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Bridgerton - Season 4 - Episode 06: The Passing Winter
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00:01:58Sophie
00:02:01You love me, but you can never be with me not legitimately
00:02:04And now I might be with child in which case I'll have no choice but to be your mistress
00:02:08So forgive me if I'm not convinced that love is enough. I will show you it is
00:02:15No matter what happens
00:02:19I must get back to my post while I still have it and you must do whatever it is gentlemen
00:02:24do with their endless free time
00:02:32I
00:03:16I
00:03:17Hate days
00:03:33I
00:03:34As it was apparent that my approach with the Queen was not well received I thought perhaps you might know
00:03:38a better way to convince her
00:03:40You are the Queen whisperer after all yes, I
00:03:43Believe my whisper can only be heard by her majesty's dogs these days
00:03:49Forgive me Penelope. I do not know that I can be of much help
00:03:55Are you certain you wish to give up Whistledown I'm proud of all I have accomplished, but I
00:04:03Should like to begin a new chapter
00:04:06I am afraid
00:04:09New chapters may not be ours to write unless she guides the pen
00:04:20Dearest gentle reader
00:04:23There are moments in our lives when we arrive at a crossroads
00:04:28We cannot run from it. We cannot go around
00:04:33We must face it head-on
00:04:38Unfortunately your majesty mrs. Mondrich tells me that miss Hollis is not mr. Bridgerton's mystery lady
00:04:46I see
00:04:48Perhaps there is someone else
00:04:51Do you think there is someone else and in choosing which path to walk a course is set that may
00:04:59determine one's very fate?
00:05:02No
00:05:04No, I do not believe so
00:05:09He may take your place again at the back of the line
00:05:20Just this week
00:05:21Just this week I hear the new Lord Penwood is fated to arrive at last in Mayfair with his bride
00:05:32But their nuptials were so secretive not even this author has found out the particulars
00:05:46And they are not the only ones who have made a long-awaited return
00:05:58He's awake
00:05:59He's awake
00:06:00Right, come on then
00:06:01Straight to the pow-mow pitch
00:06:02What colour mallet do you think he should refer?
00:06:05Oh
00:06:07Oh
00:06:08Oh
00:06:08Oh, come here
00:06:09Yeah
00:06:10Hey
00:06:12Neither of us will be moving from this room for quite some time
00:06:15Yes
00:06:16Journey back from India was arduous enough
00:06:19We are sorry for your sake that your travels are not yet over
00:06:22Well, when mother summons
00:06:25I wish you were coming with me
00:06:28But I know you both need your rest
00:06:30We will join you very soon
00:06:33Tell everyone hello for me in the meantime
00:06:35I will
00:06:38I'll miss you
00:06:39I'll miss you too
00:06:41My dad moves
00:06:44Hey
00:06:52I keep imagining what my mother and your mother might be doing now in Scotland
00:06:56In my mind, my mother is blowing her way through an overlong story about adventures she had with your father
00:07:02back when they were young
00:07:03Swashbuckling through the Highlands
00:07:05And Aunt Janet is probably sitting there, silent, pretending to listen
00:07:12It seems like my mother I am blowing on now, while you pretend to listen, just like your mother
00:07:17No, no, forgive me, I
00:07:20My mind is on last night
00:07:23I know you and Francesca were having some difficulty
00:07:25Oh
00:07:26Well, I went to bed before she and I could speak, but I do not believe she meant any insult
00:07:31Do you think there is hope of reconciliation between the two of you?
00:07:35Good day
00:07:38Francesca!
00:07:40I am sorry I was late to bed last night
00:07:42Michaela kept me up until midnight
00:07:44Your guest kept you up
00:07:46Lord Taylor would not leave
00:07:48But you did not help things by encouraging his nonsense about barley
00:07:51I stand by the fact that I have invented a marvellous new drinking game
00:07:54Is it?
00:07:55Every time Lord Taylor mentions barley
00:07:57We must invite him to every party so that we might get drunk as fish
00:08:03Please do not make me laugh anymore, my head
00:08:05Did you partake in this drinking game?
00:08:09I may have
00:08:11Given it a try
00:08:12Hmm
00:08:14Well forgive me, but
00:08:15Are you two friends now?
00:08:19Of course we are
00:08:20Obviously
00:08:24I did not know there was so much to be said about barley
00:08:30I do not wish to invest in the collieries, coal seems a dirty business
00:08:33Let us make an additional investment in copper
00:08:35Tell Lord Power no, I do not wish to go hunting with him
00:08:38He will talk so much he will scare away all the game
00:08:40And write to Mr Boyle and tell him we cannot send him any more funds to patch his fence
00:08:44Unless he hires a competent builder, so does not fall down in the first place
00:08:48Mr Bridgerton, you are inspired this morning
00:08:53Hmm, I am
00:08:54Would you perhaps like to visit Bridgerton House then?
