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00:43Dearest gentle reader, we have been apart for far too long.
00:49At last, London's fashionable set has made its return, and so too has this author.
01:00It's good to be home.
01:02It certainly is.
01:04As the season begins, the question on everyone's mind is, of course,
01:10which newly minted debutante will shine the brightest?
01:14The crop this year appears to be rather dazzling.
01:19There is the exquisite Miss Malhotra, said to be quite a catch.
01:24Miss Stowell is thought to be a most accomplished young lady.
01:31The mild-mannered Miss Hartigan will certainly appeal to genteel suitors.
01:37Miss Kenworthy is a welcome entry, brimming with confidence and charisma.
01:43And then there is Miss Barrigan, who certainly stands out in a crowd.
01:48She wrote my name!
01:52Seems as though your businesses are thriving.
01:54As is yours.
02:01And let us not forget, should we all need a little excitement, there is another Bridgerton making her debut this
02:10year.
02:11I cannot hear anything.
02:12Probably because she knows we are out here eavesdropping.
02:15I'm sure that she is well enough.
02:16As you were last year.
02:17This is not last year.
02:19Francesca is very quiet.
02:21Perhaps she's been stunned into silence by the beauty of that giant feather.
02:24I cannot wait to wear one.
02:26Perhaps she has swallowed that giant feather.
02:29We're not ready to go?
02:30Is there anything we can do to help?
02:32Would you mind asking whoever is playing downstairs to quiet him down so I might hear?
02:36I can try, but is that not in fact?
02:42Who else will be playing piano-forte in this house?
02:44Certainly not me.
02:46Francesca?
02:47What are you, Al?
02:49Dear.
02:53Francesca?
02:57Francesca?
02:58There's no need to shout.
03:00I must say, all those piano lessons in Bath have reaped their reward.
03:03You've gotten rather good.
03:04How did you get down here?
03:06I've been outside your door all morning.
03:07I woke up early, got dressed, took breakfast in the garden.
03:10Because it is just another day.
03:12Shall we go?
03:17Perhaps we do not need to worry so much.
03:22You do realise what tune she was playing just now, don't you?
03:24Mozart's funeral march.
03:25Oh, God.
03:28Debutantes aside, there is also the question of which gentleman will reveal himself as the prize of the season.
03:37For our young ladies will certainly need someone dashing at whom to set their caps.
03:46Whoever it is that makes the finest match this year, let us hope that their pairing brings some titillation.
04:08What are they all squawking about?
04:10They look like they spotted a side of beef.
04:11What are they all squawking about?
04:27Is that a problem?
04:29Is that a problem?
04:41Colin?
04:41I've got stuck in presentation traffic.
04:44Do you not wish to greet me?
04:47Do you not wish to greet me?
04:49Do you?
04:50Do you?
05:04Do you?
05:06Do you?
05:11Do you know?
06:34I should like some proportion.
06:41Miss Anne Hartigan, presented by her mother, the Right Honourable Lady Hartigan.
06:55Miss Dolores Stowell.
07:06Miss Clara Livingston.
07:20Shall I have had your refreshment, Your Majesty?
07:22Perhaps a casket.
07:24The lack of interest here today shall usher me to an early grave at any moment.
07:30Miss Alexandra Moore, presented by her mother, the Right Honourable Lady Moore.
07:38Since when are you one who simply glides in?
07:42Since when do you wear so many ruffles?
07:45It is the style of the season.
07:46Miss Natalie Green, presented by her mother, the Right Honourable Lady Green.
08:01It is your debut, Francesca. Are you not excited?
08:05I suppose entering society means I might meet someone.
08:09It would be pleasant to have my own house.
08:11You are only a week back from Bath and already you are eager to escape us.
08:15No, I simply could use some peace.
08:18Well, I'm afraid if peace is what you are after, then this may all be rather overwhelming.
08:23You know, even Daphne...
08:25Lamar, do not trouble yourself.
08:26If I can be at ease in the chaos of our home, surely I shall find my way in the
08:30season.
