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00:03It's a boy. Perfect.
00:07George now has an heir, and my position is secure.
00:13Bella, kill her and clean this mess up.
00:17Miss Eleanor, you promised freedom once the child was born.
00:21Freedom? Look at you, covered in blood, no better than a kennel, bitch.
00:26Do you deserve freedom?
00:31Mother, save me!
00:35I'm not your mother. Never was.
00:39Nineteen years ago, I swapped my daughter with the Countess.
00:42My daughter became Lady Eleanor.
00:44And the Countess's daughter, you, became a maid.
00:49Now you even have to bear a child for my daughter.
00:52No, impossible!
00:58What's the racket?
00:59Lord George, they're trying to kill me.
01:02Save me, for the child I brought for you.
01:05Annoying. Silence her forever.
01:25Am I dead? Where am I?
01:28To ensure Lady Eleanor's health and her relationship with Vichant George remain unaffected by pregnancy, the most suitable among you
01:36will be chosen to bear their heir.
01:38This is three years ago. The day I was chosen as a surrogate maid.
01:48Too skinny. Next.
01:56My lady, Miss, Catherine is the most suitable. She's beautiful, well mannered and will fulfill the task perfectly.
02:05Good. Sign the contract and send her off.
02:07Countess, my real mother, I'm your true daughter, but if I speak now they'll call me mad.
02:12Wait. I'll return with proof and stand before you with dignity.
02:15Remember, Catherine, your only worth is to bear an heir for me at Hockmore. Complete the task faithfully, and I'll
02:22grant you freedom.
02:22I understand, Miss Eleanor. I'll bear the heir for you and Lord George as promised.
02:30For this life, I won't be deceived again. I'll marry your father-in-law, Duke William, the most powerful man
02:35in Hockmore.
02:36Once I'm the lady, I'll throw you all into that sewer myself.
02:46Henry, settle the horses. Report to the study in an hour.
02:49Yes, Your Grace. Welcome home.
02:54Duke William. The man I'm meant to marry. With his power, I'll crush every enemy who harmed me.
03:01This is the path I must walk in my new life.
03:07This is the strongest aphrodisia. Tonight, I'll make this powerful Duke remember me.
03:18Who are you? Why are you here so late?
03:20Forgive me, Your Grace. I'm Catherine, the new maid serving Lady Eleanor. I was sent to fetch water. The castle's
03:26so vast I got lost. It wasn't intentional.
03:29Eleanor's maid. From Windsor. Do you know the penalty for trespassing here at night?
03:34I-I-I know. Withing. Or the dungeons. Please, Your Grace. It was truly an accident.
03:38An accident? Or a carefully planned move?
03:41I was lost.
03:43I was lost. And now, you've found me.
04:09I was lost. And now, you've found me.
04:12Today's the day I'm supposed to share the bed with the villain. I need Duke William to see his own
04:18son lying beside the woman he desires.
04:27Catherine!
04:41Why are you coming from that direction?
04:43Miss, I got lost. The castle's like a maze at night. I took a wrong turn.
04:49Lost? To the Duke's study door? Your hair's disheveled. Your lips are swollen. Does that look like getting lost? Who
04:56do you think you're fooling?
04:58Remember why you were sent here?
05:03I-I-I swear I didn't mean to. The Duke found me. He was furious. Questioned me. Then let me
05:08go. I know my purpose.
05:10I'm here to help you and Lord George have a child. How could I dare to think otherwise?
05:16Your purpose? Exactly. Time to fulfill the agreement. Now let's go. To the Viscount's room. Right now.
05:28George? She's here.
05:33Ah. The little beauty.
05:37Don't waste time. Get it done today.
05:41No. Lord George-
05:43Silence! You do well to obey.
06:02I-I've never felt such a stirring for any woman. But last night why did a mere maid shake me
06:08so? I need to uncover the truth about her.
06:13Your Grace.