00:08:57Your mother sent word again this morning
00:08:59I, er, there is simply too much to take care of at the moment
00:09:02Speaking of which, I should also like you to write to the Crabtree's
00:09:05I may wish to prepare my cottage for full time residence
00:09:21Sophie, are you feeling alright after the other night?
00:09:25You were ill, remember?
00:09:28Yes, that is right
00:09:29I am much better now, thank you
00:09:31Well that is a relief
00:09:50I do not know how Benedict found out
00:09:53His valet is rather prying
00:09:55But I thought we were being so discreet
00:09:58Violet, I am certain the younger children are none the wiser
00:10:02And we have not done anything wrong
00:10:04We are an unmarried pair, conducting an affair in my family home
00:10:10And would you like to address the matter of our being unmarried?
00:10:15Uh, I...
00:10:16Well, I...
00:10:17I did not think so
00:10:19Perhaps it would be a relief to both of us
00:10:22If the engagement question were beyond consideration
00:10:25Oh, if I may ask
00:10:27Why is it that it would be a relief exactly for you?
00:10:30Forgive my interruption, my lady
00:10:32The Dowager Lady Penwood and her daughters are here to call on you
00:10:36For the third time this week
00:10:39Shall I send them away again?
00:10:41Yeah, three times is rather many
00:10:42Perhaps best to get it over with
00:10:44I'll shut away
00:10:51Yes, yes, I shall see her
00:10:54I could use the distraction
00:11:11How are you finding Grosvenor Square, Lady Penwood?
00:11:15Our new home is adequate
00:11:18Are these your only two children at home?
00:11:20They are
00:11:22Your second son called upon my Rosamond not so long ago
00:11:25Were you aware?
00:11:27Well, that is Benedict always making new friends
00:11:33My dance instructor is Miss Madden
00:11:35Did you have Miss Madden?
00:11:37No
00:11:38We had Miss Hoover
00:11:44My mother
00:11:45Mama will not like using a second biscuit
00:11:47Mama is distracted
00:11:49Looking for...
00:11:55Did you enjoy your recital?
00:12:08It is a relief the maid wars have calmed down now, is it not?
00:12:13How is your health?
00:12:17Oh, well...
00:12:20We...
00:12:23Posey
00:12:25Apologies
00:12:27I had a bite of biscuit
00:12:28Which is delicious
00:12:30But my throat was so dry
00:12:32The crumbs tickled it
00:12:33And I...
00:12:34Then I could not breathe
00:12:35And yet you still managed to talk
00:12:39I once employed a maid who baked
00:12:42Perfectly buttered biscuits
00:12:43They were never dry
00:12:45And yet I had to dismiss her
00:12:47She had aspirations above her station
00:12:49And she stole from me
00:12:51Diamond shoe clips
00:12:52Well, that is most unpleasant
00:12:56She was called Sophie Peck
00:12:59Is that so?
00:13:01I should have turned her over to the Justices of the Peace
00:13:09Lady Bridgeton, another visitor for you
00:13:29Lady Bridgeton, I...
00:13:29Lady Bridgeton, I...
00:13:39I can come down to you if you need something
00:13:42May I come in?
00:13:44Of course, my lady
00:13:52I wanted to make sure you were quite well
00:13:55After seeing your former employer
00:13:58Oh, the look on your face when you saw her
00:14:00Lady Penwood was the employer you spoke about having a disagreement with, no doubt
00:14:06She was
00:14:08I have always found Lady Penwood unkind
00:14:13I imagine her servants felt the brunt of her ill humour
00:14:17She even went so far as to claim you stole diamond shoe clips from her
00:14:24That is true, my lady
00:14:27Well, I did not steal them exactly, but I took them
00:14:31In seven years she never once paid me a wage
00:14:34I thought I had no choice when she kicked me out
00:14:36For what it is worth they turned out not to be diamonds at all but cheap paste
00:14:38But that was all I took, I promise
00:14:40I believe you, sir
00:14:47A letter of introduction
00:14:50And not because I believe Lady Penwood
00:14:53Because...
00:14:55You asked for one
00:14:57Oh, yes
00:14:59Thank you
00:15:01Is the position you wish to take still available?
00:15:04I will have to confirm
00:15:06In fact, I might have a week or so to conclude my work here
00:15:12You know, I was hesitant to let you go at first
00:15:15Well, I still am
00:15:17But Lady Penwood is next door now
00:15:20And seems hell-bent on finding you
00:15:21Regardless of the worth of her vulgar shoe clips
00:15:24You may take the time you need, of course
00:15:28But as much as I hate to say it
00:15:30And I do
00:15:31I now believe that a position elsewhere
00:15:35May be in your best interest
00:15:40Thank you, Lady Bridgerton
00:16:16What was the voyage like? You must tell us everything
00:16:19Long and terrible
00:16:21Anthony!
00:16:23Can you imagine being stuck that long on a ship?
00:16:25Can I imagine what it is like to feel stuck?
00:16:27That is the question
00:16:28You look well
00:16:30And Kate and the baby?
