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Eclipse of the Young Master COMPLETE EPISODE
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00:00:09Two months.
00:00:10You've been avoiding me for two months.
00:00:13Why?
00:00:14You're drunk, Yorgris.
00:00:18Don't call me that.
00:00:19Call me Alexander.
00:00:22Like you used to.
00:00:33We can't do this.
00:00:35I'm your sister.
00:00:36Adopted.
00:00:38Not by blood.
00:00:41Vivian, we both know how we feel about each other.
00:00:44Please, don't say it.
00:00:46I love you.
00:00:50You've lost your mind.
00:00:52I know you feel it too.
00:00:54The Duke's heir and his adopted daughter.
00:00:57We've become the biggest scandal in England.
00:01:00The Duchess will never forgive me.
00:01:03She loves you, but she'll destroy me.
00:01:06I'll handle it.
00:01:06Just don't push me away.
00:01:08Don't make me feel like I was alone this whole time.
00:01:19Just for today, let's not be brother and sister.
00:01:24No.
00:01:30But we can only ever be brother and sister.
00:01:36From the day I came to Creston, I knew I'd only ever be his sister.
00:01:41And in the end, I'll marry someone else.
00:01:44Our engagement ball is in three days.
00:01:54Will Alexander be back?
00:01:56I'm curious too.
00:01:58Alexander is the sole heir to Creston.
00:02:00It'd be a great honor if he could attend.
00:02:02He's still at Sandhurst.
00:02:04He won't be back for another three months.
00:02:07Yes.
00:02:07Alexander was sent to Sandhurst.
00:02:09Three full years at the Royal Military Academy.
00:02:11Because the Duchess found out about that night.
00:02:14To protect me, he didn't fight back.
00:02:16Three years.
00:02:18Not a single word between us.
00:02:20And now, he's coming back.
00:02:22The Duchess wanted me engaged before he came back.
00:02:24I agreed.
00:02:26In three days, I'll be nothing more than his sister.
00:02:29Forever.
00:02:49It's been a long time.
00:02:51Vivian.
00:02:55Alexander, you're back.
00:02:57Yes.
00:02:59I'd hate to miss your engagement ball.
00:03:08My sister's getting engaged.
00:03:11And no one thought to tell me.
00:03:13You were away with the army.
00:03:14I didn't want to distract you.
00:03:17Didn't want to distract me.
00:03:24So.
00:03:25Not a single letter in three years.
00:03:31You won't do back for another three months.
00:03:36I didn't want to miss Vivian's engagement.
00:03:38So I finished early.
00:03:40What?
00:03:42You don't want me back?
00:03:46We were just saying it'd be a shame if you couldn't make it.
00:03:49So you're Liam.
00:03:51The man Vivian chose.
00:03:55Yes, your grace.
00:03:57Vivian's told me a lot about you.
00:04:00Is that so?
00:04:01What did she tell you?
00:04:02That you did well at Sandhurst.
00:04:09Did she ever tell me why I went there?
00:04:21It's getting late.
00:04:24Baron Fox, I imagine your carriage is waiting.
00:04:27The evening has turned rather cold.
00:04:28Do take care.
00:04:29Vivian, please see Baron Fox and his family to the portico.
00:04:45You shouldn't have come back.
00:04:47So you could marry her off?
00:04:49Her marriage is for the best.
00:04:51For you, for her, and for this family.
00:04:54Only for you.
00:04:57What are you afraid of?
00:04:59That I'll do what I did three years ago.
00:05:01Enough!
00:05:02Or are you afraid the world will learn what's between your adopted daughter and your son?
00:05:10I said enough!
00:05:16Keeping up appearances must be exhausting.
00:05:19Don't you think, Duchess?
00:05:29Alexander's rather intimidating, isn't he?
00:05:31It's always been like that.
00:05:34It must have been hard for you these years.
00:05:38Soon I'll be married.
00:05:39I have to make Alexander give up.
00:05:42Once and for all.
00:06:05That kiss, was that all for my benefit?
00:06:08It was for my fiancé.
00:06:10Let go of me.
00:06:12Your kisses belong to me.
00:06:26Three years away, and this is how you greet me.
00:06:35You threw away my pearls, only to wear that trinkle.
00:06:39What you gave me means nothing now.
00:06:42And neither do you.
00:06:43It means nothing.
00:06:49Look at them every scar.
00:06:50I got trying to get back to you.
00:06:53How do you think I made it back early?
00:06:55Extra drills.
00:06:58Extra drills.
00:06:58Dangerous assemblies.
00:06:59I risked my life.
00:07:02Time's up!
00:07:04You're the Duke's heir.
00:07:06You've no business in a high-risk program.
00:07:09You're still six months from graduation.
00:07:10I have every reason to leave early, Sam.
00:07:16This is the price I paid to come back to you.
00:07:21You fool.
00:07:27I thought you'd been longing to see me, just as I'd been longing to see you.
00:07:32And now you're telling me you don't want me anymore.
00:07:38You gave me this when you were 14.
00:07:40Said it would keep me safe.
00:07:42I wore it for three years.
00:07:44Every single day.
00:07:48That was a long time ago.
00:07:50Please, let me go.
00:07:52Never.
00:07:56House of Fox will learn what it costs
00:07:59to touch what is mine.
00:08:01This has nothing to do with Liam.
00:08:03The more you beg for him, the worse it'll be for him.
00:08:13Why...
00:08:14Why won't any of you just leave me alone?
00:08:19Come in.
00:08:23I hear you've been getting quite close to Alexander.
00:08:26No.
00:08:27We're just...
00:08:28Then the maids have been talking nonsense.
00:08:33You said Vivian and Alexander were more than siblings.
00:08:36Like lovers?
00:08:37Your Grace, I made it up.
00:08:39I'll never do it again.
00:08:40You're displaced.
00:08:42Creston Estate will never employ you again.
00:08:45No, Your Grace.
00:08:46No one will hire me.
00:08:47Please, give me one more chance.
00:08:50Take her away.
00:08:52One more rumour and your family will have nowhere to go.
00:08:55I promise you that.
00:09:03Alexander is the sole Creston heir.
00:09:06I will not let anything threaten his future.
00:09:09It wouldn't only destroy Alexander.
00:09:11It would destroy you too.
00:09:13You are brother and sister.
00:09:14Cross that line and you'll live with that scandal for the rest of your lives.
00:09:18Is that a price you're willing to pay?
00:09:20I will only ever be Alexander's sister.
00:09:30What's wrong? You don't look well.
00:09:33Vivian.
00:09:34They've pulled all my credit.
00:09:36The suppliers have walked away too.
00:09:37I got the notices last night.
00:09:41Alexander.
00:09:41He did this.
00:09:43Could you speak to him for the sake of the family?
00:09:47If I go to him, it'll only make things worse.
00:09:50Why would it?
00:09:50One word from him and it's over.
00:09:56She said no.
00:09:58Alexander.
00:09:59I'm begging you.
00:10:00Please help me.
00:10:01You want my help?
00:10:03One match.
00:10:04You and me.
00:10:05On the polo field.
00:10:06Win.
00:10:08And I'll help you.
00:10:09Really?
00:10:10I'm a man of my word.
00:10:12Then it's settled.
00:10:13Tomorrow, three o'clock.
00:10:14On the polo field.
00:10:18Forgot to mention, I've never lost a polo match in the county.
