1 00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:23,770 Please, there's been a misunderstanding. 2 00:00:23,850 --> 00:00:26,480 The woman who had me arrested did not pay me a wage for seven years. 3 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:27,860 She is not to be trusted. 4 00:00:27,940 --> 00:00:29,860 I am not the magistrate, sweetheart. 5 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,490 Can you send word to someone for me, please? 6 00:00:32,570 --> 00:00:36,410 Alfie Barrow. He works under the new Lady Penwood at Penwood House. 7 00:00:36,490 --> 00:00:40,040 Your working friend, or anyone who might speak on your behalf, 8 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,830 besides the fact that they are unlikely to be believed, 9 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:45,920 if the lady who sent me after you has anything to do with it, 10 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,790 she will make sure anyone who does speak for you faces personal ruin. 11 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,960 So, I can send for anyone you want, 12 00:00:54,010 --> 00:00:57,050 but you had better make sure you're well worth the trouble to them. 13 00:00:58,890 --> 00:01:00,260 No, you are right. 14 00:01:01,310 --> 00:01:02,430 Take the blanket. 15 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:04,850 If you are convicted, 16 00:01:05,850 --> 00:01:09,110 it's life behind bars… at best. 17 00:01:34,670 --> 00:01:37,300 Dearest members of the ton, 18 00:01:38,340 --> 00:01:41,640 Her Majesty the Queen honors you with her generous invitation 19 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,100 to attend the event of the season. 20 00:01:47,020 --> 00:01:51,610 It shall be, as all balls thrown by your Queen are, 21 00:01:51,690 --> 00:01:54,150 the grandest night of the year. 22 00:01:57,860 --> 00:02:01,950 Full of spectacle, glamour, delights, that sort of thing. 23 00:02:05,910 --> 00:02:10,130 Your presence is requested. Your style is required. 24 00:02:10,210 --> 00:02:13,210 Your absence, without reason, will be noted. 25 00:02:13,290 --> 00:02:15,760 The season offers some hope, at least. 26 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:17,220 With us in mourning, 27 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:20,140 at least we will not be expected at the Queen's ball. 28 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,480 -Apologies, I was simply trying to… -Of course. I am relieved. 29 00:02:27,980 --> 00:02:31,770 Avoiding events was one of my and John's most favorite shared activities. 30 00:02:35,980 --> 00:02:39,570 Oh, yes. Do note that this is an event 31 00:02:39,650 --> 00:02:42,030 in honor of Lady Agatha Danbury. 32 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:45,410 She has chosen to depart from London to go… 33 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:47,250 elsewhere. 34 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:50,960 Mmm. 35 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,670 Does it not seem a slight to Lady Danbury? 36 00:02:55,460 --> 00:02:58,760 This part of the text is so small, 37 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,800 I can hardly read it. 38 00:03:01,890 --> 00:03:04,600 Now that the Queen does not have Whistledown to antagonize, 39 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,430 perhaps she has shifted her animosity. 40 00:03:08,270 --> 00:03:09,480 Do you know anything, Rae? 41 00:03:10,770 --> 00:03:12,810 About Lady Danbury and the Queen? 42 00:03:14,860 --> 00:03:16,230 I cannot say that I do. 43 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:18,150 No. 44 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:20,530 Of course you do not. 45 00:03:21,610 --> 00:03:22,910 Oh! 46 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,290 Rae is a good housekeeper. Just because you miss Varley does not-- 47 00:03:29,370 --> 00:03:30,210 Miss Varley? 48 00:03:30,790 --> 00:03:33,210 Where would you get such a strange idea? 49 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:35,420 I do not think of her. 50 00:03:41,010 --> 00:03:44,720 I have considered leaving every morning, 51 00:03:45,470 --> 00:03:46,640 until this one. 52 00:03:47,140 --> 00:03:50,020 The dowager was rather pleasant upon waking. 53 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,900 That is because she had that former maid of hers apprehended last night, 54 00:03:54,980 --> 00:03:57,440 and at this very moment, 55 00:03:58,570 --> 00:04:04,610 I believe Lord Stotter may be behind these doors about to propose to Miss Li. 56 00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:08,530 Yes! 57 00:04:08,620 --> 00:04:10,410 Yes, yes, yes! 58 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:11,870 My wife to be, then. 59 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,420 I shall see you soon, and with luck, every day after that. 60 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:22,340 You have surely made the match of the season! 61 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:23,680 -Look at my ring! -Congratu-- 62 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,590 You must begin planning what you will wear to the Queen's ball. 63 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,060 Surely the perfect place to announce your betrothal. 64 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:31,720 Where are you going, Mama? 65 00:04:31,810 --> 00:04:33,230 To the jail, naturally. 66 00:04:33,730 --> 00:04:37,060 Do you not know? I heard you were quite helpful in guiding Mama to Sophie. 67 00:04:37,150 --> 00:04:37,980 Rosamund! 68 00:04:39,270 --> 00:04:40,980 Did you have Sophie arrested? 69 00:04:41,940 --> 00:04:43,900 A thief should not evade justice. 70 00:04:43,990 --> 00:04:47,120 Sophie is not a thief, Mama. She was never anything but good to us. 71 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,410 I do not wish to hear from you on this matter any further. 72 00:04:49,490 --> 00:04:50,950 I shall return soon. 73 00:04:51,540 --> 00:04:53,540 You have done very well, Rosamund. 74 00:04:57,580 --> 00:04:59,790 Are you not going to congratulate me? 75 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:03,510 Congratulations, sister. 76 00:05:08,390 --> 00:05:10,560 -She is where? -It is my fault. 77 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:14,560 I thought her a thief and helped the Dowager Lady Penwood find her. 78 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,690 But Miss Posy made it clear I was gravely mistaken. 79 00:05:17,770 --> 00:05:22,610 This Sophie worked in this house when it was under the dowager's oversight, yes. 80 00:05:22,690 --> 00:05:24,490 But does she have any family? 81 00:05:24,570 --> 00:05:25,990 Less words, please. 82 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:28,320 I know who we should speak to. 83 00:05:38,710 --> 00:05:41,590 Oh, is that an automated roasting spit? 84 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,680 These two have a most urgent matter to discuss with you. 85 00:05:50,430 --> 00:05:53,220 Perhaps you could let Hyacinth show you her ribbon collection. 86 00:05:53,310 --> 00:05:56,430 -She's made quite a few additions lately. -It is not so impressive. 87 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,770 I am thinking I might delay going to Eton for some time 88 00:05:58,850 --> 00:06:00,060 to spend time with you, Fran. 89 00:06:00,150 --> 00:06:01,900 No, please do not do that. 90 00:06:01,980 --> 00:06:04,690 I am so grateful to all of you for your support 91 00:06:04,780 --> 00:06:06,070 and attention, but, um… 92 00:06:06,150 --> 00:06:09,320 I believe that your sister would like us all to act normally, 93 00:06:09,410 --> 00:06:10,700 if only for a time. 94 00:06:10,780 --> 00:06:12,620 Yes. Thank you. 95 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,660 Perhaps we could… talk about someone else instead. 96 00:06:16,750 --> 00:06:18,750 -How are you, Mother? -Oh! 97 00:06:18,830 --> 00:06:22,840 -How is your friend, Lord Anderson? -Lord Anderson? Well, he… he… well… 98 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,920 Mother, I need to speak to you about Sophie. 99 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,130 Oh. 100 00:06:27,010 --> 00:06:28,260 Uh… 101 00:06:28,340 --> 00:06:30,050 Forgive me for interrupting. 102 00:06:30,130 --> 00:06:31,220 Francesca, um… 103 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:33,140 Um… Impressive or not, 104 00:06:33,220 --> 00:06:35,350 I should like to see that ribbon collection. 105 00:06:35,430 --> 00:06:37,230 Come along. You as well, Gregory. 106 00:06:38,350 --> 00:06:39,520 Did you ask her? 107 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:40,770 -Ask her what? -Ask who? 108 00:06:40,850 --> 00:06:43,690 -No, she had gone before I could find her. -Do you know where she's going? 109 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:45,480 -Excuse me, my lady. -Who are we speaking of? 110 00:06:45,570 --> 00:06:48,150 Sophie. She has gone to the Americas. I tried to catch her ship, 111 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:49,280 but there were two leaving. 112 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,410 -And I could not find her in the crowd. -You chased Sophie to the docks? 113 00:06:52,490 --> 00:06:55,200 -What is going on exactly? -Your brother is in love with your maid. 114 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:58,200 Only she has left us in the middle of the night without saying goodbye. 115 00:06:58,290 --> 00:06:59,120 Ma'am. 116 00:06:59,210 --> 00:07:00,710 -What?! -Please do not write about this. 117 00:07:00,790 --> 00:07:03,420 -I am no longer Lady Whistledown. -I cannot lose her to the Americas. 