00:16:32Everyone is healthy
00:16:33A little tired, but healthy
00:16:36They'll be with us at the end of the week
00:16:37Oh, good
00:16:39You cannot imagine how glad I am that you are back
00:16:42We received your letter at Aubrey Hall
00:16:44Is everything all right?
00:16:45Everything is perfect
00:16:46You are home
00:16:48So...
00:16:48What is it?
00:16:51It is your brother
00:16:52He will not listen to me
00:17:02Many of the girls
00:17:03It seems
00:17:05He is a man in love
00:17:06So he says
00:17:08Someone who has only exchanged three words with the young lady
00:17:10Love is not rational
00:17:12Let Gregory have his fun
00:17:13He has somehow convinced Hyacinth to ask Miss Rochelle for ice cream
00:17:16Next week
00:17:17So that he can tag along and speak with her
00:17:20Smart boy
00:17:21He has clearly studied and bested us three bumbling idiots
00:17:24Pardon me
00:17:25I am going to Bumble to find more drinks
00:17:27Slow service today
00:17:32Since when are you the brother to finish his drink last?
00:17:36Ah, I am trying to keep a clear head of late
00:17:39And are you?
00:17:40Clear headed?
00:17:41In fact more than ever
00:17:43Is that because of your fraternisation with our younger sister's ladies maid?
00:17:47Hmm
00:17:49This has come from our mother I imagine?
00:17:51So it is true
00:17:54I had hoped I had not been dragged from my wife and child for such an act of foolishness
00:17:59A maid
00:18:00Benedict
00:18:00If you wish to compare apples to opera singers, we can certainly do that
00:18:04It is not the same
00:18:05And you know it
00:18:06She is in our home
00:18:08Around our family
00:18:11Have the good sense to end it
00:18:12As I did my dalliance
00:18:13No, you are right
00:18:14It is not the same
00:18:15It is not a dalliance
00:18:16Well that is even worse
00:18:18And if you think I had not convinced myself that mine was also something more
00:18:22You are mistaken
00:18:24But I was wrong
00:18:25As I am certain you are
00:18:26Well I know my own mind Anthony
00:18:29You are not being rational
00:18:30Putting aside the damage this could do to our younger sisters
00:18:33If it were to come out
00:18:34Have you any idea of how difficult a life you are setting yourself up for?
00:18:38Not being able to live your life in the open
00:18:40I do not know my own mind
00:18:41And I am not capable of difficulty
00:18:43Thank the devil you returned
00:18:44And with the new heir no less
00:18:47Congratulations by the way
00:18:48Excuse me
00:18:49I have my own work to do to take care of those I care for
00:18:58What did I miss?
00:19:25What did I miss?
00:19:25Good
00:19:38The new Lady Penwood has been in London for a week
00:19:41and Whistledown has yet to report on her identity.
00:19:45Your new housekeeper is hardly up to the mark when it comes to gossip.
00:19:48That is my work, Mama.
00:19:50No one has quite the knack of gossip that Varley had.
00:19:54I do not wish to speak of that woman.
00:19:58Have you seen her around town at all?
00:20:01You have a visitor, Mrs Bridgerton.
00:20:04When you alert us to a visitor, Ray,
00:20:07you must give us all the necessary information,
00:20:11such as who our visitor is.
00:20:14It is the new Lady Penwood, ma'am.
00:20:17Oh.
00:20:30Lady Featherington, Mrs Bridgerton.
00:20:33Miss Capper.
00:20:34It is Lady Penwood now.
00:20:37A most advantageous match, is it not?
00:20:39What is it you want, Penelope?
00:20:41Look at us.
00:20:42Two unlikely heroines, now married, and married well.
00:20:46One can count us down, but never fully out.
00:20:48We've always been similar in that regard.
00:20:51You and I are similar.
00:20:53Well, I may have brought some of my fate upon myself,
00:20:56but my tale is a fascinating one, is it not?
00:21:00Full of ruin, repair, and eventually romance.
00:21:03Lord Penwood is an old friend of my Aunt Joanna's
00:21:05and became captivated by me upon visiting us in Wales.
00:21:09Do you not think your readers would be captivated themselves by such tale?
00:21:13I have kept the details of my return a secret all this time,
00:21:16just so you might benefit.
00:21:18So that you might benefit from me easing your transition back into society.
00:21:28My marriage protects me in certain respects,
00:21:31but not from the Queen or anyone of higher rank.
00:21:36Between the two of us, you hold all the power now.
00:21:39You could make or break me with but a stroke of your pen,
00:21:42and it would not change a thing about your circumstances.
00:21:46If it matters at all, I would like to apologise for last season.
00:21:53And the ones before that.
00:21:56And I would like to give you this.
00:21:58An invitation to my first ball as Lady Penwood.
00:22:02Yes, it will benefit me if you attend,
00:22:04but perhaps you might also enjoy yourself.
00:22:16Please, consider it.
00:22:25It will at least be a source of gossip.
