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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 a wage for seven years.
00:00:26She is not to be trusted.
00:00:28I am not the magistrate, sweetheart.
00:00:30Can you send word to someone for me, please?
00:00:33Alfie Burrow.
00:00:34He 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,
00:00:43if 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,
00:01:06it's life behind bars.
00:01:07At best.
00:01:35Dearest members of the town,
00:01:37Her Majesty the Queen honours you with her generous invitation to attend the event of the season.
00:01:46It shall be as all balls thrown by your Queen are,
00:01:51the grandest night of the year.
00:01:57Full of spectacle, glamour, delights, that sort of thing.
00:02:05Your presence is requested.
00:02:08Your style is required.
00:02:10Your absence without reason will be noted.
00:02:13The season offers some hope, at least.
00:02:16With us in mourning,
00:02:17at least we will not be expected at the Queen's Ball.
00:02:23Apologies.
00:02:24I was simply trying to...
00:02:26Of course, I am relieved.
00:02:28Avoiding events was one of my and John's most favourite shared activities.
00:02:35Oh, yes.
00:02:37Do note that this is an event in honour of Lady Agatha Danbury.
00:02:42She has chosen to depart from London to go...
00:02:46elsewhere.
00:02:51Does it not seem as slight to Lady Danbury?
00:02:55This part of the text is so small.
00:02:59I can hardly read it.
00:03:01Now that the Queen does not have whistled down to antagonise,
00:03:04perhaps she has shifted her animosity.
00:03:08Do you know anything, Beth?
00:03:10About Lady Danbury and the Queen?
00:03:14I cannot say that I do.
00:03:17No.
00:03:19Of course you do not.
00:03:21Ugh.
00:03:26Ray is a good housekeeper.
00:03:27Just because you're Miss Varley does not mean you could speak to her.
00:03:29Miss Varley?
00:03:30Where would you get such a strange idea?
00:03:33Do not think of her.
00:03:40I have considered leaving every morning until this one.
00:03:46The dowager was rather pleasant on waking.
00:03:50That is because she had that former maid of hers apprehended last night.
00:03:54And at this very moment,
00:03:58I believe Lord Stotter may be behind these doors,
00:04:02about to propose to Miss Leigh.
00:04:06Oh!
00:04:07Yes!
00:04:08Yes!
00:04:09Yes!
00:04:09Yes!
00:04:10My wife-to-be, then.
00:04:11I shall see you soon.
00:04:13And with luck, every day after that.
00:04:20You have surely made the match of the season.
00:04:22Look 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?
00:04:31To the jail, naturally.
00:04:33Do you not know?
00:04:35I heard you were quite helpful in guiding Mama to say...
00:04:37Bruggeman!
00:04:39Did you have Sophie arrested?
00:04:41A thief should not evade justice.
00:04:44Sophie is not a thief, Mama.
00:04:45She was never anything but good to us.
00:04:47I do not wish to hear from you on this matter any further.
00:04:49I shall return soon.
00:04:51You have done very well, Rosamond.
00:04:57Are you not going to congratulate me?
00:05:02Congratulations, sister.
00:05:08She is where?
00:05:09It is my fault.
00:05:10I thought you were a thief
00:05:12and help the dowager Lady Penwood find her.
00:05:14But Miss Posey made it clear I was gravely mistaken.
00:05:17This Sophie
00:05:18worked in this house
00:05:20when it was under the dowager's oversight.
00:05:22Yes.
00:05:22But does she have any family?
00:05:24Oh, let's words, please.
00:05:26I know who we should speak to.
00:05:38Oh, she's got an automated roasting spit.
00:05:45These two have a most urgent matter to discuss with you.
00:05:50Perhaps you could let Hyacinth show you her ribbon collection.
00:05:53She 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
00:05:59to spend time with you, Frank.
00:06:00No, please do not do that.
00:06:02I am so grateful to all of you for your support and attention.
00:06:06But...
00:06:06I believe that your sister would like us all to act normally,
00:06:09if only for a time.
00:06:10Yes.
00:06:13Perhaps we could...
00:06:14talk about someone else instead.
00:06:16How are you, Mother?
00:06:18Oh.
00:06:18How is your friend, Lord Anderson?
00:06:20Lord Anderson...
00:06:21Well, he...
00:06:22Well...
00:06:23Mother!
00:06:23I need to speak to you about Sophie.
00:06:25Oh.
00:06:27Uh...
00:06:27Forgive me for interrupting.
00:06:30Francesca...
00:06:32Impressive or not, I should like to see that ribbon collection.
00:06:35Come along.
00:06:36You as well, Gregory.
