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Bridgerton - Season 4 - Episode 08: Dance in the Country
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00:00:22Please, there has been a misunderstanding.
00:00:24The woman who had me arrested, she did not pay me wage for seven years.
00:00:26She is not to be trusted.
00:00:27I am not the magistrate, sweetheart.
00:00:30Can you send word to someone for me, please?
00:00:33Alfie Burrow. He works under the new Lady Penwood at Penwood House.
00:00:36Your working friend, or anyone who might speak on your behalf,
00:00:40besides the fact that they are unlikely to be believed,
00:00:42if the lady who sent me after you has anything to do with it,
00:00:45she will make sure anyone who does speak for you faces personal ruin.
00:00:50So, I can send for anyone you want,
00:00:53but you'd better make sure you're well worth the trouble to them.
00:00:58No, you are right.
00:01:01Take the blanket.
00:01:03If you are convicted,
00:01:05it's life behind bars.
00:01:07The best.
00:01:10The best.
00:01:10The best.
00:01:26The best.
00:01:37The best.
00:01:39The 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, 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.
00:02:13The season offers some hope at least, with us in mourning.
00:02:17At least we will not be expected at the Queen's Fall.
00:02:23Apologies, I was simply trying to... Of 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.
00:02:42She has chosen to depart from London to go... Elsewhere.
00:02:51Does it not seem a slight to Lady Danbury?
00:02:55This part of the text is so small, I can hardly read it.
00:03:01Now that the Queen does not have whistled down to antagonise, perhaps she has shifted her animosity.
00:03:08Do you know anything, Ray?
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. Just because you're Miss Varley does not mean you could speak to her.
00:03:29Miss Varley? Where would you get such a strange idea?
00:03:32Do not think of her.
00:03:40I have considered leaving every morning until this one.
00:03:46The dowager was rather pleasant on waking.
00:03:49That is because she had that former maid of hers apprehended last night.
00:03:55And at this very moment, I believe Lord Stotter may be behind these doors about to propose to Miss Lee.
00:04:07Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
00:04:10My wife to be then. I shall see you soon. And with luck, every day after that.
00:04:20You have surely made the match of the season!
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 where?
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, yes.
00:05:22But does she have any family?
00:05:24Less words, please.
00:05:26I know who we should speak to.
00:05:38Oh!
00:05:39Is that an automated roasting spit?
00:05:45These two have a most urgent matter to discuss with you.
00:05:50Perhaps you could let Hyacent show you her ribbon collection.
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, Frank.
00:06:00No, please do not do that.
00:06:02I am so grateful to all of you for your support and attention.
00:06:05I believe that your sister would like us all to act normally, if only for a time.
00:06:10Yes.
00:06:13Perhaps we could talk 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, well...
00:06:23Mother!
00:06:23I need to speak to you about Sophie.
00:06:25Oh.
00:06:28Forgive me for interrupting.
00:06:30Francesca?
00:06:30Um, 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?
00:06:40Well, ask who?
00:06:40No.
00:06:41She had gone before I could find her.
00:06:42Do you know where she is going?
00:06:44Excuse me, my lady.
00:06:44Sorry, who are we speaking of?
00:06:45Sophie.
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 docks?
00:06:52What is going on, exactly?
00:06:53Your brother is in love with your lady's maid only.
00:06:55She has left us in the middle of the night without saying goodbye.
00:06:58Mom.
00:06:58I am sorry.
00:06:59What?
00:07:00I am no longer Lady Whistler.
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 alright.
00:07:08Will you all be quiet a moment?
00:07:13Please.
00:07:14Hazel has something to tell you.
00:07:16I'm so sorry to interrupt, but I have good news and bad news.
00:07:21The 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.
00:07:45Especially as I have come to help you.
00:07:48Help me?
00:07:48Yes.
00:07:49I want to be generous.
00:07:50You could avoid a trial.
00:07:52Your public humiliation.