00:22:29And certainly a spectacle.
00:22:32See?
00:22:42Are you ill again?
00:22:47Cook's pigeon stew.
00:22:49I am certain it is delicious,
00:22:50but the smell of it disagrees with me.
00:22:52The other night, when you said you were ill,
00:22:55I came to your room to see after you,
00:22:57but you were not there.
00:22:59Oh, I was...
00:23:00Well, I was...
00:23:01Is it someone who works here?
00:23:04You are in love, are you not?
00:23:06You must have sneaked out to meet someone that night, surely.
00:23:09What?
00:23:11No, I was...
00:23:12No, it could not be someone who works here.
00:23:13You are far too educated.
00:23:15You would have nothing to talk about.
00:23:17Perhaps a wealthy merchant in town, then?
00:23:20There is no one, Hazel.
00:23:22I have work to do.
00:23:23I suppose I should finish polishing the floors in the Grand Hall.
00:23:27I believe Footman John is on duty there today.
00:23:31What?
00:23:32Well, you're not born simply to work and die.
00:23:51You have been pacing all week?
00:23:54I am tired of standing still.
00:23:56There's something else.
00:23:57This is not simply restless pacing.
00:24:01I...
00:24:02I know something.
00:24:05Something that I should not know.
00:24:08Something that the Queen would very much like to know,
00:24:09but that I very much should not tell her.
00:24:11What is it?
00:24:12I do not wish to tell you.
00:24:13Or her.
00:24:14I do not wish to always be waiting.
00:24:16To be told what to do.
00:24:18Who to spy on.
00:24:19When to speak.
00:24:21That is not what Lady Danbury would do.
00:24:26What are you doing?
00:24:28Show me your best punch.
00:24:29Will.
00:24:30Show me.
00:24:34No.
00:24:35You cannot be the wife of a boxer with a punch like that.
00:24:44If you wish to get to the front of the queue,
00:24:46then you must take your moment when it is least expected.
00:24:48You must not wait to be allowed,
00:24:50or you will never catch your...
00:24:55there she is.
00:25:41What is this?
00:25:43Oh, well...
00:25:44just for us.
00:25:46Will you sit with me?
00:25:48I brought you a blanket.
00:25:54What is all this for?
00:25:56I told you.
00:25:58I am intent on showing you how serious I am,
00:26:02but our future.
00:26:03Well, we live in this conservatory.
00:26:04hiding from your family every day until night falls.
00:26:08Hmm.
00:26:20I sent word to the Crabtree's to prepare my cottage so that we might live there.
00:26:27permanently.
00:26:29Permanently.
00:26:31Away from prying eyes.
00:26:38What about society?
00:26:40I know you pretend to hate all that is conventional, but you relish a party and your family...
00:26:45I will travel back and forth, and when I am gone, the Crabtree's will be there.
00:26:50I know it is not ideal, or proper, as you deserve, but is it not better than not being together
00:27:01at all?
00:27:05For us to make a life together, there is still so much we do not know of one another.
00:27:11I want to know every little thing about you.
00:27:16And for you to know me.
00:27:19You know, there is a reason why I bluster on about hating convention.
00:27:23Oh, yes, I know.
00:27:24You care for the little man.
00:27:26Oh, well, yes, but society's rules make little men out of all of us, or little women, as it were.
00:27:37Society should not be allowed to dictate the rules of how one lives life, or who one loves.
00:27:50Well, I am capable of caring for you, just as I have cared for women I have known who are
00:27:56of the tonne.
00:27:57Just as I have cared for some men, whom I have known intimately.
00:28:07And I refuse to be at all ashamed about that.
00:28:21Love is always a thing to be proud of.
00:28:25The world needs more of it.
00:28:28Hmm.
00:28:29Then let me love you.
00:28:32My love for you is greater than anything I have felt before.
00:28:37It will not be what you deserve.
00:28:39But I can offer you a better life.
00:28:41You will never again have to wait before dawn, or clean, or mend, and we'll be together.
00:28:56And what if you change your mind?
00:28:59Promises can be broken as easily as they are made.
00:29:01Sophie, I'm not so fickle with-
00:29:04You have said you would never marry, but what if a life in secret weighs on you?
00:29:08But there may come a day when a more eligible young lady will capture your heart,
00:29:12and I refuse to put myself, or God forbid, a child at risk of being abandoned, left begging for scrap.
00:29:17Do you truly believe that I would do that to you, or to a child?
00:29:20That I'm some heartless, mercurial rogue?
00:29:22How could you possibly-
00:29:23Because I am illegitimate.
00:29:34My mother was a maid.
00:29:38And my father was a nobleman.
00:29:45Just like me.
00:29:47My very existence in this world is a shameful secret.
00:29:52You cannot imagine how that feels.
00:29:58I may never be able to make you my wife, but I will be bound to you in every way
00:30:07that counts.
00:30:09And should we have a child, that child will feel our love magnified, and we'll be a family.