00:06:38Did you ask her?
00:06:39Ask her what?
00:06:40Well, ask who?
00:06:40No.
00:06:41She had gone before I could find her.
00:06:42Well, do you know where she is going?
00:06:44Excuse me, my lady.
00:06:44Sorry, who are we speaking of?
00:06:45Sophie.
00:06:46She has gone to the Americas.
00:06:47I tried to catch her ship, but there were two leaving at once
00:06:49and I could not find her in the crowd.
00:06:51You chased Sophie to the docks?
00:06:52What is going on, exactly?
00:06:53Your brother is in love with your lady's maid, only she has left us
00:06:56in the middle of the night without saying goodbye.
00:06:58Mom.
00:06:58I am sorry.
00:06:59What?
00:07:00Please do not write about this.
00:07:00I am no longer Lady Whistledart.
00:07:02I cannot lose her to the Americas.
00:07:03I 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 all right.
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.
00:07:21The good news being Mr. Bridgerton will not be needing a boat.
00:07:29Someone is here to see you.
00:07:39Hello, Sophie.
00:07:40Hello, Sophie.
00:07:40How rude.
00:07:42You should be grateful the lady has even come to such an undesirable place.
00:07:46Especially 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, it 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.
00:08:21You have always made poor choices.
00:08:25At least now, you shall get what you deserve.
00:08:29Guard, I 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 Lady 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, I 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.
00:09:12They must have been tremendously valuable.
00:09:14Sir, Miss Beck has been in my employ for months now,
00:09:16and we can attest, based on her character, that 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 amount of defence for Miss Beck.
00:09:52What kind of defence can there possibly be,
00:09:54except 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! I will have order!
00:10:03Magistrate Burton, we will provide Miss Beck 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,
00:10:28on 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?
00:10:40Carla, unless you are able to reach an agreement amongst yourselves,
00:10:43we will meet again in a week's time to determine Miss Beck's fate.
00:10:53There is to be no agreement.
00:10:55She 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?
00:11:02Why aren't 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.
00:11:34I am grateful, but you should not have gone to the trouble.
00:11:37I will not hear of it.
00:11:38Why did you not send word to us?
00:11:39Would 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.
00:11:53I 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,
00:11:59she may try to win it in public.
00:12:00And if the Queen finds out about your attachment,
00:12:04well, could create a scandal so large
00:12:06that even your leaving for the country
00:12:07would 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, safely with us, Sophie.
00:12:16Welcome home.
00:12:21Your room is all made up and ready,
00:12:23but do let us know if there's anything we have forgotten.
00:12:26I do not understand.
00:12:27My room is upstairs in the servants' quarters.
00:12:29Not anymore.
00:12:29Lady Bridgerton has informed us that you are to be our guest
00:12:33until all this with the trial blows over.
00:12:36Or until you formalise your attachment with Mr. Bridgerton.
00:12:40Why did you not say?
00:12:41They have no attachment, Hazel.
00:12:45Though Lady Bridgerton has made it clear
00:12:47that her son is not to cross this hall to your room for any reason,
00:12:51or you to his.
00:12:52Of course.
00:12:53I have eyes everywhere.
00:12:59Come along, Hazel.
00:13:18How 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.
00:13:29I 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
00:13:36would turn out not to be an enchanting young lady,
00:13:39but...
00:13:40me.
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...
00:13:56you saw me?
00:13:59Just me.
00:14:02What kind of a man will I be if I only ever saw you as the lady in silver?
00:14:07And yet, all this time,
00:14:10you did not believe that I could handle the truth.
00:14:13Perhaps because 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
00:14:31and ensure that both of you keep to your separate rooms.
00:14:35I could use the light on.
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,
00:14:51but in a perfect world,
00:14:54while the Queen's blessing of their union
00:14:56might protect us all from a scandal...
00:14:58It is quite the fantastical tale.
00:15:01The maid, the gentleman, in love.
00:15:05And perhaps too fantastical for Her Majesty to accept.
00:15:08The Queen has waged a great deal on Benedict's getting married this season.
00:15:15It 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,
00:15:30the ton would never accept a gentleman
00:15:32marrying a girl of illegitimate origins.
00:15:36And I am afraid the best they can hope for
00:15:39is to slip quietly away to the countryside together.
00:15:46I can delay my trip.
00:15:48Stay.
00:15:49Make sure that if any scandal erupts that I am here.
00:15:52Agatha.
00:15:53No.
00:15:54It is your time.
00:15:55I appreciate you trying with the Queen,
00:15:57but no.
00:15:59No, you must go.
00:16:01Violet Bridgerton.
00:16:06I will miss you.
