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[horses neighing]

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[driver] Whoa. Whoa.

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-I just think it's important… No, no, no.
-[chattering]

4
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-Gregory, you…
-[indistinct chatter]

5
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Shh! Let her come out on her own.

6
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-Is this the plan?
-Thank goodness you're here.

7
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-She's requested time.
-We do not have time. Stand back.

8
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No offense, Sister, but you are
the last person she'd like to see.

9
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-What does that mean?
-Are we sure she's in there?

10
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-Of course she is.
-Where else would she be?

11
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-Climbed through the window, the chimney--
-Quiet! She may hear you.

12
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I left my husband
and child at home for this.

13
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I told everyone this would happen,
now we're late for the queen.

14
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I hear something.

15
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[muffled, distant chatter]

16
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-[groans]
-[Violet] Anthony.

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If one of you utters a single word…

18
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Let us get this over with.

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I yearn for someone fresh,
someone unexpected,

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to turn this season on its head.

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That is what we need.
There is no room for indifference.

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Apathy is a blight
the monarchy simply cannot endure.

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Of course, Your Majesty. But remember,

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a young lady cannot be a diamond

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until you anoint her as such.

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So if for any reason you do not find one
among the candidates today--

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Do you think she will return?

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We have heard nary a peep
from Lady Whistledown

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since last season ended.

30
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Perhaps the writer came to her senses.

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Perhaps she realized
taking on her queen was a bad idea,

32
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and she will never publish again.

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It is a convincing theory, ma'am.

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Or

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she simply left for the country,
as the rest of us did in the off-season,

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bored by the lack of any real gossip.

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[Lady Danbury] Hmm.

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You do know
what that would make her, then?

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One of us.

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[Lady Danbury] Hmm.

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[Prudence] Could we not have
appealed to the queen, Mama?

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After having mourned
dear Papa for so very long,

43
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perhaps Her Majesty
might extend a kindness

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and allow us to be presented again.

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I see no need
to go through all of that again

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when I myself am
already betrothed to Mr. Finch.

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Mr. Finch may very well
still change his mind.

48
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Particularly when he notices
there is still no dowry.

49
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Hush! The new Lord Featherington
shall see to that,

50
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when he finally decides
to show his miserly face.

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Just remember to remain composed.

52
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And control your emotions.

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Her Majesty does not take kindly
to any hint of hysterics.

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I found a small smile worked best
to appear open and approachable,

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but not too eager.

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Now, let us see it.

57
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No.

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She's practically melting.

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-Here. Allow me.
-[Violet] And your curtsy, dearest.

60
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Tell your sister
how you managed such balance.

61
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Simply locate a stationary object
and keep your eyes set.

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I used a painting nearby. We practiced it.

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-[Eloise whimpers]
-[Daphne] Several times.

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-You have natural gifts--
-Do not patronize me.

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-And give me that!
-[Francesca] Oh!

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My task this season
cannot be exceptionally difficult.

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Hastings did it after all.
How hard can it be?

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-Ah. Spoken with such feeling too.
-[Anthony] I do not need feeling.

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What I need is what I have,
and that is a list.

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Tolerable, dutiful,
suitable enough hips for childbearing,

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and at least half a brain.

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And that last part is not so much
a requirement but a preference, in fact.

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[man] Miss Cordelia Patridge.

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The Lady Abigail Evans.

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Miss Mary Ann Hallewell.

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Miss Margaret Goring.

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It is not too late.

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-You could say I collapsed.
-[chuckles]

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That I got something
unmentionable on my gown.

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All the feathers affected my senses.

81
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Anything, Mama,
to get me out of doing this.

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-My darling girl.
-[breathes shakily]

83
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No matter what,
you will always be a diamond to me.

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If Penelope were here…

85
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Penelope? How many times
must I warn you to be wary of that window?

86
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Do you wish to appear
like a befreckled beggar

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spending all day in the sun?

88
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-[chuckles]
-[Penelope] Of course not, Mama.

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My apologies.

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[man] The Dowager Viscountess Bridgerton

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and Miss Eloise Bridgerton.

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[Eloise breathes heavily]

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It is here.

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[breathing heavily]

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[whispers] Smile.

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What is the meaning of this?

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[chuckles lightly]

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I've seen enough.

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-[man] But Your Majesty, there are still--
-I have seen enough!

