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Start loading those crates. Be
careful with them. Quickly, quickly.

Come on. Faster. Let's go.

Careful!

Muskets to the back.

Quickly!

Where are you going?

To take a piss.

There's a whole ocean.

I've never seen you before.

And I know everyone
who works this dock.

You'll know me now.

It's not bad. But
swift with the lever.

The impression must be even.

Watch.

I can't do it this quickly.

You can if it serves
as your livelihood.

I could print 500 pages a day.

But don't worry, boy.

I've got other plans for you.

I might have plans
of my own, you know.

Such as?

Never mind.

No, I'm all ears.

Well, I intend to
live pleasantly.

To have entertaining friends
and exciting adventures.

To reside in a house like this and
be regarded as a wit and a gentleman.

Perhaps it would be best for
you to learn a trade after all.

Do I disturb your labors?

They're more in the realm of a
distraction, Monsieur Chaumont.

To pass the time while Versailles
determines whether I, in fact, exist.

This is a philosophic question.

Well, it seems quite
practical to me.

I have something to show you.

The demand for
them is everywhere.

My factory in the Loire
can barely keep up.

What do you think?

Your face is as
famous as the moon's.

Yet invisible to
Count Vergennes.

You understand that
here in France,

to get what one wants, one
pretends not to want it.

Well, in that case, I shall pretend
to not want to be 20 years younger.

That must be in your pamphlet.

It might suit at that.

The press was
smuggled into France.

He's already printed
300 copies of his book.

- Do you want me to confiscate the machine?
- Not just yet.

Let's pretend we're unconcerned,

while he pretends not to care
about our lack of concern.

I'd recommend a
more direct method.

Of course you would, Lieutenant.

But indulge me, won't you?

Some of this is very clever.

Have you bothered to read it?

I never read the books,
Monsieur le Comte.

I only forbid them.

"Force shits upon
reason's back."

- I expect you'd agree with that.
- I've made a career of it.

Is anything going to happen?

It might when you
stop fidgeting.

A lass that was laden with care.

Sat heavily under a thorn.

I listened for a
while for to hear.

While thus she
began for to mourn.

Whene'er my own lover was near.

The birds seemed
far sweeter to sing.

The cold nipping
wintertime wore.

A face that resembled spring.

So merry as we two have been.

My heart it is
like for to break.

When I think on the
days we have seen.

I first heard that air 40 years
ago in the Allegheny Mountains,

with naught but howling
wilderness about me.

Forgive me.

I played it only to please you.

And pleasure it gave.

But

how strange to feel the
moment was only yesterday,

and I still young and untested.

With all the time
between a mere dream.

You think me a
doddering old fool?

I think you a fool to
think so little of me.

Is it the nature of Americans to be
so ungenerous with their compliments?

I will shower you with them in
excess if you give me leave.

You may begin.

Madame, I consider you the
most intoxicating person...

- Have you seen Miss...
- Jupin?

Is that her name?

That is the name of
our governess, yes.

Is that who you seek?

I sent her away for the evening.

That's what I was going to do.

Too many people
hanging about as it is.

Tell me something, Doctor.

Have you been kissing my wife?

I, monsieur?

I'd never dream of kissing another
man's wife in his own house.

Ah.

Outside the house?

Husband!

You have my undying affection.

Did you really like my singing?

It was like a bird in my hand.

Like a bird.

A bird you caught?

No. No, not exactly.

Is the bird still alive?

Yes. A living bird.

That landed in my hand

and sang.

Birds don't do that.

I didn't really understand
what I was singing anyway.

It was about sadness

and love.

Cunégonde, where are you?

I have to go.

I'd say that's quite enough
for tonight, wouldn't you?

Give me your strong
arms. Your brave souls.

There's a heavy crate
for the toughest man!

What is it... Oh!
Greetings, friend!

Welcome to our
little enterprise.

You swore to exercise caution.

And so I am.

Only legal exports
are loaded by day.

Everything else goes
under cover of darkness.

Sir, there is make-believe,
and there is business.

You pay no heed to cost,
no mind to discretion.

These are my ships!

And if this goes awry?

What will happen to me?

Your name appears nowhere in the
records of Hortalez and Company.

Any danger falls on me,
Rodrigue Hortalez of Valencia.

Any loss is mine to repay.

You don't have a
million livres to lose.