00:10:23So this is the man you chose.
00:10:25I thought he'd put up more of a fight.
00:10:27Tell me, if he dies on that field, who will you marry?
00:10:32What are you going to do?
00:10:33House of Fox should be your ally, not your enemy.
00:10:35You know that.
00:10:36Vivian, no one is taking you away from me.
00:10:39If he doesn't know his place, I'm sure he's buried.
00:10:45You wouldn't dare.
00:10:46He's the only son of House of Fox.
00:10:48You can't do this.
00:10:50You'll find out soon enough.
00:10:52Oh, that's right.
00:10:58Perhaps I can't do it.
00:10:58Is that Alexander Creston?
00:11:00He's been gone three years.
00:11:01How did Liam get him here?
00:11:02Who knows?
00:11:03He's Creston's heir.
00:11:05The future duc.
00:11:06Mind you, Liam's never lost a polo match.
00:11:10No suspense, then.
00:11:12Put your money on Liam.
00:11:16Polo against me.
00:11:17You're finished before you start, Alexander. Three years without a mallet, isn't it?
00:11:21Don't complain when I don't go easy on you.
00:11:23Is that so? If I were you, I'd protect myself.
00:11:44How could it be possible?
00:11:47Lucky shot.
00:11:49You won't get another.
00:11:53Good lord. No one plays like that after three years away.
00:12:06Shit!
00:12:18That's all you've got.
00:12:22It's not over yet.
00:12:32What is he doing?
00:12:35What is he doing?
00:13:02Make Vivian do anything for you again.
00:13:07And I won't be aiming at the ball.
00:13:24You're hurt.
00:13:26You knew he'd win, didn't you?
00:13:28Then why didn't stop?
00:13:31Then why didn't you stop me?
00:13:33You let me make a fool of myself in front of everyone!
00:13:37I didn't know he'd go this far.
00:13:39Didn't you know?
00:13:41Or didn't you care?
00:13:46Who do you think you are, talking to her like that?
00:13:50Let go!
00:13:51You're killing him!
00:14:01Try that again, and you're finished.
00:14:16Liam!
00:14:19Don't be late tomorrow.
00:14:20Tomorrow, it's our engagement ball.
00:14:28Whatever you do, tomorrow I'll still wear his ring.
00:14:36That was only the beginning.
00:14:41Tomorrow's ball.
00:14:43Do try to enjoy it.
00:14:51Good.
00:14:53You're here.
00:14:55Tomorrow, at Vivian's engagement ball,
00:14:58I'd like you to meet Lady Sophia Winston,
00:15:02Earl Winston's daughter.
00:15:05You're still arranging marriages for me?
00:15:07Sophia's father sits in the House of Lords.
00:15:10A leading figure in Wales.
00:15:13This marriage secures our position in Parliament.
00:15:16Once you inherit the title,
00:15:17you'll need allies in Parliament.
00:15:20Land bills,
00:15:21inheritance tax,
00:15:23every vote will matter.
00:15:25If you refuse...
00:15:26For what?
00:15:26Shh!
00:15:30You think I'm still the boy from three years ago?
00:15:34Find someone else for Sophia.
00:15:37I've only ever wanted one person.
00:15:41Did you ever stop to think what Sandhurst would teach me?
00:15:45Two things.
00:15:46First,
00:15:48how to stay alive on a battlefield.
00:15:50Second,
00:15:52how to draw my prey into my hunting ground.
00:16:00A girl from an orphanage.
00:16:02What could she possibly give you?
00:16:19Wendy?
00:16:23It's been a while, Liam.
00:16:29I heard you were to be engaged to Creston's war to me.
00:16:36I had to see you.
00:16:42If my father hadn't died,
00:16:44if we'd kept our title,
00:16:46if your mother hadn't torn us apart,
00:16:49I'd be the one standing beside you tomorrow.
00:16:52I'm sorry.
00:16:54I failed you.
00:17:04And now,
00:17:05do you still love me?
00:17:09I really should go.
00:17:19Fetch us a carriage.
00:17:20Take us to the end.
00:17:25A message, sir,
00:17:26from Wendy Hodges.
00:17:27On your orders,
00:17:29Wendy has lured Liam in.
00:17:37Step one,
00:17:39cut off his money.
00:17:41Step two,
00:17:43defeat him in public.
00:17:45Step three,
00:17:47bring back his old phlegm.
00:17:48And step four,
00:17:50let him destroy himself.
00:17:52When it's all over,
00:17:54Vivian,
00:17:54who else will you have left?
00:18:07Vivian,
00:18:08they all say I'll have to marry someone of my rank one day.
00:18:11But I don't want anyone else.
00:18:12I want you.
00:18:13Will you be my Duchess?
00:18:16You're impossible.
00:18:17You're impossible.
00:18:17I'm serious.
00:18:18Say yes,
00:18:19please.
00:18:28I thought you'd thrown it all away.
00:18:31You don't love him,
00:18:32do you?
00:18:34I don't know what you're talking about.
00:18:36Then why are you marrying him?
00:18:42You belong to me,
00:18:44Vivian.
00:18:45You've always known that.
00:18:49Be with me,
00:18:52Vivian.
00:18:54You think you can push me away?
00:18:56I'm not letting you go.
00:19:11We can't do this.
00:19:13I'm getting engaged.
00:19:15Why are you doing this?
00:19:16You don't love him.
00:19:17Because he can give me a normal life.
00:19:19A respectable one.
00:19:20Can you?
00:19:21In your world,
00:19:23I'll always be that orphan girl from nowhere.
00:19:26No family name.
00:19:28No place among those portraits.
00:19:30What can you possibly give me?
00:19:33Tell me,
00:19:34Alexander.
00:19:35What can you give me?
00:19:37You can't give me anything.
00:19:39You can't.
00:19:41Do they really matter that much?
00:19:42To me,
00:19:44they do.
00:19:46So please,
00:19:47let me go.
00:19:50And you think Liam can?
00:19:52By the end of tonight,
00:19:54you'll be a laughing story.
00:19:56What did you do?
00:19:59What did you do?
00:20:02You'll find out soon enough.
00:20:25Evening.
00:20:37Vivian,
00:20:38you look absolutely stunning tonight.
00:20:40Thank you,
00:20:41Mrs. Fox.
00:20:46Thank you for coming tonight,
00:20:48Mother.
00:20:48Mm-hmm.
00:21:00Your Grace.
00:21:03After tonight,
00:21:04our two houses
00:21:05shall be formally joined.
00:21:06I hope we'll remain close allies
00:21:08for many years to come.
00:21:09You seem awfully sure
00:21:11everything will go smoothly tonight.
00:21:23I don't give this to her.
00:21:30Where's the groom?
00:21:31Late to his own engagement ball?
00:21:33That is hardly proper.
00:21:35Mrs. Fox.
00:21:37Where's Liam?
00:21:37The ball is about to start.
00:21:39I've already sent someone to look for him.
00:21:42Perhaps he's been delayed.
00:21:47Drunk from last night?
00:21:49Shh.
00:21:50Does he even know he's getting engaged?
00:21:58What's this you're doing?
00:22:00Take a guess.
00:22:01If this engagement falls apart,
00:22:02it'll disgrace the house of Creston.
00:22:04Shh.
00:22:06Ruin her engagement.
00:22:10What's this?