00:07:54Any possible damage to the Bridgerton household for harboring you.
00:07:58How?
00:07:59A confession.
00:08:01Of course.
00:08:02It would make all this far easier if you admit you impersonated someone you are not.
00:08:07That you stole from me.
00:08:08I did not.
00:08:09You did!
00:08:12You have stolen everything from me.
00:08:16And I will not give you what is left by confessing to make your life easier.
00:08:21You have always made poor choices.
00:08:25At least now, you 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 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!
00:08:52I must ask you to release this woman at once.
00:08:54What is the meaning of this?
00:08:55Who, sir, are you?
00:08:58Benedict Bridgerton.
00:08:59Son to the late Viscount Edmund Bridgerton, and brother to the Viscount Anthony Bridgerton.
00:09:02And brother to the Duke of Hastings.
00:09:04Mr. Bridgerton is a second son.
00:09:07The girl is accused of stealing from a county.
00:09:09You besmirched my honour over a pair of shoe clips.
00:09:11They 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, that
00:09:18these charges are certain to be unfounded.
00:09:20They 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.
00:09:29Lady Penwood, if this family were willing to pay you the cost of your shoe clips, would you retract your
00:09:36accusations against Miss Beck?
00:09:37Yes, we are happy to pay.
00:09:39That will be insufficient, as she also stands accused of impersonating a lady.
00:09:44A lady in a silver dress at the very masquerade ball held by the dowager Lady Bridgerton.
00:09:49I will have justice.
00:09:50Then we shall need time to mount a defence for Miss Beck.
00:09:52What kind of defence can there possibly be, except that she has clearly clouded Mr Bridgerton's judgement by seducing it?
00:09:57I don't know such thing.
00:09:58How dare you imply that my son is-
00:10:00Order!
00:10:01I will have order!
00:10:03Magistrate Burton, we will provide Miss 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.
00:10:31And you will guarantee she does not leave such household.
00:10:36But might I suggest, talk with one another.
00:10:40Unless you are able to reach an agreement amongst yourselves,
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. She is going to prison.
00:10:56Oh, we shall see about that.
00:10:58What do you think the Queen will say when she finds out you are harbouring a criminal?
00:11:02One you allowed to step outside her station and seduce your son?
00:11:06Do you think she will allow you to remain in society?
00:11:10Shall we find out?
00:11:32I cannot thank both of you enough. I am grateful, but you should not have gone to the trouble.
00:11:36I will not hear of it. Why 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.
00:11:48Well, it is a good thing we were allergic.
00:11:50You have a great many people who care for you, Sophie. I hope you see that.
00:11:55Our trials are not over, though.
00:11:57If the dowager Lady Penwood does not win her case in court, she may try to win it in public.
00:12:00And if the Queen finds out about your attachment, well, could create a scandal so large
00:12:06that even your leaving for the country would hardly dampen the effects you might have on your younger siblings' prospects.
00:12:10There is no easy solution to that.
00:12:13I am glad you're here.
00:12:14Safely with us, Sophie.
00:12:16Welcome home.
00:12:21Your room is all made up and ready, but do let us know if there's anything we have forgotten.
00:12:25I do not understand. My room is upstairs in the servants' quarters.
00:12:29Not anymore.
00:12:30Lady Bridgerton has informed us that you are to be our guest until all this with a trial blows over.
00:12:35Or until you formalise your attachment with Mr Bridgerton.
00:12:39Why did you not say?
00:12:41They have no attachment, Hazel.
00:12:45Though Lady Bridgerton has made it clear that her son is not to cross this hall to your room for
00:12:50any reason, or you to his.
00:12:52Of course.
00:12:53I have eyes everywhere.
00:12:59Come along, Hazel.
00:13:17How long have you known?
00:13:20I found your necklace in my bedroom last night.
00:13:23The lady in silver, she wore this very same pendant.
00:13:27I never wished to lie to you, I only...
00:13:31I could not stand to think of your disappointment 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.