118 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,290 I need to know how one might charter a boat. 119 00:07:05,380 --> 00:07:07,210 If she just left this morning there may be time. 120 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,380 Will you all be quiet a moment? 121 00:07:12,890 --> 00:07:13,760 Please. 122 00:07:13,850 --> 00:07:15,850 Hazel has something to tell you. 123 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,310 I am so sorry to interrupt, 124 00:07:18,390 --> 00:07:21,100 but I have good news and bad news. 125 00:07:21,190 --> 00:07:24,310 The good news being, Mr. Bridgerton will not be needing a boat. 126 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,070 Whoa. Whoa. 127 00:07:29,150 --> 00:07:31,530 Someone is here to see you. 128 00:07:39,290 --> 00:07:40,870 Hello, Sophie. 129 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:41,790 How rude. 130 00:07:41,870 --> 00:07:45,710 You should be grateful a lady has even come to such an undesirable place. 131 00:07:45,790 --> 00:07:47,840 Especially as I have come to help you. 132 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,630 -Help me? -Yes. I want to be generous. 133 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:52,180 You could avoid a trial, 134 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,970 your public humiliation, 135 00:07:55,050 --> 00:07:57,390 any possible damage to the Bridgerton household 136 00:07:57,470 --> 00:07:58,470 for harboring you. 137 00:07:58,560 --> 00:07:59,390 How? 138 00:07:59,470 --> 00:08:01,980 A confession, of course. 139 00:08:02,060 --> 00:08:04,350 It would make all this far easier 140 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,440 if you admit you impersonated someone you are not, that you stole from me. 141 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,280 -I did not. -You did. 142 00:08:11,940 --> 00:08:15,070 You have stolen everything from me. 143 00:08:16,950 --> 00:08:20,200 And I will not give you what is left by confessing to make your life easier. 144 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:23,960 You have always made poor choices. 145 00:08:25,540 --> 00:08:26,580 At least now 146 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:28,840 you shall get what you deserve. 147 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:31,420 Guard! I am finished here. 148 00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:34,130 This will not go well for you. 149 00:08:38,550 --> 00:08:41,520 Without any witness to speak on your behalf, 150 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,600 and based on the sworn testimony of the Dowager Lady Penwood… 151 00:08:44,690 --> 00:08:45,520 Sir, please… 152 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,770 Miss Baek, I must remind you that you are not to speak. 153 00:08:48,860 --> 00:08:51,730 At this time, I have no choice but to sentence you-- 154 00:08:51,820 --> 00:08:54,610 Sir! I must ask you to release this woman at once. 155 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:57,700 -What is the meaning of this? -Who, sir, are you? 156 00:08:57,780 --> 00:09:00,700 Benedict Bridgerton, son to the late Viscount Edmund Bridgerton 157 00:09:00,790 --> 00:09:02,830 and brother to the Viscount Anthony Bridgerton. 158 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:04,660 And brother to the Duke of Hastings. 159 00:09:04,750 --> 00:09:07,170 Mr. Bridgerton is a second son. 160 00:09:07,250 --> 00:09:09,380 The girl is accused of stealing from a countess. 161 00:09:09,460 --> 00:09:11,800 You besmirch my honor over a pair of shoe clips? 162 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:13,840 They must've been tremendously valuable. 163 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,390 Sir, Miss Baek has been in my employ for months now, and we can attest, 164 00:09:17,470 --> 00:09:20,810 based on her character, that these charges are certain to be unfounded. 165 00:09:20,890 --> 00:09:23,430 -They are certainly not. -Do you have any proof? 166 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,350 Please, I urge you all to maintain decorum 167 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,770 and act in accordance with your rank and dignity. 168 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:31,070 Lady Penwood, 169 00:09:31,150 --> 00:09:34,610 if this family were willing to pay you the cost of your shoe clips, 170 00:09:34,690 --> 00:09:37,700 would you retract your accusations against Miss Baek? 171 00:09:37,780 --> 00:09:39,030 Yes, we are happy to pay. 172 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,910 That will be insufficient, 173 00:09:40,990 --> 00:09:44,080 as she also stands accused of impersonating a lady, 174 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,120 a lady in a silver dress at the very masquerade ball 175 00:09:47,210 --> 00:09:49,210 held by the Dowager Lady Bridgerton. 176 00:09:49,290 --> 00:09:50,250 I will have justice! 177 00:09:50,330 --> 00:09:52,300 Then we need time to mount a defense for Miss Baek. 178 00:09:52,380 --> 00:09:55,720 What kind of defense can there possibly be except that she has clearly clouded 179 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,590 Mr. Bridgerton's judgment by seducing him? 180 00:09:57,680 --> 00:09:58,680 I did no such thing. 181 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,430 How dare you imply that my son is-- 182 00:10:00,510 --> 00:10:03,220 Order! I will have order! 183 00:10:03,310 --> 00:10:05,980 Magistrate Burton, we will provide Miss Baek with a barrister. 184 00:10:06,060 --> 00:10:09,560 Until then, I wonder if you would be so kind as to save me from distress. 185 00:10:09,650 --> 00:10:13,400 She is a ladies' maid in my employ, and I cannot manage without her services. 186 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,360 I must beg for your aid. 187 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,860 Might you release her into my custody until things are set to rights? 188 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:25,120 We would be so grateful that you indulge my poor mother. 189 00:10:26,450 --> 00:10:28,040 I will release Miss Baek on bail, 190 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,920 on condition that she remain in the Bridgerton household, 191 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,590 and you will guarantee she does not leave such household. 192 00:10:36,260 --> 00:10:40,340 But might I suggest, talk with one another. 193 00:10:40,430 --> 00:10:43,680 Unless you are able to reach an agreement amongst yourselves, 194 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,770 we will meet again in a week's time to determine Miss Baek's fate. 195 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,520 There is to be no agreement. 196 00:10:55,610 --> 00:10:58,070 -She is going to prison. -Oh, we shall see about that. 197 00:10:58,940 --> 00:11:01,950 What do you think the Queen will say when she finds out you harbor a criminal, 198 00:11:02,030 --> 00:11:05,080 one you allowed to step outside her station 199 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:06,910 and seduce your son? 200 00:11:06,990 --> 00:11:09,620 Do you think she will allow you to remain in society? 201 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,290 Shall we find out? 202 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:33,900 I cannot thank both of you enough. 203 00:11:33,980 --> 00:11:36,860 I am grateful, but you should not have gone to the trouble. 204 00:11:36,940 --> 00:11:39,400 I will not hear of it. Why did you not send word to us? 205 00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:41,070 Would the constable not let you? 206 00:11:41,150 --> 00:11:44,700 No, I thought perhaps I had done enough to push you all away. 207 00:11:45,740 --> 00:11:48,490 Escaping in the night as I did, I did not wish to burden you further. 208 00:11:48,580 --> 00:11:50,540 Well, it is a good thing we were alerted. 209 00:11:50,620 --> 00:11:53,000 You have a great many people who care for you, Sophie. 210 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,170 I hope you see that. 211 00:11:55,330 --> 00:11:56,880 Our trials are not over though. 212 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,340 If the Dowager Lady Penwood does not win her case in court, 213 00:11:59,420 --> 00:12:00,920 she may try to win it in public. 214 00:12:01,010 --> 00:12:04,180 And if the Queen finds out about your… attachment, well, 215 00:12:04,260 --> 00:12:07,010 it could create a scandal so large, even your leaving for the country 216 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:10,390 would hardly dampen the effects it might have on your younger siblings' prospects. 217 00:12:10,470 --> 00:12:12,520 There is no easy solution to that. 218 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,230 I am glad you are here and safely with us, Sophie. 219 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:17,860 Welcome home. 220 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,070 Your room is all made up and ready, 221 00:12:23,150 --> 00:12:25,870 but do let us know if there is anything we have forgotten. 222 00:12:25,950 --> 00:12:28,950 I do not understand. My room is upstairs in the servants' quarters. 223 00:12:29,030 --> 00:12:30,410 Not anymore. 224 00:12:30,490 --> 00:12:33,290 Lady Bridgerton has informed us that you are to be our guest 225 00:12:33,370 --> 00:12:35,880 until all this with the trial blows over. 226 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,670 Or until you formalize your attachment with Mr. Bridgerton. 227 00:12:39,750 --> 00:12:42,970 -Why did you not say? -They have no attachment, Hazel. 