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