00:30:26And what of your family?
00:30:29We-
00:30:31I-
00:30:34I will find a solution to that.
00:30:39Please, just allow me the chance to show you that I will keep my promise.
00:30:46I-
00:30:47I-
00:30:48I-
00:30:54I-
00:30:54Now, just maybe let me-
00:30:57I-
00:30:57I-
00:30:58This is what I mean.
00:31:00Take care.
00:31:08Well, please.
00:31:11Give me up
00:31:12Take care.
00:31:12I-
00:31:24Perfect.
00:31:24And so, maybe take care.
00:31:37That girl has some audacity, thinking I would attend her ball.
00:31:43She has some nerve even arranging such a ball without coming to see me first.
00:31:48She did request to see you, Your Majesty.
00:31:50Her parading around as Lady Whistledown last season has not been forgotten.
00:31:56I should not like anyone attending her ball.
00:32:02Your Majesty, may I speak?
00:32:06What do you have to say?
00:32:14Perhaps, Your Majesty, instead of forbidding anyone from attending Lady Penwood's ball,
00:32:19you might tell her to host the ball in Your Honour.
00:32:23And why would I do that?
00:32:24Well, if you let her believe that you are planning to attend,
00:32:29Lady Penwood will surely boast about it to the entire tonne.
00:32:32And then, perhaps, if you were to decide at the last minute not to attend,
00:32:36it would convey a message to the tonne and surely to Lady Penwood about where exactly you stand,
00:32:41without your having to do a thing.
00:32:51We are so glad you recovered so well.
00:33:06Much better than Antony, I must say.
00:33:09What have I missed, then?
00:33:10What is the latest gossip?
00:33:12That is the Viscountess.
00:33:14Little?
00:33:15What about Cressida's return to society?
00:33:17She's married and is hosting a ball.
00:33:19We're not attending, are we?
00:33:20Oh, I wish I could go.
00:33:22I'm certain it will be grand.
00:33:23Have you seen the way she has her hair done?
00:33:25I do have trouble imagining us attending.
00:33:27Can we all stay home, then, as a sign of disapproval?
00:33:30You would always prefer to stay home.
00:33:31If I may, I know the new Lady Penwood was rather cruel in the past.
00:33:37But does every young woman not deserve a chance to reform?
00:33:41I should not like to imagine what might befall me
00:33:43if I were judged only on the mistakes I made in my early years.
00:33:47Oh, Kate, you are saintly.
00:33:48But you were not there to witness the way the woman handles her refreshment.
00:33:52Directly onto my dress?
00:33:53No.
00:33:54Oh, well, that is fair enough.
00:33:57Perhaps I've gone soft since becoming a mother.
00:34:00Oh, Edward!
00:34:02Oh, my grandson!
00:34:07Oh, hello, little one!
00:34:09Hello, little one!
00:34:10But that's how we are all softened.
00:34:13Oh, we are all softened.
00:34:15Oh, and here we are!
00:34:16Would you do the right way to do it?
00:34:18Oh, Benedict Bridgerton.
00:34:21Why are you loitering here?
00:34:24Oh, Lady Danbury.
00:34:25I'm not waiting to meet the baby.
00:34:28Mm-hmm.
00:34:29And you?
00:34:31Yes, I was called in for that purpose as well.
00:34:34But I, er...
00:34:36I'm avoiding my mother.
00:34:38Ah.
00:34:39We had a rather thorny encounter last week.
00:34:43Hmm.
00:34:43You certain it is not because you have always been the spare, but now you've been put out
00:34:51to pasture by that small, wriggling child.
00:34:59It is a strange feeling.
00:35:01In fact, I have dreaded this moment most in my life.
00:35:06Meeting the infant who would make me purposeless.
00:35:11Well, more so than usual, anyway.
00:35:16But seeing him now, I'm struck with a different feeling.
00:35:21Love.
00:35:24I cannot love him yet, Lady Danbury.
00:35:26I haven't even met the man.
00:35:29Perhaps it is love.
00:35:32Perhaps it is envy.
00:35:34Seeing the way such a small creature has brought so much joy to all of my family.
00:35:40And brought them all together.
00:35:45There is no need for envy.
00:35:49One day, you will surely bring the very same joy to everyone in that room.
00:35:59Oh, dear, don't worry.
00:36:01Oh, dear, don't worry.
00:36:01Don't worry.
00:36:02Oh, dear, we have a present for you.
00:36:03Oh, what's this?
00:36:05Oh, what's this?
00:36:07Oh, dear.
00:36:09Oh, dear.
00:36:09Oh, dear.
00:36:09It's very lovely.
00:36:11Oh, dear.
00:36:12Oh, dear.
00:36:13Forgive me, Lady Danbury.
00:36:14I have, um, I've left my gift for the baby at home.
00:36:18Oh, my dear.
00:36:27I cannot believe Cressida turned up on your doorstep.
00:36:29It was certainly a shock.
00:36:32Does all seem right with her?