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Does this mean I can go?

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I don't know what this means.

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-[Violet mutters quietly]
-[gasps]

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Eloise.

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[chuckles]

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[scoffs lightly]

106
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Truly, I cannot say
I will long for any of this.

107
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Best of luck to you, Brother.

108
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You shall certainly need it this season.

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[Lady Whistledown] Dearest gentle reader.

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Did you miss me?

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[Lady Whistledown] As the members
of our esteemed ton lazily sojourned

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in their rustic retreats,

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this author was doing but one thing.

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I knew she would return!

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[Lady Whistledown] Honing my skills.

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Increased her price too, I see.

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[Lady Whistledown] Or should I say,
hatching my plans?

118
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Is she truly that good a writer?

119
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[light chuckle]

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[Lady Whistledown] No, even better.

121
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I was sharpening my knives…

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-"For all of you."
-…for all of you.

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How do you think she does it?

124
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Certainly not by herself.
[chuckles] How could she?

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[woman] Oh.

126
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Eighteen? We agreed on 20.

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[in Irish accent]
My mistress changed her mind.

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You're new to this arrangement,
so I'll say this only once.

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What my mistress wants, she gets.

130
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For whatever reason,
that would be you at the moment.

131
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That doesn't make you special, Mr. Harris.

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Printers in this town are ten-a-penny.

133
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But there's only one Lady Whistledown,

134
00:09:02,710 --> 00:09:05,045
and she could just as easily
take her business elsewhere.

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00:09:05,546 --> 00:09:06,839
So it's 18,

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00:09:06,922 --> 00:09:07,965
not a penny more.

137
00:09:08,674 --> 00:09:11,176
And the delivery boys
need a wage increase.

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They're running around town
while you get to sit on your lazy arse.

139
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Yes, ma'am.

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Then my mistress
thanks you for your services.

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[Lady Whistledown] Questions abound
as to this author's identity and means.

142
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Seeking those answers
shall prove fruitless, indeed.

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I am off to the market with my maid, Mama.

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I have just a tiny bit
of pin money left, and I--

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[Lady Whistledown] There is, of course,
another unknown identity at present.

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Though, this one
you will be able to unearth.

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I speak of the season's diamond,
wherever she may be.

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Your move, Your Majesty.

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[classical dance tune on piano]

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00:10:05,230 --> 00:10:07,232
One and two. One and two.

151
00:10:09,818 --> 00:10:11,028
I do not think she's very good.

152
00:10:11,111 --> 00:10:13,113
-I believe she can hear you.
-I can hear you.

153
00:10:14,657 --> 00:10:16,909
-Ow! Watch my feet!
-Might we be done?

154
00:10:16,992 --> 00:10:21,038
If you are to catch the queen's eye after
that interruption, you must be perfection.

155
00:10:21,121 --> 00:10:23,415
I believe it was the interruption
that was perfection.

156
00:10:23,499 --> 00:10:27,127
Shocking that Eloise Bridgerton was not
named the season diamond, was it not?

157
00:10:27,211 --> 00:10:29,880
Was anyone else aware that
dear Colin has decided to add Albania

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00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:32,716
or some such place to his itinerary
as he gads about the world?

159
00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,511
No. But how happy for him
that he can simply decide to do that.

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00:10:35,594 --> 00:10:36,887
Joining us for tea, Anthony?

161
00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:40,307
Uh, I'm afraid I must pass.
Too many calls on my funds today.

162
00:10:41,392 --> 00:10:42,810
Now that the season has started,

163
00:10:42,893 --> 00:10:46,939
I need to fill your coffers at the modiste
and oversee the hiring of extra staff.

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00:10:47,022 --> 00:10:48,899
Your ring.
When you get the chance, I need it.

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00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:51,610
The fields by Ferryhallow.
I was thinking we might hold off

166
00:10:51,694 --> 00:10:53,362
on leasing them due to the hard frost.

167
00:10:53,445 --> 00:10:54,780
I beg your pardon?

168
00:10:54,863 --> 00:10:56,907
The frost hardens the soil,
saps it of nutrients.

169
00:10:56,990 --> 00:10:59,493
That is very well.
But you requested my ring?

170
00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:00,869
Father's betrothal ring.

171
00:11:00,953 --> 00:11:03,997
Did someone catch your eye
at the presentation, Brother?