08:31Mrs. Francesca Bridgerton, presented by her mother, the Right Honourable Dowager, Lady Bridgerton.
08:52Bridgerton girl, Your Majesty.
08:55Your...
09:14Miss Winifred Baraghan, presented by her mother, the Right Honourable Baroness Baraghan.
09:38Unquestionably, our wedding was much more beautiful than yours.
09:41I thought our wedding was rather fine.
09:43Yes, I do say it is easier to impress older brides.
09:46If it were to please my bride, I would wed you a second time, a third, as many as it
09:51takes to make you happy.
09:53And spend all of our dear departed Aunt Petunia's money in the process, Mr. Dankworth.
09:57Thank goodness Aunt Petunia died.
09:59Just in time for our honeymoon.
10:01I rather liked Aunt Petunia.
10:02Of course you did.
10:04She was a tiresome spinster who always had her nose in a book.
10:07She was not tiresome.
10:08She just did not care for either of you.
10:10Enough.
10:11Today we return to society in good standing.
10:13Our finances in order and without any man telling us what to do.
10:18Let us enjoy this day.
10:28If I may speak my mind, ma'am.
10:30You always do, Farley.
10:33The Aunt Petunia story.
10:35No offence to the dead.
10:36But will anyone really believe that a spinster who never owned so much as a donkey cart would have a
10:43fortune to leave to you?
10:44For heaven's sake, no one in London knows how she lived.
10:48For all they know, she could have been hiding jars of coin under her floor.
10:52The truth has a way of rearing its ugly head.
10:55But pay no heed to me.
10:57Here you are.
10:59Take it you are finally done with daydreaming.
11:01I am.
11:02Shall we go?
11:20Where is she?
11:21Not to pick a diamond at the presentation is one thing.
11:25But not to appear at an event arranged in her honour is another thing altogether.
11:30Did all the girls this morning leave that much to be desired?
11:34They do seem rather preoccupied.
11:38Do you find yourself back in town for any particular reason?
11:42In search of something or someone?
11:45If you're asking if I came back to take a wife this season, I'm afraid the answer may disappoint.
11:49Although, if there is one thing I learned on my travels, it is forever to expect the unexpected.
12:26Oh look, if it isn't Penelope Featherington, back in the dress, the colour of...
12:32Where's the day?
12:33Eloise!
12:34There you are, I've been looking everywhere for you.
12:36And I for you?
12:37Shall we go and get some lemonade?
12:39It's a splendid idea.
12:41I'm parched with dust.
12:44It's not congenial to be back from the country.
12:46All that draught and emptiness.
12:49You do know what others call that fresh air?
12:52Of course, befriending you there was a happy surprise.
12:55But ultimately there's London where I'm most at home.
12:58And the season will be all the better now, haven't you by my side?
13:02Of course.
13:07I have been dreaming of my peach husband since I was a child.
13:10He should be handsome, romantic, intelligent.
13:15Do not forget well-bred.
13:16And tall.
13:17I have always pictured a man who writes poetry.
13:20But above all else, it should be someone who gives me butterflies.
13:23Just by looking at him.
13:26And do you miss Francesca?
13:32Someone kind, I suppose.
13:35Well, that is plain.
13:37You do not want someone unkind.
13:39No, of course not.
13:48One week returned from honeymoon
13:50and already my son has left you to fend for yourself.
13:54Our time away means Anthony's stack of paperwork
13:57has grown nearly to the ceiling.
13:59With any luck, he'll be caught up by the first ball.
14:01Let us hope so.
14:02With two sisters out in society this season,
14:05work has only just begun.
14:07She seems rather composed, does she?
14:09It's quite practical.
14:10She is, but practicality is quite the opposite of love.
14:14I am eager to see how she will fare.
14:18And Eloise?
14:21I do not understand this new friendship.
14:25I spent enough time last season trying to assist her
14:28until my assistants nearly drove her outside society,
14:31so I am not interfering for now.
14:35You always see your children so clearly.
14:39I hope to be half the Viscountess you are.
14:41I am sure you will be even greater.
