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Becoming Lady Wyndham
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00:00:04Today is my sister's wedding day.
00:00:08Jane's marrying the Earl of Windhealth.
00:00:11Our debts will be cleared,
00:00:14father's honor restored.
00:00:35It's Elizabeth!
00:00:37This is just found in the bride's dressing room!
00:00:48Liz, please forgive me.
00:00:50I can't do this.
00:00:51I won't be traded off to some man.
00:00:53I'm so sorry it had to be you who found this.
00:00:55Don't come looking for me.
00:00:57Jane.
00:00:59Jane, do you know that if you run away from your wedding
00:01:01with the Earl of Windick,
00:01:02the Fenwick family will be ruined completely?
00:01:16The Fenwicks were once a distinguished family
00:01:18before Sir Reginald ruined it.
00:01:20Indeed.
00:01:21If not for some old favor the Fenwicks once did the late Earl,
00:01:24it's hard to imagine this match ever being considered at all.
00:01:41Miss, Mr. Vale has come to hurry things along twice already.
00:01:47I know.
00:01:51Miss, you can't go in like this.
00:01:52There's no time.
00:01:54There's no time.
00:02:21There's no time.
00:02:33That is not Jane Fenric, that's the younger sister.
00:02:37The younger sister, but she's...
00:02:39The illegitimate one, I should think.
00:02:40Good Lord, what an insult to the honour of the House of Wyndham.
00:02:47Why, Elizabeth?
00:02:49Why would you put her in Jane's place?
00:02:51How could you replace my legitimate daughter
00:02:54and have Elizabeth marry the Earl instead?
00:02:56How dare you!
00:02:58Rachel, please, not here.
00:03:00You can call her son.
00:03:02Miss Fenric.
00:03:04Yes, my lord.
00:03:06You are not Miss Jane Fenric.
00:03:09Yes, my lord.
00:03:10I am her sister.
00:03:12I owe you an explanation, and I fully intend to give you one.
00:03:17My lord, I know this isn't what you agreed to.
00:03:20I have no right to ask anything of you, but...
00:03:26Marry me.
00:03:28Please, I'm begging you.
00:03:35Ladies and gentlemen,
00:03:38I thank you for your attendance this morning.
00:03:40It is my honour to present to you...
00:03:44My bride.
00:03:58On the night of my sister's wedding,
00:04:00I became a countess.
00:04:15Where is Lord Edward?
00:04:17His lordship was called away to London on urgent business.
00:04:20You may move to Thormut later today.
00:04:26He didn't even hear my explanation.
00:04:30He left without signing the marriage papers.
00:04:33Perhaps he never meant to sign them at all.
00:04:36Is this some kind of punishment?
00:04:38For taking my sister's place?
00:05:01He's up to another moment.
00:05:03He's up to another moment.
00:05:11None of us attended.
00:05:13But I've heard every detail.
00:05:16They say the sister ran off,
00:05:17and the younger one took her place.
00:05:19Showed up in riding clothes, no less.
00:05:21You do keep well informed, Dorothea.
00:05:24Tell me, was she truly in riding clothes?
00:05:26Mrs. Milsom's daughter was sitting in the front rows.
00:05:28She said when the cloak fell,
00:05:30the entire church went silent for a full five seconds.
00:05:33Five seconds?
00:05:34When was the last time you managed that?
00:05:35I've never had the pleasure of causing such a spectacle.
00:05:38Poor Earl.
00:05:39Poor? I don't think so.
00:05:41He doesn't do anything out of pity.
00:05:43He has his reasons.
00:05:44A piece of Fenwick land, an old debt,
00:05:46something of that sort.
00:05:47As for the girl,
00:05:48I'd wager she's some wild little country girl.
00:05:51Hard carely fit for society.
00:05:52Likely doesn't even know her manners.
00:05:59Who is that over there?
00:06:02A gardener?
00:06:03Or one of the maids?
00:06:04Just look at the state of her.
00:06:06About that level, I'd say.
00:06:08Edward's new wife can't be much better.
00:06:11You?
00:06:12The one picking strawberries.
00:06:13Come here.
00:06:19Are you speaking to me?
00:06:21Of course.
00:06:22Who else could I be speaking to?
00:06:34Pour us some tea.
00:06:41My dear, do stay for a cup of tea before you go.
00:06:52Oh, how clumsy.
00:06:58Lady Winfend, your tea is ready.
00:07:00The housekeeper says there are new letters for your attention.
00:07:02If you would come with me.
00:07:10You're Edward's new wife?
00:07:22My lady.
00:07:26That's my girl.
00:07:29My lord.
00:07:33Tell Lady Windward that I...
00:07:35Wait.
00:07:40Give this to Lady Windward.
00:07:43And...
00:07:44Yes, my lord.
00:07:54Please excuse me.
00:08:01You saw that, didn't you?
00:08:03The way she carried herself.
00:08:04Deliberate.
00:08:05Every bit of it.
00:08:05Pretending to be a servant just to make fools of us.
00:08:08Yes.
00:08:08Very deliberate.
00:08:09Married in riding clothes.
00:08:11Picking strawberries herself.
00:08:13Hair in that state.
00:08:14What?
00:08:14On earth has Edward brought help?
00:08:17Yes, indeed.
00:08:18I am curious how you intend to finish that sentence, Dorothea.
00:08:21Who do you think you are?
00:08:23A country girl who stumbled into a title through a farzical wedding?
00:08:27What right do you have?
00:08:28Today you sit in my garden.