00:36:34I did hear her husband is rather handsome, but do you think she was forced into her marriage?
00:36:41You are kind-hearted, Eloise Bridgerton.
00:36:44Have you forgotten how she tried to ruin you and your entire family last year?
00:36:47No.
00:36:50Surprisingly, I think about it much less than I think about her stealing the spotlight at
00:36:53your engagement party to announce herself as Whistledown.
00:36:58Can you imagine what she was thinking?
00:37:01I cannot.
00:37:02Perhaps I should have let her take the name, then.
00:37:05The Queen will never let me give it up.
00:37:08The Queen lives in a very gilded cage.
00:37:11And Whistledown may be her only way to travel to the outside world.
00:37:14Since when have you had sympathy for the Queen?
00:37:16Since everyone in my life took a husband.
00:37:20I am in my own gilded, unmarried Bridgerton cage.
00:37:24She must be lonely.
00:37:26The Queen.
00:37:28Perhaps it is time I appeal to her better angels.
00:37:30Worth a try.
00:38:02She is ready for you, Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:38:12I hope you return with something of value this time, Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:38:17I do.
00:38:19An apology.
00:38:20Last time I was here, I spoke at length about feeling trapped by Whistledown.
00:38:26But it was thoughtless of me to say that to you of all people, your majesty.
00:38:29I do not need an apology, Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:38:33I want gossip.
00:38:35I want to know what is going on with Benedict Bridgerton.
00:38:38The truth is, I do not know.
00:38:42Now that I am known publicly, I am avoided like the plague by anyone with any real gossip.
00:38:48Because for everyone in the Ton, Whistledown functions just as this palace does for you.
00:38:55It keeps them trapped, watched, scrutinised.
00:39:01I am certain for you that Whistledown is one of your only ways of living in the outside world.
00:39:06But knowing what it feels like to be so confined, would it not be pleasant to give society a reprieve?
00:39:12To allow them to simply live their lives the way they wish, without fear.
00:39:42To allow them to be so confined, would it not be possible to live your life, without fear?
00:40:00To allow them to be so confined, would it not be possible to live your life, without fear?
00:40:01There you are.
00:40:02Good evening, Sophie.
00:40:03I may need your help with something.
00:40:05Sophie is helping me at the moment.
00:40:07I can see that.
00:40:09But what if she helped you get ready for Cressida's Ball tonight instead?
00:40:15I would get into too much trouble.
00:40:17Not if I were to sneak you in in some kind of a disguise.
00:40:20It would, of course, until you having to speak to me again, though.
00:40:22Are you quite serious?
00:40:25Sophie, can you do my hair up?
00:40:27In fact, I have an idea about how to make you nearly invisible.
00:40:30If your sister approves.
00:40:35Does Mama know?
00:40:36No, of course not.
00:40:37We will take the second carriage, so she will not see us.
00:41:08Are you ready, my love?
00:41:10Yes.
00:41:22Who wants to be theê·€, my love?
00:41:26Do you want a ×›×™?
00:41:38It's my home too, too.
00:41:39I have aä¿¡ charge.
00:41:57Did you hear? The ball is in the Queen's on it.
00:41:59Oh, and where is she?
00:42:17I like the pink.
00:42:22There is no accounting for taste.
00:42:27Are you certain you wish to be here, Penelope, and for all of us to be here as well?
00:42:31I'm grateful you've come along. I promise that I'll be worth your while.
00:42:36Where is Eloise?
00:42:36She has been delayed. She should be here shortly.
00:43:06Is it everything you dreamed?
00:43:11It is more.
00:43:18Eloise.
00:43:19Good evening.
00:43:21I have a feeling the Queen is not going to attend at all.
00:43:24I think you might be right.
00:43:37She did not even look twice at me.
00:43:40I really am invisible as a maid.
00:43:42That, or invisible to someone who cares only about rank.
00:44:03Lady Bridgerton.
00:44:05Not Addison.
00:44:08You look exceptional tonight.
00:44:11That is most kind.
00:44:15When can I see you next?
00:44:18We can meet a mine as we discussed.
00:44:20I, in fact, could we meet for tea?
00:44:25Actual tea.
00:44:28I have been thinking about our discussion earlier in the week and I should like to conclude it.
00:44:37Of course.
00:44:42Forgive me.
00:44:50Mother.
00:44:52So you will avoid me for nearly a fortnight but not Cressida Cowper's Ball?
00:44:57I am here because I have failed in my duties to my family lately and it has taken a toll.
00:45:04It will continue taking a toll if you carry on as you are.
00:45:08I hope you being here tonight means you have decided to let her be.
00:45:14For her sake.
00:45:15I?
00:45:16I love you.
00:45:43I love you.
00:45:52Cresta may have our heads if she catches us sleeping in her gardens.
00:45:55John, surely we should get back to the pool as Penelope asked.
00:46:09Shall we then?
00:46:23In fact, I do not think I can be silent.
00:46:26No?