14:43And forgive me, I will move into a Dara house
14:46as soon as I find one.
14:47It is quite a task having two girls in society at once.
14:52Do not worry.
14:54Back in India, mothers stay in the home
14:55long beyond their children's wedding.
14:57I am grateful to have you close.
15:01Lady Bridgerton.
15:03Yes.
15:03Oh, dear.
15:04Are you enjoying the festivities today?
15:07Very much, although the Queen's absence is noted.
15:10Yes.
15:11I do think she finds herself somewhat reticent
15:15after her instincts went astray last season.
15:17But, of course, it all worked out in the end.
15:21I would not worry.
15:22Perhaps you should tell her to be out on the Mars.
15:29My travels?
15:31I cannot begin to share my travel adventures with you.
15:34If I did, you would scream.
15:37We cannot have that.
15:39How is it possible that your dance cards for the season
15:42are not yet full of suitors?
15:45You are flowers in bloom.
15:47Each one of you.
15:50My stories from abroad are not suitable
15:52for such tender young ladies.
15:54Were I to tell you even the tiniest adventure,
15:57well, I would be forced to marry you.
16:06Such an array of beautiful ladies.
16:09Men will be fighting over you.
16:11I cannot compete.
16:22We woke up to find he had fled in the night.
16:25He did not even stop to take his gun cabinet.
16:27Or me.
16:28Well, let us hope that whoever lays claim to be
16:31the next Lord Featherington has more scruples.
16:34Or does common thievery run in the family?
16:38In fact, there shall be no more laying claim.
16:40As the last Lord Featherington wrote a document
16:43bequeathing the estate to my girls.
16:46Just as soon as one of them produces an heir.
16:49Did he?
16:52Shall we get some refreshments?
16:55Perhaps something strong?
17:04Pen.
17:05It is good to see you.
17:07Is it?
17:08Truly.
17:09It has felt like I have been absent years instead of months.
17:11Much has certainly changed in that time.
17:13A good deal, I know.
17:15That was all the rage in Paris.
17:18You look distinguished,
17:19but then again you always have.
17:21Well, when all is said and done,
17:22it is merely clothing.
17:25Whereas elsewhere,
17:26things seem to have fundamentally changed.
17:28Am I mistaken?
17:29Or was Eloise walking arm in arm
17:30with Cressida Campbell?
17:32As you said,
17:33sometimes time moves rather quickly.
17:40Why didn't you tell us sooner
17:42that one of us would be the new Lady Featherington?
17:44Well, what purpose would there be
17:45in telling either of you to make a son?
17:47You're both married women.
17:49Must we tell a baker to bake?
17:51Well, technically,
17:52one of our sons would be the new Lord Featherington.
17:54One of us would simply be the heir's Mama.
17:56One of us?
17:57You think you're part of this race?
17:58With what husband?
17:59Well, technically,
18:00when I'm the heir's Mama,
18:01the first necessity would be
18:02ridding the house with dusty books.
18:05After, of course,
18:05I'd change Mama's ghastly curtains.
18:08Do not worry.
18:09I will let you keep your books
18:10in the cloakroom.
18:12Which I imagine will be empty.
18:14As who will want to visit either of you?
18:15Neither of you will be inheriting anything
18:17if you do not go home
18:19and get to work.
18:20Well, can we not come over
18:21for a bit of pudding first?
18:22Your cook is so much better than ours.
18:24Well, that's your fault
18:25for marrying men without title.
18:27Go!
18:37Let us hope they take the time.
18:44I take comfort in knowing.
18:47I need it.
19:07Oh, of course.
19:20I do not wish to see a citrus colour ever again.
19:24Sour colours, indeed.
19:25But what has brought about this sudden desire for change?
19:29I cannot live at home any longer.
19:31It's been hard enough living under my mother's rules, but my sister's.
19:36To live at the whim of either the most cruel or the most simple person I know...
19:42I must take a husband before that happens.
19:44It is time.
19:47I see.
19:48And does my lady have a certain suitor in mind?
19:56I should like to be sensible.
19:59Someone kind.