00:08:29At my table, drinking tea you bought yourself.
00:08:32And you didn't soon announce your arrival.
00:08:33If you know your cousin as you say you do,
00:08:35you'd know he just likes being disturbed.
00:08:37Next time, send word ahead.
00:08:38I'll have tea prepared.
00:08:39Properly hot, not scolding.
00:08:42My lady.
00:08:43Lady, the Earl will be arriving shortly.
00:08:45He asks that you come out to receive him.
00:08:49Is my cousin back?
00:08:51I haven't seen him in ages.
00:08:53I'll go greet him as well.
00:08:54Lady Dorothea, Lord Edward has made it clear that now that he is married,
00:08:59all visitors are to be received only with Lady Winewield's consent.
00:09:12Please lead the way.
00:09:14My apologies, my lady.
00:09:16His lordship has been called away again.
00:09:18He did, however, leave strict instructions that you are not to be disturbed.
00:09:22This was just delivered for you.
00:09:30Word has it his trip to London had less to do with business and more to do with rekindling an
00:09:34old flame.
00:09:35Cecilia Marlott, his mother's goddaughter.
00:09:38They were raised together at Thornwood, apparently.
00:09:42What happened after?
00:09:44She married an old duke in Wales.
00:09:47Poor girl.
00:09:48You feel sorry for her?
00:09:50Her husband just died.
00:09:53She's inherited a fortune.
00:09:55Who knows?
00:09:56She might come back.
00:09:57You'd better secure Lord Edward's affections while you can.
00:10:01I have not seen him since our wedding.
00:10:03What?
00:10:04How could that possibly be?
00:10:06It was wrong of me to take my sister's place and marry him that day.
00:10:09I never thought beyond that.
00:10:12Oh, my dear.
00:10:13What a cruel twist of fate.
00:10:15You were meant to go to London to study,
00:10:17and now you're trapped in this cold, dreadful place.
00:10:21So his affections were already given elsewhere.
00:10:24And I've only trapped him here.
00:10:32After all, what is there between Lord Edward and me
00:10:35but a signature in the parish register?
00:10:37A tranquil life that suits me well enough.
00:10:41So cold.
00:10:48Elizabeth.
00:10:50Consider this my return for the insult.
00:10:52Enjoy finding your way across Thornwood with nothing on.
00:11:09Oh, no.
00:11:11Oh, no.
00:11:13Oh, no.
00:11:25What's that?
00:11:27What's that?
00:11:30Stop!
00:11:32Stop right there!
00:11:33I am the Countess of Wyndham.
00:11:36I command you to stop.
00:11:38You have no idea what it means to offend the Countess of Wyndham.
00:11:50My Lord, this is...
00:11:52I can explain.
00:11:54Please do not.
00:11:59You may...
00:12:00You may turn around now.
00:12:07My Lord!
00:12:08This is entirely unnecessary.
00:12:10I assure you, I am quite capable of...
00:12:12You are barefoot on flint.
00:12:14Kindly be still.
00:12:22My Lord.
00:12:25I'm here.
00:12:26I still owe you an explanation.
00:12:28Are you willing to hear it now?
00:12:32As you can see, I'm not otherwise occupied.
00:12:37I took my sister's place and married you that day because...
00:12:41Because I wanted my mother to stop being beaten.
00:12:44I see.
00:12:48You didn't need to do any of this.
00:12:51The moment you said I do at that altar, you fulfilled the agreement.
00:12:54You owe me nothing more.
00:12:56So this is all just an agreement to you?
00:12:58Nothing more?
00:13:00Is it not?
00:13:01I don't make a habit of saying things I don't mean, Elizabeth.
00:13:07That's the first time he said my name.
00:13:09I understand, my Lord.
00:13:10Call me Edward.
00:13:12I've married you.
00:13:13You're my wife.
00:13:15You hold all the rights of the Countess of Thornworth, including the right to know your husband.
00:13:18I understand.
00:13:31Cecilia.
00:13:33Cecilia Marlowe.
00:13:35The girl Edward grew up with.
00:13:40Milo.
00:13:41Edward.
00:13:42Sit down.
00:13:46May I ask you a question?
00:13:48Please do.
00:13:49Is there someone else you care for?
00:13:52In London, perhaps?
00:13:58Are you angry with me for leaving right after the wedding?
00:14:01Not in the least.
00:14:02I only mean to say, I've no objection to any other attachments you may have.
00:14:06This marriage serves both our families.
00:14:09I have no wish to be a petty, jealous Countess.
00:14:11And if I were to tell you there is no such person, would you believe me?
00:14:18I, yes.
00:14:19I believe I would.
00:14:27I would.
00:14:32Elizabeth, you are the only Lady Windorf.
00:14:34I should like, if you're willing, to have a true marriage.
00:14:39In every sense.
00:14:43In every sense.
00:14:45Is he asking me to bear an heir for the Wyndham line?
00:14:50Come in.
00:14:53It is late.
00:14:55Yes.
00:15:06Elizabeth.
00:15:08Yes.
00:15:10You are frightened.
00:15:13I'm not.
00:15:14I mean, it would be entirely reasonable for you to...
00:15:16Elizabeth.
00:15:21I will not require anything of you tonight.
00:15:23I beg your pardon.
00:15:25You heard me.
00:15:26But it is...
00:15:28It is your right.
00:15:29I am aware of what the law allows me.
00:15:32But that isn't the measure I intend to follow.
00:15:37Good night, Elizabeth.