And neither do the insurgents.

That's true. But
they have goods.

Cotton, tobacco, indigo to fill
the holds when our ships return.

If they return.

I have faith, sir. The
Americans will win.

The weapons we are providing
will secure that victory.

And we will profit
by it handsomely.

Not that such things
matter to you.

You will give me your assurance
that from this moment on...

Nothing to worry about. Men
are stabbed here all the time.

So tell us, Temple.
Is she pretty?

Is she rich?

- Who?
- The girl you are seeing.

I didn't say I
was seeing a girl.

- You didn't say you weren't.
- The thing speaks for itself.

So tell us.

Well, she's short.

A little cross-eyed.
Bit of a mustache.

He's after your sister!

Madame, my most
humble apologies.

Fuck off, you prick!
Can't you see I'm working?

- Don't start anything.
- They can start. We'll finish it.

All hail the great
defender of liberty!

Charles. What tavern were
you thrown out of today?

None. But it's early yet. When
are you off to save America?

Any day now. The court is
honoring me with a commission.

- And my ass can play the flute.
- That must keep your boyfriend interested.

I'll do for you right
now, you little asshole.

Ready when you are.

What are you supposed to be?

I'm Gilbert's friend.

"I'm Gilbert's friend."

How did you get
a monkey to talk?

He is the king's brother.

Yankee Doodle went to
town Riding on a pony.

Stuck a feather up his ass
And called it macaroni.

To victory, General!

A duel at dawn. All I
want is a duel at dawn.

- Calm down, Philippe.
- For the ladies!

So that Dr. Franklin's face may be
the first they see every morning!

Yes, young gentlemen!
Delight your paramours!

Even their droppings
are like honey!

Do you know Dr. Franklin?

Sorry?

If I got his blessing...

Give it up, Gilbert. Our
families will never consent.

Glory ends all arguments.

So does a cannonball.

Do you know him?

Why would he know Dr. Franklin?

He's American, isn't he?

Yes. And you're best
friends with Voltaire.

He's my grandfather.

Oh, yes! That's him.

I was in Suriname at the time.

Where on Earth is that?

You'll find it on the northeast
coast of South America, madame.

And you may leave it there
as far as I'm concerned.

Nevertheless...

The eel.

The torporific eel, much feared by
the natives of that benighted region

for its deadly effect.

But how does it kill?

It... bites.

It electrocutes, madam.

As surely as the current
from a Leyden jar.

Can this be so?

I've observed it myself.

What a terrifying
hemisphere you inhabit.

Don't you think so,
Monsieur Chaumont?

What?

How happy then to be on dry
land and close to Paris.

No. Really?

You've already been warned.

Dr. Bancroft is intent on
curing me by killing me.

Remember me in your will.

Suriname is adjacent to our
colony in Guyana, Mother.

It's where the sugar in
this bowl comes from.

- Am I right, Mr. Bancroft?
- Yes. Or someplace like it.

No Frenchman turns his
hand to it, of course.

It's all left to
the Black Africans.

- Jacques.
- And then there is America.

Where brave patriots
fight for freedom

and whip the backs of souls they
are pleased to call property.

Is that not so,
learned monsieur?

You will find no greater
abasement of human nature.

And yet you sit across
the table from this man,

whose ships carried that unholy cargo in
exchange for the Judas coin of profit.

You uncivil whelp!

You will leave this table.

Out with you.

It's a...

It's only his way of jesting.

He goes too far, and
in the morning...

Madame.

Please.

Leave us.

Allow me the honor.

We have all been young, sir.

I take no offense.

They pulled a body out
of the water at Le Havre.

His throat slashed.

Is there a suspect
in the matter?

This is a dangerous
game, monsieur.

I would not claim otherwise.

Who will pay for all those ships
and arms if you do not win?

We will win.

Always I'm told this.

But where are the victories?

I do not see them.

With your aid, we'll win them.

But if you do not.

What then?

The Congress of the United States
will make you whole, monsieur.

You have my guarantee.

Charming sort, young Jacques.

No wonder the ladies
can't resist him.

A man was just murdered
on the docks at Le Havre.

Where precisely?

Right by the loaded ships.

Coincidence.

Perhaps.

If I'm permitted.

Well, your gout will
certainly thank you.

I told Chaumont that Congress would
pay him everything that he's owed.