00:16:08No, I miss you too.
00:16:11Very nice.
00:16:22May I help you, Miss Beck?
00:16:24Sophie will do, John.
00:16:28Did anyone call for me?
00:16:30No.
00:16:31I do not believe so.
00:16:44You look handsome tonight, John.
00:16:47Are 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 late.
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.
00:17:19I 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.
00:17:33The 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.
00:17:42And 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.
00:18:10Sophie, it 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...
00:18:24I 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 recognize 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.
00:18:55I should never reason to ask you the question I should have asked you all along.
00:19:00Do not.
00:19:01Not now.
00:19:02I have my family's blessing, Sophie.
00:19:07Not with a trowel hanging over us.
00:19:10Your family's reputation at stake.
00:19:11Let us wait.
00:19:16Not with a trowel hanging over us.
00:19:17I love you.
00:19:18I love you.
00:19:19I love you, Benedict.
00:19:30I love you, Benedict.
00:19:53Will you join me?
00:22:16You do not have to do that anymore.
00:22:18Miss Bridgerton, I hope you are not cross with me.
00:22:20Oh, I am positively outraged.
00:22:25But the most interesting thing ever to happen in my home happened right under my nose and I was blind
00:22:29to it the entire time.
00:22:59Good.
00:23:00I had heard you repaint it with pink and I wanted to tell you how splendid it looked.
00:23:07It is so new.
00:23:33You should sit before you wear a line in that rug.
00:23:36Apologies.
00:23:38I know that Lady Danbury was not optimistic, but I am certain everything will work out.
00:23:43We will find a way.
00:23:51So, Sophie was the lady in silver.
00:23:54Well, I think the Earl of Penwood's daughter deserved to attend a ball at some point.
00:24:02If we survive this chapter, what if I cannot do it?
00:24:07Moving permanently to the countryside, being a husband.
00:24:11Do you doubt your feelings for Sophie?
00:24:14Do you doubt your feelings for Sophie?
00:24:14No, I doubt myself.
00:24:15Why, Benedict?
00:24:16Have I not been disappointing you my entire life?
00:24:20I have never disappointed in my children.
00:24:25Maybe I have been hard on you at times, but there is a reason for that.
00:24:31It is because in many ways I was most like you, as a child.
00:24:36What do you mean?
00:24:38Children have an easier time imagining a ghost in a darkened hallway than they do imagining
00:24:42their mother as a youth.
00:24:44In fairness, I have mostly forgotten that girl myself.
00:24:49What was she like?
00:24:51She was impulsive, passionate, wild, carefree, filled with a burning desire to experience all
00:24:59that life had to offer, and constantly wishing to do the opposite of what her parents wanted.
00:25:05Anthony is just like your father.
00:25:08But you, you are my son, through and through.
00:25:13What happened to her?
00:25:14Well, I fell in love.
00:25:17A love that made all my wild rebellion grow quiet, and still, I did not need it anymore.
00:25:22I was just happy.
00:25:26That is what I feel for Sophie.
00:25:28Then your love will make you capable of anything you put your mind to.
00:25:32I hope you have not left that wild, carefree young girl behind.
00:25:39She sounds delightful in her own right.
00:25:44She won't.
00:26:11It has to be in here.
00:26:22Lily thought she saw you walking up.
00:26:24I had to see for myself.
00:26:26Emma.
00:26:26Do you know where the key for this is?
00:26:28We are looking for her father's will.
00:26:30I have seen his lordship open that.
00:26:32With a key from this drawer.
00:26:41Which one is it?
00:26:43Your guess is as good as mine.
00:26:51And will you be using this shade of pink for your country state as well?
00:26:58Eloise, I find it most difficult to believe that you came here today to compliment my taste in colours.
00:27:05Hi.
00:27:06Hi.
00:27:07Can a young lady not simply wish to discuss the colour pink?
00:27:10I know why you are truly here.
00:27:14You have finally succumbed to the mania.
00:27:19The marriage mania.
00:27:21It's clear you are at last imagining what it would be like to have a husband one day.
00:27:26And you wish to know what it is like.
00:27:27Oh.
00:27:29Yes.
00:27:30I am quite overcome with the madness.
00:27:35It was difficult last season.
00:27:37Not having a shared dream for the future between us.
00:27:40I do understand your view of things.
00:27:42How marriage steals independence and liberty.
00:27:44Mary Wollstonecraft and all that.
00:27:46You read Mary Wollstonecraft?
00:27:47You would not stop talking about her last season.
00:27:50And what else was I supposed to do in Wales?
00:27:54She has some good ideas.
00:27:55The truth is, she does not sufficiently value love.