00:15:41Does he not want me?
00:16:10Edward.
00:16:12Edward.
00:16:19This isn't helpful.
00:16:20This isn't helpful.
00:16:37This isn't helpful.
00:16:46Oh, oh, oh.
00:16:49Better.
00:17:05God, how could I dream something like that about him?
00:17:08I must be out of my mind.
00:17:10My lady, breakfast is ready.
00:17:15Coming!
00:17:30I was unsure of your preferences, so I asked the cook to prepare a variety.
00:17:38He arranged all of this. What does he take me for?
00:17:41It would appear that his lordship is determined to keep you abundantly supplied.
00:17:55I shall do my best to return in time for the gathering at Whitmore this evening.
00:18:07Lady Windham. How lovely to find you here.
00:18:13And all on your own.
00:18:16Rupert. You know Lady Winder, I believe.
00:18:18Miss Fenwick.
00:18:22My apologies, Lady Winford. The title still takes one by surprise, I must admit.
00:18:27Good evening, Miss Vane.
00:18:29Mr. Bellamy.
00:18:30Rupert and I have some happy news.
00:18:32We're to be formally engaged at the McKeelmas Hall.
00:18:35Dorothea was gracious enough to accept me, though I suspect she rather enjoys making me wait.
00:18:41Our union, of course, has been rather more conventional.
00:18:46Years of acquaintance, shared society, a genuine understanding of one another's character.
00:18:51How refreshing that some marriages may still be arranged so expeditiously.
00:18:58My lady.
00:19:00A message for you.
00:19:07Cannot return to Thornwith before midnight.
00:19:10Enjoy the party.
00:19:16Another entire evening to yourself.
00:19:18One cannot help but wonder, had you known, why bother to attend at all?
00:19:23Lord Windham chose to marry me, Dorothea.
00:19:26I've never felt the need to examine his reasons too closely.
00:19:30Come, Rupert. It's been ages since I last danced.
00:19:34You must indulge me this evening.
00:19:52Lady Windham. What a fortunate coincidence.
00:19:55Mr. Bellamy. I assume your fiancé is inside.
00:19:58Ah, yes. I stepped out for some air and seemed to have lost my way.
00:20:03You look very well, Lady Winford. Marriage suits you.
00:20:06Thank you. I believe I should return home.
00:20:08No need to hurry. It's a fine night.
00:20:09That's enough, Mr. Bellamy.
00:20:11Come now, Elizabeth.
00:20:12A woman as young as you. As lovely as you.
00:20:17Deserves far more than a cold bed and a husband.
00:20:19That's enough!
00:20:21Mr. Bellamy.
00:20:22I mean it kindly.
00:20:34Good heavens, how did I end up here?
00:20:37My lady, I'm coming.
00:20:48I'm coming.
00:20:51Lady Windham. You are going the wrong way. Allow me to show you out.
00:21:03Then let me be plain, Mr. Bellamy. Leave these grounds at once.
00:21:10And who exactly is meant to make them?
00:21:22There is no need to be alarmed. I only wish to talk.
00:21:26Then speak from where you stand.
00:21:30My dear.
00:21:35Stop!
00:21:39What do you think you're doing?
00:21:43Dorothea, you must forgive me. I was only trying to remove myself from a most uncomfortable situation.
00:21:48Lady Wind had sought me out.
00:21:49Elizabeth!
00:21:50How dare you try and scare my fiancé at a gathering like this!
00:21:53That is not-
00:21:54I mean no disrespect.
00:21:55But I am a man of honour and I think it best to be plain.
00:21:58Good lord! Did she really try to seduce Lady Dorothea's fiancé?
00:22:04I've long suspected she wasn't quite respectable.
00:22:08I shall inform Lord Edward at once he'll have you turned out of Thornwood without hesitation.
00:22:12Now, apologize to my fiancé. At once.
00:22:16Miss Vane, you will address me correctly or you will not address me at all.
00:22:20You are not worth the courtesy.
00:22:38My lord, thank god you're here. Lady Winford approached Rupert herself. We were only trying to-
00:22:44When did he arrive? How much did he hear? Does he believe them?
00:22:48Are you hurt?
00:22:54Edward!
00:23:03My apologies. I seem to have arrived a moment too late.
00:23:09Good lord! Has Lord Weidman really ruined a hundred-year-old young maize?
00:23:14You're a wife of such low birth.
00:23:20Let every person here who has dishonoured my wife hear me. Before this night is over, you will regret it.
00:23:27Yes, my lord!
00:23:28Edward! What? My lord! I am your cousin! You cannot treat me like this!
00:23:35If you mean to say you're my mother's cousin's granddaughter, I have over fifty others just like you.
00:23:41No one-
00:23:45Grateful girl! What on earth possessed you to insult the Countess of Wyandham?
00:23:52You wretched boy! I paid off your gambling seats with the Earl's own money!
00:23:57How dare you make yourself a nuisance before him and his wife!
00:24:03You have endured enough. Home awaits us.
00:24:10Edward, you must know. I did not seek Mr. Bellarmine out. I...
00:24:14I know. I know precisely what kind of man he is. I believe you, Elizabeth.
00:24:19We have been married for a few days now.
00:24:22We have.
00:24:23And I find I know remarkably little about you.
00:24:26I believe goes both ways.
00:24:28Perhaps this presents an opportunity to remedy that. We might begin with a kiss.
00:24:35He's asking to kiss me. On horseback. Out in the open, in the middle of the night.