00:13:52I 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?
00:14:07And yet...
00:14:09All this time...
00:14:11You 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 down.
00:14:44We should hope at the very least to keep Sophie out of prison.
00:14:48I hesitate to ask something of you so close to your departure, but in a perfect world?
00:14:54Well, 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 perhaps too fantastical for Her Majesty to accept.
00:15:08The Queen has waged a great deal on Benedict's getting married this season.
00:15:14It is unlikely.
00:15:16But I am happy to try.
00:15:18Also, I believe her father to be of nobility.
00:15:21Well, does that help our case at all?
00:15:24Not if the mother was a maid.
00:15:26Even if Sophie had not been relegated to the position of maid herself, the ton would never accept a gentleman
00:15:32marrying a girl of illegitimate origins.
00:15:36And I am afraid the best they can hope for is to slip quietly away to the countryside together.
00:15:46I can delay my trip.
00:15:48Stay. Make sure that if any scandal erupts that I am here.
00:15:52Agatha. No.
00:15:54It is your time.
00:15:55I appreciate you trying with the Queen, but no.
00:15:59No, you must go.
00:16:00Violet Bridgerton.
00:16:06I will miss you.
00:16:08I will miss you too.
00:16:11Very much.
00:16:22May I help you in this bed?
00:16:24Sophie will do, John.
00:16:28Did anyone call for me?
00:16:30No.
00:16:31I do not believe so.
00:16:44You look handsome tonight, John.
00:16:48Are you being quite serious?
00:16:49Of course I am.
00:16:52Because I have not been certain if you are interested.
00:16:56You do have something of a reputation.
00:16:59That was all before I met you.
00:17:06I thought perhaps...
00:17:07I have been trying to figure out how to sneak into yours as well.
00:17:13I was furious when you did not recognise me.
00:17:16I know.
00:17:19I 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.
00:17:32The only other person in my life I was sure loved me was my father.
00:17:36He was the sixth Earl of Penwood.
00:17:39Richard Gunn.
00:17:40He promised he would always take care of me and I trusted that.
00:17:44I trusted his love.
00:17:46But after his death it became clear that I had been mistaken in both cases.
00:17:50Is it because of him you became a maid?
00:17:54He provided nothing for me in his will.
00:17:57Araminta made that very clear.
00:17:59Did you see this will for yourself?
00:18:02No, I did not wish to be further crushed.
00:18:08Sophie.
00:18:10It is clear that woman despises you.
00:18:14From the very day she met me.
00:18:16What reason would you have to believe her about your father?
00:18:22I...
00:18:25I...
00:18:25I do not know.
00:18:28I simply believed her.
00:18:32Believed that my father would have forgotten me.
00:18:37Believed that the love I felt in my head was made up from the beginning.
00:18:40Believed that I should not expect you to recognise me or love me or commit to me.
00:18:45Sophie.
00:18:47Of course I love you.
00:18:51Do you believe me now?
00:18:54I did not help. I should never have asked you to be my mistress.
00:18:57I am forever sorry.
00:18:59Last night I came back here for a reason.
00:19:01To ask you the question I should have asked you all along.
00:19:04You do not.
00:19:06Not now.
00:19:07I have my family's blessing, Sophie.
00:19:12Not with the trial hanging over us.
00:19:14Your family's reputation at stake let us wait.
00:19:21I love you.
00:19:23I love you.
00:19:24I love you, Benedict.
00:19:35Goodbye.
00:19:52Bye.
00:19:58Will you join me?
00:19:59All right.
00:20:29All right.
00:21:09We cannot risk it.
00:21:12Then we will not.
00:21:19Turn around.
00:21:30We cannot risk it.
00:21:31We cannot risk it.
00:21:43We cannot risk it.
00:21:46We cannot risk it.
00:22:02We cannot risk it.
00:22:20We cannot risk it.
00:22:49We cannot risk it.
00:22:50We cannot risk it.
00:22:51We cannot risk it.