06:15It was a maid last night, Catherine, serving Lady Eleanor.
06:20Find her, bring her to me at once.
06:22My lord, that girl, she's a contractual asset delivered by Countess Margaret and Lady Eleanor.
06:28Her sole purpose is to bear an heir for Lord George.
06:30And now, she's in Lord George's chambers.
06:36Today is the day to fulfill the contract.
06:49Finally quiet.
06:51Let's continue.
06:56You, Eleanor, chose you to bear my child.
07:00I'm sure you must be some special skill.
07:03Let's see if you're worthy.
07:06Hurry up, George. I don't plan to waste the whole day here.
07:10Then get out! Stop hothering!
07:13Why?
07:14I need to watch. Make sure she fulfills her duty.
07:19Damn. My stomach's kidding me.
07:21Go to my study. Lefter will bring the medicine. Now.
07:25Now?
07:27Right now. Unless you want to be a widow.
07:35Finally quiet. Let's continue.
07:46What is this?
07:50Father! What brings you here?
07:53I just...
07:54Get out!
08:02Look at me.
08:07Did you leave this last night?
08:09I...
08:10I...
08:10I...
08:11I was scared after last night. I didn't know what to do.
08:13I...
08:13I thought maybe you'd remember.
08:15But then Lady Eleanor found me.
08:18Brought me here.
08:19Told me to fulfill the agreement.
08:21I refused. Begged her. But...
08:23You're never to enter this room again.
08:25Or be near George. Understood?
08:27I understand. But I'm bound by contract to Lady Eleanor.
08:31I'll handle Eleanor's contract. From now on, you answer to me.
08:34Henry!
08:39Take her to the West Wing guest suite.
08:41Prepare clothes, necessities and reliable staff.
08:44Go clean yourself up.
08:45Yes, Your Grace.
08:51My lady, the Duke sent me to look after you. Thank you for saving me.
08:56I'd have been beaten to death by the Viscount and his wife otherwise.
09:00Don't mention it, Rebecca.
09:02But I need your help with something.
09:04Anything you ask, my lady.
09:09Slip this potion into Lord George's wine.
09:11Then tell Eleanor we're meeting in the East Wing's unused blue salon.
09:16We'll make those who wronged us pay.
09:20Consider it done, my lady.
09:30Miss! I swear I saw it!
09:32Lord George went in!
09:33And not long after, Catherine slipped in too!
09:35The door's shut and there's indecent noises coming from inside!
09:37How dare they betray me, slut!
09:46Bella!
09:53I wasn't lying, mother.
09:55The Vinnet told me he's been obsessed with you.
09:57I knew my charm hadn't faded.
09:59If I could capture the Viscount and not rely on Eleanor,
10:02I would be able to fully enjoy my wealth and honour.
10:05Wait here for him.
10:07I'll leave you two alone.
10:15You came!
10:17My beauty.
10:18I knew you couldn't resist.
10:22No more games, sweetheart.
10:24You're mine.
10:42You old hag!
10:43How did you end up in my bed?
10:44What?
10:46I thought I was with Catherine.
10:48You thought she was Catherine?
10:51And you, Bella?
10:54Did you think you were someone else too?
10:57Or did you just seize the chance and not even spare your daughter's husband?
11:05Trap.
11:06This is a trap.
11:08Catherine did this.
11:09It must be her.
11:12I heard the noise.
11:14What happened?
11:15Perfect timing.
11:17Did you say that the Viscount asked me to wait for him here?
11:20Bella!
11:21You dare steal my husband?
11:24No!
11:25I mean, Catherine drugged me and brought me here.
11:29Me?
11:30Impossible.
11:31I've been in my room all afternoon.
11:33The maids can vouch.
11:34Enough!
11:35You disgust me, old witch!
11:38Guards!
11:39Kill her!
11:40Eleanor, save me.
11:41If I die, you won't fare well either.
11:43I'm your mother!
11:46If I could, please calm down.