20:00Who allows for my privacy for obvious reasons.
20:04Then a new look is just the thing.
20:09Perhaps something like what they are wearing in Paris.
20:19I love it, brother.
20:20Where is it from?
20:21Trader, in Marseille.
20:22My perfume is from Paris.
20:23Where are my handsome new playing cards from?
20:25Is this writing Spanish?
20:26You visited France and Spain.
20:29My chic music is Italian.
20:30Exactly how many cities did you visit in four months?
20:32I lost count in truth.
20:35No, not in here, outside.
20:37Where our mother can't sit.
20:45Francesca, where is your sister?
20:48Eloise!
20:49Time for the modiste.
20:52Will this family ever be on time?
20:54A gift for you, mother.
21:03This is lovely.
21:05Truly.
21:09Oh, my.
21:10We really are late.
21:12Francesca.
21:13Eloise!
21:21Eloise!
21:22Eloise.
21:22Surely you are not eager to hasten to the modis.
21:25I have something for you.
21:26Ah, there it is.
21:28It's a book.
21:29A rare Bavarian text on the writing.
21:31I'm in the middle of reading something.
21:32It is called Emma.
21:33The novel?
21:34You've never been one for silly romances.
21:37Perhaps my tastes have changed.
21:39The writings I read before of women making their way outside society,
21:43those with the romances.
21:44This book has humour and truth.
21:46The pains of friendship.
21:47It is altogether more probable.
21:49I take it your taste in friendship has changed as well?
21:52Well, Cressida surprised me this summer.
21:55She showed me kindness in the country when no one else would.
21:58And what of Penelope?
22:01We've simply grown apart.
22:03Lady Whistledown nearly ruined me last season.
22:06I lost the battle and I have no appetite for the war,
22:08so I've joined the winning side.
22:10Not unlike you, I take it.
22:13Or is this truly the new you?
22:15Hmm.
22:16A man cannot tell his secrets.
22:18Hmm.
22:19Must be lonely.
22:46Could you please meet me in the carriage, right?
22:59I've been hoping we would meet.
23:01Did not seem so.
23:03When you were hiding away in the countryside this summer.
23:05I avoided society because I did not know if you'd want to see me.
23:09And perhaps because you were worried I might reveal your secret.
23:12I do appreciate you keeping it.
23:16Hello.
23:16Damning things.
23:17You may not understand what I did, but I was only trying to protect...
23:20No, I do not need your explanations.
23:22I have kept your secret, exactly because I do not wish to keep revisiting the past.
23:27Now you have your life.
23:29And I have mine.
23:30Miss Cressida.
23:32Are you really friends with her?
23:34I wish you very well, Penelope.
23:42I am not one to complain about a mid-afternoon tipple.
23:46What's the occasion?
23:47I wanted to thank you for taking care of the estate while I was on honeymoon.
23:50I was quite surprised to see every tea crossed and I dotted.
23:53Well, I do not know whether to be moved or offended.
23:56Perhaps, Beau.
23:57In truth, I enjoyed having a purpose.
24:00Whereas now that you're back, I'm not certain what I'm supposed to do, exactly.
24:04I'm quite certain Mother has a list of young ladies she could offer you.
24:06Brother, please take some of his attention.
24:09And you I invited here to congratulate on your many new admirers.
24:13I'm not certain that that should cheer me.
24:16Bridgertons, my apologies for the wait.
24:18Business is good.
24:20We're glad to see it.
24:20Will you join us for one?
24:21Pardon me, wife business comes first.
24:27Mr. Dundas is here to see us, Will.
24:30Mr. Dundas, can I offer you a drink?
24:33No.
24:34No, thank you.
24:35I shall be quick.
24:37Now that I have you both, are you aware, Mrs. Wondrich, of your great aunt, Lady Kent?
24:43Kent, yes.
24:44We met once in my youth.
24:47Very cold, lady.
24:48She is colder now, I am afraid.
24:52Well, she's died.
24:56Well, she left us something.
24:57She has not left you something.
24:59She has left your son, Nicholas, everything.