00:22:11Something Vivian's fiance
00:22:12never wanted anyone to see.
00:22:14This
00:22:15is only the beginning.
00:22:19Alexander!
00:22:43Is that
00:22:44the groom?
00:22:47Who's that woman?
00:22:48I know her.
00:22:50That's the late Vivian's daughter.
00:22:51Wendy.
00:22:54She and Liam used to be together
00:22:56or girl
00:22:56on her engagement night.
00:22:58Well, that's her lot.
00:23:00An orphanage girl
00:23:01marrying into a baron's family
00:23:03was already a step up.
00:23:04And now...
00:23:06Shh.
00:23:15Vivian!
00:23:17Vivian!
00:23:18Vivian!
00:23:18Vivian, it's not what it looks like.
00:23:20Wendy and I am tied.
00:23:33My apologies
00:23:34for the disturbance.
00:23:36Oh, child.
00:23:37I should have known
00:23:38that fox boy.
00:23:40That fox boy.
00:23:53My apologies, ladies and gentlemen.
00:23:55There'll be no engagement tonight.
00:24:12You fool!
00:24:19Happy now?
00:24:22Not yet.
00:24:33You don't have to pretend anymore.
00:24:36No fiancé here.
00:24:37No mother.
00:24:39Just me.
00:24:42Why?
00:24:43Why did you have to ruin everything?
00:24:47Why?
00:24:50Because you don't love him.
00:24:52You're just using him
00:24:52to run from me.
00:24:57You really think
00:24:58marrying a man you don't love
00:24:59will get you the life you want?
00:25:03You think another man's ring
00:25:05will make you forget me?
00:25:17You think marrying a man you don't love
00:25:19will stop you from thinking about me?
00:25:29Even if you can, I can't.
00:25:31I won't stand by
00:25:32and watch you marry another man.
00:25:34This estate was nothing
00:25:36but cold stone
00:25:37until you came.
00:25:43From today,
00:25:44Vivian is your sister.
00:25:53Did mother send you here
00:25:54to learn all this as well?
00:25:56No.
00:25:59No.
00:26:00No.
00:26:02No.
00:26:03No.
00:26:03No.
00:26:04Don't push me away again.
00:26:07Vivian,
00:26:08I can't lose you.
00:26:19Tell me you want me to.
00:26:25No.
00:26:26We're not children anymore.
00:26:29We can't just
00:26:30be together
00:26:31like none of it matters.
00:26:33It's selfish.
00:26:36And
00:26:36the price is too high.
00:26:41Losing you
00:26:42is the only price
00:26:43I can't bear.
00:26:45As long as you don't push me away,
00:26:47I can take anything.
00:26:49All this time,
00:26:51I believed Catherine's threats
00:26:52and the rumors
00:26:54were the price
00:26:54we'd have to pay.
00:26:55So I walked away from him.
00:26:58But I never thought
00:26:59for Alexander,
00:27:01the only price
00:27:02that ever mattered
00:27:04was losing me.
00:27:07He suffered
00:27:08no less than I have.
00:27:09Every scar on him
00:27:10is proof.
00:27:35I swear,
00:27:37nothing happened.
00:27:38I'd had too much to drink.
00:27:40When I woke up,
00:27:41Wendy was beside me.
00:27:43I remember nothing.
00:27:45Nothing happened.
00:27:46You fool.
00:27:47She turned up last night
00:27:49just to ruin your engagement.
00:27:50She's getting back at you
00:27:52for throwing her over.
00:27:54Bravo, Baroness Fox.
00:27:55Far cleverer than your son.
00:27:57And yes,
00:27:58I did it on purpose.
00:28:00But I wasn't the only one
00:28:01who wanted this engagement ruined.
00:28:03Someone paid me handsomely.
00:28:05I merely took the opportunity
00:28:07to settle an old score
00:28:08with House of Fox.
00:28:10Who paid you?
00:28:25Vivian,
00:28:25I need a word with you.
00:28:28Last night
00:28:29wasn't what it looked like.
00:28:30Wendy set me up.
00:28:31She took advantage
00:28:32while I was drunk.
00:28:34Nothing happened.
00:28:35You have to believe me.
00:28:42You don't believe me!
00:28:46Someone paid her
00:28:47to ruin our engagement!
00:28:49What I believe
00:28:50is beside the point.
00:28:52The engagement is over.
00:28:53You know who did this,
00:28:54don't you?
00:29:00You knew all along.
00:29:02It was Alexander,
00:29:03wasn't it?
00:29:05So I was the fool
00:29:06all along!
00:29:08You Christians
00:29:09did this to me!
00:29:10Our holdings,
00:29:11our standing with the crown,
00:29:12all ruined!
00:29:13You owe us an answer!
00:29:16If you'd stood up
00:29:18and left
00:29:18when Wendy sat beside you,
00:29:20would any of this have happened?
00:29:22Yes.
00:29:23Alexander found Wendy,
00:29:24but no one forced you
00:29:26to follow her to the inn.
00:29:30Even now,
00:29:31you're making excuses
00:29:32for him.
00:29:33So the rumors are true.
00:29:36You and Alexander
00:29:36were never
00:29:37merely brothers.
00:29:40Why else would he
00:29:41destroy your engagement?
00:29:43And why are you
00:29:44still defending him?
00:29:46You've been carrying on
00:29:47with him all along,
00:29:48haven't you?
00:29:49Hold your tongue!
00:29:54Do you think
00:29:55slinging mud at me
00:29:56will restore
00:29:56the fox's fortune?
00:29:57Or give you back
00:29:58the dignity you've lost?
00:30:04When you walked out
00:30:05with Wendy,
00:30:06you should have seen
00:30:06this coming.
00:30:07Our engagement
00:30:08is finished.
00:30:09Don't come calling again.
00:30:18This isn't over.
00:30:20I'll make you both pay!
00:30:28Vivian's marriage
00:30:29is on hold.
00:30:30We'll revisit the matter
00:30:31once the rumors die down.
00:30:36Sophia Winston,
00:30:37the young lady I mentioned.
00:30:39I expect you to make
00:30:40her acquaintance.
00:30:43No interest.
00:30:44I'm not going.
00:30:45I'm not asking.
00:30:47The Winstons have
00:30:48long-standing ties
00:30:49with this family.
00:30:50There could be no
00:30:51finer match
00:30:52for the crown
00:30:53or this estate.
00:30:55I said...
00:30:56I said...
00:30:56Vivian.
00:30:59You choose.
00:31:01Either Alexander
00:31:02courts Lady Sophia
00:31:03or I send him away again.
00:31:07If you want me
00:31:08to send him away,
00:31:10I promise it won't be
00:31:11just three years
00:31:12and I'll send him
00:31:13to the ends of the earth
00:31:15until he forgets.
00:31:19Alexander.
00:31:20Mother knows
00:31:21what's best.
00:31:22Shh.
00:31:25Tomorrow,
00:31:26Earl Winston
00:31:26will bring her
00:31:27to the estate.
00:31:28She'll join Vivian
00:31:29for watercolour lessons.
00:31:31Show her around.
00:31:46I ruined your engagement
00:31:47because I thought
00:31:48you'd never defy Mother.
00:31:51I thought you loved me too
00:31:54and yet you were ready
00:31:55to hand me to someone else.
00:32:00Catherine's right.
00:32:01You need someone
00:32:02who can stand beside you
00:32:03in front of everyone.