172
00:11:04,081 --> 00:11:05,958
I thought all the young ladies
looked beautiful.

173
00:11:06,041 --> 00:11:08,794
Not particularly. And all the young ladies
looked the same. Like ladies.

174
00:11:08,877 --> 00:11:11,755
I'd simply like to be prepared
for when the opportunity presents itself.

175
00:11:11,839 --> 00:11:12,673
The opportunity?

176
00:11:12,756 --> 00:11:16,009
I've compiled an index of the season's
eligible misses and arranged interviews.

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00:11:16,093 --> 00:11:18,345
[chuckling] Interviews! [inhales]

178
00:11:19,596 --> 00:11:23,267
Dearest, I shall be more than happy
to give you my ring when you find someone

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00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:25,185
with whom you are very much in love.

180
00:11:25,269 --> 00:11:27,771
Besides, it is
in safekeeping at Aubrey Hall.

181
00:11:27,855 --> 00:11:30,107
-Very well.
-See that he is quite well.

182
00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:31,024
Me?

183
00:11:31,108 --> 00:11:32,526
I'm not in need of coddling.

184
00:11:33,235 --> 00:11:35,779
I assure you all, everything is in order.

185
00:11:36,947 --> 00:11:41,243
[classical rendition
of "Stay Away" playing]

186
00:11:49,752 --> 00:11:51,503
Are you looking forward to being a mother?

187
00:11:51,587 --> 00:11:54,882
Oh, very much. I am quite close
with my brothers and sisters.

188
00:11:54,965 --> 00:11:56,175
I love children.

189
00:11:56,258 --> 00:11:57,843
What number do you have in mind?

190
00:11:58,427 --> 00:11:59,428
Of children?

191
00:11:59,970 --> 00:12:03,557
Four. Or five. No. Perhaps six.

192
00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,018
Three children is what
I have always wanted, my lord.

193
00:12:06,101 --> 00:12:08,145
If your daughter had
a penchant for overspending,

194
00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:09,438
how would you deal with that?

195
00:12:09,521 --> 00:12:11,774
[whimsical classical music continues]

196
00:12:14,902 --> 00:12:17,905
We must secure a new lady's maid
for Eloise, now that she is out.

197
00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:20,908
Ensure she is even more
strong-willed than the last.

198
00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:23,076
-[clears throat]
-What are those?

199
00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,288
Uh, accounts requiring
your signature, my lord.

200
00:12:27,664 --> 00:12:29,875
The harp is
a wonderful instrument, my lord,

201
00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:32,753
teaching one patience, strength,

202
00:12:32,836 --> 00:12:36,340
and an appreciation for beauty,
of course. [chuckles]

203
00:12:37,299 --> 00:12:38,300
But do you read?

204
00:12:38,967 --> 00:12:40,135
Books?

205
00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:45,641
[exhales deeply]

206
00:12:59,863 --> 00:13:02,991
I am fluent in French, Italian, Latin.

207
00:13:03,951 --> 00:13:05,118
And your Greek?

208
00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,166
Apologies, my lord.
I much prefer a quadrille.

209
00:13:12,584 --> 00:13:14,127
I ride. I paint.

210
00:13:14,211 --> 00:13:16,421
I sing. I dance.

211
00:13:16,505 --> 00:13:18,882
I can divide and multiply.

212
00:13:18,966 --> 00:13:21,009
I even construct my own hats.

213
00:13:43,407 --> 00:13:44,908
Five and twenty more, my lord.

214
00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,371
[coins clattering]

215
00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:59,506
[whimsical classical music fades]

216
00:14:01,425 --> 00:14:02,676
[quacking]

217
00:14:06,346 --> 00:14:07,890
[horse snorts]

218
00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:13,228
[distant horse neighs]

219
00:14:15,272 --> 00:14:16,106
Whoa, there!

220
00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:18,358
Miss, are you in trouble?

221
00:14:18,442 --> 00:14:20,152
-[horse neighing]
-Come on.

222
00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:42,674
Come on.

223
00:14:58,023 --> 00:14:59,316
Careful, now!

224
00:15:00,943 --> 00:15:02,069
Whoa, there!