00:28:00It has the power to change one's life, Eloise.
00:28:04Yes.
00:28:05I am starting to see that.
00:28:17Well done.
00:28:22This is the one.
00:28:32Richard Gunn, the sixth cell of Penwood.
00:28:37He bequeaths an additional 4,000 pounds to Araminta for every year she houses me.
00:28:42Oh my goodness.
00:28:43That's why she kept you on.
00:28:45She was profiting off you.
00:28:49So then, what is it?
00:28:56I can see that marriage has been of great benefit to you.
00:28:59At the very least, it has had the power to give me the drawing room of my dreams.
00:29:04It is quite an improvement on Cowper House, is it not?
00:29:08You never belonged in that house.
00:29:10Or with your parents.
00:29:13I should like to apologise, all that business with you nearly having to marry a man three times your age
00:29:18last season.
00:29:20I was far too self-interested, really, to appreciate how difficult that must have been.
00:29:26And how much your success on the marriage mark mattered to you.
00:29:35And all is well.
00:29:36Everything has worked out exactly as it should.
00:29:42It has indeed.
00:29:43It has indeed.
00:29:46After all that, the shoe clips turned out to be fake.
00:29:53Is this what passes for gossip these days?
00:29:56I do not care about shoe clips or maids.
00:30:00No matter what I may think of the dowager Lady Penwood, if the magistrate sees fit to charge the girl,
00:30:07so be it.
00:30:09The dowager also means to impress upon your majesty that this maid seduced a gentleman.
00:30:21Benedict Bridgerton.
00:30:23The most eligible suitor of the season.
00:30:27Seduced by a maid.
00:30:31Is it true?
00:30:32No, it is not true.
00:30:35She did not have to seduce him because he loves her.
00:30:40Against all reason and expectation, they have formed an attachment.
00:30:46She saved his life in the countryside and he fell for her as she nursed him back to health.
00:30:51A man, once thought, never able to commit, moved by the simple grace and beauty of a girl of humble
00:30:58origins.
00:30:59Your majesty, you were right all along.
00:31:03Benedict Bridgerton is ready for marriage after all.
00:31:09It is unfortunate.
00:31:10I was right all along, casting my wager.
00:31:14But I will lose still.
00:31:16Your majesty.
00:31:18Benedict Bridgerton cannot marry a maid, can he?
00:31:22I had hoped we could make one last great match together, Lady Danbury.
00:31:27It is a shame for us to go out on a loss.
00:31:30Tell me, Brinsley, how is the ball coming along?
00:31:34Extremely well, your majesty.
00:31:41What do you know about what is going on with Benedict Bridgerton?
00:31:45You've been spending a great deal of time together this season.
00:31:47What do you know?
00:31:49You know something.
00:31:50You have been withholding from me.
00:31:52If you know I've been withholding something, then you have been withholding something as well.
00:32:00All I know, there is a lower-class girl, someone he knows he should not be with.
00:32:03It is a maid at Bridgerton House.
00:32:05I overheard them.
00:32:06They are in love, and the dowager Lady Penwood is trying to send her to prison.
00:32:11This morning, I spent four hours helping the Queen decide on florals for her ball.
00:32:18Yesterday, there was a debate over whether the Pomeranians should be shaved to resemble lions.
00:32:23The day before that-
00:32:24Alice, we can move to the country if you're unhappy with your position.
00:32:29No, no, we cannot.
00:32:31One does not simply walk away from the Queen.
00:32:33And I do not wish to, but I wish to do something of meaning, Will.
00:32:36Lady Danbury helped the Queen reshape our society.
00:32:39I am decorating.
00:32:43I'm not even decorating.
00:32:44I am saying yes or no while the servants decorate.
00:32:47You and I, we were given this life out of thin air.
00:32:52And it has been wonderful.
00:32:54And we are enjoying ourselves at last, but I should like to help others enjoy it as well.
00:32:59If I involve myself in trying to help this maid,
00:33:02either it will finally earn me the Queen's close confidence,
00:33:05or it will ruin this family.
00:33:07I should like to do it, either way.
00:33:10You have my full support, then.
00:33:18She hasn't been gone that long, I don't think.
00:33:23Oh, Mrs. Mildred.
00:33:25Good day.
00:33:25Alice, unfortunately now is not an ideal time.
00:33:27Yes, I know.
00:33:28Lady Danbury had little success with the Queen.
00:33:30But I have an idea for another approach.
00:33:43My mother and I have been so worried for you.
00:33:45Forgive me, the new Lady Penwood insisted on Miss Bridgerton staying for tea.
00:33:49How did it go?