00:24:41God knows how long I've waited for this moment.
00:24:44You have my permission.
00:25:01It's all right. He's settled now.
00:25:09We're home.
00:25:14My lord. My lady.
00:25:22I'll see you shortly, Elizabeth.
00:25:25Shortly?
00:25:26What does he mean, shortly?
00:25:28Tonight?
00:25:29I thought I had rather expected. I seem to have expected it more than I realised.
00:25:33Yes. Shortly, then.
00:25:49Of course.
00:25:51Of all nights, it would be this one.
00:26:02Come in.
00:26:06There's something I must tell you.
00:26:07It concerns a domestic matter.
00:26:12I see.
00:26:16Does he?
00:26:17Does he truly?
00:26:19Please, God.
00:26:20Let him understand without making me say it outright.
00:26:24Come.
00:26:35No, not like this.
00:26:39How are you feeling?
00:26:41Rather better, thank you.
00:26:43Forgive me.
00:26:44Elizabeth.
00:26:45Yes?
00:26:46Stop apologising.
00:26:47Yes, very well.
00:26:52Elizabeth.
00:27:00Yes, very well.
00:27:31He's gone.
00:27:33Of course he's gone.
00:27:34I failed him last night.
00:27:37Come in.
00:28:02There's something wrong.
00:28:05No.
00:28:06No, nothing.
00:28:10I wasn't certain of your preference this morning.
00:28:13Mrs. Hilda suggested something warm.
00:28:15There's chocolate.
00:28:16If you'd prefer it to tea.
00:28:39You have...
00:28:41You have...
00:28:50I thought we might out to Ravenscurred Park before week's end.
00:28:54My mother has expressed a wish to receive you.
00:28:58Yes.
00:29:00Yes.
00:29:00I should like it that very much.
00:29:05I should propose Fridays, perhaps, for the fulfilment of our marital obligations.
00:29:16Yes.
00:29:17I feel quite confident I shall be equal to my obligations by next Friday.
00:29:35There's a way, too.
00:29:38Well, what?
00:29:39Well, it's been a very difficult question.
00:29:46Let's go.
00:29:46I feel like...
00:29:46No, no, no.
00:29:48I'm sorry.
00:29:49No, no, no.
00:29:55No, no.
00:29:55No, no.
00:29:55No, no, no.
00:30:06Go on, Vale will see you in, I shall be long.
00:30:12Of course.
00:30:37Fli.
00:30:52That's Edward's mother.
00:30:54She looks so young to find.
00:31:00Lady Adelaine, forgive the intrusion.
00:31:04I am...
00:31:13Lady Wyndham.
00:31:16I had wondered when we should meet.
00:31:19I am Cecilia.
00:31:21Lady Adelaine was called away unexpectedly.
00:31:25She asked me to receive you in her place.
00:31:26That's her.
00:31:28Cecilia Marlowe.
00:31:30Lady Adelaine's goddaughter.
00:31:33The woman Edward wants like her.
00:31:37You're grace, the pleasure is mine.
00:31:40Please, none of that.
00:31:41We're practically family now.
00:31:43Adelaine will be back shortly.
00:31:44In the meantime, Georgina, Edward's younger sister, is in the South Garden.
00:31:47Shall we?
00:31:48Lady Adelaide summoned me, yet she's here.
00:31:50Edward?
00:31:51Was she hoping Edward would meet with her instead?
00:31:59She carries herself as if she owns the place.
00:32:15She carries herself as if she owns the place.
00:32:19After all these years in London, let's see whether your aim has suffered.
00:32:24I've been waiting here for our guest as my mother asked.
00:32:27Elizabeth, this is Georgiana.
00:32:28We call her Georgie.
00:32:29Georgie, this is Elizabeth.
00:32:30Ah, the new Lady Wyndham.
00:32:32And what do you do for amusement?
00:32:34I read.
00:32:35I write.
00:32:36I am sure Lady Wyndham has many other accomplishments, Georgie.
00:32:39Of course she does.
00:32:39Most people do when they can't shoot.
00:32:41No offense, Elizabeth.
00:32:43It simply requires a certain constitution.
00:32:46Not everyone has it.
00:32:47Perhaps Lady Wyndham would care to try.
00:32:49It is only fair to offer.
00:32:50Oh, by all means.
00:32:51Bring another gun.
00:32:55A gun for beginners.
00:32:59You know your way around guns?
00:33:02Elizabeth, you needn't oblige.
00:33:04Georgie is only teasing.
00:33:06You can watch if you prefer.
00:33:18Well.
00:33:21You had three.
00:33:22I should not be greedy.
00:33:36Mother.
00:33:37Where on earth did you find her?
00:33:39She found me.
00:33:41I like her.
00:33:45So do I.
00:33:51Come in.
00:33:57My mother asked me to convey her apologies.
00:34:01She had no intention of neglecting you today.
00:34:03I understand.
00:34:05Georgiana and the Duchess of Ravensbrow made the afternoon quite agree of all.
00:34:11It's Friday.
00:34:12So it is.
00:34:13I must admit.
00:34:16I am not entirely certain how one is meant to begin.
00:34:19Nor am I.
00:34:24I should warn you there are rather a great many hooks.
00:34:27Twenty-three.
00:34:31I see.
00:34:36I see.
00:34:46I-I confess I don't quite know what I'm meant to do with my-
00:34:52Elizabeth.
00:34:54You are not supposed to do anything.
00:35:04The desk.
00:35:06I thought you might find it easier.