225
00:15:05,238 --> 00:15:06,198
[horse snorts]

226
00:15:06,907 --> 00:15:08,909
[distant horse neighs]

227
00:15:21,380 --> 00:15:23,548
[panting softly]

228
00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:25,592
[horse nickers]

229
00:15:26,468 --> 00:15:27,427
[sighs]

230
00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:29,763
Enjoying your victory lap?

231
00:15:29,846 --> 00:15:30,973
[speaks Hindi]

232
00:15:31,473 --> 00:15:34,434
You'll not be afforded
such an ample head-start this time.

233
00:15:34,935 --> 00:15:36,186
Apologies, sir.

234
00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:39,106
I did not mean to cause anyone concern.

235
00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:41,358
Does your maid know
you are riding astride?

236
00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:42,776
I have no maid.

237
00:15:42,859 --> 00:15:44,069
Then you're married.

238
00:15:46,071 --> 00:15:47,072
Forgive me.

239
00:15:48,115 --> 00:15:49,074
Then you are lost.

240
00:15:49,157 --> 00:15:51,368
I am not lost either.
I'm on my way back to Mayfair.

241
00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,245
-It is just ahead.
-Mayfair?

242
00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:55,622
Well, then--

243
00:15:55,706 --> 00:15:58,417
I appreciate your attention, sir,
but I assure you I am perfectly safe.

244
00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:00,794
Perhaps we pretend
this encounter never took place?

245
00:16:00,877 --> 00:16:02,921
You allow me to go my way,
and you go yours.

246
00:16:04,047 --> 00:16:05,465
You worry about being seen.

247
00:16:05,549 --> 00:16:08,010
I worry about meeting
strange men in parks at dawn

248
00:16:08,093 --> 00:16:10,262
who fail to leave me alone
with their questions.

249
00:16:10,345 --> 00:16:12,180
Your secret is safe.
I shall not tell a soul.

250
00:16:12,264 --> 00:16:13,306
How grateful I am.

251
00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:16,935
Losing races to strange women
in such parks at dawn.

252
00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:20,522
I can only imagine
the questions I would be asked.

253
00:16:20,605 --> 00:16:21,857
[both chuckle lightly]

254
00:16:22,357 --> 00:16:23,775
Is that what that was?

255
00:16:24,776 --> 00:16:26,570
-A race?
-Was it not?

256
00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:28,989
Does one not need
actual competition for a race?

257
00:16:29,072 --> 00:16:31,199
If we had decided
on a finish line together,

258
00:16:31,283 --> 00:16:33,160
but alas, we made no such agreement.

259
00:16:33,243 --> 00:16:34,870
I see you are not one for losing.

260
00:16:35,454 --> 00:16:36,663
I shall have you--

261
00:16:39,291 --> 00:16:42,335
In the rare instances it occurs,

262
00:16:42,419 --> 00:16:44,671
I'd admit that I have
either lost or am in the wrong.

263
00:16:44,755 --> 00:16:46,548
But I'm afraid
the same cannot be said for you.

264
00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:48,842
-I beg your pardon?
-Mayfair is not right ahead.

265
00:16:48,925 --> 00:16:50,218
It's the other way entirely.

266
00:16:50,719 --> 00:16:51,928
[men chattering]

267
00:16:52,012 --> 00:16:53,680
[Anthony] Not lost, you said?

268
00:16:57,142 --> 00:16:58,935
-Good day, sir.
-[horse snorts]

269
00:16:59,019 --> 00:17:00,020
Let's go.

270
00:17:01,772 --> 00:17:03,231
We have not yet been introduced.

271
00:17:03,315 --> 00:17:06,651
I am afraid that is not possible.
Not when I have a victory lap to enjoy.

272
00:17:06,735 --> 00:17:07,611
[chuckles]

273
00:17:08,487 --> 00:17:10,405
[horse whinnies]

274
00:17:19,706 --> 00:17:22,209
Well, what do you mean
she was not in her room?

275
00:17:22,292 --> 00:17:25,170
I went to find her after awakening,
but she was not there.

276
00:17:28,298 --> 00:17:30,050
[Lady Danbury] Lady Mary.

277
00:17:31,676 --> 00:17:32,719
Lady Danbury.

278
00:17:33,804 --> 00:17:35,764
Oh, how delightful it is to see you.

279
00:17:35,847 --> 00:17:36,973
And you.