228 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:49,510 Though Lady Bridgerton has made it clear that her son is not to cross this hall 229 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,810 to your room for any reason, or you to his. 230 00:12:52,890 --> 00:12:55,770 -Of course. -I have eyes everywhere. 231 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:00,610 Come along, Hazel. 232 00:13:18,210 --> 00:13:19,670 How long have you known? 233 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:23,210 I found your necklace in my bedroom last night. 234 00:13:24,050 --> 00:13:27,050 The Lady in Silver, she wore this very same pendant. 235 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,100 I never wished to lie to you. I only… 236 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,850 I could not stand to think of your disappointment 237 00:13:33,930 --> 00:13:36,390 upon learning that the woman you searched for all that time 238 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,810 would turn out not to be an enchanting young lady, but… 239 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:41,860 me. 240 00:13:41,940 --> 00:13:45,690 The very last thing I feel knowing it was you is disappointment. 241 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:50,660 I've spent so much of my life feeling alone in a crowded room. 242 00:13:52,330 --> 00:13:54,750 I fell for you at the masquerade because 243 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:57,460 you saw me. 244 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,750 Just me. 245 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,720 What kind of a man would I be if I only ever saw you as the Lady in Silver? 246 00:14:07,470 --> 00:14:08,510 And yet, 247 00:14:09,510 --> 00:14:10,970 all this time, 248 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:13,510 you did not believe that I could handle the truth. 249 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,770 Perhaps because your love for me is not what I thought it was. 250 00:14:25,780 --> 00:14:26,780 Benedict. 251 00:14:28,740 --> 00:14:31,530 Forgive me, Mrs. Wilson has sent me to keep watch 252 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:34,620 and ensure that both of you keep to your separate rooms. 253 00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:37,330 I could use a lie-down. 254 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,720 We should hope at the very least to keep Sophie out of prison. 255 00:14:48,470 --> 00:14:51,470 I hesitate to ask something of you so close to your departure, 256 00:14:51,550 --> 00:14:53,510 but in a perfect world, 257 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,680 well, the Queen's blessing of their union might protect us all from a scandal. 258 00:14:58,770 --> 00:15:01,810 It is quite the fantastical tale. 259 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,770 Maid… gentleman… in love. 260 00:15:05,860 --> 00:15:08,650 And perhaps too fantastical for Her Majesty to accept. 261 00:15:08,740 --> 00:15:13,660 Mm, the Queen has wagered a great deal on Benedict's getting married this season. 262 00:15:14,530 --> 00:15:16,120 It is unlikely 263 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,290 -Mm. -But I am happy to try. 264 00:15:18,370 --> 00:15:20,790 Also, I believe her father to be of nobility. 265 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,630 Well, does that help our case at all? 266 00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:26,050 Not if the mother was a maid. 267 00:15:26,130 --> 00:15:29,920 Even if Sophie had not been relegated to the position of maid herself, 268 00:15:30,010 --> 00:15:34,850 the ton would never accept a gentleman marrying a girl of illegitimate origins. 269 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,180 And I am afraid the best they can hope for 270 00:15:39,270 --> 00:15:42,060 is to slip quietly away to the countryside together. 271 00:15:47,110 --> 00:15:48,230 I can delay my trip. 272 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,070 Stay, make sure that if any scandal erupts that I am here to-- 273 00:15:52,150 --> 00:15:54,240 Agatha, no. 274 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:55,950 It is your time. 275 00:15:56,030 --> 00:15:59,040 I appreciate you trying with the Queen, but no. 276 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:00,370 No, you must go. 277 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,160 Violet Bridgerton… 278 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,960 I will miss you. 279 00:16:09,510 --> 00:16:10,880 I will miss you too. 280 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:12,720 Very much. 281 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,020 May I help you, Miss Baek? 282 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:26,150 Sophie will do, John. 283 00:16:28,270 --> 00:16:30,070 Did anyone call for me? 284 00:16:30,150 --> 00:16:31,530 Mm, no. 285 00:16:31,610 --> 00:16:32,950 No, I do not believe so. 286 00:16:44,580 --> 00:16:46,580 You look handsome tonight, John. 287 00:16:48,170 --> 00:16:49,710 Are you being quite serious? 288 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:50,840 Of course I am. 289 00:16:52,090 --> 00:16:55,840 Because I have not been certain if you are interested. 290 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,970 You do have something of a reputation. 291 00:16:59,050 --> 00:17:01,020 That was all before I met you. 292 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:07,190 I thought perhaps… 293 00:17:07,270 --> 00:17:10,770 I have been trying to figure out how to sneak into yours as well. 294 00:17:14,110 --> 00:17:16,280 I was furious when you did not recognize me. 295 00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:17,360 I know. 296 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,040 -I am sorry. -I… I was furious at first. 297 00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:24,540 But then I realized it does not matter, Benedict. 298 00:17:24,620 --> 00:17:27,460 You have shown me a tremendous amount of love, 299 00:17:27,540 --> 00:17:29,670 more than I have felt in a very long time. 300 00:17:29,750 --> 00:17:31,880 And my inability to believe in it… 301 00:17:33,130 --> 00:17:36,550 The only other person in my life I was sure loved me was my father. 302 00:17:36,630 --> 00:17:39,220 He was the sixth Earl of Penwood. 303 00:17:39,300 --> 00:17:40,220 Richard Gun. 304 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:44,560 He promised he would always take care of me, and I trusted that. 305 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,060 I trusted his love. 306 00:17:46,850 --> 00:17:50,770 But after his death, it became clear that I had been mistaken in both cases. 307 00:17:50,860 --> 00:17:53,070 Is it because of him you became a maid? 308 00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:56,900 He provided nothing for me in his will. 309 00:17:56,990 --> 00:17:58,780 Araminta made that very clear. 310 00:17:59,570 --> 00:18:01,200 Did you see this will for yourself? 311 00:18:02,870 --> 00:18:05,370 No, I did not wish to be further crushed. 312 00:18:08,580 --> 00:18:09,580 Sophie. 313 00:18:10,830 --> 00:18:13,210 It is clear that woman despises you. 314 00:18:14,710 --> 00:18:16,420 From the very day she met me. 315 00:18:16,510 --> 00:18:19,510 What reason would you have to believe her about your father? 316 00:18:21,930 --> 00:18:22,930 I… 317 00:18:25,180 --> 00:18:26,520 I do not know. 318 00:18:28,770 --> 00:18:30,350 I simply believed her. 319 00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:35,650 Believed that my father would have forgotten me. 320 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,360 Believed that the love I felt in my head was made-up from the beginning. 321 00:18:40,450 --> 00:18:45,740 Believed that I should not expect you to recognize me or love me or commit to me. 322 00:18:45,830 --> 00:18:46,950 Sophie. 323 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:50,170 Of course I love you. 324 00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:53,040 Do you believe me now? 325 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,760 I did not help. I should never have asked you to be my mistress. 326 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,010 I am forever sorry. 327 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,760 Last night I came back here for a reason, 328 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,810 to ask you the question I should have asked you all along. 329 00:19:04,890 --> 00:19:07,390 Do not. Not now. 330 00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:11,150 I have my family's blessing, Sophie. 331 00:19:12,810 --> 00:19:16,610 Not with a trial hanging over us, your family's reputation at stake. 332 00:19:16,690 --> 00:19:17,820 Let us wait. 333 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:22,570 I love you. 334 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:25,870 I love you, Benedict. 335 00:19:58,530 --> 00:19:59,610 Will you join me? 336 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,390 I cannot risk it yet. 337 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:13,930 Then we will not. 338 00:21:20,020 --> 00:21:21,020 Turn around. 339 00:21:49,970 --> 00:21:51,560 Mmm. 340 00:22:21,590 --> 00:22:23,210 You do not have to do that anymore. 341 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:25,590 Miss Bridgerton, I hope you are not cross with me. 342 00:22:25,670 --> 00:22:28,380 Oh, I am positively outraged. 343 00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:33,810 The most interesting thing ever to happen in my home happened right under my nose, 344 00:22:33,890 --> 00:22:36,480 and I was blind to it the entire time. 345 00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:39,020 Good. 346 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:41,270 Because I would like to ask you a favor. 