00:35:08To begin with.
00:35:10I did not realize how warm his hands would feel.
00:35:22Breathe.
00:35:25You are going to suffocate yourself.
00:35:34Are you ready?
00:35:35I-
00:35:36I-
00:35:41I'll take that as a yes.
00:35:44Let's begin.
00:36:05I-
00:36:28Alright.
00:36:29You absolutely must tell me everything.
00:36:33i've no idea what you mean elizabeth winwin named fenwork you arrived at my door this morning
00:36:39wearing the very expression of a woman who has just discovered something rather surprising about
00:36:44the world was it was it friday you are incredible i am your oldest friend and i deserve details
00:36:54was he he was considerate extraordinary so how he made quite certain that i was comfortable
00:37:06way before anything else several times in fact good lord that is all i shall say on the subject
00:37:14and afterward in the morning
00:37:19he said come back to bed as though i'd been there all along
00:37:24only meant to return he held my hand
00:37:33don't you like him
00:37:37i am beginning to think i might
00:37:45we're stuck in the mud
00:37:55we'll need to push from the left wedge something under the wheel first
00:37:59there's a plank in the ditch perhaps we ought to wait for someone to pass by
00:38:15lizzie
00:38:16how can i pass
00:38:27same as ever
00:38:31still finding trouble on a perfectly straight road the road found me i was perfectly innocent
00:38:38of course you were you always were
00:38:43edgar lemmerts a viscant son the summer i was 14 he taught me to sketch on the crumbling mill wall
00:38:49charcoal everywhere my mother spent three days scrubbing my dress clean then he left for italy
00:39:08i am lady winford now mr lennox i trust you will do me the kindness of remembering it
00:39:13forgive me i had not heard of the marriage
00:39:16i hope you are well lady wind i am thank you give my regards to lord winder
00:39:31six years without a word and now he returns at just this moment
00:39:34he didn't know harriet
00:39:35perhaps not lord winder is worth ten of him you know that don't you
00:39:41come on the road is clear now
00:39:49she was smiling at him did you see a married woman smiling at a man like that out in the
00:39:54open road she stepped away from him georgie that much was plain enough i shall tell edward
00:39:58i shall tell him exactly what i saw and he will do as you think best my dear
00:40:04you know your brother better than i do
00:40:18edward there's something i must tell you
00:40:19it concerns your wife
00:40:21good morning to you too georgina
00:40:23i was riding this morning along the north road i saw her with a man they were standing awfully close
00:40:30together and he close together you say
00:40:31why yes and he he took hold of her sleeve
00:40:35and then she drew back in the end but she knew him well edward he called her lizzie
00:40:42what was the man's name lennox edgar lennox
00:40:45i've heard of this edgar lennox the viscount's son the one who has been off painting in italy for
00:40:50the past six years and you must also know that he and elizabeth were once
00:40:53you followed her no i just happened to be passing by
00:40:56georgiana
00:41:00elizabeth is lady windworm she is the mistress of this house
00:41:03whom she encounters on the road with whom she speaks with whom she spends her time
00:41:07such matters are of importance to her and her alone
00:41:09you should have married a true lady not some vulgar country woman
00:41:13go home georgina
00:41:19edgar lennox
00:41:23my lady
00:41:24his lordship has inquired as to whether you might be at leisure this afternoon
00:41:29did he indicate the purpose of said inquiry
00:41:31he said he'd like to and i quote precisely take you out for a ride
00:41:35he mentioned the north meadow
00:41:38please convey to his lordship that i shall be ready in twenty minutes
00:41:41of course my lady
00:41:50georgiana paid me a visit this morning
00:41:53i imagine she did not call upon you to converse about the weather
00:41:56you encountered edgar lennox on the north road this morning
00:42:05i did
00:42:06our carriage came to grief in the mud
00:42:08he assisted with freeing the wheel
00:42:12georgiana is young and her emotions have been known to obscure her judgment
00:42:15i thought you should know that i sent her right away
00:42:18he didn't ask me to ride because he sought to question me
00:42:22it's because he wished to inform me he sent georgiana away
00:42:26he's telling me he stands on my side
00:42:31thank you edward
00:42:31for what we're married you need not thank me
00:42:36edgar lennox has spent six years in italy
00:42:39he may want to consider spending six more
00:42:41the further he remains from my wife the better
00:42:52i cannot believe this
00:42:53he sent me away
00:43:04he accused me of following her
00:43:06he is a loyal man always has been
00:43:07and now his loyalty is wasted on the wrong person
00:43:11has he any engagements away from thornwood
00:43:14he leaves for dutcher on thursday
00:43:19he will surely be thinking of his new bride
00:43:21at each moment he's away from her
00:43:30edward chose her
00:43:35very well
00:43:37then let him see the true nature of this choice
00:43:50she still harbors feelings for me
00:43:52she still harbors feelings for me
00:44:17east wing old timber frames
00:44:20it's three stories of curtains and correspondence
00:44:23and everything edward window has ever cared to preserve
00:44:27and now a single oil lamp shall make it all disappear