Is that true?

It is now.

Be plainspoken. He can't
abide anyone who puts on airs.

But don't be falsely humble.
He'll see right through that.

Be serious but not too insistent, and
have something witty at hand to say,

but make it sound like
you just thought of it.

And don't bow.

Anything else?

Just be yourself.

The marquis is aware that
the king has forbidden

any other French officers
from leaving for America.

In serving the cause of
America, I fight for France.

This he will understand.

And you seek my blessings
for this escapade?

He needs a recommendation to
Congress and General Washington.

- If it came from you...
- For this honor, I would offer my life.

May I ask why?

Sir, the moment I
heard of America...

His heart...

Oui. My heart was... was enlisted
to fight for the liberty of man.

And your family,
they consent to this?

Have you even told them?

I wish... do a
thing that matters.

I want no pay.

I want to learn.

I know I am young.

It's not a question
of youth, Marquis.

Congress will never permit a foreigner
to hold sway over American generals.

I go to America to serve,
Dr. Franklin, not to lead.

Allow me time to consider your
most generous offer of assistance.

I conduct myself
by your devices.

I couldn't think
of anything funny.

Don't worry. I'll talk to
him. You'll have your letter.

I have learned, monsieur,

to file my dispatches to London
under two separate headings.

What I am told, and what
is actually happening.

I assure you,
Ambassador Stormont,

we have looked into the matter of
illegal smuggling most thoroughly.

- Well, not thoroughly enough, it seems.
- Well, France is full of adventurers.

Merchants sell their goods
to whomever they choose.

Bad enough for
Dr. Franklin to associate

with a known arms
dealer like Chaumont.

He's also being squired around
by that nuisance, Beaumarchais.

You really should have trusted
His Majesty's clandestine affairs

to someone a little
less obvious.

Forgive me for
saying that my faith

in the intentions of the
court is being sorely tested.

As Poor Richard says, "In
the affairs of the world,

men are saved not by faith
but by the lack of it."

Smuggling is one thing,
Monsieur le Comte,

but smugglers who travel
in fleets is quite another.

Well, the only French fleet I'm aware
of is currently fishing for cod.

I'm reliably informed that
ships are being outfitted

at this very moment in Le Havre.

Really?

Well, perhaps you'd like to
take a look at the cargo list,

- hmm?
- Please.

Fifty-two cannons, 6,132 rifles,
1,029 barrels of gunpowder

and 20,000 cannonballs.

May I ask how the ambassador
came by such a precise list?

You may not.

His Majesty's government
has no desire to interfere

in a squabble
between Englishmen.

Do you take me for a complete
imbecile, Count Vergennes?

Ah, Lindor!

I'll seal it now, though
I don't know when or how

I shall be able to
get it into his hands.

I saw him through the veil of my own
jealousy, speaking with Figaro the barber.

He's a good man.

A man who at times
showed me sympathy.

If only I could foster his
attention. Just for a moment!

I'm so glad to see you!

Are you well?

Not very well, Monsieur Figaro.

I'm dying of boredom.

I can believe it. Only
imbeciles get fat on boredom.

Who were you
talking to just now?

A young bachelor.
A relative of mine.

He has a way with words,
and he's very handsome.

A young man such as your friend
won't go unnoticed for long.

He has one big failing.

A failing! Are you sure?

He's in love.

In love?

And you call that a failing?

It is when you
haven't got any money.

Life's so unfair!

Do you think
Beaumarchais is right?

Is there no choice
between love and quiet?

He's just having a
little sport, madame.

Yes, of course.

I adopt the habit of always being
guided by my wife's opinion.

Your wife.

Will she come here?

She is passed these three years.

I am very sorry.

- What was her name?
- Deborah.

Was yours a marriage
of the heart?

She was a faithful
helpmate all her days.

I was called into the
salon by my mother one day.

Papa was there with a man
I had never seen before.

He looked old.

We talked about nothing, really.

My playmates.

My little dog.

Sweet little Velu.

I played the spinet.

Not so well. I had
only started to study.

But the man clapped his
hands and took his leave.

Arrangements were made.

I was wed to Monsieur
Brillon a month later.

I was 15.

Many sorrows in this life, Madame
Brillon, but also many pleasures.

What can we do but put aside
the one and enjoy the other?