00:32:04I don't!
00:32:05I told you.
00:32:07As long as you don't
00:32:08push me away,
00:32:09I can take anything!
00:32:11Didn't you hear her?
00:32:13She'll send you away!
00:32:16Last time it was Sandhurst.
00:32:18What about this time?
00:32:19How many more years?
00:32:21Five?
00:32:22Ten?
00:32:23You did this
00:32:24to keep me here.
00:32:26At least
00:32:28you won't have to
00:32:29go through that again.
00:32:37I knew it.
00:32:38You do love me.
00:32:44I knew it.
00:32:53You do love me.
00:33:00Give me more.
00:33:25No, Alexander, not now.
00:33:33I'm sorry.
00:33:41Give me a little more time.
00:33:43Soon, he won't answer to anyone.
00:33:47Vivian, I promise.
00:34:05Today, we'll continue our study of light and shadow in still life.
00:34:09One more thing before we begin, we've also been joined by a special assistant, invited
00:34:14by Creston Estate.
00:34:16Sophia, is it true you ought to be engaged to the young Duke?
00:34:21Perhaps.
00:34:22But he's been in the army for years.
00:34:24Probably some dreadfully serious soldier.
00:34:28Not to my taste at all.
00:34:34I'm Alexander Creston.
00:34:36I'll be assisting with this course.
00:34:40Good heavens!
00:34:42He's Rob Hanson!
00:34:49I'm Alexander Creston.
00:34:50I'll be assisting with this course.
00:34:52Any questions on your work, do ask.
00:34:55Creston?
00:34:56As in, Creston Estate?
00:34:58That's right.
00:34:59He's the young Duke.
00:35:01Sole heir to the entire Creston family.
00:35:03But why would he trouble himself with teaching?
00:35:06Wait.
00:35:07Isn't he Vivian's brother?
00:35:09Perhaps he's here to see her.
00:35:11Brother?
00:35:12Please.
00:35:13Vivian is nothing but a ward.
00:35:15She has no right to call him brother.
00:35:17He's obviously here for Sophia.
00:35:19Am I right?
00:35:20Father thinks we ought to become better acquainted.
00:35:23So he came all this way for you.
00:35:27So, he really did come for Sophia?
00:35:49Happy to see me?
00:35:51Yes.
00:35:52You're finally listening to Catherine.
00:35:55You silly thing.
00:35:57I came for you.
00:35:59Relax.
00:36:00Your hands too tense.
00:36:02It'll show in the line.
00:36:06Whatever do you think you're doing?
00:36:14Teaching you, of course.
00:36:18A little more shadow here.
00:36:21Alexander.
00:36:24People are watching.
00:36:29Afraid someone might notice?
00:36:31Then try not to react.
00:36:36The young Duke and Vivian do seem close.
00:36:46Your Grace, I understand our families are discussing a match.
00:36:50Thank you for taking this position for my sake.
00:36:53I'd like us to become better acquainted.
00:36:55Who are you?
00:37:02I'm Sophia Winston.
00:37:04The Duchess and my father are negotiating our match.
00:37:07Mother arrangements?
00:37:08Then marry her yourself.
00:37:10Absurd.
00:37:13Your Grace, how terribly rude!
00:37:17How embarrassing.
00:37:19She said he was interested in her.
00:37:20And he doesn't even know who she is.
00:37:23One day, Alexander Creston will fall for me.
00:37:32Vivian, you grew up with Alexander.
00:37:35Tell me about him.
00:37:37I'd like to know more about him.
00:37:38You fancy him?
00:37:41He's exactly the sort of gentleman I admire.
00:37:44And we may be engaged soon.
00:37:48Mother mentioned it.
00:37:52Yes!
00:37:54Father and the Duchess have already agreed.
00:37:56They're just waiting to announce it.
00:37:57She even seated me beside Alexander at dinner tonight.
00:38:00Now.
00:38:02Will you tell me about him?
00:38:21You're helping her win me over.
00:38:23She likes you.
00:38:25Catherine approves.
00:38:26Perfect, isn't it?
00:38:28Stay at the estate.
00:38:30Escort her through the season.
00:38:32Isn't that what Catherine wants?
00:38:37You're jealous.
00:38:38You're jealous.
00:38:39I'm not.
00:38:40You are. You're jealous.
00:38:41I said I'm not!
00:38:47Little fool.
00:38:52I came here for you. Sofia has nothing to do with it.
00:38:59Only for you.
00:39:00So I can see you every day.
00:39:13Someone could see us.
00:39:14Anyone could walk by.
00:39:16Then let them be.
00:39:18Sooner or later everyone will know.
00:39:20To be continued.
00:39:26To be continued.
00:39:27Vivian, I have one more question.
00:39:46Sofia.
00:39:47Maria, she saw us.
00:39:52Good. Let her see.
00:39:54It'll put an end to her hopes.
00:39:56No.
00:39:58She can't know it's me.
00:40:02So this is why you turned me down.
00:40:04Let me see who she is.
00:40:07None of your concern. Get out!
00:40:09Don't forget!
00:40:11I'm the woman you're supposed to marry!
00:40:14Keep dreaming. I'll never marry you.
00:40:18I love someone else.
00:40:20She's the only one.
00:40:26Harlot.
00:40:27Pray I never learn who you are.
00:40:30You'll answer for it if I do.
00:40:35Do you think she recognized me?
00:40:38Don't be afraid. I'm here.
00:40:40I'll keep you safe.
00:40:50How did you find Sofia today?
00:40:52I'll go upstairs and change.
00:40:58I'd wager she's quite done with this match by now.
00:41:03What did you do?
00:41:04I told her.
00:41:06I don't want her.
00:41:08And I won't marry her.
00:41:10Sofia is by far the most suitable match for you.
00:41:13You're the future Duke of Creston.
00:41:16Your marriage affects this family's standing with the crown.
00:41:19And what about me?
00:41:21Beyond being Creston's heir, have you ever treated me as your son?
00:41:24Or perhaps you never wanted a son.
00:41:27You only wanted a tool to keep Creston's state in your grip.
00:41:31You want me married off for wealth, for status.
00:41:35Everything I've done is for your own good.
00:41:38Three years ago you used those very words to send me away to Sandman.
00:41:41And now you're using them again to force me into a marriage I never wanted.
00:41:45You know who I love.
00:41:46You know perfectly well, yet you'd still have me marry someone else.
00:41:50Everything I've done is to keep you from destroying yourself.
00:41:53The one destroying me has always been you.
00:41:56Alexander, take that back.
00:41:58Which part was wrong?
00:42:00Alexander, let me tell you just how terribly mistaken you are.
00:42:04All I've ever cared about is the honor of this house.
00:42:08A house that has stood for over a century.
00:42:11Four generations of blood and statecraft built it.
00:42:15One incest scandal would destroy it.
00:42:17I will not allow it.
00:42:19Rumors. It's always rumors with you.
00:42:22Vivian is a ward.
00:42:23What we have is not incest.
00:42:25This talk of incest is absurd.
00:42:28That is what you believe.
00:42:29When rumors of incest sweep through London,
00:42:31no one will care what the truth is.
00:42:34Creston will be cast out of society.
00:42:37Perhaps even by the crown itself.
00:42:41No, mother.
00:42:42No one will care.
00:42:44The Hortons of Devon, weavers three generations ago.