00:33:51I saw my father's will.
00:33:53What is it?
00:33:55My father.
00:33:58He kept his promise.
00:34:01I was in Rosamund myself.
00:34:04He left us each an equal portion dowry.
00:34:08He loved me.
00:34:14Of course he did.
00:34:16How could anyone not?
00:34:21You were not going to prison.
00:34:24The dowager Lady Penwood stole your dowry.
00:34:26That makes her a liar and a thief.
00:34:28She has not already spent at all.
00:34:30I have a dowry.
00:34:32It still does not make me legitimate or an appropriate match for a gentleman.
00:34:35I do not care about the money.
00:34:37And I do not care about whether you are appropriate or not.
00:34:40Mrs Mondrich came to call.
00:34:41She is one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting.
00:34:45She has a plan to help us.
00:34:47What is it?
00:34:49We will have to find you a dress.
00:34:51Because you are going to the Queen's ball tomorrow.
00:35:02It is a game for two.
00:35:05Forgive me.
00:35:07It is my family.
00:35:08There is a scandal brewing.
00:35:11A scandal?
00:35:13Do you tell?
00:35:18Benedict, my brother, is in love with a maid.
00:35:23My family, we are all supporting them.
00:35:27But everyone else in the town will surely be up in arms if they find out.
00:35:30Which, I confess, does feel rather trivial compared to...
00:35:40Now is when you choose to hold your tongue.
00:35:45I am only surprised.
00:35:47Your family is surprising.
00:35:51I would not blame you for distancing yourself from us.
00:35:54From me.
00:35:55No, I meant surprising in a good way.
00:35:59Love does not always look how one expects, I imagine.
00:36:02I am not one to judge the happiness of others.
00:36:07I am relieved to hear you say so.
00:36:13I had hoped, if you were not concerned by our continued association, that you might consider staying here in London
00:36:21until a new heir is found.
00:36:23I am here.
00:36:24I know.
00:36:26But I suppose I am feeling...
00:36:29a suspense about when you might leave again, as you so rarely stay in one place for long.
00:36:34You are the only other person who truly understands.
00:36:40If you would like it, I shall stay.
00:36:44It would mean a great deal to me.
00:36:47I feel very close to you, Michaela.
00:36:51As do I.
00:37:09Look what one of the maids helped me rescue from the bin.
00:37:12Slightly rumpled, but I think it gives it character, no?
00:37:17You need not have bothered.
00:37:19Yeah.
00:37:21I take it you are still planning not to debut.
00:37:27I must say, I think that would be a mistake.
00:37:31You cannot be serious.
00:37:34After you incessantly mocked my lessons...
00:37:36In my defence, they were extremely mockable.
00:37:40I thought you would be thrilled.
00:37:43Now you are not grow old alone.
00:37:45We can be spinsters together.
00:37:52As wonderful as that sounds, I know it's not genuinely what you want.
00:37:59It is alright to be frightened.
00:38:01What happened to John, it is beyond awful.
00:38:04It frightens me too more than I care to admit.
00:38:06Some things are out of our control.
00:38:09What is in our control is our ability to support one another.
00:38:12And ensure that we do not allow fear to keep us from experiencing something that could be truly special.
00:38:18Now you are a proponent of marriage.
00:38:20Proponent is far too strong a word.
00:38:22But after spending a season by your side, I can see that on occasion, marriage might have its advantages.
00:38:29Companionship.
00:38:30Family.
00:38:31A prime seat at a soiree.
00:38:34And then, if not for mother and father's marriage, we would not all have each other.
00:38:40Which seems a rather large reward.
00:38:43Most of the time anyway.
00:38:48I suppose your points have some merit.
00:38:51Though if I am to one day find the right husband, I think I should like to get to know
00:38:57myself better first.
00:39:01An excellent plan.
00:39:03An excellent plan.
00:39:22The season will not be the same without you, Lady Dan.
00:39:25Well, I have no doubt you will still find ways of enjoying yourselves.
00:39:31You will be missed greatly.
00:39:33By the Queen, most of all.
00:39:42Well.
00:39:44Here's to us.
00:39:54Tonight is our night, Rosamond.
00:39:56Let us greet Lord Stotter.
00:39:58And then we shall speak to the Queen and settle the matter of Sophie.
00:40:06We can do this.
00:40:08We can do this.
00:40:10Are we certain we can do this?
00:40:12Would it not be better to wait until we see the magistrate?
00:40:14It may be too late by then if the dowager gets to the Queen tonight.
00:40:17Mrs Mondridge will arrange everything.
00:40:21You will just have to tuck in close as we sneak you in.
00:40:25Hopefully.