00:46:27Forgive me, I am moved beyond silence to tell you what an exquisite woman you are.
00:46:33The perfect wife, and I know you'll be the perfect mother when the time is right.
00:46:40I love you, Francesca.
00:46:44I love you, John Sterling. Always.
00:47:11If this evening were truly in her honour, would she not be here ready?
00:47:15How humiliating for the new Lady Penwood.
00:47:20The Queen?
00:47:24I've got my own pair of shoes now.
00:47:31I shall have to make a speech to distract them.
00:47:42Ladies and gentlemen.
00:47:49What is this?
00:47:51Did you allow this?
00:47:52Dearest, gentle reader, if there is anything that unites us all, it is our secrets.
00:48:03As the keeper of yours these past years, it is time at last for this author to tell you a
00:48:11few of her own.
00:48:15For one, I must tell you, reader, that I have felt a fondness for each and every person I have
00:48:24ever written about.
00:48:25There is a comfort in knowing that we are all human, all fallible, and also all capable of great change.
00:48:37And I come with the secret tonight of great change indeed.
00:48:44For tonight, I am resting my pen.
00:48:50The issue you hold in your hands will be my last.
00:48:58She will not write about tonight.
00:49:05Perhaps that is for the best.
00:49:06I thank you, each one of you, for your readership.
00:49:11Knowing you has been one of the great pleasures of my life.
00:49:26It is done.
00:49:28I could not be more proud.
00:49:32It is nearly done.
00:49:34Who will be Lady Whistledown now?
00:49:36I expect the Tom will have to get their gossip the old fashioned way.
00:49:39Those tawdry scandal sheets Penelope once put out of business.
00:49:43But who will write of my debut?
00:49:46Who will write to sign the Diamond of the Season?
00:49:49I am sure someone will take on that mantle.
00:49:53Please do not tell Mama.
00:49:56Your secret is safe.
00:49:58As long as we leave immediately, before Mother catches me too.
00:50:02Who is that maid Mr Bridgerton is speaking with?
00:50:06Is it Sophie?
00:50:08Well, we know she does not work here.
00:50:13If she did, surely we would have heard about it from the old Penwood servants.
00:50:43What's that not the most magical evening of our entire lives?
00:51:03You have been sitting at my desk, planning a life with her at my cottage.
00:51:07No.
00:51:08At my cottage, brother.
00:51:12I see my valet there is not in no way his loyalty lies.
00:51:15He let me intimidate him.
00:51:15As should you.
00:51:16If you have thought it through, even for a moment.
00:51:18I have thought it through.
00:51:20I have thought every inch of it through.
00:51:23You have been gone longer than you realise.
00:51:25You do not know me now.
00:51:27I know that you mean well.
00:51:29Always.
00:51:30But if you are choosing a life with her, you cannot have thought it all through.
00:51:33I will not stand here.
00:51:34Have you thought about how she will feel when you eventually marry?
00:51:36I do not need to marry!
00:51:37What about when you decide you want a family?
00:51:40I know you'll want one one day, and you cannot do that with her.
00:51:43Can I not?
00:51:44No.
00:51:45Not in the way that you would like.
00:51:48I understand you may have convinced yourself that she is reason enough to risk everything.
00:51:52But think, if you ever have a family, what the reality of life would be like for those children.
00:51:58They will never be able to join our family.
00:52:00Not truly.
00:52:01They will be shunned by society.
00:52:03Cast out.
00:52:05Not even our mother is saintly enough to allow such a thing.
00:52:09I could not live with myself.
00:52:11If I looked into Edmund's eyes, knowing I had brought him into this world under those conditions.
00:52:19Could you?
00:52:22I have thought of that.
00:52:25All of it.
00:52:29But I cannot walk away from her.
00:52:40I should cut you off.
00:52:42Disign you.
00:52:43Protect the family.
00:52:49But I believe in you.
00:52:51To make the right decision in the end.
00:52:54Please.
00:52:56Do not make me the fool.
00:53:28In the end of your relationship with the father of Mary.
00:53:43Now I have hope that you are already going on now.
00:53:44How did you react?
00:53:45How did they react?
00:53:46That's the news?
00:53:47That's the news.
00:53:48That's the news you're concerned about.
00:53:48to disarray, Your Majesty. Just as I hoped, you have upstaged Lady Penwood. Very well.
00:53:58I look forward to seeing what you will write next, Mrs Bridgerton. And you will bring me
00:54:04any gossip you might hear from time to time? Of course, Your Majesty. I am most grateful
00:54:12for your blessing. Thank you. Thank you.
00:54:18You may go.
00:54:25Lady Danbury.
00:54:34Your Majesty.
00:55:29Yes, sir.
00:55:32Yes.
00:55:33I am, Junior.
00:55:39Another blue piece?
00:55:41That goes in the sky.
00:55:42That is an awful lot of sky.
00:55:45And you do not like an awful lot of anything.
00:55:47I like a moderate amount of sky.