347 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,860 I would like your help 348 00:22:43,860 --> 00:22:45,610 getting into Penwood House. 349 00:22:47,530 --> 00:22:49,570 I am delighted you have come to call. 350 00:22:49,650 --> 00:22:50,950 A little surprised, 351 00:22:51,530 --> 00:22:52,700 but delighted. 352 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,450 I am all for putting the past in the past. 353 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:57,370 Yes, as am I. 354 00:22:58,580 --> 00:23:02,080 Well, we do have a good many things to discuss that should occupy us 355 00:23:02,170 --> 00:23:03,960 for a good many minutes. 356 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:04,920 I am all ears. 357 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:08,880 I… had heard you repainted 358 00:23:08,970 --> 00:23:10,220 with pink, 359 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,430 and I wanted to tell you how splendid it looked. It is so… 360 00:23:14,970 --> 00:23:15,890 you. 361 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:20,690 Alfie! 362 00:23:21,270 --> 00:23:24,190 -What are you doing here? -My father's will. I believe it-- 363 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,360 I believe it is in the study. Araminta is trying to put me behind bars, 364 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,820 and I must know what it says before she succeeds. 365 00:23:30,900 --> 00:23:32,110 H-- hmm. 366 00:23:38,910 --> 00:23:41,920 You should sit before you wear a line in that rug. 367 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,170 Apologies. 368 00:23:43,250 --> 00:23:45,710 I know that Lady Danbury was not optimistic, 369 00:23:45,790 --> 00:23:48,960 but I am certain everything will work out. 370 00:23:49,050 --> 00:23:51,090 We will find a way. We always do. 371 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,100 So… 372 00:23:57,180 --> 00:23:58,770 Sophie was the Lady in Silver. 373 00:23:59,430 --> 00:24:00,390 Well, 374 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:04,060 I think the Earl of Penwood's daughter deserved to attend a ball at some point. 375 00:24:04,150 --> 00:24:05,150 Mmm? 376 00:24:07,270 --> 00:24:09,780 If we survive this chapter, what if I cannot do it? 377 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:14,950 Moving, permanently to the countryside. 378 00:24:15,740 --> 00:24:18,830 -Being a husband. -Do you doubt your feelings for Sophie? 379 00:24:18,910 --> 00:24:20,040 No, I doubt myself. 380 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:21,710 Why, Benedict? 381 00:24:21,790 --> 00:24:24,540 Have I not been disappointing you my entire life? 382 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,170 I am never disappointed in my children. 383 00:24:30,210 --> 00:24:34,090 Oh well, maybe I have… been hard on you at times, 384 00:24:34,180 --> 00:24:36,390 but… there is a reason for that. 385 00:24:36,470 --> 00:24:40,560 It is because in many ways I was most like you as a child. 386 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,440 What do you mean? 387 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:47,270 Children have an easier time imagining a ghost in a darkened hallway than they do 388 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,360 imagining their mother as a youth. 389 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,900 In fairness, I… I have mostly forgotten that girl myself. 390 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:55,910 What was she like? 391 00:24:56,570 --> 00:24:57,950 She was impulsive, 392 00:24:58,530 --> 00:24:59,740 passionate, 393 00:24:59,830 --> 00:25:01,870 wild, carefree, 394 00:25:01,950 --> 00:25:05,750 filled with a burning desire to experience all that life had to offer 395 00:25:05,830 --> 00:25:10,170 and… and constantly wishing to do the opposite of what her parents wanted. 396 00:25:10,250 --> 00:25:12,710 Anthony is just like your father. 397 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,470 But you… you are my son, 398 00:25:16,550 --> 00:25:18,140 through and through. 399 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,760 -What happened to her? -Well, I… 400 00:25:20,850 --> 00:25:22,350 I fell in love. 401 00:25:22,890 --> 00:25:25,850 A love that made all my wild rebellion grow quiet and still. 402 00:25:25,940 --> 00:25:28,690 I did not need it anymore. I was just happy. 403 00:25:30,650 --> 00:25:32,860 That is what I feel for Sophie. 404 00:25:32,940 --> 00:25:36,610 Then your love will make you capable of anything you put your mind to. 405 00:25:38,110 --> 00:25:43,370 I hope you have not left that wild, carefree young girl behind. 406 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,040 She sounds delightful, in her own right. 407 00:25:50,130 --> 00:25:51,130 She was. 408 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:17,740 It has to be in here. 409 00:26:27,540 --> 00:26:30,670 Lily thought she saw you walking up. I had to see for myself. 410 00:26:30,750 --> 00:26:32,960 -Irma. -Do you know where the key for this is? 411 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:34,800 We're looking for her father's will. 412 00:26:35,340 --> 00:26:37,090 I have seen his lordship open that 413 00:26:37,670 --> 00:26:39,510 with a key from this drawer. 414 00:26:46,350 --> 00:26:47,430 Which one is it? 415 00:26:48,180 --> 00:26:49,690 Your guess is as good as mine. 416 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,400 And will you be using this shade of pink for your country estate as well? 417 00:27:03,490 --> 00:27:07,750 Eloise, I find it most difficult to believe that you came here today to 418 00:27:08,370 --> 00:27:10,040 compliment my taste in colors. 419 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:11,210 Oh. Why? 420 00:27:11,290 --> 00:27:14,710 I… Can a young lady not simply wish to discuss the color pink? 421 00:27:14,790 --> 00:27:16,340 I know why you are truly here. 422 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:22,340 You have finally succumbed to the mania. 423 00:27:24,930 --> 00:27:25,890 The marriage mania. 424 00:27:25,970 --> 00:27:27,930 It is clear you are at last imagining 425 00:27:28,020 --> 00:27:30,390 what it would be like to have a husband one day. 426 00:27:30,980 --> 00:27:32,690 And you wish to know what it is like. 427 00:27:32,770 --> 00:27:34,150 Oh… 428 00:27:34,230 --> 00:27:35,440 Yes. 429 00:27:36,020 --> 00:27:38,110 I am quite overcome with 430 00:27:39,070 --> 00:27:40,280 the madness. 431 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:42,530 It was difficult last season 432 00:27:42,610 --> 00:27:45,330 not having a shared dream for the future between us. 433 00:27:45,410 --> 00:27:47,120 I do understand your view of things. 434 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,370 How marriage steals independence and liberty. 435 00:27:49,450 --> 00:27:51,040 Mary Wollstonecraft and all that. 436 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:52,960 You read Mary Wollstonecraft? 437 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,250 You would not stop talking about her last season. 438 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:58,210 And, uh… what else was I supposed to do in Wales? 439 00:27:59,420 --> 00:28:04,840 She has some good ideas, but the truth is, she does not sufficiently value love. 440 00:28:04,930 --> 00:28:07,600 It has the power to change one's life, Eloise. 441 00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:10,100 Yes. 442 00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:12,890 I am starting to see that. 443 00:28:22,450 --> 00:28:23,490 Well done. 444 00:28:27,870 --> 00:28:28,950 This is the one. 445 00:28:37,590 --> 00:28:40,550 "Richard Gun, the sixth Earl of Penwood." 446 00:28:43,130 --> 00:28:47,350 He bequeaths an additional £4,000 to Araminta for every year she houses me. 447 00:28:47,430 --> 00:28:49,060 Oh my goodness. 448 00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:52,020 That's why she kept you on. She was profiting off you. 449 00:28:54,310 --> 00:28:55,310 Sophie. 450 00:28:55,810 --> 00:28:57,060 What is it? 451 00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:04,280 I can see that marriage has been of great benefit to you. 452 00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:08,620 At the very least, it has had the power to give me the drawing room of my dreams. 453 00:29:09,740 --> 00:29:12,540 It is quite an improvement on Cowper House, is it not? 454 00:29:13,620 --> 00:29:17,420 You never belonged in that house. Or with your parents. 455 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,210 I should like to apologize. 456 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:22,760 All that business with you nearly having to marry a man 457 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,510 three times your age last season… 458 00:29:26,010 --> 00:29:27,140 I was far too 459 00:29:27,930 --> 00:29:31,850 self-interested, really, to appreciate how difficult that must have been 460 00:29:31,930 --> 00:29:35,480 and how much your success on the marriage mart mattered to you. 461 00:29:37,270 --> 00:29:38,270 Thank you. 462 00:29:40,110 --> 00:29:41,270 And all is well. 463 00:29:41,860 --> 00:29:44,530 Everything has worked out exactly as it should. 464 00:29:47,530 --> 00:29:48,620 It has, indeed. 465 00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:53,410 After all that, 466 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:57,330 the shoe clips turned out to be fake. 467 00:29:57,420 --> 00:29:58,710 Hm! 468 00:29:58,790 --> 00:30:01,340 Is this what passes for gossip these days? 469 00:30:01,420 --> 00:30:03,880 I do not care about shoe clips. 