00:40:26Last time.
00:40:30Your party.
00:40:31Violet Bridgerton.
00:40:32The dowager lady Bridgerton.
00:40:35Plus three?
00:40:37Something like that.
00:40:38Yes, so many children.
00:40:43Bridgerton's.
00:40:43Come with me.
00:40:51Wait.
00:40:51What are we meant to do now then?
00:40:53It's strange not to be at the very centre of scandal for once.
00:40:56Let us enjoy it then.
00:40:59May I have this dance?
00:41:11Miss Posey.
00:41:13Miss Bridgerton.
00:41:16Oh, no.
00:41:18I am...
00:41:18I do not know if you know but I was not part of...
00:41:21No, I assumed not.
00:41:22I was simply greeting you.
00:41:24Though perhaps I should not.
00:41:25Your mother may disapprove.
00:41:31But do not let her dictate what you do.
00:41:33A friend of mine has a mother not too dissimilar to yours.
00:41:36And that friend has done very well for herself now.
00:41:38Truly.
00:41:46You have the interest of Lord Barnaby.
00:41:49He does ask me to dance from time to time.
00:41:52But my mother's efforts are concentrated on my sister this season.
00:41:59Oh.
00:42:00I should not let her dictate the matters of my heart like that.
00:42:05Lord Barnaby is most eligible.
00:42:07And your mother and sister are occupied.
00:42:15Very well.
00:42:26Miss Posey.
00:42:28Will you at last accept my offer of a dance?
00:42:38Lady Penwood.
00:42:40You are being summoned.
00:42:42Am I being summoned by the Queen?
00:42:46It is easier than I thought.
00:42:52Come along Posey.
00:42:54Now.
00:42:57Excuse me.
00:43:07What is this?
00:43:08I thought the Queen was to join us.
00:43:10I believe you will be glad she is elsewhere for the moment.
00:43:13Sophie?
00:43:15Ma, what is she doing here?
00:43:18Seven years.
00:43:21Seven long years I spent serving you in my own home.
00:43:24I asked you the day you kicked me out why you kept me so long.
00:43:27And I know now it was never out of any goodness.
00:43:30But only because my father promised you an extra stipend for every year you kept me on.
00:43:34But you were never meant to keep me on as a maid.
00:43:36How did you know that?
00:43:37I saw the will.
00:43:38And I also saw that my father left me a dowry.
00:43:41Mother.
00:43:42Quiet Posey.
00:43:42Three equal parts.
00:43:44One for Rosamond, one for Posey, and one for myself.
00:43:48Yet I venture to guess that what you have promised Lord Stutter is double what you have told Posey she
00:43:52is to receive.
00:43:53Doubled by the embezzlement of my portion.
00:43:56This is preposterous.
00:43:57How dare you accuse my mother of such a thing?
00:44:0018,000 pounds.
00:44:05What is yours?
00:44:09Did you not believe my beauty and charm were enough on their own to make a match?
00:44:14You believed I needed 36,000 pounds.
00:44:16This is all beside the point.
00:44:18She stole from me.
00:44:18I was the one who stole the shoe clips, Mama.
00:44:24It is not about the shoe clips.
00:44:28The money for your dowry.
00:44:30It was our money.
00:44:31It should have been our money.
00:44:32But you stole it from us.
00:44:34You stole him from us.
00:44:37My girls needed a father.
00:44:39They needed his love.
00:44:40I needed his love.
00:44:43But instead you were there.
00:44:47Araminta, he loved you too.
00:44:49I saw it.
00:44:51And you have the love of your daughters.
00:44:53Both of them.
00:44:54Do not take it for granted.
00:44:56Trust me, it serves no one.
00:44:59Richard was a good man.
00:45:01But he lived in a dream world.
00:45:03He thrust his greatest mistake upon me with no notice or warning
00:45:06and left me to face the consequences of harboring an illegitimate child.
00:45:10I have done nothing but tried to protect both of my girls.
00:45:12Ma, we've never been in jeopardy because of Sophie.
00:45:20And I am tired of talking about her.
00:45:26It's still the matter of you impersonating her ability.
00:45:28Oh, that I think we can settle ourselves.
00:45:31As you have committed a far greater crime.
00:45:34Embezzlement of a dowry.
00:45:36Dishonouring the late Earl's will and estate.
00:45:39I will not go to prison.
00:45:43If you ruin me, I will ruin her.
00:45:46And vice versa.
00:45:48It is simple.
00:45:49We shall all agree to a more mutually beneficial recounting of events.
00:46:09It is a beautiful evening.
00:46:13Yes.
00:46:19Your Majesty.
