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Your father was poisoned.

I would say heavy doses
over a short period.

Brace, what's the matter?

The truth.

Those bastards
at the Palace have opened

a Royal Commission into
the sinking of the Influence.

You are now one of us.

You'll risk the life of your son?

Zilpha.

What have you done?

I killed him.

James, this powder is
not ready to be moved

because it is unstable.

We are leaving
because we have been betrayed.

Sir Stuart just wants
you to know... it's war.

The gloves are off.

James, what are you doing?

Go away.
I'm not fit to be near you now.

Dear Lord, we are gathered
in your presence here today

on this most sorrowful occasion
to say farewell to Winter.

Cured of her love of the world,

untouched, pure,

commended to God...

she will not be covered in earth
as corrupted flesh,

but instead will be sent to you,
O Lord...

aboard a sunrise...

Helga, I can't read the next word.

...sent to you aboard a sunrise
along the road of the river

that she loved,
as if it were her father.

...along the road of the river she
loved, as if it were her father.

What's this?

A package for Mr. Delaney.

I believe this one
is a ward of your master,

who asked me specifically

to deliver him in person
to this house today.

He's not in.

What a surprise.

Mr. Cholmondeley?

Miss Bow.

What's going on?

A bastard.

I thought, in all your charity,
you might extend some sustenance

and some shelter
to this poor, unfortunate boy.

What's your name?

Robert. It's Robert.

You know James Delaney, do you?

Yes.

Come into the house,
we'll find you something to eat

and somewhere to sleep.

Thank you.

Take into your loving arms
this purest flake of snow,

my daughter,

my light, my love...

my Winter.

I thought I might find you here.

A gentle soul,
taken from us all too soon.

You've a heart, at least.

I'm just looking for a ship.

Watching what comes and goes.

Raise her up to your heavens
and set her free by your light.

Amen.

I know you didn't do it.

And how would you know that?

Hmm?

- I very well may have.
- Mm. You might have done.

But I do know you cared for her.

You were kind to her. She told me.

The boy Robert's arrived.

Oh!

You OK?

Hello.

Did you know Winter?
Was she your friend?

No. No, no, no! No, wait!

Do you think that
this will be enough to sink her?

I've committed many bodies
to the deep in this way.

None have returned to London.

I'm sorry for your loss.

You will find a place
where the current will take her

to the wide ocean.

It's where she wanted to be.

The river will only take her body.

I will keep her soul.

There's no certainty
it was James that did it.

There's no certainty that he did not.

I'm getting scared, James.

Too many bodies in the river.

Can I sleep under your house tonight?

No. Go away,
I'm not fit to be near you now.

James!

You're among them now, aren't you?

The ones who used to sing to me.

Hm.

Was it my hand...?

Brace!

God's sake.

I received a message
that you wished to speak with me.

After you have eluded me so long.

May I sit?

Mm-hm.

I need to know why you're seeking me?

First, I must tell you that I
already know many things about you.

I need to be clear that you're
not a spirit, like the others.

No.

I'm a rationalist.

I'm carrying out an investigation
as part of a Royal Commission.

I heard that you don't drink,

that you don't fuck whores and, erm...

that you're squeezing Sir Stuart
Strange on behalf of the King.

- On behalf of justice.
- Oh, justice.

Hello.

You believe in justice?

I do.

And yet you're a rationalist.

What kind of rational man
believes in justice?

I'm investigating the sinking
of a sloop called the Cornwallis,

renamed the Influence, off
the coast of Cabinda in July 1804.

Mr. Delaney...

I have strong reason to believe
that you were aboard the ship

the night it sank.

An example of the kind of nail
you used to nail down the hold of

the East India Company ship,
the Cornwallis,

when she ran aground...

in July 1804.

Hm.

"Aye, aye, Captain," I said.

I'm aware you were following orders.

No, I happen to like driving in nails.

Takes your mind off the rain

and off of a sinking ship.

Mr. Delaney, perhaps I should
come back during daytime.

Oh, no, no, there's no use.
I am always like this.

Please, carry on.

You travelled to the Volta as a slave

and then began to deal slaves.

You stole diamonds
from a fellow slaver

and then returned to London.

I have done much worse things than...

stealing diamonds.

Yes.

I know this, too.

Ah.

What do you want?

As far as I can ascertain...

you are the only surviving member
of the crew of the Cornwallis.

I want you to write an account,
naming Sir Stuart Strange

as the man who organised the loading
of the Cornwallis with slaves...

bound for a sugar plantation
in Jumby Bay, Antigua...

owned by his own brother.