00:42:47Now they hold two seats in parliament.
00:42:49The chambers of Liverpool.
00:42:50Their grandfather was a dock foreman.
00:42:52Their daughter married an earl.
00:42:54Your circle of respectable families is not what it was, mother.
00:42:58Those upstatters are not true nobility.
00:43:02They bought their way in.
00:43:04But they can't buy our history.
00:43:09History?
00:43:11I've seen history in the trenches, mother.
00:43:14Duke's sons lay beside blacksmith's sons.
00:43:16The same mud covered them all.
00:43:19No one could tell who was who.
00:43:21The front is the front.
00:43:22London is London.
00:43:24You'll find this city hasn't changed a single rule.
00:43:28Not for any man's death.
00:43:30Asquit's budget nearly broke the House of Laws.
00:43:33Do you remember? 1909.
00:43:36That was politics.
00:43:38That was a signal.
00:43:38The lords were compelled to yield.
00:43:41Compelled, mother. Not willingly.
00:43:44Suffragettes chained themselves to the railings at Downing Street.
00:43:48Members stepped over them to go inside.
00:43:51The whole structure is shifting.
00:43:53Can you not feel it?
00:43:54What I see is my son dressing up folly as principal.
00:43:58Without allies, without parliament,
00:44:00that dukeral cronet on your head will be nothing but an empty shell.
00:44:05Once you inherit the title, you will stand entirely alone.
00:44:10That coronet was always an empty shell.
00:44:15I can walk away from it.
00:44:17But I won't walk away from Vivian.
00:44:27Fine. Let's talk about Vivian.
00:44:30If she's with you now, everyone will call her the ward who seduced the air.
00:44:34Once that label sticks, she loses everything.
00:44:37Friends, reputation, her future.
00:44:40If you truly cared for her, you wouldn't let her walk this path.
00:44:44Mother, times are changing in ten years.
00:44:45And what is she meant to live on until then?
00:44:47Your times are changing?
00:44:50Me.
00:44:51I love her, and she loves me.
00:44:53I'll take care of her.
00:44:55Darling, hasn't everything you have come from Creston?
00:45:00Without Creston, how could you possibly protect her?
00:45:05Alexander,
00:45:07have you ever wondered how I found out about you two three years ago?
00:45:10Not the servants.
00:45:11I didn't send anyone looking.
00:45:15She came to me, Vivian.
00:45:17She knocked on my door and told me everything.
00:45:20She chose to end it.
00:45:25If what you say is true,
00:45:27if neither of you cared what the world thought,
00:45:31then why did she come to me?
00:45:35If neither of you cared what the world thought,
00:45:39then why did she come to me?
00:45:42You're lying.
00:45:44Vivian would never do that.
00:45:45You're afraid.
00:45:46You don't understand.
00:45:48You don't want to go upstairs and ask her.
00:45:53Because once you do, there's no turning back.
00:45:56The truth's been here three years.
00:45:58It'll still be here tomorrow.
00:46:01Take your time.
00:46:03I expect better of you tonight.
00:46:07Vivian, run back to your room. There's still time.
00:46:21So three years ago,
00:46:23you went to her.
00:46:25So you know.
00:46:32How ironic.
00:46:34Because I was afraid.
00:46:38It's not you I fear.
00:46:40It's what you do for me.
00:46:42That night,
00:46:42I saw the fire in your eyes.
00:46:45It told me you would do anything for me.
00:46:48But one day,
00:46:49you'd burn yourself up.
00:46:51I can't be the one who ruins you.
00:46:54I can't live with that.
00:46:55So I went to Catherine
00:46:58before she came for me.
00:47:01So you chose to leave first.
00:47:03I chose to end it.
00:47:06Before it burned everything down.
00:47:08For three years, I believe she'd taken you from me.
00:47:11At Sandhurst, I kept telling myself
00:47:13you'd been pressured or threatened.
00:47:16I thought if I held on,
00:47:17when I got out, I'd find you.
00:47:19We'd still have a chance.
00:47:23Alexander.
00:47:24You thought you were protecting me!
00:47:26You took that choice away from me!
00:47:31I'd rather you told me you were forced.
00:47:33Threatened.
00:47:34Any reason but your own choice.
00:47:36Instead you tell me.
00:47:38You chose this.
00:47:41You're right.
00:47:43I was the one who walked away first.
00:47:45There's no other way to look at it.
00:47:47Nothing worth your pity.
00:47:50But I stood upstairs for ten minutes.
00:47:52I heard you down there,
00:47:54telling her you didn't care what anyone thought.
00:47:57I heard all of it.
00:47:59I didn't go back to my room.
00:48:01What do you want me to say?
00:48:02That I was wrong.
00:48:03I was wrong.
00:48:04That I should have trusted you.
00:48:06I should have.
00:48:07That those three years are my fault.
00:48:10It's my fault, all of it.
00:48:12I'll say whatever you need me to say,
00:48:14but I can't return those years to you.
00:48:16I can't.
00:48:17All I can tell you.
00:48:21All I can tell you is this is true.
00:48:24What is this?
00:48:25I'm afraid.
00:48:27Still afraid.
00:48:28The same as three years ago.
00:48:30Not of you.
00:48:32Not of anyone.
00:48:33I know what I would do.
00:48:35I know I'd follow you anywhere.
00:48:37Even to hell.
00:48:37So please,
00:48:39don't go.
00:48:42Please don't go.
00:48:50Is this another one of your tricks?
00:48:53Watching me ache for you?
00:48:55Defend you?
00:48:56You've had me in the palm of your hand.
00:48:58Do you enjoy that?
00:48:59No.
00:49:01Everything I said was true.
00:49:04Save it.
00:49:23Alexander, I need to talk to you.
00:49:29I'm so stupid.
00:49:32This is all my fault.
00:49:34Oh, Vivian.
00:49:36I need a favour.
00:49:38What?
00:49:39Do you know who Alexander's in love with?
00:49:42I don't know.
00:49:43I saw them kissing.
00:49:44By the music room today.
00:49:46With my own eyes.
00:49:47He kept her completely hidden.
00:49:49I couldn't even see her face.
00:49:52If I find out who she is.
00:49:58That change.
00:50:06Excuse me.
00:50:07I need to freshen up.
00:50:11Alexander and Vivian.
00:50:14Surely not.
00:50:15They're brother and sister.
00:50:17You are correct.
00:50:19The one Alexander loves is Vivian.
00:50:23What did you just say?
00:50:26Alexander destroyed my engagement to Vivian.
00:50:29He won't let her marry anyone else.
00:50:31These marriage alliances.
00:50:33They're nothing but a cover up.
00:50:35I was their tool.
00:50:37So are you.
00:50:42How dare they humiliate me like this?
00:50:44Alexander.
00:50:45Vivian.
00:50:46You made me a laughing stock.
00:50:48Now it's your turn.
00:50:49I can't ruin you myself.
00:50:51Someone else will.
00:50:56Have you heard.
00:50:58Have you heard.
00:50:58About the young duke.
00:51:00And the ward.
00:51:03The ward who produced her own brother.
00:51:06The Creston scandal.
00:51:12Harlot.
00:51:28You've got the Bourne ward.
00:51:37I treated you with courtesy because you were Alexander's sister.
00:51:40And yet you had the audacity to seduce him.
00:51:44I didn't.
00:51:45No?