11:48Perhaps, perhaps Lady Bella was merely momentarily misguided.
11:51She's humiliated you, yes, but she's served me for years.
11:55Execution's too harsh!
11:56Maybe confine-
11:57Harsh?
11:57She deserves death.
11:58Gouge her eyes, cut out her tongue first, then the dungeon.
12:02For your sake, I'll spare the execution.
12:05Do as you say.
12:06Thomas!
12:08No!
12:11Let me go!
12:16No!
12:18It wasn't me!
12:21It's Catherine, that devil.
12:22She orchestrated Hell No George to tell Lady Eleanor.
12:25You!
12:26You violent, treacherous demon.
12:30Silence!
12:30Is this how you treat your own mother?
12:33Are you my mother?
12:34You're just a pathetic, greedy old woman who forgot her place.
12:38A governess who tried to climb into Hanagatard's bed.
12:41You know the truth about your birth.
12:43I confess, I'll tell all.
12:45You're the true daughter of the Count.
12:47Stare me!
12:48That's life, you stole my life, my name, my mother.
12:50Gave me 19 years of slavery and a death in a sewer.
12:54Now pay with your eyes and tongue.
12:56No!
13:05The dungeon business.
13:07Is it done?
13:08Yes, Your Grace.
13:10As Lord George ordered.
13:11I don't care about George's orders.
13:13I asked about your business.
13:15Is it finished?
13:16He knows.
13:17How much does he expect?
13:19You play the part well, like a frightened lost lamb.
13:22Lambs don't leave tokens on a Duke's bed,
13:24or walk from a bloody dungeon with an aura of vengeance.
13:27Your Grace, I don't understand your meaning.
13:30I only-
13:30From the moment I almost saw you, I suspected.
13:32You're far more complex than you pretend.
13:35Who are you, really?
13:36What do you want?
13:43From the first time you got lost, and ended up in my bed,
13:47to now, kneeling here,
13:50you've been plotting your way closer to me, step by step.
13:53So tell me, what do you really want?
13:57I want my stolen life back, Your Grace.
14:00I am the Countess's true-born daughter.
14:04Proof?
14:04On my left shoulder blade.
14:07There's a maple leaf-shaped birthmark.
14:14What does a birthmark prove?
14:16There are records in the old medical logs of the Earl's household.
14:19Document, finding evidence, and it will prove everything.
14:23So you came to me?
14:25To use my sword for your revenge.
14:27Not just revenge.
14:29I need protection, Your Grace.
14:31I need a position high enough to stand against them.
14:34Just please.
14:37You're clever, Catherine.
14:39You know exactly how to manipulate a man's most primal instincts.
14:43I had no other choice.
14:46With such sexy lips, such a hot body, and so many secrets in your mind,
14:51how could I miss them so easily?
14:53Starting tomorrow, you move out of the maid's quarters.
14:55You'll take the position of my clerical assistant and reside in the chamber next to my study.
14:59You doing this?
15:00Keeping you under my watchful eye.
15:01Every move you make, every person you meet, I'll know about it.
15:05Surveillance, but also...
15:07Protection.
15:09Yes, Your Grace.
15:12Catherine!
15:16Remember everything you've told me tonight.
15:18If even one word is a lie, you know the price of deceiving me.
15:23A size beneath the moonlight, like a pearl sinking into a deep pool.
15:30Pretty, but lacks a certain novelty.
15:40Novelty?
15:41Speaking of which, we've recently welcomed a novel figure at Hawkmoor.
15:47Look at this, Miss Catherine.
15:49Just days ago, she was my dotic maid, specifically tasked with bearing my husband's heir.
15:54Now, she's somehow transformed into a document assistant in the Duke's study.
15:59Even more numerically, she managed to get lost and end up in your Grace's bed.
16:03Should we perhaps address her as...
16:06...Hawkmoor's Whore?