280
00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:40,102
-After all these years.
-[chuckles softly]

281
00:17:41,103 --> 00:17:42,479
You look well.

282
00:17:43,188 --> 00:17:46,108
Allow me to introduce to you my youngest,

283
00:17:46,191 --> 00:17:48,110
-Miss Edwina Sharma.
-Ah.

284
00:17:48,193 --> 00:17:50,362
[Edwina] A true pleasure, Lady Danbury.

285
00:17:50,445 --> 00:17:52,989
I am so grateful for your hospitality.

286
00:17:53,073 --> 00:17:56,034
Your home, it is magnificent.

287
00:17:56,118 --> 00:17:58,453
Consider it yours for the season.

288
00:17:58,537 --> 00:18:01,581
Though, I was expecting another?

289
00:18:01,665 --> 00:18:03,708
Yes. My eldest.

290
00:18:03,792 --> 00:18:04,751
Kate.

291
00:18:04,835 --> 00:18:06,294
Kate. Yes.

292
00:18:07,546 --> 00:18:10,715
Well, she did get off the ship
with you last night, did she not?

293
00:18:11,299 --> 00:18:12,884
-Apologies.
-[Edwina] Kate!

294
00:18:12,968 --> 00:18:15,720
-There you are, dearest.
-I hope I did not keep you waiting long.

295
00:18:15,804 --> 00:18:18,140
The gardens here are so lovely.

296
00:18:18,223 --> 00:18:20,016
After such a lengthy journey,

297
00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:23,228
I found that I wanted
some freshness and morning air.

298
00:18:23,311 --> 00:18:25,438
But, uh… [clears throat] I am here now.

299
00:18:25,522 --> 00:18:28,775
My eldest, Lady Danbury. Miss Kate Sharma.

300
00:18:28,859 --> 00:18:30,152
[Lady Danbury] Hmm.

301
00:18:30,235 --> 00:18:32,320
Well, now that we are all arrived--

302
00:18:32,404 --> 00:18:33,405
[Kate] Almost.

303
00:18:33,488 --> 00:18:34,739
I beg your pardon?

304
00:18:34,823 --> 00:18:37,826
We have almost all arrived.
There is also Newton.

305
00:18:37,909 --> 00:18:39,744
Is he still upstairs?

306
00:18:40,787 --> 00:18:41,663
[chuckles softly]

307
00:18:41,746 --> 00:18:43,790
[panting]

308
00:18:45,375 --> 00:18:49,254
Mama tells us you host the first ball
of every season, Lady Danbury.

309
00:18:49,337 --> 00:18:52,549
Yes. I have appropriated a conservatory

310
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,593
for this year's festivities.

311
00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:56,011
Did you hear that, Edwina?

312
00:18:56,845 --> 00:18:58,555
Well, that sounds delightful.

313
00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:02,517
It will make for a most spectacular
entrance to society, indeed.

314
00:19:02,601 --> 00:19:04,978
I cannot tell you
how eager the young ladies are

315
00:19:05,061 --> 00:19:06,271
for the upcoming season.

316
00:19:06,354 --> 00:19:07,522
As am I.

317
00:19:07,606 --> 00:19:11,234
I would've ensured their presentation
to Her Majesty the Queen,

318
00:19:11,318 --> 00:19:14,779
but I thought it wise for me
to examine their deportment

319
00:19:14,863 --> 00:19:16,781
prior to their first engagement.

320
00:19:16,865 --> 00:19:20,243
Her Majesty is most discerning,
you understand.

321
00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:24,247
So Her Majesty will be
in attendance, then, at the ball?

322
00:19:24,331 --> 00:19:26,958
Well, there is no reason
for concern, Lady Mary.

323
00:19:27,042 --> 00:19:29,336
You will be with me, after all.

324
00:19:30,170 --> 00:19:31,087
Of course.

325
00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:33,506
Now, I have made all the arrangements.

326
00:19:33,590 --> 00:19:36,218
The pianoforte is tuned,
the instructors hired.

327
00:19:36,301 --> 00:19:37,886
Dance lessons begin at noon,

328
00:19:37,969 --> 00:19:40,013
followed by a short
but comprehensive visit

329
00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:42,432
from a lovely French tutor I have secured.

330
00:19:43,225 --> 00:19:44,976
Well, stand up.