"He who cannot be
happy in any state

can be so in no state."

- You've read my little book.
- Of course.

But how unkind not to
give me a copy yourself.

It's nothing but a
hodgepodge of trivialities.

I didn't think it
would interest you.

What a shame.

If you had, I would have
insisted everyone I know read it.

Could you insist now?

I could for a soul I
knew to be devoted to me.

Madame. I am that soul.

What?

You and I.

We do business now.

I like it.

Whoa, whoa!

Anything to declare?

See for yourself.

- Where are you headed?
- Passy.

Together?

How dare you.

I think it's worth the risk.

You do.

Gilbert is paying for
everything himself.

His service costs
America nothing.

A price that Congress
will no doubt appreciate.

Check.

Glory is what your friend
prizes, as do all young men.

Glory and recognition.

What's wrong with that?

Say he finds glory in battle.

He'll be a hero in both
countries, wouldn't he?

He'd be someone to rally around. Bring
America and France closer together.

You're getting
better at this game.

Yes?

Forgive the intrusion, Doctor.

An urgent message has
just arrived from Paris.

- My grandson and I have no secrets.
- Very well.

Lord North's private secretary
seeks a confidential interview.

He claims to be carrying
peace proposals.

Mr. Williams, as
he signs himself,

suggests meeting
on neutral ground.

An excellent way to dash
our hopes with the French.

- What do you propose?
- I'll meet him everywhere.

The Englishman will await Dr. Franklin
in his coach near the Passy barrier.

Should Dr. Franklin prefer,
he has also suggested

the gallery at the Luxembourg
Palace, or the Bois de Boulogne.

I want observers in each place.

Two-man teams.

One man watches Franklin.

The other covers
the surroundings.

Do not intervene, but don't
let him out of your sight.

I want to know who this Mr. Williams
is, how long they met for

and, if possible, what
they talked about.

I'm told it might be of some
importance to Versailles.

Do you wish me to accompany you?

I've never seen three men play
the same game of chess at once.

Just be sure that is
what's being played.

Meaning what?

Simply that you be careful.

You have a very
dark turn of mind.

I stand revealed.

Sir. Your humble servant,
Bartholomew Williams.

Forgive me if I don't return
the bow, Mr. Williams.

My knees no longer oblige.

Think nothing of it. I bring greetings
of fellowship from Lord North.

Do you?

You must have a different
understanding of the notion than I.

How so?

Well, I make it a point not to use
words that mean their opposite.

The prime minister is sincere in his
desire to see an end to this misadventure.

When may we expect
the Crown's surrender?

Well, Doctor, you
are far from home.

Perhaps the news has
reached you late.

Since your arrival here, three colonies
have been reclaimed by His Majesty.

Our army has learned from its setbacks
and eager to prosecute a summer campaign.

I believe our determination
will not be lacking.

That's a stirring tale to
romance your French patrons with.

But it is ludicrous to think that
the greatest army in the world

could be outmaneuvered by soldiers under
the command of a New Hampshire attorney,

or a battalion led by a
Rhode Island blacksmith,

or artillery directed
by a Boston bookseller.

Not to mention the incompetency
of a Philadelphia printer.

France is not your ally.

Mr. Vergennes pretends
you do not exist.

And Louis has nothing to gain
from joining with America.

Better for him that we
cut each other's throats.

Something your master, King
George, knows a great deal about.

I'm distressed you would
view that personally.

Well, how should I view it, sir?

As a simple equation.

Time and men and
money will defeat you,

and it may cost us a great deal.

But it will cost you more.

If the price is our
lives, we'll pay it.

Easy words on a
sunny day in France.

The reality is harsher.

Mr. Williams, I have the oddest
apprehension that you're threatening me.

I'm making you an
offer, Dr. Franklin.

'Cause you seek independence.

You may have it.

Now we're back to words
with different meanings.

America would be
subject to Parliament

only in matters of
policy and foreign trade.

All restrictive acts
passed would be repealed,

and you may debate the rights
of man amongst yourselves

for as much as you wish.

Goes without saying, anyone
who helped secure such a peace

would find himself
amply rewarded.

A knighthood, possibly
even a peerage.

It's enough to secure a family's
fortune for the next 500 years.

Long after this rebellion is forgotten
and its conspirators turned to dust.

Trust in your wisdom, sir.