00:22:53I'm all for putting the past in the past.
00:22:55Yes, as am I.
00:22:58Well, we do have a good many things to discuss
00:23:01that should occupy us for a good many minutes.
00:23:03I am all is.
00:23:06I had heard you repainted with pink
00:23:10and I wanted to tell you how splendid it looked.
00:23:12It is so...
00:23:14you.
00:23:19Alfie!
00:23:21What are you doing here?
00:23:22My father's will.
00:23:23I believe it...
00:23:25I believe it is in the study.
00:23:27Aramund is trying to put me behind bars
00:23:28and I must know what it says before she succeeds.
00:23:38You should sit before you wear a line in that rug.
00:23:42Apologies.
00:23:43I know that Lady Danby was not optimistic
00:23:45but I am certain everything will work out.
00:23:48We will find a way.
00:23:50We always do.
00:23:55So...
00:23:57Sophie was the lady in silver.
00:23:59Well, I think the Earl of Penwood's daughter
00:24:01deserved to attend a ball at some point.
00:24:04Hmm?
00:24:07If we survive this chapter, what if I cannot do it?
00:24:12Moving permanently to the countryside.
00:24:15Being a husband.
00:24:16Do you doubt your feelings for Sophie?
00:24:18No, I doubt myself.
00:24:20Why, Benedict?
00:24:21Have I not been disappointing you my entire life?
00:24:25I have never disappointed in my children.
00:24:30Oh, well, maybe I have been hard on you at times
00:24:34but there is a reason for that.
00:24:36It is because in many ways I was most like you as a child.
00:24:41What do you mean?
00:24:43Children have an easier time imagining a ghost in a darkened hallway
00:24:46than they do imagining their mother as a youth.
00:24:49In fairness, I have mostly forgotten that girl myself.
00:24:54What was she like?
00:24:56She was impulsive, passionate, wild, carefree, filled with a burning desire to experience all
00:25:04that life had to offer and constantly wishing to do the opposite of what her parents wanted.
00:25:09And Antony is just like your father.
00:25:13But you, you are my son.
00:25:16Through and through.
00:25:18What happened to her?
00:25:20Well, I fell in love.
00:25:22A love that made all my wild rebellion grow quiet
00:25:25and still I did not need it anymore.
00:25:27I was just happy.
00:25:31That is what I feel for Sophie.
00:25:32Then your love will make you capable of anything you put your mind to.
00:25:37I hope you have not left that wild, carefree young girl behind.
00:25:43She sounds delightful in her own right.
00:25:49She won.
00:26:16It has to be in here.
00:26:27Lily thought she saw you walking up.
00:26:29I had to see for myself.
00:26:30Emma.
00:26:31Do you know where the key for this is?
00:26:33We're looking for her father's will.
00:26:35I have seen his lordship open that with a key from this drawer.
00:26:46Which one is it?
00:26:48Your guess is as good as mine.
00:26:56And will you be using this shade of pink for your country state as well?
00:27:03Eloise, I 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?
00:27:15I know why you are truly here.
00:27:19You 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.
00:27:30And you wish to know what it is like.
00:27:32Oh.
00:27:34Yes.
00:27:35I am quite overcome with the madness.
00:27:40It was difficult last season.
00:27:42Not having a shared dream for the future between us.
00:27:45I do understand your view of things.
00:27:47How marriage steals independence and liberty.
00:27:49Mary Wollstonecraft and all that.
00:27:51You read Mary Wollstonecraft?
00:27:52You would not stop talking about her last season.
00:27:55And what else was I supposed to do in Wales?
00:27:59She has some good ideas.
00:28:01The truth is, she does not sufficiently value love.
00:28:04It has the power to change one's life, Eloise.
00:28:09Yes.
00:28:10I am starting to see that.
00:28:22Well done.
00:28:27This is the one.
00:28:37Richard Gunn.
00:28:38The sixth cell of Penwood.