In return,
the Royal Commission will offer you

a full pardon for your crime.

For crime... it is.

I have an alternative suggestion.

In.

Ah-ha.

I have a use for you.

For the safe.

Mm-hm?

Go.

Murderer!

Murderer!

Do you know who blew up your ship?

I've been thinking
a lot about what happened, and...

and I think we were right.

There wasn't the time for such...

And we have plenty of time.

No.

No, we don't.

When you first came back,
you told me you loved me.

- I would never have thought...
- But you don't think.

Do you?

I know you.

I know your nature.

I know you. No.

I believed once
that we were the same person.

We are.

We are not. We are.

Not any more.

Hm.

Perhaps you should thank your God
for that.

No.

No, James.

No.

No, you can't do this.

Not now.

It is done. Please...

For your widowhood.

Now...

I have work to do,
so please excuse me.

- No fires within these walls.
- I'm sorry.

We're not moving the powder today,
are we?

So what's so urgent
I had to dismount from

a porky little Chinese?

This is where they kept my mother.

Hmm.

Something for your book.

The lioness will
fiercely protect her cubs,

regardless of the consequences.

Even if that means her certain death.

Helga.

Is that who you mean?

That woman will betray us.

She knows about the division
with the Americans.

That's high treason!

That's you, me and my lot
feeding the ravens of London

for at least a month.

You will not harm her.

She is harmed enough already.

Well, she'll go to the Company.

Yes.

It is inevitable.

Hmm?

Fix the roof.

Gunpowder and water don't mix.

Where's Brace?

In his room.

He's been there all day,
either mad or sick or drunk.

We knocked.

He won't answer.

Brace, you are not sick
and you are not dead yet.

Come out, or I will come in there
and drag you out.

Talk to me about the rats.

Every house has rats.

Hmm.

But after you bought
so much arsenic...

from the apothecary in Rotherhithe...

Pinch after pinch...

after pinch.

It's a great deal of poison.

Still, we have rats.

What's that?

Your father's buttons...

from his dress coat.

I kept them.

It was a kindness.

For who?

We couldn't go on, James.

But you did.

You were dead.
Everyone was at his throat.

He was burning his own flesh!

He had no need to go on.

Nothing left to live for.

Hm.

So you did him a kindness.

I put an end to his pain.

You did him...

a kindness.

I killed him!

You came back too late!

For both of us.

You are wanted urgently downstairs.

Mrs. Delaney is destroying
the kitchen.

She's about to ruin a duck.

Your ten o'clock
is 20 minutes early, sir.

Oh, good.

Then my 12 o'clock can be my 11.30,
my one o'clock can be my 12,

and before you know it, the day
will be over before it's begun.

Send him in.

It's a woman, sir.

Actually, two women, sir.

Let me get this clear.

You were witness to the division
of gunpowder and you heard,

with your own ears, that a
proportion of this said powder

was to be sold to a citizen
of the United States of America?

Not sold, but given.

On direct instruction
of James Delaney himself, sir.

And you witnessed this, too?

- She will have to say it, sir.
- Yes, yes.

Ssh.

You'll have to say it out loud.

You witnessed
the division of the gunpowder

and you heard its destination.

Yes, I did, sir.

And you were both being paid
for your services

by James Keziah Delaney himself?

In gold.

And silver.

And you're a British citizen?

German by birth, British by marriage.

And you?

I'm from Dulwich, sir.

Dulwich?

Very good.

Gentlemen, we have two witnesses
willing to testify that

Delaney gave gunpowder
to an enemy of the Crown

within the confines
of the City of London...

compassing the death
of His Majesty the King.

Well, it's...

treason.

High treason.

We have him.

We fucking have him!

We have Delaney, we have Nootka,

we have the China trade.

We have opium, tea and powder.

He'll be cut to pieces.

A piece each, gentlemen.

Gentlemen.

Sir?

Can we go now?

Go?

No, no, no, no.

You are far, far too precious
to go anywhere.

And as accessories for a crime
against the Crown,

there will be due process.

Take them.

You'll be held in a secure place
until your pardon

can be exchanged
for your testimony in court.

What?

Ugh! Get off me!

Don't hurt them! Get off me!

Where is he?

They would not be denied, sir.

This is the Prince's house.

You should have dragged them out
on their arses.

Stuart Strange is a Knight of
the Realm, I could not lay

- a hand on him.
- Ssh, ssh, ssh.

What the hell do you think
you're doing?

We have some rather good news...

for British patriots everywhere.

James!

James! You are betrayed!

Two women came to Leadenhall...