Well, then I'll tell you
what my wisdom instructs.

You think you're going to lose.

You fear that your
army will be shattered,

your king will be humiliated
and your nation bankrupted.

And, you know, Mr. Williams,
I believe you're right.

There's always your old
profession to fall back on.

Good day, Dr. Franklin.

Good day, Mr. Williams.

How splendid you all were.

What a performance!

So what about our money?

Soon.

Well, that's a
fine-looking horse.

Jacques said I could ride
him whenever I liked.

As long as I take care of him.

You might want to stay
clear of that young man.

Is that what you
came to tell me?

For your friend, the marquis.

Though I have doubts
about him too.

My friend.

Couldn't we have
just met at the Épée?

No. Everyone sees us
there, they talk at court,

the court tells the king, and
he stops me from go to America.

What makes you think
you're going to America?

Because you...

You said I...

I am not going? No.

Tell Dr. Franklin I will repay
this favor in English blood.

Don't shed too much of your own.

We'll see each other again.

In victory.

Good luck!

Oh, no, no, no.

Well, I'm grateful for your
assistance, Master Temple.

As you can see, your grandfather
has no aptitude for bureaucracy.

These figures don't
make any sense.

- The arithmetic doesn't add up properly.
- Yes.

And look at this.

Well, it appears to
be a shopping list.

The writing on the
back looks like names.

A list of prisoners
to be exchanged.

Some I once called friends.

Your father's not on there.

I wouldn't expect so.

You hear nothing from him?

My stepmother writes, but Grandfather
won't allow me to see any of her letters.

And refuses to answer them.

Yes, well, he can be a hard man
about some things. I've seen it.

Do you think my father is
a traitor, Mr. Bancroft?

One man's traitor is
another's patriot.

It depends on which
side you stand.

Your father chose
loyalty to the Crown.

Time and fortune will tell
us if he chose wisely.

But you are here with
your grandfather,

and your loyalty must be to him.

Take these for his signature.

Make certain he signs them all,

and don't let him out of
your sight till he does.

- It's up to us to...
- Correct his mistakes.

And just so.

Go ahead!

"If three men have a
secret, murder two of them."

She translated it herself.

And quite flawlessly too.

Would you delight me
with another quotation?

Didn't I tell you your book would
be in every salon, every boudoir?

I am in awe of your
powers, madame.

What a talented liar.

How might I prove my sincerity?

You could try not flirting
with every woman in the room.

Is there perhaps another way?

I see the resemblance.

He's 73 with an
animal on his head.

But your souls are the same.

You think so?

Here is Franklin.

And here is Franklinet.

Ladies and gentlemen...

Might you briefly spare
Beaumarchais a Franklin or two?

It's just like one of his plays!

You heard this directly
from Count Vergennes?

The English ambassador had a
copy of the ship's list of cargo.

The manifest.

They know what we plan.

Before we plan it.

Which is why the man on the
dock was killed, n'est-ce pas?

You don't need to be
so excited about it.

You have to admit
it's interesting.

What are we going to do now?

Carry on.

What choice do we have?

I think I'm going to be sick.

Excuse me, madame.

- Is everything all right?
- Possibly not.

You needn't worry, boy. We're
safe enough in Passy tonight.

Someone is spying on us.
Shouldn't we find out who it is?

Easier to ask who it is not.
In the meantime, we keep...

My friend, there's

been an incident.

I blame myself.

If I hadn't been called
away on an urgent matter...

No need, Mr. Bancroft.

Whoever did this was bent
on fear, not robbery.

Perhaps someone who took offense
at your recent publication?

For all I know,
Lieutenant Lenoir,

it might have been
your own doing.

Our censors do not go so far

as to overturn printing
presses, Dr. Franklin.

Perhaps because there
are none to overturn.

Could the intruder have
taken certain documents?

Documents which might compromise
you or His Majesty's government?

I'm not much of a
hand at the paperwork.

You'd have to ask
Mr. Bancroft or my grandson.

We will.

Round up the servants.

Let's see what they
know about this.

I must ask you to
confine yourself to Passy

while we investigate
this matter.

No doubt as our
visitor intended.

With your permission,
Mr. Bancroft.

Just a few questions.

Yes, of course.

Give me your hand, Temple.

Do you know what you hold there?

Letters.

Words.

Power.

Never forget that.