470 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:05,550 Or maids. 471 00:30:05,630 --> 00:30:08,970 No matter what I may think of the Dowager Lady Penwood, 472 00:30:09,050 --> 00:30:13,260 if the magistrate sees fit to charge the girl, so be it. 473 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,430 The dowager 474 00:30:17,390 --> 00:30:20,480 also means to impress upon Your Majesty 475 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,780 that this maid seduced a gentleman. 476 00:30:24,980 --> 00:30:27,530 Benedict Bridgerton. 477 00:30:28,740 --> 00:30:31,700 The most eligible suitor of the season. 478 00:30:32,490 --> 00:30:34,870 -Seduced by a maid? -Mmm. 479 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:37,250 Well, is it true? 480 00:30:37,330 --> 00:30:39,370 No, it is not true. 481 00:30:40,330 --> 00:30:45,300 She did not have to seduce him, because he… loves her. 482 00:30:45,380 --> 00:30:50,890 Against all reason and expectation, they have formed an attachment. 483 00:30:50,970 --> 00:30:53,010 She saved his life in the countryside, 484 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:55,890 and he fell for her as she nursed him back to health. 485 00:30:55,970 --> 00:30:59,310 A man once thought never able to commit, 486 00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:04,320 moved by the simple grace and beauty of a girl of humble origins. 487 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,990 Your Majesty, you were right all along. 488 00:31:08,070 --> 00:31:13,410 Benedict Bridgerton is ready for marriage after all. 489 00:31:14,870 --> 00:31:15,950 It is unfortunate. 490 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,710 I was right all along, casting my wager. 491 00:31:18,790 --> 00:31:20,080 Mmm. 492 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:21,750 But I will lose still. 493 00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:22,830 Your Majesty. 494 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,670 Well, Benedict Bridgerton cannot marry a maid, can he? 495 00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:31,840 I had hoped we could make one last great match together, Lady Danbury. 496 00:31:31,930 --> 00:31:34,680 It is a shame for us to go out on a loss. 497 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,810 Tell me, Brimsley, how is the ball coming along? 498 00:31:38,890 --> 00:31:40,890 Extremely well, Your Majesty. 499 00:31:42,690 --> 00:31:44,150 Wait! Slow down! 500 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:46,690 Got you! 501 00:31:46,770 --> 00:31:49,940 What do you know about what is going on with Benedict Bridgerton? 502 00:31:50,030 --> 00:31:52,490 You've been spending a great deal of time together this season. 503 00:31:52,570 --> 00:31:54,160 What do you know? 504 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,120 You know something. You have been withholding from me. 505 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,120 If you know I've been withholding something, 506 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,620 then you have been withholding something as well. 507 00:32:05,210 --> 00:32:08,710 All I know, there is a lower-class girl, someone he knows he should not be with. 508 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,130 It is a maid at Bridgerton House. I overheard them. They are in love. 509 00:32:12,220 --> 00:32:15,300 And the Dowager Lady Penwood is trying to send her to prison. 510 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:22,100 This morning, I spent four hours helping the Queen decide on florals for her ball. 511 00:32:22,850 --> 00:32:26,810 Yesterday, there was a debate over whether the Pomeranian should be shaved 512 00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:27,900 to resemble lions. 513 00:32:27,980 --> 00:32:29,730 -The day before that… -Alice. 514 00:32:31,150 --> 00:32:33,740 We can move to the country if you are unhappy with your position. 515 00:32:33,820 --> 00:32:35,740 No. No, we cannot. 516 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,830 One does not simply walk away from the Queen. 517 00:32:38,910 --> 00:32:41,960 And I do not wish to. But I wish to do something of meaning, Will. 518 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,370 Lady Danbury helped the Queen reshape our society. 519 00:32:44,460 --> 00:32:47,670 I am… decorating. 520 00:32:47,750 --> 00:32:52,920 I'm not even decorating. I am saying yes or no while the servants decorate. 521 00:32:53,010 --> 00:32:56,390 You and I, we were given this life out of thin air. 522 00:32:57,220 --> 00:32:58,810 And it has been wonderful. 523 00:32:59,850 --> 00:33:01,770 And we are enjoying ourselves at last, 524 00:33:01,850 --> 00:33:04,310 but I should like to help others enjoy it as well. 525 00:33:04,890 --> 00:33:07,860 If I involve myself in trying to help this maid, 526 00:33:07,940 --> 00:33:10,940 either it will finally earn me the Queen's close confidence, 527 00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:12,490 or it will ruin this family. 528 00:33:12,570 --> 00:33:14,950 I should like to do it either way. 529 00:33:15,860 --> 00:33:18,200 You have my full support, then. 530 00:33:23,330 --> 00:33:25,580 She hasn't been gone that long, Benedict. 531 00:33:28,630 --> 00:33:30,380 -Mrs. Mondrich. -Good day. 532 00:33:30,460 --> 00:33:32,590 Alice, unfortunately now is not an ideal time. 533 00:33:32,670 --> 00:33:36,010 Yes, I know. Lady Danbury had little success with the Queen. 534 00:33:36,090 --> 00:33:38,220 But I have an idea for another approach. 535 00:33:48,190 --> 00:33:50,310 My mother and I have been so worried for you. 536 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,320 Forgive me. The new Lady Penwood insisted on Miss Bridgerton staying for tea. 537 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:55,320 How did it go? 538 00:33:56,610 --> 00:33:57,820 I saw my father's will. 539 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:00,160 What is it? 540 00:34:01,030 --> 00:34:01,990 My father… 541 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:05,290 he kept his promise. 542 00:34:06,330 --> 00:34:08,500 Posy, Rosamund, myself. 543 00:34:10,210 --> 00:34:12,710 He left us each an equal-portioned dowry. 544 00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:15,420 He loved me. 545 00:34:19,970 --> 00:34:21,140 Of course he did. 546 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,260 How could anyone not? 547 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,310 You are not going to prison. 548 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,230 The Dowager Lady Penwood stole your dowry. 549 00:34:31,310 --> 00:34:33,110 That makes her a liar and a thief. 550 00:34:33,690 --> 00:34:36,650 If she has not already spent it all, I have a dowry. 551 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,490 It still does not make me legitimate or an appropriate match for a gentleman. 552 00:34:40,570 --> 00:34:44,240 I do not care about the money. I do not care whether you are appropriate or not. 553 00:34:44,830 --> 00:34:46,700 Mrs. Mondrich came to call. 554 00:34:46,790 --> 00:34:49,170 She is one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting. 555 00:34:50,830 --> 00:34:52,170 She has a plan to help us. 556 00:34:52,250 --> 00:34:53,670 What is it? 557 00:34:54,420 --> 00:34:56,670 We will have to find you a dress 558 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,430 because you are going to the Queen's ball tomorrow. 559 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,390 It is a game for two. 560 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:11,480 Forgive me. 561 00:35:12,270 --> 00:35:13,520 It is my family. 562 00:35:13,610 --> 00:35:15,940 There is a scandal brewing. 563 00:35:16,030 --> 00:35:17,320 A scandal? 564 00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:19,700 Do tell. 565 00:35:23,950 --> 00:35:25,700 Benedict, my brother, 566 00:35:26,950 --> 00:35:28,330 is in love with a maid. 567 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,790 My family, we are all supporting them. 568 00:35:31,870 --> 00:35:35,630 But everyone else in the ton will surely be up in arms if they find out. 569 00:35:35,710 --> 00:35:39,050 Which, I confess, does feel rather trivial compared to… 570 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,680 Now is when you choose to hold your tongue? 571 00:35:50,310 --> 00:35:51,890 I am only surprised. 572 00:35:52,980 --> 00:35:54,400 Your family is surprising. 573 00:35:56,610 --> 00:36:00,320 I would not blame you for distancing yourself from us, from me. 574 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,110 No. I meant surprising in a good way. 575 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,330 Love does not always look how one expects, I imagine. 576 00:36:07,990 --> 00:36:10,330 I am not one to judge the happiness of others. 577 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,210 I am relieved to hear you say so. 578 00:36:18,590 --> 00:36:23,300 I had hoped, if you were not concerned by our continued association, 579 00:36:23,970 --> 00:36:26,970 that you might consider staying here in London 580 00:36:27,050 --> 00:36:28,720 until a new heir is found. 581 00:36:28,810 --> 00:36:30,850 -I am here. -I know. 582 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,190 But I suppose I am feeling… 583 00:36:34,810 --> 00:36:37,570 a suspense about when you might leave again, 584 00:36:37,650 --> 00:36:39,820 as you so rarely stay in one place for long. 585 00:36:39,900 --> 00:36:42,570 You are the only other person who truly understands. 586 00:36:45,660 --> 00:36:47,830 If you would like it, I shall stay. 587 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,080 It would mean a great deal to me. 588 00:36:52,580 --> 00:36:54,750 I feel very close to you, Michaela. 