00:51:46Then who was kissing him in the corridor?
00:51:48Is it true?
00:51:48The young duke and his adopted sister are lovers.
00:51:53I knew Vivian had designs.
00:51:57You're nothing but a charity case the Duchess dragged out of the gutter.
00:52:01And you think you're worthy of the young duke.
00:52:06I hurt Alexander.
00:52:08I buried my feelings.
00:52:10All to prevent this nightmare.
00:52:12But it came anyway.
00:52:15I...
00:52:17Never...
00:52:17Seduced him.
00:52:20Still denying it.
00:52:22I'll teach you your place!
00:52:24No one believes me.
00:52:26No one's on my side.
00:52:27I deserve this.
00:52:29Stop!
00:52:33Stop!
00:52:38How dare you lay a hand on one of my own.
00:52:41In my house!
00:52:43Alexander, that wretch!
00:52:44Vivian is a Creston!
00:52:50Anyone who insults her insults Creston.
00:52:53The doors of Creston will be closed to you forever.
00:52:56The Winstons application to renew their crown hunting leaves.
00:52:59I'll be writing to the estate trust committee to request a full review.
00:53:04You can't! It would cost my family dearly!
00:53:06Wasn't Lady Sevilla supposed to marry the young duke?
00:53:09Yet he...
00:53:10Remember what young fox claimed?
00:53:12Alexander broke their engagement.
00:53:13All because of Vivian.
00:53:15Those two truly be the war's luck to seduce her.
00:53:22You're all wrong!
00:53:26It wasn't her!
00:53:26She never seduced me.
00:53:28I was the one who desired her.
00:53:35You're all wrong!
00:53:37It wasn't her!
00:53:40Dinner is about to be served.
00:53:42Please, take your seats.
00:53:45Alexander.
00:53:47Vivian.
00:53:47This is quite disgraceful.
00:53:50Go upstairs and make yourselves presentable.
00:53:57Don't say it.
00:53:59It'll destroy you.
00:54:09He said it wasn't her.
00:54:11So what was it then?
00:54:13Surely he doesn't fancy the ward.
00:54:15Don't be absurd.
00:54:17The committee would never allow it.
00:54:20One hint of involvement with the ward.
00:54:23Creston may well know.
00:54:33Why did you stop him?
00:54:35Did you hear what they said?
00:54:37In a few days you'll turn 22.
00:54:40You'll formally inherit the title.
00:54:43You can't be caught up in a scandal now.
00:54:46You're worried about me.
00:54:52You're still angry with me?
00:54:54Yes.
00:54:56But I'm angry with myself.
00:54:58I should have reached you sooner.
00:55:00She wouldn't have humiliated you.
00:55:02Thank you for standing up for me tonight.
00:55:05But the more you protect me, the more they'll talk.
00:55:08Your reputation, your future, the Dutch...
00:55:10I'll silence them.
00:55:11Every last one.
00:55:13How?
00:55:14You can't silence everyone.
00:55:16Today it's the estate.
00:55:18Tomorrow it'll be the whole county.
00:55:22The whole of society.
00:55:25The Winstons will be first.
00:55:28Anyone else who dares speak can expect the same.
00:55:32Trust me.
00:55:33Alexander, I'm not worth it.
00:55:35I'll be the judge of that.
00:55:38Does it hurt?
00:55:49Do you know how much of your mess I cleaned up tonight?
00:55:53The Winstons cornered me at the ball over their hunting grounds' application.
00:55:57Was that your doing?
00:55:59Yes.
00:56:01If that application is denied, they'll be utterly disgraced before the crown.
00:56:06The Winstons are our allies.
00:56:07You can't treat them this way.
00:56:10Then why don't you ask what Sophia did?
00:56:13Whatever she did, it doesn't justify this.
00:56:16Those ladies will talk.
00:56:17By morning, all of London will know the heir to Creston publicly defended a ward.
00:56:21Anyone who hurts Vivian will pay for it.
00:56:24Alexander?
00:56:25Who's he talking to?
00:56:28All this.
00:56:29Because of Vivian.
00:56:31That's right.
00:56:33Let everyone see the cost of hurting her.
00:56:36Is he threatening Catherine?
00:56:39After tonight, the whole aristocracy will think the Crestons are turning on their own allies!
00:56:44Do you think I care?
00:56:47I order you to apologize to the Winstons at once.
00:56:51Withdraw your interference with their application.
00:56:54This can still be put right.
00:56:56You have no one left on the committee.
00:57:01What did you just say?
00:57:04The day you sent me to Sandhurst, I couldn't fight back so I made a decision.
00:57:09I'd take your power piece by piece.
00:57:11You use every word.
00:57:12He is finding us a way out, even if it means defying Catherine.
00:57:15It took three years, but I did it.
00:57:19Vivian, you'd destroy the Winstons and turn against your own mother?
00:57:23Isn't this what you've always wanted?
00:57:24For me to take control of Creston Estate?
00:57:27Well, now I have.
00:57:29Shouldn't you be proud, mother?
00:57:31I brought Vivian home to be your companion.
00:57:35I never imagined you'd turn on me for her.
00:57:37Your father died when you were four.
00:57:40Eighteen years I held this house together just to secure your place as heir.
00:57:44Mother, you never really saw me.
00:57:48And you never listened.
00:57:50When father died, you carried this family.
00:57:54I know it was hard.
00:57:56But you used it to make me nothing but the heir.
00:57:59You're the heir to Creston.
00:58:01You were born to this, as were we all.
00:58:04But I despise it!
00:58:06The title of young duke is a shackle I can never escape.
00:58:09Everyone sees the young duke.
00:58:11No one sees Alexander Creston.
00:58:16Except for Vivian.
00:58:18It was Vivian who made me feel human.
00:58:21So for Vivian, I'll wear those shackles willingly.
00:58:25If that's what it takes to keep her safe.
00:58:28So, he did all of this for me.
00:58:32For three years, at Sandhurst in London, in every place I couldn't reach,
00:58:37he fought for our future.
00:58:38All alone.
00:58:40But you can't fight them all.
00:58:42Not alone.
00:58:43The Estate Trust Committee will never let you marry a penniless commoner.
00:58:46When that day comes, you'll regret this.
00:58:53Then let's find out.
00:59:10This time, you won't be alone.
00:59:13I'll be right here with you.
00:59:15Do you know how long I've waited to hear that?
00:59:17I won't push you away.
00:59:19Not anymore.
00:59:19I don't care what they say, or who stands against us.
00:59:35For three years, every single day I wanted this.
00:59:42Just this.
00:59:46So did I.
01:00:15Alexander, you...
01:00:17I told you, every day I've missed you, I've missed you.
01:00:22Alexander!
01:00:34Are you sure?
01:00:38I don't think you want me to stop.
01:00:42You're terrible.
01:00:47Vivian, you're playing with fire.
01:00:50I don't know.
01:00:58I don't know.
01:01:31Shall I wake you the same way I did last night?
01:01:43I should get back. The maid will be coming for me.
01:01:47No need. I'd say the whole estate knows. You spent the night here.
01:02:06People will talk.
01:02:08Do you regret what you said last night?
01:02:11Of course not.
01:02:15I won't push you away again. Not ever.
01:02:21Show me.
01:02:28Someone's at the door.
01:02:30Sir, the Duchess requests your presence downstairs.
01:02:38Sir, the estate trust committee has arrived.