16:09Miss Eleanor, by slandering me so, aren't you afraid I'll tell everyone?
16:12That your mother, Bella, is the one who truly climbed into your husband's bed.
16:18Oh!
16:19You bish!
16:21I saw it with my own eyes in the blue salon, and she was so loud when having sex with
16:25your husband.
16:27You lowly whore!
16:38Miss, though I may be of humble birth, I am also the Duke's personally appointed clerk assistant.
16:43I only wish to do my job well.
16:46Why must you treat me this way?
16:48You bish! Don't play the innocent with me!
16:50You can fool the Duke, but not me!
16:53Watch me beat you to death!
16:55Stop!
16:55Stop!
17:05Your Grace, you've come just in time. I'm just lecturing this one who doesn't know the rules.
17:10I didn't ask you.
17:17Does it hurt?
17:20Your Grace, she started it, she provoked me first.
17:28What I saw was her not crossing any boundaries, while you struck her.
17:34By Hockmore law, anyone who strikes another without cause receives twenty lashes and is banished from the castle.
17:42Your Grace!
17:43I have respect for your family name, and because you are my daughter-in-law, I'll spare you this time.
17:47I hope this is the last time.
17:52The injury on your face needs ice. Come with me.
18:09Come here, Jenny.
18:11Put this into the rose soap Katherine uses every day.
18:16I want her to weaken, slowly, silently. Her skin to rot, her hair to fall out.
18:23Miss, it's too dangerous. What if we're caught?
18:27Do it right away. Otherwise, you'll be sold to the brothel at the docks tomorrow.
18:31I promise, the men there will make you miss every day of this.
18:38Get it done by tonight. Get out.
18:43This rose soap smells wrong. Beneath the sweet rose scent lies a pungent metallic odour, arsenic mixture.
18:51Eleanor, your clumsy trick from a past life. Do you really think it'll work again this time?
18:56You'll never imagine that this sneaky move of yours will backfire on you, but for me, it's the perfect opportunity
19:01to gain the duke's sympathy and care.
19:05Rebecca, starting from tomorrow, tell everyone that I'm sick.
19:08Headache, fatigue, loss of appetite.
19:10But you're not...
19:11Just do as I say.
19:16Also, there's something wrong with this soap. Someone mixed it with chronic poison trying to disfigure me.
19:21Swap it tonight with the one an Eleanor usually uses in her bathroom.
19:26Swap it? You mean use her own poison against her...
19:30Yes, the gift she gave. Of course should be tasted by her herself. Be careful, don't be noticed.
19:37I understand, my lady. Leave it to me.
19:52Henry said you're sick.
19:57Just a little tired, Your Grace. Nothing to worry about.
20:05You look very bad. How's a physician seen you?
20:09No need. I'm just a little cold.
20:11Your hands are as cold as ice.
20:15Could you? Stay with me for a while. Just for a little while.
20:23That's it. Duke's affection to me is growing bit by bit. The goal is getting closer.
20:30This act must be played to the end.
20:38Why do I lose so much hair?
20:40It's so itchy.
20:52This smell. This damn smell. It was supposed to be in Catherine's room.
20:57How? Chance did it end up here?
21:01Catherine. You vicious bitch. How dare you? How dare you do this to me?
21:07I swear, I will make you pay a hundredfold, a thousandfold price.
21:16Your Grace. Take a look.
21:20These rashes all over my hands. And my face.
21:26It's all that wicked Catherine's doing.
21:29She poisoned the soap trying to disfigure me, to kill me.
21:32Is there such a thing?
21:35Eleanor. Within Hockmore Castle, accusations against anything or anyone require evidence.
21:41Go back to your room first. I will have Henry investigate this thoroughly.
21:44I know, Your Grace. I swear, it's her. You must avenge me.
21:50I said I will handle it.
21:53All right, Your Grace. I'm waiting for your investigation results.
22:03Eleanor's maid, Jenny, has confessed everything.