00:44:37lady winfield and her lover
00:44:40once edward lays eyes on her charred bodies
00:44:42he will surely return to me
00:45:08my lord it began in the lower story
00:45:11where's lady winder we have not been able to find lady winder
00:45:14but we brought someone out
00:45:16from the east wing
00:45:17a man
00:45:20elizabeth
00:45:21she's still inside
00:45:27and just how are you so sure lady winder is in there
00:45:30what were you doing at thornfield in the middle of the night
00:45:34edward i'm so sorry
00:45:35i did not wish to be the one
00:45:36what is that in your hand
00:45:39edward it bears elizabeth's handwriting
00:45:42i received a note
00:45:43i believed it to be
00:45:44you believed it to be from my wife
00:45:49edward you must see that all evidence points to elizabeth and this man
00:45:53elizabeth is still inside
00:45:55of course she's inside that wicked adult sure to be caged and paraded around the square
00:46:02edward
00:46:06miss don't it's not safe in there
00:46:09my brother henry you must save my brother
00:46:13miss i'm sorry
00:46:17he ran head first into that fire
00:46:19for her
00:46:29henry how did the fire start
00:46:31why are all of you just standing here
00:46:32and you
00:46:33what are you doing here
00:46:35you're not stuck in the fire
00:46:36why on earth would i venture to the east wing in the middle of the night
00:46:40you wretched creature
00:46:41how did you get so lucky
00:46:43no matter
00:46:44edward just ran to his death
00:46:45we have no one to rely on
00:46:47and as a duchess
00:46:48shall be my god-begin right to walk all over
00:46:51my lady
00:46:51his lordship has gone into the fire
00:46:54what
00:46:55why
00:46:56elizabeth
00:46:58elizabeth
00:46:58my brother is still in there
00:47:00what do we do
00:47:01he ran in because he thought you were trapped inside
00:47:03oh dear how did this happen
00:47:04let go georgiana
00:47:06no
00:47:14she didn't write that note
00:47:17she can't have written that note
00:47:25it was you
00:47:28cecilia
00:47:29is it true
00:47:31no
00:47:32i had nothing to do with that letter
00:47:34he's slanting me
00:47:39edward
00:47:43elizabeth
00:47:44go back
00:47:55foolish woman
00:47:57reckless man
00:48:08i thought i'd lost you
00:48:10you're safe
00:48:25not every wife would run into a burning building for her husband
00:48:28why did you do it
00:48:29you went in there for me
00:48:31i couldn't leave you to die
00:48:33oh elizabeth
00:48:34whatever am i going to do with you
00:48:53get in before the water goes cold
00:48:57edward
00:48:58that note edgar received
00:49:00it wasn't written by me
00:49:01i know
00:49:02as it happens
00:49:03i also received a note
00:49:04signed with edgar's name
00:49:06but i did not go to meet him
00:49:08i'm glad to hear that
00:49:11that's all
00:49:14it was cecilia
00:49:15she did all of this
00:49:20cecilia
00:49:22she is my mother's goddaughter
00:49:24she grew up around us
00:49:26there was a time when certain
00:49:27arrangements were considered
00:49:29by my mother
00:49:31by cecilia's family
00:49:33i knew they were in favor
00:49:34and were you
00:49:36i've never made any promises
00:49:38to cecilia
00:49:39if she had hopes
00:49:40they were not hopes
00:49:41i invited or confirmed
00:49:42as for me
00:49:45i forgot about her entirely
00:49:47on the morning i married you
00:49:52edgar leniston and i
00:49:53we grew up together as well
00:49:55he taught me to make charcoal drawings
00:49:58that is the whole of it edward
00:50:00there's nothing more
00:50:00well then
00:50:02now there are no
00:50:04secrets between us
00:50:05now there are no secrets
00:50:07between us
00:50:09it's friday today
00:50:11yes indeed it is
00:50:12there are about
00:50:13two hours left until dawn
00:50:15perhaps you might like to
00:50:16watch the sunrise with me
00:50:21yes i'd like that
00:50:29may i
00:50:40this is what home feels like
00:50:44this is what home feels like
00:50:58i informed her that you are not at leisure but she still has not taken her leave
00:51:04show her in henry
00:51:11thank you for seeing me edward
00:51:13say what you have come to say cecilia
00:51:16you know very well why i am here
00:51:18georgiana won't see me
00:51:20your mother hasn't replied to my last three letters
00:51:24and you've issued a formal notice
00:51:25i'm no longer welcome at thornfield girth
00:51:28nor at any windham property in the county
00:51:30that's correct
00:51:31edward please
00:51:33we've known each other since we were little
00:51:35you carried me home on your back
00:51:36when i broke my ankle at the thornfield harvest
00:51:39yes i recall
00:51:40i also recall that during that same autumn
00:51:42you told me that you intended to marry someone wealthier than a mere earl
00:51:47such was my obligation edward
00:51:49you know my family's circumstances
00:51:51you know i had no choice
00:51:53and you you waited too edward
00:51:56all these years
00:51:58a thorn world without a mistress without a bride to be
00:52:00do not be misled into thinking i was waiting for you
00:52:03that's not
00:52:04don't say that edward you know that's not what i
00:52:06you've been a widow for eight months
00:52:08and in those eight months you've come to shropshire
00:52:10established yourself at raven school
00:52:12cultivate my sister's trust
00:52:13and forge a letter designed to do nothing less than destroy my wife's reputation
00:52:18i did what i believed
00:52:19i wasn't finished vasilia
