sisters.
00:50:24I think young Violet
00:50:25would be quite impressed
00:50:27by you today.
00:50:29I think she would.
00:50:35That was quite
00:50:36a risk you took.
00:50:38Yes, Your Majesty.
00:50:39You're lucky
00:50:39I went along with it.
00:50:41Yes, Your Majesty.
00:50:43Run along.
00:50:52Did you hear?
00:50:54Apparently, Lord Stotter
00:50:55is not content
00:50:55with Miss Lee's
00:50:56now an adult at dowry.
00:50:59Well, he has always
00:50:59been known
00:51:00to be a fortune hunter.
00:51:01Miss Lee is not
00:51:02my favourite,
00:51:03but I imagine
00:51:04the family rather needed
00:51:05one of the girls
00:51:05to make a match
00:51:06this season.
00:51:10Something tells me
00:51:11all will be well.
00:51:24Varley!
00:51:25What are you doing here?
00:51:27Oh, my lady.
00:51:28Forgive me
00:51:28for coming so late.
00:51:29I hope you've not
00:51:30come to bed
00:51:31for your position
00:51:31back, Varley.
00:51:32Because, if you have,
00:51:33I'm afraid I must tell you
00:51:34that we are more
00:51:35than satisfied
00:51:36with Ray.
00:51:37No, certainly not.
00:51:39I am headed
00:51:40to the country
00:51:41for a new position
00:51:42and I have come
00:51:43for some of my things
00:51:44before I leave town.
00:51:46I left behind
00:51:46a few books
00:51:48in my rush
00:51:49to depart.
00:51:51Did we not tease
00:51:52Penelope about
00:51:53her reading together?
00:51:54I do not remember
00:51:55you picking up
00:51:55a single book.
00:51:57Well, I also came
00:51:58for an apology.
00:51:58I never got one.
00:52:00An apology?
00:52:01From me?
00:52:01About what?
00:52:02For taking me
00:52:03for granted.
00:52:04For treating me
00:52:05like family
00:52:06and then working
00:52:06me like a dog
00:52:07and paying me
00:52:08worse than that.
00:52:09I think that is
00:52:10highly unfair.
00:52:12You will not be
00:52:13getting an apology
00:52:13from me.
00:52:15Very well.
00:52:22Perhaps,
00:52:25perhaps,
00:52:26I could
00:52:27possibly be
00:52:29apologetic about
00:52:31one or two
00:52:32things.
00:52:39Those, uh,
00:52:41dresses
00:52:41that I offered
00:52:42you,
00:52:43they were clearly
00:52:44out of season.
00:52:44I should have found
00:52:45you something nicer.
00:52:49Or paid you more.
00:52:52That will do.
00:52:54I forgive you.
00:52:55Oh, Farley.
00:52:57I have missed you.
00:52:59Oh, I cannot begin
00:53:00to tell you.
00:53:01That Penwood woman,
00:53:02she made work in here
00:53:03seem like a holiday.
00:53:04I was only going
00:53:04to the countryside
00:53:05because she came
00:53:06home tonight
00:53:06in a foul mood
00:53:07and dismissed me.
00:53:08Dismissed you?
00:53:09What sort of a fool
00:53:10would do such a thing?
00:53:15Well, we cannot have
00:53:16you going to the
00:53:17countryside.
00:53:18Oh, but you
00:53:19have a ray.
00:53:20Yes, but
00:53:21it is a very large
00:53:23house.
00:53:25Mr. Corsett.
00:53:28Yes, he has formed
00:53:29an attachment,
00:53:30Miss Sophie Gunn,
00:53:31a relation of the
00:53:32late Lord Penwood.
00:53:54Miss Gunn,
00:53:55may I have
00:53:57your first dance?
00:54:00You may,
00:54:01Mr. Bridgerton.
00:54:29You may,
00:54:59Was that not absurd?
00:55:02It was a truly mad plan.
00:55:06She's certainly full of new energy, that Mrs. Mondridge.
00:55:09Though I do not know if her plan worked because she planned it well or because of the sheer lack
00:55:14of a plan.
00:55:15Well, she was right about one thing.
00:55:17You do enjoy being amused.
00:55:28Ridiculous.
00:55:29It is the best thing to happen all season.
00:55:31No.