01:02:48They request you come down to discuss the succession.
01:02:53Wait for me.
01:02:59Someone has informed the estate trust committee about the heir and Miss Vivian.
01:03:03Three chairmen's have arrived. They're waiting in the drawing room and expect an explanation from you today.
01:03:13I hope you've prepared for more than merely me.
01:03:16You'll see.
01:03:25The heir to Creston embraced in such a scandal.
01:03:28Disgraceful!
01:03:29If word gets out, the house of Creston will lose all standing in society.
01:03:33The crown could even reclaim the dukery lands.
01:03:45The crown could even reclaim the dukery lands.
01:03:50Where is the Duchess?
01:03:52She will not be attending today.
01:03:54From today, all Creston affairs come through me.
01:04:02My lord, your conduct has brought disgrace upon the house of Creston.
01:04:07The committee is considering replacing you as heir.
01:04:10And you presume to take control of the estate.
01:04:13Have you the standing to discuss the discussion?
01:04:20Your lordship, permit me to speak plainly.
01:04:22The committee convened today on account of evidence, evidence of an improper relationship between yourself and Miss Vivian,
01:04:29the ward of Creston.
01:04:34Under Article 17 of the Creston estate Strict and Dale settlement,
01:04:39should you insist on marrying a woman of no recognized lineage,
01:04:42the committee will invoke immediate adjudication.
01:04:45Should the duration proceed, all 13 Creston tenancies will be frozen.
01:04:50All external investments will require joint authorization of the committee directory.
01:04:54For the duration, you will not have access to a single penny of the dukery lands.
01:04:58What else?
01:05:00Most critically, once adjudication begins, your right of succession comes under review.
01:05:06So I'd lose everything? The title? The fortune?
01:05:10Succession is no small matter, Alexander. I urge you to treat it as such.
01:05:14Who told you about this improper relationship?
01:05:16I did. You tore apart our family's alliance for that ward.
01:05:21You humiliated me publicly.
01:05:23So don't blame me for revealing everything.
01:05:25The committee will never let a man who disgraces the house inherit the title.
01:05:29It seems the lesson I taught the House of Winston didn't quite take.
01:05:32Speaking of Creston's honor...
01:05:42Graduated from the Royal Military Academy first in my year.
01:05:45Awarded the Army Medal of Distinction.
01:05:47Then North Africa.
01:05:49Border operations.
01:05:50Three commendations.
01:05:52One personally presented by His Majesty.
01:05:55This is what I brought back for Creston.
01:05:58Someone here claims I've disgraced the house.
01:06:03Do tell me.
01:06:04Which part exactly was dishonored?
01:06:09Military honors are one thing.
01:06:11Personal conduct is another.
01:06:13Lady Sofia, in what capacity are you sitting here today?
01:06:17You are not a member of this committee.
01:06:22What we're addressing is you and Miss Vivian.
01:06:25Rumors of an illicit affair have gravely damaged Creston's reputation.
01:06:28Several families have refused to do business with us.
01:06:31Left unresolved, Creston stands to suffer considerable losses.
01:06:36Over the past three years, Creston's annual revenue has increased by 47%.
01:06:40Your dividends tripled.
01:06:44I renegotiated seven of our 13 tenancies while still at Sandhurst.
01:06:49Ledgers are ledgers.
01:06:50Numbers don't excuse impriority.
01:06:52Gentlemen, does Profit give him license to disregard the strict entails?
01:06:55Lady Sofia, sit down.
01:07:06The figures are genuine.
01:07:07I can verify that much.
01:07:09Alexander, you are without question Creston's finest heir.
01:07:14I don't need Creston.
01:07:16Creston needs me.
01:07:19Your Lordship, the committee understands your position.
01:07:21But the strict entails stands.
01:07:23We cannot look away or the committee's authority means nothing.
01:07:27All we ask is a public statement clarifying your relationship with Miss Vivian.
01:07:30Then the matter rests.
01:07:31Of course, the entail governs what is seen.
01:07:37What happens in private is not the committee's concern.
01:07:42In three days, I turn 22.
01:07:44A fitting day for an investimation, I should think.
01:07:51Of course, your grace. The committee will be there to witness.
01:07:56That's it!
01:07:57He's involved with the ward and the committee simply...
01:08:00Enough!
01:08:01Miss Winston, watch your tongue.
01:08:03This is Creston business.
01:08:05You have no right to question it.
01:08:10You think the committee actually cares who I love?
01:08:13They care about one thing only.
01:08:16Their own interests.
01:08:17And that's exactly what I can give them.
01:08:20This isn't over!
01:08:25I agreed to make a statement, not to deny us.
01:08:28To make us official.
01:08:33Clause 17 of the strict entail.
01:08:36They'll see what I've done.
01:08:45The heir has won over the committee.
01:08:47He has formally assumed control of Creston Estate.
01:08:50He is the new steward.
01:08:52Twenty years it took me to bring those men to him.
01:08:55He did it in a single morning.
01:08:57Because he's standing on your shoulders.
01:09:04He couldn't have done any of this without you.
01:09:07Perhaps it's time to let him carry the burden.
01:09:10Out of the question.
01:09:11Mother, Alexander is strong.
01:09:13Stronger than either of us imagined.
01:09:16Please trust him.
01:09:18This has nothing to do with his strength.
01:09:21As long as he insists on choosing you, none of this can happen.
01:09:25What if we gave it all up?
01:09:27Left this place?
01:09:29Would you give us your blessing?
01:09:33For you he turned against his own mother.
01:09:36Of course he'd give up everything too.
01:09:40Where would you go?
01:09:42We've talked about it.
01:09:44Perhaps we could leave this place.
01:09:47Go somewhere no one knows us.
01:09:49If we left, Mother would be heartbroken.
01:09:53I'm all she has.
01:09:54I can't bear to leave her alone.
01:09:56He's never said that to me.
01:09:58Not once.
01:09:59We won't run.
01:10:00In three days he inherits the title.
01:10:03He'll announce our engagement.
01:10:04We want your blessing.
01:10:05No.
01:10:07You cannot do this.
01:10:08Mother, do you truly despise me?
01:10:11No, darling, I don't hate you.
01:10:13I never have.
01:10:14It's your station.
01:10:16To inherit the Ducati.
01:10:19Alexander cannot marry an orphan of no noble birth.
01:10:22If he chooses you, he ferfeits the title.
01:10:27It's a condition set by our ancestors.
01:10:36Hold him the investment now.
01:10:38Does that mean he's dealt with the scandal?
01:10:40I heard he can only claim the title if he clarifies his relationship with the ward tonight.
01:10:50Is the statement ready?
01:10:54Alexander.
01:10:55Clear this up today.
01:10:57Or you're finished.
01:10:58Lady Sophia, may I sit beside you?
01:11:05Don't disappoint me, son.
01:11:10His Lordship, Alexander Creston.
01:11:32By His Majesty's grace, and with all of you as witnesses, the succession of the Creston title is a solemn
01:11:38matter.
01:11:40To mark this occasion before you all is an honor for the House of Creston, and for myself.
01:11:49Before we proceed, there is one matter I wish to address.
01:11:54Recently, certain rumors about the Creston name have been circulating.
01:12:00Today, I intend to settle the matter of Vivian and me.
01:12:06Once, and for all.
01:12:09You say she seduced me.
01:12:14That is false.