25:03And while you have several cousins who are more closely related to her,
25:06none have male children.
25:08As such, Nicholas shall be the next Baron of Kent.
25:20Perhaps we might need drinks.
25:24Have fun.
25:25You're welcome.
25:26...
25:36I don't know.
26:15I don't know.
26:19Ignore them.
27:14I should like to try something a little different tonight.
27:15I don't know.
27:45I don't know.
27:51I don't know.
27:52I don't know.
28:03I don't know.
28:39I don't know.
28:39I wonder what Whistledown will write about next issue.
28:41The season is off to quite a dull start.
28:44I'm sure she will find something.
28:46Or make something up.
28:47Pardon me, Miss.
28:49We failed to collect your clothes.
28:51Yes, of course.
28:59I do not think that will be necessary.
29:07Is everyone staring at us?
29:09Jealousy, my love.
29:10At you and our mind.
29:18It is not us they stare at.
29:23She spends my fortune before I can claim it.
29:26That is her intention.
29:27If she was to wear such a melancholy colour, that's her prerogative.
29:31I am.
29:32I am.
29:39I told the contest that I am on my home that I am leaving home.
30:18Miss Fetherington, pleasure to see you.
30:21What a striking gown you have on.
30:23You as well, my lord.
30:26Not the gown part, obviously, though, the first part.
30:29It is a pleasure to see you all in your proper evening dress,
30:32which is not at all gown-like.
30:41You genuinely enjoy embroidery.
30:43Of course I do.
30:44There is simply so much one can do with it.
30:47For example?
30:48Since you have asked.
30:50The stem stitch.
30:51Tried and true.
30:53The straight stitch, running stitch, chain stitch.
30:56A French knot, if one is feeling bold.
30:58Oh, yes.
31:00I like to read very much, perhaps too much.
31:04My mama has always told me to put my books down.
31:06Not that there is anything wrong with reading, of course.
31:09I'm not quite sure of her reasoning.
31:10Do you all like to read?
31:12The feather stitch, the fly stitch.
31:15Oh, the detached chain stitch.
31:18Do you not have a favourite, Miss Eloise?
31:23The shift stitch.
31:26I'm not familiar with that one.
31:27It is the one that shifts this conversation,
31:29perhaps something besides embroidery.
31:33Oh, a jest.
31:36How clever.
31:46I just...
31:47Oh, forgive me.
31:50Please, you were saying what by now?
31:52I was going to say, perhaps we should take our leave,
31:55lest we remain too long and give Lady Whistledown something to write about.
32:13And that one, who is she?
32:16That, your majesty, is Miss Penelope Featherington.
32:19This is her third season out.
32:21But there are several impressive new contenders for your majesty's favour,
32:25should you care to grace them with such.
32:27And why should I grace them with anything?
32:29Well, there is some anxiety amongst the mamas
32:32that you have not yet selected a diamond.
32:35A diamond is precious precisely because it is rare.
32:39I throw one diamond ball
32:40and anxious mamas expect a diamond every year.
32:43I throw a zebra ball once.
32:45Do they expect a new zebra each year?
32:48You are right.
32:50You have only named the diamond once.
32:53I believe it was Lady Whistledown
32:56who named the diamond the first year.
32:59How right she was about the duchess.
33:03Hmm.
33:06Miss Francesca, tell us, what are your hobbies?
33:10I play the pianoforte.
33:12That is magnificent.
33:15And your other interests?
33:17Pianoforte does take up a great deal of my time.
33:21Oh, I think what Lord Fife means to say is,
33:23who are you besides your hobbies?
33:25Yes.
33:26What do you desire?
33:27What do you despise?
33:29What makes you tick?
33:33I...
33:35I think my brother needs me,
33:37if you would excuse me one moment.
33:43Brother,
33:44I should like a moment alone.
33:48Of course.
34:01Oh, dear, is Francesca quite well?
34:04She simply needed a moment.
34:06As do I.
34:07And I should like to use that moment
34:09to dance with my beautiful wife.
34:11Please, enjoy yourself.
34:12I'll get to parents.