589 00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:57,920 As do I. 590 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:16,940 Look what one of the maids helped me rescue from the bin. 591 00:37:17,020 --> 00:37:20,190 Hm. Slightly rumpled, but I think it gives it character, no? 592 00:37:22,070 --> 00:37:23,780 You need not have bothered. 593 00:37:25,070 --> 00:37:28,200 Ah. I take it you are still planning not to debut. 594 00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:35,670 I must say, I think that would be a mistake. 595 00:37:35,750 --> 00:37:37,380 You cannot be serious. 596 00:37:39,170 --> 00:37:41,000 After you incessantly mocked my lessons-- 597 00:37:41,090 --> 00:37:42,170 In my defense… 598 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:44,720 they were extremely mockable. 599 00:37:45,300 --> 00:37:46,840 I thought you would be thrilled. 600 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:49,850 Now you will not grow old alone. 601 00:37:49,930 --> 00:37:52,060 We can be spinsters together. 602 00:37:57,810 --> 00:38:02,230 As wonderful as that sounds, I know it is not genuinely what you want. 603 00:38:04,530 --> 00:38:06,240 It is all right to be frightened. 604 00:38:06,820 --> 00:38:09,320 What happened to John, it is beyond awful. 605 00:38:09,410 --> 00:38:11,870 It frightens me too, more than I care to admit. 606 00:38:11,950 --> 00:38:13,580 Some things are out of our control. 607 00:38:13,660 --> 00:38:17,120 But what is in our control is our ability to support one another 608 00:38:17,210 --> 00:38:19,830 and ensure that we do not allow fear 609 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,130 to keep us from experiencing something that could be truly special. 610 00:38:23,210 --> 00:38:26,800 -Now you are a proponent of marriage? -Proponent is far too strong a word. 611 00:38:27,380 --> 00:38:29,470 But after spending a season by your side, 612 00:38:29,550 --> 00:38:31,760 I can see that, on occasion, 613 00:38:31,850 --> 00:38:33,810 marriage might have its advantages. 614 00:38:33,890 --> 00:38:35,730 Companionship, 615 00:38:35,810 --> 00:38:36,730 family, 616 00:38:37,270 --> 00:38:39,100 a prime seat at a soiree. 617 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,480 And then, if not for mother and father's marriage, 618 00:38:43,230 --> 00:38:46,940 we would not all have each other, which seems a rather large reward. 619 00:38:48,700 --> 00:38:50,610 Most of the time, anyway. 620 00:38:53,780 --> 00:38:56,000 I suppose your points have some merit. 621 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,790 Though if… I am to one day find the right husband, 622 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,880 I think I should like to get to know myself better first. 623 00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:07,760 An excellent plan. 624 00:39:27,650 --> 00:39:30,530 The season will not be the same without you, Lady Danbury. 625 00:39:30,610 --> 00:39:35,910 Well, I have no doubt you will still find ways of enjoying yourselves. 626 00:39:35,990 --> 00:39:38,160 You will be missed greatly. 627 00:39:38,250 --> 00:39:40,920 By the Queen, most of all. 628 00:39:46,750 --> 00:39:48,340 Hm. Well. 629 00:39:49,550 --> 00:39:50,550 Here's to us. 630 00:39:59,350 --> 00:40:01,310 Tonight is our night, Rosamund. 631 00:40:01,890 --> 00:40:03,230 Let us greet Lord Stotter, 632 00:40:03,310 --> 00:40:06,860 and then we shall speak to the Queen and settle the matter of Sophie. 633 00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:12,860 I can do this. 634 00:40:13,450 --> 00:40:14,450 I can do this. 635 00:40:15,410 --> 00:40:17,990 Are we certain we can do this? Would it not be better to wait 636 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:19,200 until we see the magistrate? 637 00:40:19,290 --> 00:40:21,870 It may be too late by then if the dowager gets to the Queen tonight. 638 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,130 Mrs. Mondrich will arrange everything. 639 00:40:26,750 --> 00:40:29,460 You will just have to tuck in close as we sneak you in. 640 00:40:30,050 --> 00:40:32,010 Hopefully, the last time. 641 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:35,890 Your party? 642 00:40:36,390 --> 00:40:37,560 Violet Bridgerton. 643 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,470 The Dowager Lady Bridgerton. 644 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:41,890 Yes, plus three. 645 00:40:41,980 --> 00:40:44,650 Something like that, yes. So many children. 646 00:40:47,610 --> 00:40:49,570 Bridgertons, come with me. 647 00:40:55,910 --> 00:40:57,870 Wait, what are we meant to do now, then? 648 00:40:57,950 --> 00:41:01,160 Well, it is strange not to be at the very center of a scandal for once. 649 00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:03,370 Mm. Let us enjoy it, then. 650 00:41:04,670 --> 00:41:06,290 May I have this dance? 651 00:41:16,510 --> 00:41:17,510 Miss Posy. 652 00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:20,220 Miss Bridgerton. 653 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:22,850 Oh. No. 654 00:41:22,930 --> 00:41:25,520 I am… I do not know if you know, but I was not part of… 655 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,520 No, I… I assumed not. 656 00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:29,520 I was simply greeting you. 657 00:41:29,610 --> 00:41:32,360 Though perhaps I should not. Your mother may disapprove. 658 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:38,160 But do not let her dictate what you do. 659 00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:41,040 A friend of mine has a mother not too dissimilar to yours, 660 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,080 and that friend has done very well for herself now. 661 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,210 Truly? 662 00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:53,420 You have the interest of Lord Barnaby. 663 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,640 He does ask me to dance from time to time, 664 00:41:57,720 --> 00:42:01,890 but my mother's efforts are concentrated on my sister this season. 665 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:05,730 Oh. 666 00:42:05,810 --> 00:42:10,060 I should not let her dictate the matters of my heart like that. 667 00:42:10,650 --> 00:42:12,440 Lord Barnaby is most eligible. 668 00:42:12,980 --> 00:42:15,490 And your mother and sister are occupied. 669 00:42:16,070 --> 00:42:17,030 Go. 670 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:21,280 Very well. 671 00:42:31,170 --> 00:42:32,170 Miss Posy, 672 00:42:33,500 --> 00:42:36,090 will you at last accept my offer of a dance? 673 00:42:43,310 --> 00:42:44,470 Lady Penwood, 674 00:42:45,220 --> 00:42:46,600 you are being summoned. 675 00:42:47,100 --> 00:42:48,600 Am I being summoned by the Queen? 676 00:42:51,230 --> 00:42:53,070 That was easier than I thought. 677 00:42:57,570 --> 00:42:58,740 Come along, Posy. 678 00:42:59,860 --> 00:43:00,740 Now. 679 00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:03,830 Excuse me. 680 00:43:12,250 --> 00:43:13,460 What is this? 681 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,880 I thought the Queen was to join us. 682 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,920 I believe you will be glad she is elsewhere for the moment. 683 00:43:19,010 --> 00:43:21,510 Sophie? Mama, what is she doing here? 684 00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:24,850 Seven years. 685 00:43:26,060 --> 00:43:29,230 Seven long years I spent serving you in my own home. 686 00:43:29,310 --> 00:43:32,400 I asked you the day you kicked me out why you kept me so long, 687 00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,980 and I know now it was never out of any goodness, 688 00:43:35,070 --> 00:43:37,570 but only because my father promised you an extra stipend 689 00:43:37,650 --> 00:43:39,280 for every year you kept me on. 690 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,410 But you were never meant to keep me on as a maid. 691 00:43:41,490 --> 00:43:43,740 -How do you know that? -I saw the will. 692 00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:46,330 And I also saw that my father left me a dowry. 693 00:43:46,410 --> 00:43:47,540 -Mother. -Quiet, Posy. 694 00:43:47,620 --> 00:43:49,080 Three equal parts. 695 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:53,330 One for Rosamund, one for Posy, and one for myself. 696 00:43:53,420 --> 00:43:56,250 Yet I venture to guess that what you have promised Lord Stotter 697 00:43:56,340 --> 00:43:58,760 is double what you have told Posy she is to receive. 698 00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:00,880 Doubled by the embezzlement of my portion. 699 00:44:00,970 --> 00:44:04,800 Oh, this is preposterous. How dare you accuse my mother of such a thing? 700 00:44:04,890 --> 00:44:06,220 Eighteen thousand pounds. 701 00:44:10,390 --> 00:44:11,390 What is yours? 702 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:18,280 Did you not believe my beauty and charm were enough on their own to make a match? 703 00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,400 You believed I needed 36,000 pounds? 704 00:44:21,490 --> 00:44:23,990 This is all beside the point. She stole from me. 705 00:44:24,070 --> 00:44:26,240 I was the one who stole the shoe clips, Mama. 706 00:44:29,330 --> 00:44:31,960 It is not about the shoe clips. 707 00:44:33,290 --> 00:44:34,580 The money for your dowry, 708 00:44:34,670 --> 00:44:36,960 it was our money, it should have been our money. 709 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:38,460 But you stole it from us. 710 00:44:39,130 --> 00:44:41,590 You stole him from us. 711 00:44:42,470 --> 00:44:44,220 My girls needed a father. 