I know.

Where are they now?

A safe house.

I have the address.

I have a use for you.

There's someone I need you to see.

"In the event of a conviction
for high treason,

compassing the death
of our Lord the King,

then the law of 'Corruption of Blood'

will take precedence over all other.

All land, property, chattels
and investments of the guilty party

will pass without hindrance
to the Crown.

And by dint of 'Corruption of Blood',

all family members of the guilty party

will be deemed corrupted

and any claim to land, property,
chattels or investment...

will be null and void."

So... you've not only
delivered us Delaney,

it appears you've delivered
Nootka Sound to the King.

Hm.

Why?

Well, as loyal subjects of the Crown,

we feel it is our duty

to expose disloyalty and treason
in time of war.

- However...
- Go on.

...the ladies who are to give
the crucial evidence

against James Delaney
are now in the protective custody

of the East India Company.

Their whereabouts are...

known to just a handful
of trusted directors

so, to ensure their safe delivery,

we humbly suggest
you assign a monopoly.

The trade in sea otter pelts for tea

between Nootka and China.

In favour of the loyal and...

honourable East India Company.

The King gets the land.

You get the tea trade.

You got lucky with a whore, Stuart.

Well, there was an element of fortune.

And an element of God's grace.

And an element of strategy.

Hm.

So get to it.

Arrest the bastard.

Thank you, madam.

Mr. Chichester, this is the man
I told you about...

Michael Godfrey.

George Chichester.

Goodness, your hand is cold.

I have been on the heath.

I'm not sure
I can go through with this.

Let us at least sit and talk.

You lead a very interesting life.

James, if he is religious
and scornful...

I am scornful of those who judge.

I myself am only concerned
with men's minds...

clothes are of no interest to me.

We can talk with purpose or without.

Godders, no gin.

Your account of the sinking of
the Cornwallis changes everything.

Is there no world in which I could
offer my account anonymously?

A Royal Commission cannot accept
anonymous testimony.

I would be reporting things
said from a raised hand...

Yes.

...by the most senior directors
of the East India Company.

Yes.

How long have you worked
for the East India Company?

I have only been clerk for 12 years.

I have no idea how many years
it was going on for...

No, but you were present
during the meeting when Sir Stuart

concealed the facts about
the sinking of the Cornwallis.

Would you agree to testify?

Mr. Chichester, would you please
allow me a few moments alone?

Now, listen here, Godders,
I'm going to sail away, all right?

And all of those who have use to me
will sail along with me.

And on my ship,

there will be no rules
and there will be no judgment.

We're sailing to a new world
and that is the plan.

James...

you are a fool.

They are going to hang you.

No.

No, their case will flounder.
They can't.

And we can make this happen.

You and me.

And the best of it...

you will never have to testify.

My ship will sail long before
the commission even sits.

All you have to do is make-believe...

to this man here.

All right?

Now, you can do that, can't you?

Right. Right.

Hm.

We're good. Mr. Godfrey has decided
he will do the honourable thing.

Your testimony will be with you
within the week.

Signed?

And sealed.

And if required,
he will stand up in court?

Let the good Lord be my witness...

I will yell out the truth
to the four winds.

Until that happy resolution,
I bid you good day, gentlemen.

Mount up! To the Molly House!

I cannot pack up my entire life
in five minutes.

Well, you can pack it up
or you can lose it.

This is ridiculous. What about you?

I'm being followed.

The Crown have soldiers searching
for me everywhere, so it ends here.

Here? Yes.

When?

- I don't know.
- Jesus Christ!

Are you just going to sit?!

Well, what's the use in hiding?
I need a ship and passage.

James, they're not going to give you
a ship, they're going to hang you!

No, no, no. Look...

go to this address, all right?

There will be a man with markings
on his face to meet you...

he will take you to my friend Atticus.

Tell my friend Atticus where Helga is.

Write your account...
he will secure it and keep you safe.

Safe? Safe?

When my ship is ready,
I will send for you.

James, for God's sake,

you don't have a bloody ship!

No.

Not yet.

Right, ladies,
you might want to leave this place.

There are soldiers coming.

Soldiers? Then surely we should stay!

You're almost out of wine!

I know! That wine's gone to my head!

Oh, here he comes.

Who said that?

Me.

Right.

I suggest that you leave
very quickly...

and very, very quietly...

or you can stay...

for the extreme violence
that is coming your way.

- Your choice.
- Come on, ladies.

Hm.

Go!

He must be taken alive...

by order of His Majesty King George!

In here, Captain!