331
00:19:45,894 --> 00:19:48,521
Both of you. Could you, uh-- [chuckles]

332
00:19:49,189 --> 00:19:50,774
[dog whimpers]

333
00:19:56,279 --> 00:19:58,657
Exceptional posture.

334
00:19:59,157 --> 00:20:00,867
Beautiful smiles.

335
00:20:00,951 --> 00:20:02,535
Yes, they are, quite.

336
00:20:02,619 --> 00:20:05,622
The age of the elder miss
may raise concern.

337
00:20:05,705 --> 00:20:08,917
Any suitable gentleman
will require some persuading,

338
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,835
whether we like it or not,

339
00:20:10,919 --> 00:20:15,173
as she will already be regarded
as an old maid at the mature age of…

340
00:20:15,257 --> 00:20:16,716
Six and twenty, ma'am.

341
00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,594
But it should truly be
of no concern, as I assure you

342
00:20:19,678 --> 00:20:22,013
I am not here
to find a husband for myself,

343
00:20:22,097 --> 00:20:24,891
only for my sister,
who, indeed, stands quite tall

344
00:20:24,975 --> 00:20:27,018
and smiles rather exquisitely.

345
00:20:27,102 --> 00:20:29,813
Even more so
when she speaks French, I rather think.

346
00:20:32,524 --> 00:20:36,278
[speaks French]

347
00:20:36,361 --> 00:20:38,655
[Kate] She is accomplished
in both Latin and Greek,

348
00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:40,991
in addition to Marathi
and Hindustani, of course.

349
00:20:41,074 --> 00:20:44,619
She not only plays sitar
and maruli, but pianoforte too.

350
00:20:45,203 --> 00:20:47,163
And as for her dancing, well,

351
00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:49,916
it is quite remarkable,
if I do say so myself.

352
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,042
And I do say so,

353
00:20:51,126 --> 00:20:55,922
considering it was I who taught my sister
the cotillion, the quadrille, the waltz.

354
00:20:56,006 --> 00:20:59,175
Self-taught, naturally,
but still quite remarkable nonetheless.

355
00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:00,343
Hmm! Well--

356
00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:04,264
Kate feels quite passionately
about her sister's prospects this season.

357
00:21:04,347 --> 00:21:07,892
I hope you did not go to too much trouble,
finding all of those instructors?

358
00:21:07,976 --> 00:21:09,144
Not at all.

359
00:21:09,227 --> 00:21:11,646
My mama did not err
in her description of you,

360
00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:14,524
a woman of such grace and kindness.

361
00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:16,818
I am sure we have much to learn from you,

362
00:21:16,901 --> 00:21:20,989
such as the preparation
of this most excellent tea.

363
00:21:21,072 --> 00:21:22,532
[Lady Mary chuckles nervously]

364
00:21:23,450 --> 00:21:24,743
-Kate, dear?
-Mm-hmm?

365
00:21:24,826 --> 00:21:26,369
Might Newton require a walk

366
00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:30,290
before he makes his mess
all over these fine carpets?

367
00:21:30,373 --> 00:21:33,877
Indeed. Delighted
to make your acquaintance, Lady Danbury.

368
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,130
My sister and I do look forward
to your sponsorship this season.

369
00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:38,256
[dog barks]

370
00:21:40,759 --> 00:21:43,762
Daphne provided me
a list of recommendations

371
00:21:43,845 --> 00:21:45,347
for a successful season.

372
00:21:45,430 --> 00:21:48,850
Private advice regarding
the top ten ways in which to entrap a man.

373
00:21:48,933 --> 00:21:49,809
I'm telling you, Pen,

374
00:21:49,893 --> 00:21:52,812
the season has barely begun
and already I feel touched in the head.

375
00:21:52,896 --> 00:21:53,980
[Penelope laughs]

376
00:21:54,064 --> 00:21:57,692
Another quill? You do get
through them at an extraordinary rate.

377
00:21:57,776 --> 00:22:01,196
I have been busy with my correspondence.

378
00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,406
-To the new heir? Is he here yet?
-No.

379
00:22:03,490 --> 00:22:04,407
Oh.

380
00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:08,411
I only mean, Colin has been keeping me
informed of his adventures in Greece.

381
00:22:08,495 --> 00:22:11,122
In fairness, I have stopped
reading his letters. He rambles.