34:16Bye.
34:29Penelope.
34:43Penelope.
34:55You really ought to take to the floor again.
34:57Ought I?
34:58Once one finds oneself on the wall it is difficult to come off it.
35:02No matter what one does.
35:04At least the wall is not asking what makes me tick.
35:08Did you not enjoy conversing with those gentlemen?
35:10I expected conversation.
35:12I did not expect to be inspected as if I were some rare insect writhing under a microscope.
35:19You do not much like attracting notice, do you?
35:22Not really. No.
35:24Perhaps that does make you rare.
35:26It seems as though every Bridgerton was born to attract notice.
35:29In one way or another.
35:33I am different from my siblings as well.
35:38It can be difficult, can it not?
35:46But they are wonderful. Each of them.
35:51I know. You are lucky for that.
35:55And you are lucky to have so much notice.
35:59Even if it is trying.
36:01For some of us, the notice is very slight.
36:06Miss Winchesca, our dance.
36:09Yes.
36:12Of course, my lord.
36:16You really ought to take to the floor again.
36:19It is difficult to come off the wall once you are on it.
36:40It must be tricky.
36:41It is important to me to go to the door again.
36:45Thank you, Mr. and Robert, and I appreciate this.
36:45Good to be fair.
36:45Thank you, Mr. and Robert.
36:55Are you well, Mrs. Featherington?
36:58Yes, forgive me. Cold headache.
37:00From the ice cream or from the very congenial-looking miss with the snare?
37:05Do not worry. I have been the recipient of an untold number of withering looks.
37:10Hers was mediocre at least.
37:14Lord Debling, is it not?
37:17And why do I have the feeling that you, in turn, know how to make one wither, if you so
37:21choose?
37:24Me?
37:29I suppose...
37:30I do not.
37:36Excuse me, I...
37:39Oh, how mortifying! I'm so clumsy! My deepest apologies.
37:43Heavens. Well, accidents will happen.
37:47Miss Featherington, I shall find a maid to help you.
37:49It would be most appreciated.
37:51Miss Cowper.
37:54It is a pity you did not choose something sturdier.
37:57Perhaps if you had not bought such cheap fabric, it would not have ripped.
38:05Miss Cowper.
38:09And I'm so sorry.
38:12There were, perhaps, some late nights.
38:16Penn.
38:17She did not look well, did she?
38:19The Featherington girl.
38:20Why concern yourself with her?
38:22I want to know what happened on these late nights.
38:24Whatever happened to you, I must say, Bridgerton, you are much more fun this season.
38:27I do excuse me, just a moment.
38:47Penn.
38:48Colin.
38:50What are you doing out here?
38:51I'm just getting some fresh air.
38:54Why are you leaving so soon?
38:56Especially in such a charming dress.
38:58Do not mock me, please.
39:00Mock you?
39:00I assure you I'm quite serious.
39:02The colour rather suits you.
39:05Good night, Mr Bridgerton.
39:07Do you not need a chaperone?
39:08Spinsters do not need chaperones.
39:09You are not a spinster.
39:11I am in my third year on the marriage mark with no prospects to chauffeur.
39:14What would you call that?
39:17Something wrong, Penn.
39:19Between us, I mean.
39:20I wrote to you this summer, as I always do, and why you do not respond?
39:24Admittedly, very few did, but if you are going to make me say it out loud, I miss you.
39:31You miss me.
39:33You miss me, but you had never caught me, is that correct?
39:38Penn, I...
39:38I have heard you.
39:40At my mama's ball last season.
39:42Telling everyone how you would never, ever caught Penelope Featherington.
39:49Perhaps we should talk about this somewhere more private.
39:51Because I embarrass you.
39:52Of course you had never caught me.
39:54I am the laughingstock of the taunt, even when I changed my entire wardrobe.
39:59It just never occurred to me that you, of all people, could be so cruel.
40:22You know what I was going to do?
40:43There is, um, a gentleman here to see you, ma'am.
40:49Lady Featherington, I am pleased to make your acquaintance.
40:53Good day, mister.