James Keziah Delaney,

you are hereby charged
with high treason,

compassing the death
of our Lord the King!

Dr. Dumbarton!

A merchant has been arrested
for high treason.

In league with Americans...
you must clear out.

When my reds are red
and my whites are white

and my blues are blue,
then I will clear out.

All right.

You bastard!

You traitor!

Get up!

- Where's Temple?
- He's not coming!

Don't he want his share?

- Hurry up, Temple!
- Come on, Temple!

Hello. I've been looking for you.

I want her to forgive me.

For what?

You know it's a sin not to tell
the truth in a sacred place.

Brace?

Brace? Brace, where's James?
I need to talk to him.

Brace, I spoke to a witness.

It wasn't James that killed the girl,

it was the Company,
it was the East India Company.

I need to tell James.

Arsenic is gentle.

It was mercy.

Horace was no longer a Christian soul.

I only wish I'd killed James, too.

Give him a kind death.

Protect him from himself.

Instead, they've got him.

What do you mean? Where is he?

They took him to the Tower...

where no-one will be kind enough
to feed him arsenic.

Mr. Delaney...

His Majesty seeks information.

I really have no taste for this,

so perhaps we can conduct
this business like gentlemen.

They will allow no easy escape...

to death.

Since it is imperative
that we keep you alive

until after your conviction
for treason,

the doctor is here
to help and assist Mr. Arrow,

who will do most
of the necessary work.

Although, for some tasks,

he will need helpers
with strong hands.

And together, they will walk you
along a tightrope.

A line between life...

and death.

We need the names of all the people

who helped you manufacture
the gunpowder...

move the gunpowder,
but most pressingly of all,

we need the names of all the members

of the Society
of Secret Correspondence

that you have dealt with.

The Americans.

The places you met.
Code names, signals.

The location of the powder
you gave them.

Now, if you can give me all that

and what you tell us is corroborated,

then... then these people
won't be needed

and you will await trial
in the same cell

that Thomas Moore occupied,

with not an unpleasant view
of the River Thames.

So...?

I will give you all the information
that you request...

but in return,
I will need a single meeting with

Sir Stuart Strange
of the East India Company

here, in a cell, and in private.

News of my arrest
will already be spreading.

Those people that you seek...
they will already be fleeing London.

You allow me my meeting
with Stuart Strange and perhaps,

perhaps you will catch your Americans

before they reach the ports.

How long do you think it'll take?

One, maybe two hours.

Well, in that case, Mr. Delaney,
Sir Stuart Strange is busy.

Give us the Americans
and then we'll stop!

Sir!

What did you say?

Mr. Delaney, what did you say?

Stuart Strange...

Caddy...

if you've lost your master,
go to the clubhouse and ask.

Thank you.

Don't stand there gawping.

I have no master, sir.

Well, you're not a player.

No. Not of this game.

Look, do you mind?
I've got a shot to make.

So make it.

Who the hell are you?

My name is George Chichester.

And when you have taken your shot,
I'd like to talk to you.

I have nothing to say to you.

You should know that I have testimony

from a reliable witness...

I've told you,
I have nothing to say to you.

...someone who will swear on oath
that it was you who organised

the loading of human cargo onto
the Cornwallis bound for Antigua.

If your witness is Delaney, I think
you should know that, even now,

he is being held in the Tower
of London charged with treason.

Your "reliable witness" is a plotter
against the life of the King!

No.

I have another witness.

Where exactly are we going?

Fuck!

We are aware that you have a certain...

capacity for pain...

which is why we've invited Dr. Ling.

His unearthly potions...

alter perceptions.

The ducks will be flying.

All the coaches to Bath
and Southampton

- are being searched, Your Highness.
- For what? For whom?

We have no idea who they are,
who they pretend to be.

It's been 12 hours!

He will break.

No, he won't.

Goddamn it, where are you?

The lady at his lodging said

she hadn't seen him
since this morning, sir.

Oh, fuck.

It seems there is much
about our friend Godfrey

that we didn't know, sir.

What?

I went into his room.

Half of his clothes
were women's clothes.

He was a Molly, sir.

Delaney was arrested
at the Molly House.

Delaney will have put
Godfrey up to this. Hm?

He'll have hidden him
in the dark places

where Delaney is king,

where giving up Delaney is treason.

Mr. Delaney?

Do you have anything to say to me?

Mr. Delaney,
do you have anything to say to me?

Stuart Strange.

Give him what he wants.

This is absurd.

My God, look at you.

Well, your plan worked...
you in a cell, me on a hook.

I'm here. What do you want?

I have a use for you.