00:52:21you also set fire to the east wing of my home
00:52:24you should be grateful that my wife was not there last night
00:52:27otherwise you would not be standing in my study but rather in my dungeon
00:52:31she's not right for you edward
00:52:33whatever you feel now it will pass
00:52:35this afternoon you will return to your home in london
00:52:38and you will not come back
00:52:40no
00:52:40you can't treat me this way
00:52:42i'm the dowage guchess of ravensheil
00:52:45do not forget that i am not just the earl of wyndham
00:52:49i am also the prince regent's companion
00:52:52do you wish what you have done to become known through all of london
00:52:55i suggest you preserve what's left of your dignity
00:52:57do you love her
00:53:00yes
00:53:01i do
00:53:14good
00:53:15now it's time to deal with the next one
00:53:26she came back for him
00:53:30and now it's all gone up in flames
00:53:48may i come in
00:53:49please
00:53:50i didn't know cecilia would attempt to harm you
00:53:52i know
00:53:53i'm sorry
00:53:55i owe you an apology elizabeth
00:53:56several in fact
00:53:57i forgive you
00:54:00so do you reckon we could be friends from now on
00:54:02of course
00:54:08georgiana
00:54:10i know you love your brother
00:54:13and i do too
00:54:22in all the years i've known him
00:54:25he's never been serious about anyone the way he is about you
00:54:28i know
00:54:29by the way
00:54:31you shoot better than i do
00:54:34you're not a bad shot yourself
00:54:44i'm leaving to london
00:54:45as a painter summoned by the king
00:54:48yes
00:54:49i had heard rumors of such an arrangement
00:54:51the night of the fire
00:54:54i saw him run into the flames to look for you
00:54:57without hesitation
00:54:59that was the moment i knew had lost you
00:55:01may london be everything you deserve edgar
00:55:03i hope you paint something magnificent
00:55:10give my regards to lord wyndham
00:55:24edgar
00:55:25he's gone
00:55:28i know
00:55:28the king offered him a very generous commission
00:55:32he is a talented man
00:55:33it would have been a waste
00:55:35edward
00:55:37yes
00:55:41i feel as if i'm exactly where i'm supposed to be
00:55:45i'll take that as a compliment
00:55:48come
00:55:49my lord
00:55:56elizabeth
00:56:23the fall did her no lasting harm my lord
00:56:26however i've noticed that lady winford is showing signs of
00:56:29fatigue
00:56:36pardon me
00:56:38congratulations my lord
00:56:41yes
00:56:43thank you dr holt
00:57:04so we're going to have a child
00:57:09yes
00:57:11yes we are
00:57:12this is beyond my wildest dreams elizabeth
00:57:16thank you
00:57:19i'm sure you will want to tell your mother
00:57:25i shall have the carriage prepared for thursday
00:57:27veil will accompany you
00:57:29and take a warm blanket
00:57:31the mornings are cold now
00:57:32i know i needn't thank the man i married
00:57:36but i'd like to thank you on behalf of my mother edward
00:58:08and take a warm blanket
00:58:08i can't make any hair
00:58:08and a girl
00:58:36I don't know.
00:58:51Mother!
00:58:58Ah, Elizabeth.
00:59:01To what do we owe the pleasure?
00:59:05Come with me, Mother.
00:59:07Now.
00:59:10This is my house.
00:59:12She doesn't leave without my permission.
00:59:17Are you challenging the Countess of Wyndham, Sir Reginald?
00:59:29I'm pregnant.
00:59:34Oh, God bless you, my child.
00:59:40Mother.
00:59:43I want to take you to Thornwood.
00:59:46He'll come chasing after us.
00:59:48You know how he gets when he's angry.
00:59:52Then we sneak out when he's not looking.
00:59:55I'm not looking.
01:00:10Margaret!
01:00:14Keep moving.
01:00:16Don't look back.
01:00:21Elizabeth!
01:00:26It's Edward!
01:00:41He's coming after us.
01:00:44Let him come.
01:00:50Lord Wyndham.
01:00:52What an honor.
01:00:53Though I must tell you, this is a family matter.
01:00:56It is for me as well.
01:00:58Lady Margaret leaves with us tonight, and you shall not follow her.
01:01:01She's my wife, Lord Wyndham.
01:01:03By law, she's required to...
01:01:05By law, yes.
01:01:08Shall we discuss law, Sir Reginald?
01:01:18Come in.
01:01:25My Lord, I have come to take my wife home.
01:01:30These are private accounts, my Lord.
01:01:32You have no right to...
01:01:33The Fenwood Estate carries debts to four creditors in this county.
01:01:36Two of those creditors sold their notes last month.
01:01:40To me.
01:01:41The roof you sleep under.
01:01:42The fields you work on.
01:01:43The horses in your stable.
01:01:45The papers holding your whole world together are sitting in my solicitor's office in Shrowsborough.
01:01:50My Lord, I have always treated my family with the utmost...
01:01:55I have seen perfectly clearly how you treat your family.
01:01:59Lady Margaret's personal income will be administered through my estate,
01:02:03to be used as she pleases.
01:02:04If I receive word from any source that you have interfered with this agreement,
01:02:08you will lose your house, your land, and whatever is left of your name in this county.
01:02:19My wife sends her regards.
01:02:32He'll take me away, I know it.
01:02:35Oh, Lord, that man will never let me leave him.
01:02:38No.
01:02:40Edward will handle everything.
01:02:43I saw them in the study this morning.
01:02:45As did I.
01:02:48Elizabeth.
01:02:50Is he...
01:02:51Is he a good man, your Lord?
01:02:54Yes.
01:02:56Yes.
01:03:00Yes.
01:03:03Yes.
01:03:03Yes.
01:03:04Yes.
01:03:04Yes.
01:03:05Yes.
01:03:05Yes.
01:03:07Yes.
01:03:09Yes.
01:03:11Yes.