00:28:42He bequeaths an additional 4,000 pounds to Araminta for every year she houses me.
00:28:47Oh my goodness.
00:28:48That's why she kept you on.
00:28:50She was profiting off you.
00:28:54It's all fair.
00:28:56What is it?
00:29:01I can see that marriage has been of great benefit to you.
00:29:04At the very least, it has had the power to give me the drawing room of my dreams.
00:29:09It is quite an improvement on Cowper House, is it not?
00:29:13You never belonged in that house.
00:29:15Or with your parents.
00:29:18I should like to apologise.
00:29:19All that business with you nearly having to marry a man three times your age last season.
00:29:25I was far too self-interested, really, to appreciate how difficult that must have been.
00:29:32And how much your success on the marriage mark mattered to you.
00:29:39And all is well.
00:29:41Everything has worked out exactly as it should.
00:29:50After all that, the shoe clips turned out to be fake.
00:29:58Is this what passes for gossip these days?
00:30:01I do not care about shoe clips or maids.
00:30:05No matter what I may think of the dowager Lady Penwood, if the magistrate sees fit to charge the girl,
00:30:12so be it.
00:30:13The dowager also means to impress upon your majesty that this maid seduced a gentleman, Benedict Bridgerton.
00:30:28The most eligible suitor of the season, seduced by a maid?
00:30:36Is it true?
00:30:37No, it is not true.
00:30:40She did not have to seduce him because he loves her.
00:30:45Against all reason and expectation, they have formed an attachment.
00:30:51She saved his life in the countryside and he fell for her as she nursed him back to health.
00:30:55A man, once thought, never able to commit, moved by the simple grace and beauty of a girl of humble
00:31:03origins.
00:31:04Your majesty, you were right all along.
00:31:08Benedict Bridgerton is ready for marriage after all.
00:31:14It is unfortunate.
00:31:16I was right all along, casting my wager.
00:31:19But I will lose still.
00:31:21Your majesty, well, Benedict Bridgerton cannot marry a maid, can he?
00:31:27I had hoped we could make one last great match together, Lady Danbury.
00:31:32It is a shame for us to go out on a loss.
00:31:35Tell me, Brimsley, how is the ball coming along?
00:31:39Extremely well, your majesty.
00:31:46What do you know about what is going on with Benedict Bridgerton?
00:31:50You've been spending a great deal of time together this season.
00:31:52What do you know?
00:31:53You know something.
00:31:55You have been withholding from me.
00:31:57If you know I've been withholding something, then you have been withholding something as well.
00:32:05All I know, there is a lower class girl, someone he knows he should not be with.
00:32:08It is a maid at Bridgerton House.
00:32:10I overheard them.
00:32:11They are in love and the Dowager Lady Penwood is trying to send her to prison.
00:32:16This morning, I spent four hours helping the Queen decide on florals for her ball.
00:32:23Yesterday, there was a debate over whether the Pomeranian should be shaved to resemble lions.
00:32:28The day before that...
00:32:28Alice, we can move to the country if you're unhappy with your position.
00:32:33No, 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.
00:32:42Lady Danbury helped the Queen reshape our society.
00:32:44I am decorating.
00:32:47I'm not even decorating.
00:32:49I am saying yes or no while the servants decorate.
00:32:52You and I, we were given this life out of thin air.
00:32:57And it has been wonderful.
00:32:59And we are enjoying ourselves at last, but I should like to help others enjoy it as well.
00:33:04If I involve myself in trying to help this maid,
00:33:07either it will finally earn me the Queen's close confidence,
00:33:10or it will ruin this family.
00:33:12I should like to do it either way.
00:33:15You have my full support then.
00:33:23She hasn't been gone that long, Alan Diggs.
00:33:28Oh, we say some hundred.
00:33:30Good day.
00:33:30Alice, unfortunately now is not an ideal time.
00:33:32Yes, I know.
00:33:33Lady Danbury had little success with the Queen.