00:46:20Mrs. Mondridge.
00:46:22Are you quite well?
00:46:23Your Majesty, I have prepared something for you.
00:46:25The maid, Benedict Bridgerton, is in love with.
00:46:27She is here.
00:46:30What do you mean, she is here?
00:46:31I have arranged for her to be here so that you might see what is between her and Mr.
00:46:35Bridgerton.
00:46:36Because I believe if you were to witness it in person, you will see the love they show.
00:46:40No.
00:46:40Mrs. Mondridge.
00:46:42Get her out of here.
00:46:43Oh, Your Majesty.
00:46:44Perhaps...
00:46:46I will not.
00:46:50Once upon a time, there were royals living in a palace who wished for you to go away.
00:46:55But you stayed.
00:46:57And you are the most fascinating woman to have sat on the throne in a very long time.
00:47:02You are a patron of music, of the arts.
00:47:05You have zebras in your gardens and you love gossip.
00:47:09You are a woman of many interests, but you are missing the largest portion of what is amusing in the
00:47:14world by ignoring those of the lower classes.
00:47:16Because, with all respect to you, Lady Danbury, not every maid is humble or graceful or simple.
00:47:21The woman Benedict Bridgerton is in love with?
00:47:25A woman capable of making that man settle down?
00:47:28That woman is sure to be full of vim and vigor.
00:47:31A spitfire so full of life that she has a countess setting foot in a prison because she is so
00:47:36obsessed with this woman.
00:47:37Your Majesty, you are missing all the good gossip.
00:47:47Hmm.
00:47:52That is too far. I will not do it.
00:47:54You will. And you will retreat to your country estate for the remainder of the season.
00:47:58Well, Mr. Bridgerton, I am told you are in love.
00:48:04Yes, Your Majesty.
00:48:09May I present Miss Sophie Gunn.
00:48:14Gunn?
00:48:16As in the late Lord Penwood?
00:48:18She is the daughter of his cousin.
00:48:20Were you not just saying how much they resembled each other, Lady Penwood?
00:48:30I was.
00:48:31She has spent most of her life in the country and has only just come to town.
00:48:35I thought you said...
00:48:37I was mistaken, Your Majesty.
00:48:57Do you speak?
00:48:59Yes, Your Majesty.
00:49:01...
00:49:01Do you speak?
00:49:05a relation of the late earl i can say with complete conviction your majesty
00:49:13that i am by birth and by education a daughter of penwood house
00:49:26you would have made a wonderful diamond
00:49:32very well then was there something of interest about shoe clips no your majesty i do not believe
00:49:41so i think there was but carry on
00:50:11we're cousins then we are sisters
00:50:15i think young violet would be quite impressed by you today
00:50:24i think she would
00:50:29that was quite a risk you took yes your majesty you're lucky i went along with it
00:50:36yes your majesty run along
00:50:47did you hear apparently lord stotter is not content with miss lee's now an adequate dowry
00:50:54well he has always been known to be a fortune hunter miss lee is not my favorite but
00:50:58i imagine the family rather needed one of the girls to make a match this season
00:51:05something tells me all will be well
00:51:20harley what are you doing here oh my lady forgive me for coming so late i hope you've not come
00:51:25to bed for
00:51:26your position back farley because if you have i'm afraid i must tell you that we are more than satisfied
00:51:31with ray no certainly not i am headed to the country for a new position and i have come for
00:51:38some of my things before i leave town i left behind a few books in my rush to depart
00:51:46did we not tease penelope about her reading together i do not remember you picking up a single book
00:51:52well i also came for an apology i never got one an apology from me about what well for taking
00:51:58me
00:51:58for granted for treating me like family and then working me like a dog and and paying me worse than
00:52:04that i think that is highly unfair you will not be getting an apology from me very well
00:52:19perhaps perhaps perhaps i could possibly be apologetic about one or two things
00:52:33those uh dresses that i offered you they were clearly out of season
00:52:40i should have found you something nicer
00:52:44or paid you more
00:52:47that will do i forgive you oh farley i have missed you oh i cannot begin to tell you that
00:52:56penwood woman
00:52:57she made work in here seem like a holiday i was only going to the countryside because she came
00:53:01home tonight in a foul mood and dismissed me dismissed you what sort of a fool would do such a
00:53:06thing
00:53:09oh well we cannot have you going to the countryside oh but you have a ray yes but it is
00:53:17a very large house
00:53:22yes he has formed an attachment miss sophie gunn a relation of the late lord penwood
00:53:49miss gumb may i have your first dance
00:53:53yes
00:53:55you may mr bridgerton
00:54:21you may mr bridgerton
00:54:23please
00:54:51no
00:54:54Was that not absurd?
