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