00:33:35But I have an idea for another approach.
00:33:48My mother and I have been so worried for you.
00:33:50Forgive me, the new Lady Penwood insisted on Miss Bridgetton's time for tea.
00:33:54How did it go?
00:33:56I saw my father's will.
00:33:58What is it?
00:34:00My father.
00:34:03He kept his promise.
00:34:06Posey, Rosamond, myself.
00:34:09He left to see Janiqua Portion Dowry.
00:34:13He loved me.
00:34:19Of course he did.
00:34:21How could anyone not?
00:34:26You were not going to prison.
00:34:29The dowager Lady Penwood stole your dowry.
00:34:31That makes her a liar and a thief.
00:34:33She has not already spent it all.
00:34:35She has not already spent it all.
00:34:35I have a dowry.
00:34:37It still does not make me legitimate or an appropriate match for a gentleman.
00:34:40I do not care about the money.
00:34:42And I do not care about whether you are appropriate or not.
00:34:44Mrs. Mondrich came to call.
00:34:46She is one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting.
00:34:50She has a plan to help us.
00:34:52What is it?
00:34:54We will have to find you a dress.
00:34:56Because you are going to the Queen's Ball tomorrow.
00:35:07It is a game for two.
00:35:10Forgive me.
00:35:11It is my family.
00:35:13There is a scandal brewing.
00:35:16A scandal?
00:35:18Do you tell?
00:35:23Benedict, my brother,
00:35:26is in love with a maid.
00:35:28My family, we are all supporting them.
00:35:32But everyone else in the town will surely be up in arms if they find out.
00:35:35Which, I confess, does feel rather trivial compared to...
00:35:45Now is when you choose to hold your tongue.
00:35:50I am only surprised.
00:35:52Your family is surprising.
00:35:56I would not blame you for distancing yourself from us.
00:35:59From me.
00:36:00No.
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
00:36:26until a new heir is found.
00:36:28I am here.
00:36:29I know.
00:36:31But I suppose I am feeling...
00:36:34a suspense about when you might leave again,
00:36:37as you so rarely stay in one place for long.
00:36:39You are the only other person who truly understands.
00:36:45If you were to like it, I shall stay.
00:36:49It would mean a great deal to me.
00:36:52I feel very close to you, Michaela.
00:36:56As do I.
00:37:14Look what one of the maids helped me rescue from the bin.
00:37:17Slightly rumpled, but I think it gives it character, no?
00:37:21You need not have bothered.
00:37:24Ah.
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, they were extremely mockable.
00:37:45I thought you would be thrilled.
00:37:48Now you are not growing old alone.
00:37:50We can be Spencers together.
00:37:57As wonderful as that sounds, I know it's not genuinely what you want.
00:38:04It is all right to be frightened.
00:38:06What happened to John, it is beyond awful.
00:38:09It frightens me to you more than I care to admit.
00:38:11Some 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.
00:38:23Now you are a proponent of marriage.
00:38:25Proponent is far too strong a word.
00:38:27But after spending a season by your side, I can see that, on occasion, marriage might have its advantages.
00:38:35Companionship, family, a prime seat at a 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.
00:38:53Suppose 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, he's to us.
00:39:59Tonight is our night, Rosamund.
00:40:01Let us greet Lord Stotter.
00:40:03And then we shall speak to the Queen and settle the matter of Sophie.
00:40:11I can do this.
00:40:13I 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 magistrate?
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, the last time.
00:40:35Your party.
00:40:36Violet Bridgerton.
00:40:37The dowager lady Bridgerton.
00:40:40Yes, plus three.
00:40:41Er, something like that.
00:40:43Yes, so many children.
00:40:48Bridgertons, come with me.
00:40:56Wait, what are we meant to do now, then?
00:40:58Well, it'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?
00:41:05Yes.
00:41:16Miss Posey.
00:41:18Miss Bridgerton.
00:41:21Oh, no.
00:41:22I 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, I 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?