00:55:32The best thing to happen all season is that you are sure to win your wager with Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:55:40Oh, yes.
00:55:42The bet shall be settled.
00:55:55That was fun, Lady Dambry.
00:56:05We have such fun together.
00:56:10Yes, we do.
00:56:13I will miss you.
00:56:19Oh, brother.
00:56:23My command is to stop.
00:56:27To stop.
00:56:39How does it feel to be officially recognized as a penwood?
00:56:44Strange.
00:56:45But good.
00:56:46Would you mind if I cut it short then?
00:56:48Because I would very much like to make you a Bridgerton.
00:57:06Will you marry me?
00:57:09Yes.
00:57:10Yes.
00:57:11Yes, I will.
00:57:13Yes.
00:57:14Yes, I will.
00:58:00I'm overjoyed at how things have worked in your son's favour.
00:58:03Oh, as am I.
00:58:04The two of them can marry properly and stay here in town now if they wish.
00:58:09They are a legitimate pair as far as anyone is concerned.
00:58:12That's very good.
00:58:13And now we may at last make our announcement joyfully and without concern.
00:58:18Shall we tell your children tonight?
00:58:22Something the matter.
00:58:37It has been our other event for evening.
00:58:39Are we not perhaps rushing things?
00:58:41I do not see any reason we should delay.
00:58:44Unless you see one that I'm not aware of.
00:58:48One I should be made aware of.
00:58:51I have been hesitant because of my children.
00:58:53Because of my late husband.
00:58:56Because of Francesca.
00:58:58But today I came to understand another source of my hesitation.
00:59:02Which is?
00:59:04I have been a wife and a mother for so long.
00:59:08I have lost perspective entirely on who I was before that.
00:59:11I am only just starting to get reacquainted with that part of myself.
00:59:15My carefree, wild self.
00:59:17And I am afraid that if we are to wend, then I would lose that opportunity.
00:59:23And yet I do not want to lose you either.
00:59:26I do not understand that.
00:59:28Oh, would it not?
00:59:31Could we not continue as we are?
00:59:37Seeing one another.
00:59:40Still having our independence.
00:59:45Violet, I want so much for your happiness.
00:59:50But I want for my own as well.
00:59:52Our time together has been a gift.
00:59:55I want to share a life with you.
00:59:58And I would wait if I believed you may one day want the same.
01:00:03But I'm starting to doubt that you do.
01:00:05Please, Marcus, please.
01:00:07I...
01:00:09I care for you deeply.
01:00:13I know.
01:00:14I feel that you do.
01:00:25Dearest gentle reader.
01:00:27Are you perhaps feeling a little shock?
01:00:36Have you seen Miss Sterling tonight?
01:00:38Has she gone to bed already?
01:00:40Did Miss Sterling not inform me?
01:00:41Of what?
01:00:42She's packed her belongings and left.
01:00:45You thought I was gone for good.
01:00:56But far too much transpires for this author to remain silent.
01:01:13And so we are reunited.
01:01:16What are we doing?
01:01:17I desire to dance with my betrothed.
01:01:39You are rather skilled, even with no music.
01:01:42But it's all the more remarkable if you knew who my first dance tutor was.
01:01:46I had so much to overcome.
01:01:49It is assuredly a reunion rooted in care and love.
01:02:03I thought you were done with Whistledown.
01:02:06I am.
01:02:07I am working on my novel.
01:02:11And who in the devil wrote this?
01:02:13Though this time with a very different author.
01:02:24It is midnight.
01:02:26Must you flee?
01:02:31I can stay as long as you like.
01:02:41I was hoping you might stay forever.
01:02:47But for now, my new identity shall remain a secret.
01:03:07Dear Rita, we are going to have so much fun.
01:03:38To be continued...
01:05:16Do you think you'll ever do it again?
01:05:18Me? A wedding? No.
01:05:20I have had my great love.
01:05:22One time is enough.
01:05:43One time is enough.
01:05:45One time is enough.
01:05:51One time is enough.
01:06:03One time is enough.
01:06:04One time is enough.
01:06:15One time is enough.
01:06:26One time is enough.
01:06:27Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God.
01:06:30One time is enough.
01:06:32One time is enough.
01:06:44One time is enough.
01:06:57One time is enough.
01:06:59One time is not enough.
01:07:17One time is enough.
01:08:25Transcription by CastingWords
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