712 00:44:44,300 --> 00:44:45,550 They needed his love. 713 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:47,600 I needed his love. 714 00:44:48,930 --> 00:44:50,350 But instead you were there. 715 00:44:52,730 --> 00:44:54,310 Araminta, he loved you too. 716 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:55,730 I saw it. 717 00:44:55,810 --> 00:44:57,860 And you have the love of your daughters. 718 00:44:57,940 --> 00:45:00,650 Both of them. Do not take it for granted. 719 00:45:00,730 --> 00:45:02,400 Trust me, it serves no one. 720 00:45:03,820 --> 00:45:05,490 Richard was a good man. 721 00:45:06,740 --> 00:45:08,200 But he lived in a dream world. 722 00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:11,160 He thrust his greatest mistake upon me with no notice or warning 723 00:45:11,250 --> 00:45:14,710 and left me to face the consequences of harboring an illegitimate child. 724 00:45:14,790 --> 00:45:18,130 I have done nothing but try to protect both of my girls. 725 00:45:18,210 --> 00:45:21,550 But Mama… we have never been in jeopardy because of Sophie. 726 00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:27,970 And I am tired of talking about her. 727 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:33,810 There is still the matter of you impersonating nobility. 728 00:45:33,890 --> 00:45:36,020 Oh that, I think, we can settle ourselves, 729 00:45:36,690 --> 00:45:38,810 as you have committed a far greater crime. 730 00:45:38,900 --> 00:45:43,030 Embezzlement of a dowry, dishonoring the late earl's will and estate. 731 00:45:44,450 --> 00:45:46,280 I will not go to prison. 732 00:45:48,950 --> 00:45:51,490 If you ruin me, I will ruin her. 733 00:45:51,580 --> 00:45:52,660 And vice versa. 734 00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:54,200 It is simple. 735 00:45:54,290 --> 00:45:58,630 We shall all agree to a more mutually beneficial recounting of events. 736 00:46:15,850 --> 00:46:17,690 It is a beautiful evening. 737 00:46:18,310 --> 00:46:19,310 Yes. 738 00:46:24,570 --> 00:46:25,490 Your Majesty. 739 00:46:25,570 --> 00:46:28,070 Mrs. Mondrich. Are you quite well? 740 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:30,200 Your Majesty, I have prepared something for you. 741 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:33,200 The maid Benedict Bridgerton is in love with, she is here. 742 00:46:35,290 --> 00:46:36,660 What do you mean she is here? 743 00:46:36,750 --> 00:46:38,250 I've arranged for her to be here 744 00:46:38,330 --> 00:46:41,080 so that you might see what is between her and Mr. Bridgerton. 745 00:46:41,170 --> 00:46:43,630 Because I believe if you were to witness it in person, 746 00:46:43,710 --> 00:46:45,010 you will see the love they share… 747 00:46:45,090 --> 00:46:47,010 No, Mrs. Mondrich. 748 00:46:47,090 --> 00:46:49,180 -Get her out of here. -Oh, Your Majesty. 749 00:46:49,260 --> 00:46:50,550 -Perhaps-- -Your Majesty. 750 00:46:51,890 --> 00:46:52,970 I will not. 751 00:46:55,810 --> 00:46:57,350 Once upon a time, 752 00:46:57,430 --> 00:47:00,900 there were royals living in a palace who wished for you to go away. 753 00:47:00,980 --> 00:47:01,900 But you stayed. 754 00:47:01,980 --> 00:47:05,280 And you are the most fascinating woman to have sat on the throne 755 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:06,860 in a very long time. 756 00:47:06,940 --> 00:47:10,360 You are a patron of music, of the arts. 757 00:47:10,450 --> 00:47:13,780 You have zebras in your gardens, and you love gossip. 758 00:47:13,870 --> 00:47:15,620 You are a woman of many interests, 759 00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:19,210 but you are missing the largest portion of what is amusing in the world 760 00:47:19,290 --> 00:47:21,670 by ignoring those of the lower classes, because, 761 00:47:21,750 --> 00:47:25,340 with all respect to you, Lady Danbury, not every maid is humble 762 00:47:25,420 --> 00:47:27,260 or graceful or simple. 763 00:47:27,340 --> 00:47:29,680 The woman Benedict Bridgerton is in love with, 764 00:47:30,220 --> 00:47:33,510 a woman capable of making that man settle down? 765 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,810 That woman is sure to be full of vim and vigor. 766 00:47:36,890 --> 00:47:40,310 A spitfire so full of life that she has a countess setting foot in a prison 767 00:47:40,390 --> 00:47:42,310 because she is so obsessed with this woman. 768 00:47:42,810 --> 00:47:47,320 Your Majesty, you are missing all the good gossip. 769 00:47:52,450 --> 00:47:53,450 Mmm. 770 00:47:57,330 --> 00:47:59,500 -That is too far. I will not do it. -You will. 771 00:47:59,580 --> 00:48:03,000 And you'll retreat to your country estate for the remainder of the season. 772 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,340 Well, Mr. Bridgerton. 773 00:48:06,380 --> 00:48:08,710 I am told you are in love. 774 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:10,840 Yes, Your Majesty. 775 00:48:14,850 --> 00:48:18,430 May I present Miss Sophie Gun. 776 00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:19,520 Gun? 777 00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:23,520 As in the late Lord Penwood? 778 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,190 She is the daughter of his cousin. 779 00:48:25,270 --> 00:48:29,280 Were you not just saying how much they resembled each other, Lady Penwood? 780 00:48:34,990 --> 00:48:35,990 I was. 781 00:48:36,070 --> 00:48:39,290 She spent most of her life in the country and has only just come to town. 782 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,500 -I thought you said… -I was mistaken, Your Majesty. 783 00:49:03,190 --> 00:49:04,140 Do you speak? 784 00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:05,980 Yes, Your Majesty. 785 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:08,070 Is what they say true? 786 00:49:08,980 --> 00:49:11,860 That you are a relation of the late earl? 787 00:49:16,110 --> 00:49:18,740 I can say with complete conviction, Your Majesty, 788 00:49:18,830 --> 00:49:22,000 that I am by birth and by education a daughter of Penwood House. 789 00:49:31,380 --> 00:49:34,630 You would have made a wonderful diamond. 790 00:49:37,140 --> 00:49:38,930 Very well, then. 791 00:49:39,890 --> 00:49:43,640 Was there something of interest about shoe clips? 792 00:49:43,730 --> 00:49:46,190 Uh, no, Your Majesty. I do not believe so. 793 00:49:46,270 --> 00:49:47,480 I think there was. 794 00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:49,900 But carry on. 795 00:50:16,260 --> 00:50:17,550 We're cousins, then. 796 00:50:19,550 --> 00:50:20,800 We are sisters. 797 00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:28,150 I think young Violet would be quite impressed by you today. 798 00:50:30,150 --> 00:50:31,480 I think she would. 799 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:38,030 That was quite a risk you took. 800 00:50:38,110 --> 00:50:39,200 Yes, Your Majesty. 801 00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:41,160 You're lucky I went along with it. 802 00:50:41,780 --> 00:50:43,040 Yes, Your Majesty. 803 00:50:43,790 --> 00:50:44,830 Run along. 804 00:50:48,710 --> 00:50:51,080 This game you're playing, I will not be manipulated. 805 00:50:51,170 --> 00:50:52,920 -You will not be. -Did you hear? 806 00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:57,380 Apparently Lord Stotter is not content with Miss Li's now-inadequate dowry. 807 00:50:57,470 --> 00:50:59,260 No. Stop it. No. Please. 808 00:50:59,340 --> 00:51:01,800 Well, he has always been known to be a fortune hunter. 809 00:51:01,890 --> 00:51:05,140 Miss Li is not my favorite, but I imagine the family rather needed 810 00:51:05,220 --> 00:51:07,430 one of the girls to make a match this season. 811 00:51:10,150 --> 00:51:12,770 Something tells me all will be well. 812 00:51:14,020 --> 00:51:14,900 Miss Posy. 813 00:51:14,980 --> 00:51:16,360 Oh… 814 00:51:23,990 --> 00:51:26,870 Varley! What are you doing here? 815 00:51:26,950 --> 00:51:29,370 Oh, my lady, forgive me for coming so late. 816 00:51:29,460 --> 00:51:32,000 I hope you've not come to beg for your position back, Varley. 817 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:34,460 Because if you have, I'm afraid I must tell you 818 00:51:34,540 --> 00:51:37,510 that we are more than satisfied with Rae. 819 00:51:37,590 --> 00:51:39,170 No, certainly not. 820 00:51:39,260 --> 00:51:42,340 I am headed to the country for a new position. 821 00:51:42,430 --> 00:51:45,970 And I have come for some of my things before I leave town. 822 00:51:46,060 --> 00:51:48,480 I left behind a few… books 823 00:51:48,980 --> 00:51:50,730 in my rush to depart. 824 00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:54,360 Did we not tease Penelope about her reading together? 825 00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:56,900 I do not remember you picking up a single book. 826 00:51:56,980 --> 00:51:59,900 Well, I also came for an apology. I never got one. 827 00:51:59,990 --> 00:52:02,450 An apology? From me? About what? 828 00:52:02,530 --> 00:52:04,410 Well, for taking me for granted. 829 00:52:04,490 --> 00:52:07,450 For treating me like family and then working me like a dog 830 00:52:07,540 --> 00:52:09,500 and paying me worse than that. 831 00:52:09,580 --> 00:52:14,670 I think that is highly unfair. You will not be getting an apology from me. 832 00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:17,000 Very well. 833 00:52:22,180 --> 00:52:23,840 Perhaps… 834 00:52:25,350 --> 00:52:29,270 Perhaps I could… possibly be 835 00:52:29,350 --> 00:52:30,850 apologetic about 836 00:52:31,810 --> 00:52:33,560 one or two things. 837 00:52:39,190 --> 00:52:40,530 Those, uh… 838 00:52:41,110 --> 00:52:43,320 dresses that I offered you, 839 00:52:43,410 --> 00:52:44,950 they were clearly out of season. 