40:55Walter Dundas, Esquire.
40:56I work for the Crown, responsible for ensuring the lines of succession run smoothly
41:01within our great families.
41:03I see.
41:04And, uh, to what do we owe the visit?
41:07I have been made aware that your cousin Jack Featherington
41:10recently left town with your entire fortune.
41:13Yes, sir.
41:13My cousin, the swindler.
41:15That man was a terrible liar.
41:18I have in my possession a document he signed
41:21granting the estate to one of your daughters
41:23once she produces a male heir.
41:26Ah, yes, that document.
41:28That document is valid.
41:30Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
41:33It is a rather unusual situation.
41:36Are any of your daughters with child?
41:38Oh, I do hope to receive the news any day now.
41:42I see.
41:43Currently, the Crown is unaware of another living male heir.
41:47It would be quite a task transferring the estate to another family.
41:53A great deal of upheaval for the Featherington tenants and society and, frankly, me.
41:58But should I find that this rather convenient document is, in fact, forged before one of
42:04your girls has an heir, the upheaval may indeed be necessary.
42:10Well, then, it is a good thing the document is not forged and that my girls do so love their
42:17husbands.
42:18A very good thing, indeed.
42:20I shall pay another visit to you very soon.
42:24Mm...
42:26Such a beautiful home.
42:29Mm...
42:30Good day.
42:46Thankfully, I do not have much competition this season.
42:49Aside from Francesca, who stirred a good deal of interest, I suppose.
42:53But I do believe my handling of Panerapeel is a clear message.
42:56Would you agree?
42:57I believe the message was received by all with that particular trick.
43:00You disapprove?
43:02I thought we did not like Panerapeel.
43:04What you did was cruel and unnecessary.
43:09You often talk of how difficult it has been for you to find a husband.
43:15But do you not think it might be easier if you displayed a bit less frankness?
43:23It has been difficult to find a husband.
43:27It has been more difficult still to find a friend.
43:31I have not had many since my debut.
43:34Not real ones.
43:36I did as a girl.
43:39But the season has a way of coming between young ladies.
43:42Putting us against one another.
43:46I suppose I've fallen prey to it.
43:49Once.
43:50Or twice.
43:52Or thrice.
43:56But you are right.
43:59Society does not seek to forge affections amongst us.
44:03I thought I was the only one who noticed.
44:07I did try to befriend you in your first season out.
44:10But you rejected my suit.
44:13And you do not blame me.
44:15I have not always been kind.
44:19But whatever Penelope did to lose your friendship.
44:24You are right.
44:25She is undeserving of my attention.
44:28And of yours.
44:32Let us think only of ourselves.
44:34We are far more interesting.
44:37I am inclined to agree with you.
44:58You are back.
45:02How are your meetings?
45:04Not moving as good as our bed.
45:07Shall we return to it?
45:14There is a matter I must discuss with you first.
45:20Your mother.
45:21I know.
45:23I know.
45:24She is doing everything she can to delay her move.
45:26I will speak with her today.
45:28What if you did not?
45:30Your mother enjoys being Viscountess so much.
45:34While I have already spent years taking care of Edwina and running the Sharmah household.
45:39And I have never seen you happier than when you were away from the duty of running this place.
45:45So why not put ourselves first for once.
45:49And extend the honeymoon.
45:52Are you quite sure?
45:54We have our lives to be Viscount and Viscountess.
46:02For now the only duty that interests me is making an out.
46:08Let your mother stay a little.
46:09I do not want to speak.
46:13My mother a moment longer.
46:27My dear.
46:30Tell me.
46:32How was last night?
46:34Did you enjoy your first ball?
46:37It was satisfactory.
46:46My dear.
46:48Think of the balls as playing a duet.
46:53When you play with another person there is a certain vulnerability which can be quite frightening.
46:59I would imagine.
47:00But it is worth it once you find that person with whom you make an unexpected harmony.
47:07I'm not frightened of the balls, Mama.
47:10Or finding a match.
47:12What you and father and Daphne and Antony will have is enviable.