00:55:49Some clouds and trees to pen it in is a much more comfortable view.
00:55:53Oh, I should like to see the whole sky at once.
00:55:56This is the last piece.
00:55:58As you have both been exceptionally helpful,
00:56:00I think one of you should do the honours.
00:56:02Well, I think it should be me.
00:56:04I put together so much of the ground.
00:56:05And I completed the sky.
00:56:07You cannot have one without the other.
00:56:09Shall we place it together?
00:56:19Well, with that, I think I shall lie down for a nap.
00:56:23Are you feeling well?
00:56:24Only a small headache.
00:56:25Parliament again, surely.
00:56:27I shall be revived by dinner time.
00:56:29Will you wake me?
00:56:30Of course.
00:56:35What number is this in your drink saw collection?
00:56:38Nineteen.
00:56:39Shall we start the other one?
00:56:40I knew you would enjoy it.
00:56:43Yeah.
00:56:50Lord Anderson.
00:56:51Thank you, Mrs. Wilson.
00:56:54Good day, Lady Bridgerton.
00:57:02Are you wishing to end this?
00:57:06Far from it.
00:57:08Is there a reason you ask?
00:57:10Well, our conversation the other day,
00:57:11you made it quite apparent that you do not wish to formalise anything.
00:57:15Is there a...
00:57:16Why is that?
00:57:19Violet, because you have been so distressed
00:57:22by what the children might or might not know.
00:57:25I felt distressed for you.
00:57:27And I thought it would put you at ease
00:57:29to know that there is no need to formalise anything.
00:57:31Oh, I see.
00:57:34Yes.
00:57:35Yes.
00:57:36That was very kind of you.
00:57:39But you should know.
00:57:40If you did wish to formalise our attachment,
00:57:44there is nothing in the world that would bring me greater joy.
00:57:50I know your children are your whole life.
00:57:53And I know I can never replace the late Lord Bridgerton in your heart.
00:57:56As I will always hold a special affection, Vanessa,
00:58:00I would never wish to usurp your affection for your family, ever.
00:58:06But to join them,
00:58:08it would be a remarkable thing.
00:58:11It would be rather a relief not to have to sneak around anymore.
00:58:14You are a practical woman.
00:58:17I love that about you.
00:58:19I love you, in fact.
00:58:28Marcus.
00:58:36If you would have me,
00:58:39I would very much like to marry you.
00:58:43Yes.
00:58:44Yes, I will.
00:58:46I...
00:58:48I know.
00:58:52I know.
00:58:56I know.
00:58:58I know.
00:59:18I know.
00:59:27I know.
00:59:29I know.
00:59:29goodbye but what about I'm not with child I never was apparently my courses
00:59:38returned last night I see
00:59:44you still do not have to take a new position though I promised I would take
00:59:50care of you and that remains true whether or not you're with child it is
00:59:55kind of you most gentlemanly but you do not owe me anything this was never to do
01:00:02with owning you something Sophie and you know that it was about love I thought it
01:00:16could be enough I I wanted it to be enough but we both know it is not what
01:00:25is the love in the face of generations of established practice in the face of
01:00:31society of the strong lines drawn to divide us I do not wish to fight against
01:00:34all of that any more than you do more importantly
01:00:44family I have never before seen such mutual love I could not live with myself
01:00:50if I told you away from them
01:01:00I can still take care of you I I could get you an apartment in the city or you could
01:01:06stay on the bridge now if that is what you wish
01:01:09the more closely we remain connected the more tempted we will be and eventually we
01:01:14will make the same mistake we already made once please do not call what happened
01:01:19in between us mistake please
01:01:36I must go
01:01:37and
01:01:52and
01:01:54and
01:01:55and
01:01:55and
01:01:56and
01:01:57and
01:02:11and
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01:02:33and
01:02:33and
01:02:33and
01:02:33and
01:02:39and
01:02:46John, wake up.
01:02:53John?
01:03:15John, wake up.
01:03:42John, wake up.
01:04:12John, wake up.
01:04:54John, wake up.
01:05:14John, wake up.
01:05:18John, wake up.
01:05:21John, wake up.
01:05:51John, wake up.
01:05:55John, wake up.
01:05:59John, wake up.
01:06:02John, wake up.
01:06:06John, wake up.
01:06:09John, wake up.
01:06:13John, wake up.
01:06:14John, wake up.
01:06:15John, wake up.
01:06:17John, wake up.
01:06:18John, wake up.
01:06:20John, wake up.
01:06:21John, wake up.
01:06:24John, wake up.
01:06:24John, wake up.
01:06:27John, wake up.
01:06:28John, wake up.
01:06:30John, wake up.
01:06:31John, wake up.
01:06:31John, wake up.
01:06:53John, wake up.
01:06:54John, wake up.
01:06:55John, wake up.
01:06:57John, wake up.
01:06:57John, wake up.
01:07:18John, wake up.
01:07:21John, wake up.
01:07:22John, wake up.
01:07:22John, wake up.
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