840 00:52:45,030 --> 00:52:46,950 I should have found you something nicer. 841 00:52:49,660 --> 00:52:50,870 Or paid you more. 842 00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:53,960 That will do. 843 00:52:54,710 --> 00:52:55,670 I forgive you. 844 00:52:55,750 --> 00:52:56,840 Oh, Varley. 845 00:52:57,670 --> 00:52:58,960 I have missed you. 846 00:52:59,050 --> 00:53:00,920 Oh, I cannot begin to tell you. 847 00:53:01,010 --> 00:53:04,050 That Penwood woman, she made working here seem like a holiday. 848 00:53:04,130 --> 00:53:06,640 I was only going to the countryside because she came home tonight 849 00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:08,010 in a foul mood and dismissed me. 850 00:53:08,100 --> 00:53:09,310 -Dismissed you? -Yeah! 851 00:53:09,390 --> 00:53:11,470 What sort of a fool would do such a thing? 852 00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:18,110 Well, we cannot have you going to the countryside. 853 00:53:18,190 --> 00:53:19,940 Oh, but you have Rae. 854 00:53:20,030 --> 00:53:22,030 Yes, but… 855 00:53:22,110 --> 00:53:24,110 it is a very large house. 856 00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:31,290 Yes, he has formed an attachment, Miss Sophie Gun, 857 00:53:31,950 --> 00:53:33,710 a relation of the late Lord Penwood. 858 00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:55,480 Miss Gun, 859 00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:58,310 may I have your first dance? 860 00:54:00,820 --> 00:54:02,280 You may, Mr. Bridgerton. 861 00:54:59,870 --> 00:55:01,960 Was that not absurd? 862 00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:05,210 It was a truly mad plan. 863 00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:09,130 She is certainly full of new energy, that Mrs. Mondrich. 864 00:55:10,140 --> 00:55:13,430 Though I do not know if her plan worked because she planned it well 865 00:55:13,510 --> 00:55:15,470 or because of the sheer lack of a plan. 866 00:55:15,560 --> 00:55:17,680 Well, she was right about one thing. 867 00:55:17,770 --> 00:55:20,600 You do enjoy being amused. 868 00:55:27,780 --> 00:55:28,820 Ridiculous. 869 00:55:29,530 --> 00:55:31,360 It is the best thing to happen all season. 870 00:55:31,450 --> 00:55:33,830 No. The best thing to happen all season 871 00:55:33,910 --> 00:55:37,450 is that you are sure to win your wager with Mrs. Bridgerton. 872 00:55:38,910 --> 00:55:40,250 Ahh. 873 00:55:40,330 --> 00:55:42,170 Oh, yes. 874 00:55:42,250 --> 00:55:44,840 The bet shall be settled. 875 00:55:55,890 --> 00:55:58,100 That was fun, Lady Danbury. 876 00:56:02,060 --> 00:56:03,190 Hmm. 877 00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:08,820 We have such fun together. 878 00:56:10,650 --> 00:56:11,950 Yes, we do. 879 00:56:13,530 --> 00:56:14,820 I will miss you. 880 00:56:19,700 --> 00:56:21,500 Oh, bother. 881 00:56:23,710 --> 00:56:25,630 I command these to stop. 882 00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:30,170 To stop? 883 00:56:32,130 --> 00:56:33,180 Shh… 884 00:56:39,770 --> 00:56:43,350 How does it feel to be officially recognized as a Penwood? 885 00:56:44,270 --> 00:56:45,150 Strange. 886 00:56:46,060 --> 00:56:46,900 But good. 887 00:56:46,980 --> 00:56:48,780 Would you mind if I cut it short, then? 888 00:56:48,860 --> 00:56:51,740 Because I would very much like to make you a Bridgerton. 889 00:57:04,170 --> 00:57:05,170 Oh. 890 00:57:06,460 --> 00:57:07,880 Will you marry me? 891 00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:10,960 Yes. 892 00:57:12,010 --> 00:57:13,510 Yes, I will. 893 00:58:00,140 --> 00:58:02,810 I am overjoyed at how things have worked in your son's favor. 894 00:58:02,890 --> 00:58:04,560 Oh, as am I. 895 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:09,150 The two of them can marry properly and stay here in town now if they wish. 896 00:58:09,230 --> 00:58:11,940 They are a legitimate pair as far as anyone is concerned. 897 00:58:12,030 --> 00:58:13,610 That is very good. 898 00:58:14,190 --> 00:58:16,820 And now we may at last make our announcement joyfully 899 00:58:16,910 --> 00:58:18,240 and without concern. 900 00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:20,160 Shall we tell your children tonight? 901 00:58:22,790 --> 00:58:24,250 Is something the matter? 902 00:58:28,170 --> 00:58:29,170 Um… 903 00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:33,210 I, um… 904 00:58:37,260 --> 00:58:41,180 It has been a rather eventful evening. Are we not perhaps rushing things? 905 00:58:41,260 --> 00:58:43,220 I do not see any reason we should delay. 906 00:58:44,970 --> 00:58:47,560 Unless you see one that I am not aware of? 907 00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:50,400 One I should be made aware of? 908 00:58:51,810 --> 00:58:54,070 I have been hesitant because of my children, 909 00:58:54,150 --> 00:58:57,610 because of my late husband, because of Francesca. 910 00:58:59,070 --> 00:59:02,330 But today I came to understand another source of my hesitation. 911 00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:04,200 Which is? 912 00:59:04,700 --> 00:59:07,660 I have been a wife and a mother for so long. 913 00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:11,710 I have lost perspective entirely on who I was before that. 914 00:59:11,790 --> 00:59:14,880 I'm only just starting to get reacquainted with that part of myself, 915 00:59:14,960 --> 00:59:17,840 my carefree, wild self, and… 916 00:59:19,010 --> 00:59:23,180 I am afraid that if we are to wed, then I would lose that opportunity. 917 00:59:23,260 --> 00:59:26,270 And yet I do not want to lose you either. 918 00:59:27,020 --> 00:59:28,430 I do not understand, then. 919 00:59:28,520 --> 00:59:29,690 Would it not-- 920 00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:33,020 Could we not continue 921 00:59:33,820 --> 00:59:34,980 as we are? 922 00:59:37,780 --> 00:59:41,740 Seeing one another, but still having our independence? 923 00:59:45,620 --> 00:59:49,370 Violet, I want so much for your happiness. 924 00:59:50,420 --> 00:59:52,880 But I want for my own as well. 925 00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:55,170 Our time together has been a gift. 926 00:59:55,250 --> 00:59:57,170 I want to share a life with you. 927 00:59:58,420 --> 01:00:01,510 And I would wait if I believed you may one day want the same. 928 01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:07,810 -But I am starting to doubt that you do. -Please, Marcus, please. I… 929 01:00:09,100 --> 01:00:11,640 I care for you deeply. 930 01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:15,980 I know. I feel that you do. 931 01:00:25,580 --> 01:00:27,950 Dearest Gentle Reader, 932 01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:30,790 are you perhaps feeling a little shock? 933 01:00:36,590 --> 01:00:38,420 Have you seen Miss Stirling tonight? 934 01:00:38,500 --> 01:00:39,920 Has she gone to bed already? 935 01:00:40,010 --> 01:00:41,840 Did Miss Stirling not inform you? 936 01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:44,510 -Of what? -She has packed her belongings and left. 937 01:00:46,010 --> 01:00:48,510 You thought I was gone for good… 938 01:00:57,020 --> 01:01:01,360 …but far too much transpires for this author to remain silent… 939 01:01:13,830 --> 01:01:16,540 …and so we are reunited. 940 01:01:16,630 --> 01:01:17,590 What are we doing? 941 01:01:17,670 --> 01:01:20,420 I desire to dance with my betrothed. 942 01:01:38,980 --> 01:01:42,650 Mm. You are rather skilled, even with no music. 943 01:01:42,740 --> 01:01:46,530 It is all the more remarkable if you knew who my first dance tutor was. 944 01:01:46,610 --> 01:01:48,740 I had so much to overcome. 945 01:01:49,450 --> 01:01:54,120 It is assuredly a reunion rooted in care and love… 946 01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,880 I thought you were done with Whistledown. 947 01:02:05,970 --> 01:02:08,590 I am. I am working on my novel. 948 01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:13,310 Then who in the devil wrote this? 949 01:02:13,390 --> 01:02:17,270 …though this time with a very different author. 950 01:02:25,240 --> 01:02:26,200 It is midnight. 951 01:02:26,860 --> 01:02:28,070 Must you flee? 952 01:02:31,490 --> 01:02:32,990 I can stay 953 01:02:34,120 --> 01:02:35,870 as long as you like. 954 01:02:41,630 --> 01:02:43,920 I was hoping you might stay forever. 955 01:02:47,930 --> 01:02:52,560 But for now, my new identity shall remain a secret. 956 01:03:07,780 --> 01:03:12,530 Dear reader, we are going to have so much fun. 957 01:04:41,790 --> 01:04:43,420 I have some advice for you. 958 01:04:43,500 --> 01:04:44,790 -More advice? -Mm-hmm. 959 01:04:44,880 --> 01:04:47,710 Even on my wedding day, you must be the wizened firstborn brother. 960 01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:50,090 In fact, the wisest thing I could impart 961 01:04:50,670 --> 01:04:52,930 is never listen to me again. 962 01:04:54,930 --> 01:04:56,970 Father would be so proud of you. 963 01:04:57,760 --> 01:04:58,760 I know I am. 964 01:05:03,480 --> 01:05:05,860 Whose wedding do you think we will be attending next? 965 01:05:05,940 --> 01:05:07,520 Oh, I do love a wedding. 966 01:05:07,610 --> 01:05:09,780 All the best people in the same place. 967 01:05:11,610 --> 01:05:13,200 As an attendee. 968 01:05:16,820 --> 01:05:19,410 -Do you think you'll ever do it again? -Me? 969 01:05:19,490 --> 01:05:20,870 A wedding? No. 970 01:05:20,950 --> 01:05:22,620 I have had my great love. 971 01:05:22,710 --> 01:05:24,120 One time is enough. 972 01:06:21,350 --> 01:06:22,520 Sophie. 973 01:06:24,430 --> 01:06:25,430 Benedict. 974 01:06:26,690 --> 01:06:28,350 Dearly beloved, 975 01:06:28,440 --> 01:06:31,860 we are gathered together here in the sight of God… 976 01:06:48,290 --> 01:06:49,790 You may kiss your bride.