47:16But it is also rare.
47:18And I am not certain I need to feel butterflies or unexpected harmony per your metaphor.
47:25But you will at least be open if love comes your way.
47:30Yes?
47:32Let us see what happens.
47:34Ma'am?
47:35The Viscountess is looking for you.
47:46You have a visitor, miss.
47:52I'm sorry for intruding.
47:56It's all right.
48:01And I am very sorry for my callous comment here last year.
48:05It pains me to see you upset.
48:07Then perhaps you should not have come.
48:10I am not the man I was last season.
48:13And I am most certainly not ashamed of you, Pen.
48:16The opposite is true, in fact.
48:17I seek you out at every social assembly because I know you will lift my spirits
48:21and make me see the world in ways I could not have imagined.
48:25You are clever and warm and I am proud to call you my very good friend.
48:32It has been vexing.
48:35Watching you walk back into society with such ease.
48:39But every year I pray I might finally feel that way amidst the marriage mutt
48:43and that comfort never materialises.
48:46Well, if a husband is what you seek, then let me help you.
48:51Help me how?
48:52I was in 17 cities this summer.
48:55And what I have learned is that charm can be taught.
48:59Colin, I cannot have you with me whispering into my ear in every ballroom.
49:03You will not need that.
49:04We will have lessons.
49:05And you will quickly master them, I am certain.
49:11There is nothing more I want than to earn back the favour of the one person
49:15who has always truly made me feel appreciated.
49:25What do you say?
49:26You want me to shake your hand?
49:27Well, it is perhaps unusual, but are we not friends?
49:44Friends.
49:48I shall see you soon.
50:11Is that whistled out?
50:14Dearest gentle reader, when the tide of change turns,
50:18it can be sudden, fierce, and deadly.
50:22Especially for the unprepared.
50:28It seems to this author that our bon ton is moving with the changing tide, to be sure.
50:37Lord Kent, welcome to your new home.
50:41I will.
50:45I will.
50:49I will.
50:49I will.
50:49While others are clinging firmly to that which they already know.
50:54I will.
50:55I will.
50:58I will.
50:58I will.
50:59I will.
50:59None more so than our queen, who has still yet to choose a diamond.
51:03This author wonders if her hesitancy is a symptom of fortitude or fear.
51:11If it is the latter, pride in past achievements will not benefit her, as our debutantes are ready to play
51:19this season.
51:20Yourself, your majesty.
51:26It seems Lady Whistledown is playing games again.
51:30Ah.
51:32And are you going to play along, your majesty?
51:35I do love a game.
51:38Especially when I am so often the victor.
51:46Whistledown has come early.
51:48I am reading it.
51:49Are you mad?
51:50You of all people would be quite interested in today's issue, Penelope.
51:54Lady Whistledown has a good deal to say about your precious Bridgertons.
51:58Colin, in fact.
52:00Whatever she has said about him, she is wrong.
52:03Dare I say, this author is ready to play as well.
52:08I do not fear change, I embrace it.
52:13And then there are some who take the embrace of change a step too far.
52:18Good afternoon, sister.
52:20Brother.
52:21Afternoon.
52:22Where were you?
52:23Nowhere.
52:24What are you reading?
52:25Nothing.
52:32Whistledown.
52:34You are mentioned.
52:40And then there are some who take the embrace of change a step too far.
52:45As with Mr. Colin Bridgerton, who seems to have embraced a new personality entirely.
52:52But one must wonder, is this new character the real him?
52:57Or simply a ploy for attention?
53:00And does Mr. Bridgerton even know?
53:08How are you?
53:10I do not care what Lady Whistledown writes about me.
53:13But ruining Miss Thompson, I mean Lady Crane.
53:16And then nearly ruining you last season.
53:20I will never forgive her.
53:25Do you have any idea who she might be?
53:29I do not.
53:30But trust me.
53:31If I ever find out, I will make sure it is her life that is ruined.
54:13It is for
54:14Good morning, darling.
54:17Oh god,
54:22I've never been waiting and be ready.
54:22I don't know if I get good병.
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