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