01:12:18We are family.
01:12:24No.
01:12:25Don't do this.
01:12:27But we are more than family.
01:12:29We are in love.
01:12:34What on earth did he say?
01:12:37What did he say?
01:12:39Did I hear that right?
01:12:43That little scoundrel.
01:12:46Yes.
01:12:47You heard me.
01:12:48I love Vivian.
01:12:50And I intend to marry her.
01:12:58Alexander.
01:12:59You've chosen a fine moment to ruin yourself.
01:13:02You've been saying such things in a place like this.
01:13:06Let's help him along.
01:13:08God heavens, do you think that he was the heir with the ward?
01:13:13Absurd.
01:13:14Declaring an affair with the ward before all of society.
01:13:18How is this any different from incest?
01:13:21Shhh.
01:13:21What?
01:13:27What?
01:13:33I have to take.
01:13:37Asp.
01:13:39Asp.
01:13:44Asp.
01:13:47Whatkg?
01:13:49I have to do.
01:13:51That is what he did.
01:13:51all thinking incest no vivian is a ward of creston estate we share no blood no law no doctrine bars
01:14:02us from marriage no blood perhaps but they were raised under the same roof it would still sound
01:14:12just as improper you see scandal i understand because all you see are two names in a rumor
01:14:20but what i see is her as she truly is
01:14:31she came to creston at 10. i was 12. when she first arrived she didn't dare speak at the dinner
01:14:37table
01:14:38i tried to teach her to play the piano she wouldn't move no one had told her if a ward
01:14:43was
01:14:43allowed to touch the air's piano later she took up riding for three months she fell off the same
01:14:49pony every single time until the steward discovered the pony had a lame leg i don't know when it began
01:14:56but i found myself watching for the moment she'd come downstairs when she wasn't around the whole
01:15:01estate felt empty i knew at 14 she's all i'll ever want
01:15:0814 but the girl was it her choice the air holds all the power a mere ward she may well
01:15:17have been coerced
01:15:24no one forced me i kept pushing him away
01:15:30because i was afraid afraid i'd cost him everything everything he was born to have
01:15:37but i love him
01:15:41i was just afraid
01:15:49love how touching who's to say you haven't already shared a bed
01:15:55exactly a man like him what right is he to inherit the title
01:15:59creston has been a house of honor for over a century generations have served the crown in this nation
01:16:05creston deserves respect
01:16:11he doesn't deserve it
01:16:15bringing that ward onto the stage before all of london is that propriety
01:16:18and we're expected to let a man like that inherit the duchy
01:16:24today i'll see the creston's ruined before all of society
01:16:34what's he doing
01:16:51you say i have no honor
01:17:07the north african front
01:17:0914 months
01:17:10i bled for this country i brought back a commendation from his majesty himself
01:17:17this is my honor
01:17:19i love the woman i grew up with
01:17:21we share no blood and i say it here before you all
01:17:24that too
01:17:26is my honor
01:17:27your lordship honor is one matter
01:17:30the terms of the strict entail are quite another
01:17:34under article 17 your declaration tonight
01:17:37has triggered the committee's authority to rule
01:17:41the committee will immediately review your claim to the creston title
01:17:44alexander
01:17:47you've lost the duke
01:17:51finally
01:17:52he's lost the title
01:17:54then creston estate
01:17:56the committee has acted
01:17:59alexander
01:18:02don't worry it's all right
01:18:08you're not wrong
01:18:08if i were here tonight to inherit the old heretri title
01:18:12the one bound by the entay
01:18:15then yes
01:18:16everything you said would stand
01:18:18but who said i was here to inherit the old title
01:18:23what is he saying
01:18:25an old title
01:18:26what does he mean
01:18:27he's bluffing he has to be
01:18:29nonsense
01:18:29if not this title then which one
01:18:31what are you some other house is by blow
01:18:35your grace which commoner served the creston air
01:18:38how dare you speak so to a duchess
01:18:41insolent
01:18:42spare us
01:18:42your son's marrying a penniless orphan
01:18:44that title's as good as gone
01:18:46duchess
01:18:46keep dreaming
01:18:47only the weak need to inherit a title
01:18:51a man of worth earns his own
01:18:53now
01:18:56proceed
01:19:10by the king's authority
01:19:15is that the royal septum
01:19:18the royal envoy
01:19:19why are they here
01:19:29by the king's authority
01:19:30all loyal subjects present
01:19:33shall keep silence
01:19:34and attend
01:19:40the instristation
01:19:41shall now commence
01:19:42will the recipient please take his place
01:19:48by his majesty's royal decree
01:19:50whereas alexander creston
01:19:52distinguished himself in north africa
01:19:54was thrice commended
01:19:55once by his majesty himself
01:19:57and has rendered distinguished service
01:19:59to the crown
01:20:00his majesty is pleased to confer upon him
01:20:03the title of duke of sandhurst
01:20:05creston estate
01:20:06held under royal charter
01:20:08is hereby granted
01:20:09unto the duke of sandhurst
01:20:11the estate and all associated private holdings
01:20:14shall vest in him
01:20:15and his wife
01:20:15in perpetuity
01:20:16mother alexander is strong
01:20:18stronger than either of us imagined
01:20:20he actually
01:20:22went this far
01:20:27in his majesty's name
01:20:29i besow this cronet
01:20:34i swear to defend the realm
01:20:36and protect those i hold most dear
01:20:38until my final breath
01:20:40creston estate
01:20:41how can the crown simply take it back
01:20:43it's been with the creston family for two centuries
01:20:45the royal charter
01:20:46the creston estate was originally granted by royal charter from the previous king
01:20:50it was never hereditary property
01:20:51the crown always retained the right to reclean it
01:20:54that clause was buried deep in the deed
01:20:55hardly anyone remembers it
01:20:57besides they've granted it right back to a creston heir
01:21:00the crown's done nothing improper
01:21:02no one has grounds to object
01:21:04he truly is the finest heir creston has ever produced
01:21:10your grace the duke of sandhurst please sign the letters pertinent
01:21:24the infristillation of the duke of sandhurst is complete
01:21:29congratulations your grace
01:21:40now my first command
01:21:42anyone who has insulted my mother or my fiancee
01:21:46remove them
01:21:46they're no longer welcome here
01:21:49blast you
01:21:50unhand me
01:21:51you can't do this
01:21:53i'm the son of barren fox
01:22:02now dance with me
01:22:13you never told me you had a title
01:22:15you never asked
01:22:17besides
01:22:18if i couldn't risk my life to win a title
01:22:21what right did i have to ask you to stand beside me
01:22:23thank you for everything alexander
01:22:40this is the heir you raised
01:22:43stealing the creston's estate
01:22:48i'm no longer the steward of creston estate
01:22:51my son alexander holds that seat now
01:22:56i trust him to bear whatever comes of his decisions
01:23:02as for me
01:23:04i've spent ten years as steward
01:23:06now i only wish to be a mother
01:23:21what would you like for dinner
01:23:23we want your biscuits
01:23:25i'm no longer the steward of creston's estate
01:23:25i'm no longer the steward of creston's estate
01:23:25i'm no longer the steward of creston's estate
01:23:27i'm no longer the steward of creston's estate
01:23:28i'm no longer the steward of creston's estate
01:23:28i'm no longer the steward of creston's estate
01:23:28i'm no longer the steward of creston's estate