00:42:37Yes.
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.
00:43:41How did you know that?
00:43:42I 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?
00:44:04Eighteen 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.
00:44:35It was our money.
00:44:36It should have been our money.
00:44:37But you stole it from us.
00:44:38You stole him 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.
00:44:57Both of them.
00:44:59Do not take it for granted.
00:45:00Trust 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 and left me to face the consequences of
00:45:13harboring an illegitimate child.
00:45:15I have done nothing but try to protect both of my girls.
00:45:19Mama, we've never been in jeopardy because of Sophie.
00:45:25And I am tired of talking about her.
00:45:31It's still the 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.
00:45:41Dishonoring 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.
00:45:52It 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?
00:46:36I have arranged for her to be here so that you might see what is between her and Mr Bridgerton.
00:46:40Because I believe if you were to witness it in person, you will see the love they show as...
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 vigour.
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.
00:47:58You 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.
00:48:18Gunn?
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.
00:48:40I thought you said...
00:48:41I 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?
00:49:15I can say with complete conviction, Your Majesty,
00:49:18that I am by birth and by education a daughter of Penwood House.
00:49:31You would have made a wonderful diamond.
00:49:37Very well, then.
00:49:39Was there something of interest about shoe clips?
00:49:44No, Your Majesty.
00:49:45I do not believe so.
00:49:46I think there was.
00:49:48But carry on.
00:50:15We're cousins, then.
00:50:19We are sisters.
00:50:24I think young Violet would be quite impressed by you today.
00:50:29I think she would.
00:50:35That was quite a risk you took.
00:50:38Yes, Your Majesty.
00:50:39You're lucky I went along with it.
00:50:41Yes, Your Majesty.
00:50:43Run along.
00:50:52Did you hear?
00:50:54Apparently Lord Stotter is not content with Miss Leigh's now an adequate dowry.
00:50:59Well, he has always been known to be a fortune hunter.
00:51:01Miss Leigh is not my favourite,
00:51:03but I imagine the family rather needed one of the girls to make a match this season.
00:51:10Something tells me all will be well.
00:51:24Varley!
00:51:25What are you doing here?
00:51:27Oh, my lady.
00:51:28Forgive me for coming so late.
00:51:29I hope you've not come to bed for your position back, Varley.
00:51:32Because if you have, I'm afraid I must tell you that we are more than satisfied with Ray.
00:51:37No, certainly not.
00:51:39I am headed to the country for a new position.
00:51:42And I have come for some of my things before I leave town.
00:51:45I left behind a few books in my rush to depart.
00:51:51Did we not tease Penelope about her reading together?
00:51:54I do not remember you picking up a single book.
00:51:57Well, I also came for an apology.
00:51:59I never got one.
00:52:00An apology?
00:52:01From me?
00:52:02About what?
00:52:02For taking me for granted.
00:52:04For treating me like family and then working me like a dog and paying me worse than that.
00:52:09I think that is highly unfair.
00:52:12You will not be getting an apology from me.
00:52:14Very well.
00:52:23Perhaps, perhaps I could possibly be apologetic about one or two things.
00:52:38Those are dresses that I offered you.
00:52:43They were clearly out of season.
00:52:45I 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, Varley.
00:52:57I have missed you.
00:52:59Oh, I cannot begin to tell you.
00:53:01That Penwood woman, she made work in here seem like a holiday.
00:53:03I 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?
00:53:14Well, we cannot have you going to the countryside.
00:53:18Oh, but you have Ray.
00:53:20Yes.
00:53:21But it is a very large house.
00:53:25Mr. Gartholet.
00:53:28Yes, he has formed an attachment to Miss Sophie Gunn.
00:53:31A relation of the late Lord Penwood.
00:53:54Miss Sophie Gunn, may I have your first dance?
00:54:00You may, Mr. Bridgerton.
00:54:27You may, Mr. Bridgerton.
00:54:32I have a book.