01:03:37How long will you be gone for?
01:03:38Four months, perhaps.
01:03:44I don't wish to go.
01:03:46I know.
01:03:47I know you don't.
01:03:49Elizabeth, I...
01:03:50It's Friday, you know.
01:04:00I'll be gentle.
01:04:01So will I.
01:04:03Don't be too gentle.
01:04:17I promise you'll write me.
01:04:21Every day.
01:04:39My Lord.
01:04:41It is the 14th of March, and your child has spent this morning using my ribs as a set
01:04:46of piano keys.
01:04:47Dr. Holt says the baby is healthy, and that it shouldn't be much longer now.
01:04:52Come home soon, Edward.
01:04:54We both eagerly await your return.
01:05:04A letter from London, my lady, in his lordship's own hand.
01:05:11Elizabeth, your letter from the 8th arrived my morning.
01:05:15I have read it four times, front to back.
01:05:19Today I write to tell you I am coming home.
01:05:21I find I have a great deal to tell our child, and even more to tell you.
01:05:27Did you hear that, Edward?
01:05:29Our baby's ready to meet you.
01:05:33My lady, there are two gentlemen at the door.
01:05:35Officers, I believe.
01:05:37They are carrying a sealed summon.
01:05:46Lady Winverde, we are here to deliver a summons from His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent.
01:05:50Your presence is urgently required in London, and the matter is one of considerable importance.
01:05:58May I have the night to prepare?
01:06:00I'm afraid we cannot afford any delay, my lady.
01:06:03The carriage is prepared.
01:06:07Very well.
01:06:09Allow me five minutes to gather my hands.
01:06:21My lady, the seal on this carriage.
01:06:25I need time to verify it.
01:06:29Lady Wyndham, I'm sure you don't want to anger the Prince Regent.
01:06:45That sound, this isn't the road to London, it's the Cliff Road.
01:06:53Stop this, Harry!
01:06:54Stop this, Harry!
01:06:55Immediately!
01:07:11Elizabeth!
01:07:15Elizabeth!
01:07:19Elizabeth!
01:07:20Elizabeth!
01:07:22Elizabeth!
01:07:24Elizabeth!
01:07:24Elizabeth!
01:07:25Elizabeth!
01:07:26Elizabeth!
01:07:37Edward!
01:07:38Edward!
01:07:38Take my hand!
01:07:49Edward!
01:07:50Yes?
01:07:51What is it?
01:07:52I think...
01:07:53I think the child is coming.
01:07:57Edward!
01:08:13My lord, this lodge is currently occupied by his royal highness.
01:08:17Move.
01:08:41Your first child?
01:08:42Yes.
01:08:43I have been informed about the incident on the cliff road, the carriage, the summons. Who was it?
01:08:46A widow, recently returned from London. She forged the seal. She also set fire to the east ring of my
01:08:53home in October.
01:08:54The Dowager Gretnes.
01:08:56Yes, your highness.
01:08:57I assure you that this matter will be investigated fully. She will bring no more trouble to your household.
01:09:02Thank you, your highness.
01:09:04And for this, for allowing us in. Don't thank me for that. Thank my wife.
01:09:08She heard the commotion at the gate and gave the order before I could even open my mouth.
01:09:12She sounds like a formidable woman.
01:09:14She sounds like a formidable woman.
01:09:17That's one way to put it.
01:09:25My lord, Lady Windry is well. You have a son.
01:09:41He has your eyes.
01:09:45Why am I there?
01:09:47Why am I there?
01:09:48Why am I there?
01:09:52Why am I there?
01:09:54Why am I there?
01:09:57Her Royal Highness, the Princess Regent.
01:10:03Jane.
01:10:07Jane.
01:10:21How does a woman who ran away from her own wedding become Princess Regent?
01:10:28It all started with the March.
01:10:30I beg your pardon?
01:10:32On that day, I fled the carriage.
01:10:35Cut across the north field.
01:10:36I did not know there was a March.
01:10:40before i knew it i was up to my waist and then there was a great deal of noise coming
01:10:45from the
01:10:45trees dogs a horse and a man who looked rather displeased to find a woman wading about in his
01:10:51marsh he pulled me out himself gave me his coat before asking my name he was unexpectedly decent
01:10:57and then you told him your name i presume yes then i told him my name and he told me
01:11:02his
01:11:03and neither of us went home for a very long time are you happy jane
01:11:13are you more than i had ever thought was possible
01:11:24the prince regent will present honors tonight did any of you receive warning of this not at all
01:11:29which means he wants it to be a surprise but who shall it be cavendish ashmore i heard it's not
01:11:35even a man apparently the honor is to be a stowed upon a couple a husband and wife
01:11:44good heavens a joint honor and what title shall be awarded to them
01:11:51are you nervous i'd be lying if i said i wasn't do you remember when we first met
01:11:59yes when those doors opened you were the spitting image of a well-behaved young lady
01:12:03and you looked like an unbearably serious old man who had never known true happiness
01:12:08well things are different now this time when these doors open i'll be standing right beside you
01:12:13shall we
01:12:19is that lady wyndham
01:12:22how could lord wyndham have
01:12:25you look magnificent
01:12:27i know
01:12:28and i feel magnificent
01:12:33with the honor of the crowd
01:12:34and in recognition of their remarkable courage and loyalty
01:12:37i hereby elevate lord edward wyndham and lady elizabeth wyndham to the rank of marcus and marxians of thornfield
01:12:45thank you
01:13:03happy
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