22:07She admitted that it was Mrs. Eleanor herself who ordered her to add the poison to the soap,
22:12targeting Miss Catherine.
22:13But somehow, that poison soap ended up being used by Mrs. Eleanor herself.
22:21Evidence?
22:23Jenny handed over the remaining powder of the poison.
22:27This is it.
22:28We found the apothecary who sold it.
22:30He confirmed that the purchaser was Mrs. Eleanor's personal maid,
22:34and described her appearance and the amount of gold coins she paid,
22:38which were consistent with the facts.
22:41Plot harm, then file false accusations to cover it up.
22:45Pure evil and unforgivable.
22:47She must be severely punished.
22:50Your Grace.
22:55Mrs. Eleanor has already been punished.
22:57She harmed herself with her own poison.
23:00Perhaps no additional punishment is needed.
23:03Just restricting Mrs. Eleanor's movements is enough.
23:05Let us stay in her room and reflect on her mistakes.
23:09Eleanor Windsor, from today, is confined to her room,
23:12not to leave without my express permission.
23:14Remove most of her servants, leaving only Kutu to serve allowances,
23:17providing on only the basic living.
23:18Mrs. Eleanor Windsor, from now on to the other side,
23:21Father...
23:22I heard you mean to punish Eleanor.
23:24She is my wife!
23:26You cannot do this to her!
23:29Precisely because she's your wife,
23:30then I must punish her.
23:32As the young mistress of Hotmore Castle,
23:34instead of setting an example,
23:35plotted to harm others,
23:37it's unforgivable.
23:39Father!
23:40She might just be confused for a moment.
23:42This is an order, George.
23:51is this what you want what this play was performed extremely wonderful right and wrong good and evil
24:01i believe you has own judgment you still chose to help me didn't you i wonder how many secrets
24:09are still hidden in you
24:21your your grace what are you going to do
24:26why did you plead for her you know she deserved punishment you know she tried to kill you
24:32i know but why
24:38because i didn't want this to be hard for you
24:42hard for me she's your daughter-in-law george is your son if you punished her severely there would
24:51be a rift between father and son you were thinking of me can i
25:05do you know what i hate the most being played especially by woman i can't see through
25:15every step you take is perfectly timed every word you speak falls at exactly the right moment
25:24you made me investigate your past you showed me your scars you made me
25:30unable to resist protecting you what if i told you i'm not playing you
25:38then tell me what part of you is legal
25:44that i didn't want this to be hard for you that part
25:49is real then prove it
25:57you still don't trust me you're too perfect katrin
26:01every appearance is flawlessly timed every word strikes a chord in my heart
26:05perfect victim the perfect avenger the perfect temptress
26:11then why do you steal i want you but i won't let myself fall in love with you
26:18what if i told you this moment i'm giving myself to you willingly would you believe it
26:32damn katrin she's actually hooked up with duke it won't be long before she's riding on our heads
26:38my father wouldn't be serious about a servant i need to teach her a lesson to make her know her
26:43place
26:52i don't know how to play
26:56i don't know if you want to listen i'll play a piece as you wish
27:11cut the axe
27:12help is a lowborn trash like you possibly play the harpsichord
27:31she's so talented
27:37oh my goodness this skill is
27:39more exquisite than that of a court musician she's a maid what
27:46mother look at katherine as a maid she's not content with her duties but shows off at the ball
27:52she's humiliating me even the most refined skill cannot change a lowborn nature
27:59mother i'm your biological daughter you stand with the one who harmed me and speak of my nature
28:04lowborn who said she's a maid katherine is my personally appointed clerk and an honored guest of
28:11pockmore castle anyone who calls her a maid again is insulting this ducal house
28:17even if that someone is my own son and daughter
28:22just how many more surprises are hidden inside you
28:30eleanor your mother is unwell it's time you escorted her back
28:38mother you don't recognize me but one day i'll make you see the truth see who is truly lowborn
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