00:54:34I have a book.
00:54:59Was that not absurd?
00:55:02It was a truly mad plan.
00:55:06She's certainly full of new energy, that Mrs. Mondridge.
00:55:09Though I do not know if her plan worked because she planned it well
00:55:13or because of the sheer lack of a plan.
00:55:15Oh, well, she was right about one thing.
00:55:17You do enjoy being amused.
00:55:28Ridiculous.
00:55:29It is the best thing to happen all season.
00:55:31No.
00:55:32The best thing to happen all season is that you are sure to win your wager with Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:55:40Oh, yes.
00:55:42The bet shall be settled.
00:55:55That was fun, Lady Dambry.
00:56:05We have such fun together.
00:56:10Yes, we do.
00:56:13I will miss you.
00:56:19Oh, brother.
00:56:23My command is to stop.
00:56:27To stop.
00:56:39How does it feel to be officially recognized as a penwood?
00:56:44Strange.
00:56:45But good.
00:56:46Would you mind if I cut it short, then?
00:56:48Because I would very much like to make you a Bridgerton.
00:57:06Will you marry me?
00:57:09Yes.
00:57:11Yes, I will.
00:57:12Good.
00:57:13Yeah.
00:57:39Come on.
00:58:00I'm overjoyed at how things have worked in your son's favour.
00:58:03Oh, as am I.
00:58:04The two of them can marry properly and stay here in town now if they wish.
00:58:08They are a legitimate pair, as far as anyone is concerned.
00:58:12That's very good.
00:58:13And now we may at last make our announcement joyfully and without concern.
00:58:18Shall we tell your children tonight?
00:58:22Something the matter.
00:58:32I, um...
00:58:37It has been our other event for evening. Are 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.
00:59:11I am only just starting to get reacquainted with that part of myself.
00:59:15My carefree, wild self.
00:59:17And...
00:59:18I 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.
00:59:28Would it not...
00:59:31Could we not continue...
00:59:33As we are?
00:59:37Seeing one another.
00:59:40Still 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.
00:59:55I want to share a life with you.
00:59:58And I would wait if I believed you may one day want the same.
01:00:03But I am starting to doubt that you do.
01:00:05Please, Marcus, please.
01:00:07I...
01:00:08I 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?
01:00:43She has packed her belongings and left.
01:00:45You thought I was gone for good.
01:00:56But far too much transpires for this author to remain silent.
01:01:13And so we are reunited.
01:01:16What are we doing?
01:01:17I desire to dance with my betrothed.
01:01:38Hmm?
01:01:39You are rather skilled.
01:01:41Even with no music.
01:01:42It's all the more remarkable if you knew who my first dance tutor was.
01:01:46I had so much to overcome.
01:01:49It is assuredly a reunion rooted in care and love.
01:02:03I thought you were done with Whistledown.
01:02:06I am.
01:02:07I am working on my novel.
01:02:11And who in the devil wrote this?
01:02:13Though this time with a very different author.
01:02:24It is midnight.
01:02:26Must you flee?
01:02:31I can stay.
01:02:33As long as you like.
01:02:41I was hoping you might stay forever.
01:02:47But for now, my new identity shall remain a secret.
01:03:07Dear reader, we are going to have so much fun.
01:03:12As long as you are, it comes by themas.
01:03:22The message is boldly.
01:03:40Your interest and honestly...
01:04:41I have some advice for you.
01:04:43More advice?
01:04:44Even my wedding day, you must be the wizened firstborn brother.
01:04:48In fact, the wisest thing I could impart is never listen to me again.
01:04:54Father would be so proud of you.
01:04:57I know I am.
01:05:03Who's wedding do you think we will be attending next?
01:05:06Oh, I do love a wedding.
01:05:07All 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?
01:05:20I know.
01:05:20I have had my great love.
01:05:22One time is enough.
01:05:23Yes.
01:05:24Thanks.
01:05:25Thanks.
01:05:28Thanks.
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