00:54:57It was a truly mad plan.
00:55:01She's certainly full of new energy, that Mrs. Mondridge.
00:55:04Though I do not know if her plan worked because she planned it well,
00:55:08or because of the sheer lack of a plan.
00:55:10Well, she was right about one thing.
00:55:12You do enjoy being amused.
00:55:18Oh, my God.
00:55:23Ridiculous.
00:55:24It is the best thing to happen all season.
00:55:26No.
00:55:27The best thing to happen all season is that you are sure to win your wager with Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:55:35Oh, yes.
00:55:37The bet shall be settled.
00:55:50That was fun, Lady D'Angry.
00:56:01We have such fun together.
00:56:05Yes, we do.
00:56:08I will miss you.
00:56:15Oh, bother.
00:56:18My command is to stop.
00:56:22To stop.
00:56:34How does it feel to be officially recognized as a penwood?
00:56:39Strange.
00:56:40But good.
00:56:41Would you mind if I cut it short, then?
00:56:43Because I would very much like to make you a Bridgerton.
00:57:01Will you marry me?
00:57:04Yes.
00:57:06Yes, I will.
00:57:55I'm overjoyed at how things have worked in your son's favor.
00:57:57Oh, as am I. The two of them can marry properly and stay here in town now if they wish.
00:58:04They are a legitimate pair as far as anyone is concerned.
00:58:07That's very good. And now we may at last make our announcement joyfully and without concern.
00:58:13Shall we tell your children tonight?
00:58:17Something the matter.
00:58:27I, um...
00:58:32It has been our other eventful evening. Are we not perhaps rushing things?
00:58:36I do not see any reason we should delay.
00:58:39Unless you see one that I'm not aware of. One I should be made aware of.
00:58:46I have been hesitant because of my children. Because of my late husband. Because of Francesca.
00:58:53But today I came to understand another source of my hesitation.
00:58:57Which is?
00:58:59I have been a wife and a mother for so long.
00:59:03I have lost perspective entirely on who I was before that.
00:59:07I am only just starting to get reacquainted with that part of myself.
00:59:10My carefree, wild self.
00:59:12And I am afraid that if we are to wait, then I would lose that opportunity.
00:59:18And yet I do not want to lose you either.
00:59:21I do not understand, then.
00:59:23Oh, would it not?
00:59:26Could we not continue as we are?
00:59:32Seeing one another.
00:59:34Still having our independence.
00:59:40Violet, I want so much for your happiness.
00:59:45But I want for my own as well.
00:59:47Our time together has been a gift.
00:59:50Violet, I want to share a life with you.
00:59:53And I would wait if I believed you may one day want the same.
00:59:58But I'm starting to doubt that you do.
01:00:00Please, Marcus, please.
01:00:02I...
01:00:04I care for you deeply.
01:00:08I know.
01:00:09I feel that you do.
01:00:20Dearest gentle reader, are you perhaps feeling a little shock?
01:00:31Have you seen Miss Sterling tonight?
01:00:33Has she gone to bed already?
01:00:35Did Miss Sterling not inform you?
01:00:37Of what?
01:00:37She's packed her belongings and left.
01:00:40You thought I was gone for good.
01:00:51But far too much transpires with this author to remain silent.
01:01:08And so we are reunited.
01:01:11What are we doing?
01:01:13I desire to dance with my betrothed.
01:01:34You are rather skilled, even with no music.
01:01:37It's all the more remarkable if you knew who my first dance tutor was.
01:01:41I had so much to overcome.
01:01:44It is assuredly a reunion rooted in care and love.
01:01:58I thought you were done with Whistledown.
01:02:01I am.
01:02:02I am working on my novel.
01:02:06And who in the devil wrote this?
01:02:08Though this time with a very different author.
01:02:35I was hoping you might stay forever.
01:02:42But for now, my new identity shall remain a secret.
01:03:02Dear Rita, we are going to have so much fun.
01:03:50Transcription by CastingWords
01:04:20CastingWords
01:04:40CastingWords
01:04:41firstborn brother in fact the wisest thing i could impart is never listen to me again
01:04:49father would be so proud of you i know i am
01:04:58whose wedding do you think we will be attending next oh i do love a wedding
01:05:02all the best people in the same place as an attendee
01:05:11do you think i'll ever do it again me a wedding no i have had my great love one time
01:05:18is enough
01:05:42so
01:06:19Benedict.
01:06:21Dearly beloved.
01:06:23We are gathered together here in the sight of God.
01:06:26Amen.
01:06:43May kiss your bride.
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