382
00:22:11,206 --> 00:22:13,208
-He's certainly no Lady Whistledown.
-No.

383
00:22:14,167 --> 00:22:17,253
But, then again, Colin has,
in fact, been somewhere, unlike her.

384
00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:19,714
Well, I thought you revered Whistledown.

385
00:22:19,798 --> 00:22:22,342
Did her arrival not save you
from your presentation to the queen?

386
00:22:22,425 --> 00:22:24,886
I was delighted
by the diversion, to be sure. But,

387
00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:26,846
I sat with her paper all morning,

388
00:22:26,930 --> 00:22:29,391
and in truth, all she does
is repeat what she hears.

389
00:22:29,474 --> 00:22:32,227
Someone must report the gossip.
Does she not have a way with words?

390
00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:33,853
But what is she saying with those words?

391
00:22:34,813 --> 00:22:37,315
Truly, I did not mind
Whistledown's silence the last ten months,

392
00:22:37,399 --> 00:22:40,276
as it finally gave me some time
to read a few articles of substance.

393
00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,361
[clears throat]

394
00:22:41,444 --> 00:22:45,573
"My own sex, I hope, will excuse me
if I treat them like rational creatures,

395
00:22:45,657 --> 00:22:48,159
instead of flattering
their fascinating graces."

396
00:22:48,243 --> 00:22:49,244
Wollstonecraft.

397
00:22:49,744 --> 00:22:51,746
Rather haughty.

398
00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:53,748
Imagine if Whistledown wrote like this,

399
00:22:53,832 --> 00:22:57,919
instead of simply turning our eye
to every newly-minted debutante.

400
00:22:58,002 --> 00:22:59,629
Perhaps then we might find our respite

401
00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:01,881
from the tedious sequence
of tea parties and balls.

402
00:23:01,965 --> 00:23:05,051
I rather think the only reason
Whistledown writes about such things

403
00:23:05,135 --> 00:23:07,554
is because she is not
an active participant in them.

404
00:23:07,637 --> 00:23:10,014
Oh. Everyone has their theory, I suppose.

405
00:23:10,098 --> 00:23:11,057
[Eloise] Mmm.

406
00:23:13,101 --> 00:23:17,063
Would you like me to prepare some potatoes
for the ladies downstairs, ma'am?

407
00:23:17,147 --> 00:23:18,606
Potatoes? Again?

408
00:23:18,690 --> 00:23:20,775
Why are we always eating potatoes?

409
00:23:20,859 --> 00:23:25,447
Because these days, I am the housekeeper,
lady's maid, scullery maid, and cook.

410
00:23:25,530 --> 00:23:27,198
Have all the staff truly departed?

411
00:23:27,282 --> 00:23:29,659
Though I am quite good at boiling the veg.

412
00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:32,162
Thank you, Mrs. Varley.
Potatoes would be lovely.

413
00:23:32,245 --> 00:23:35,290
A season with no new dresses,
nor servants.

414
00:23:35,373 --> 00:23:37,750
Are we to empty our own chamber pots too?

415
00:23:37,834 --> 00:23:39,711
-Mama, I cannot do that.
-Calm yourselves.

416
00:23:40,211 --> 00:23:43,381
As I have told you,
once the new Lord Featherington arrives,

417
00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:44,841
we will be provided for.

418
00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:48,261
Well, where is he?
Why is he taking so long?

419
00:23:48,344 --> 00:23:51,389
Because he wishes to make us suffer.

420
00:23:52,307 --> 00:23:53,183
[sighs]

421
00:23:53,683 --> 00:23:55,852
The new Lord Featherington
is off somewhere,

422
00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:57,604
delighting in our misfortune,

423
00:23:57,687 --> 00:23:59,564
because the man is as cruel as can be.

424
00:23:59,647 --> 00:24:02,108
I hear he cast his only son
out to the Americas

425
00:24:02,192 --> 00:24:03,902
for daring to question his word.

426
00:24:03,985 --> 00:24:07,405
I tremble to think where he will send
the rest of us if he has a mind.

427
00:24:07,489 --> 00:24:08,656
Cornwall, perhaps.

428
00:24:08,740 --> 00:24:10,325
Cornwall?

429
00:24:10,408 --> 00:24:13,786
Well, I suppose
you may visit Mr. Finch and me.

430
00:24:13,870 --> 00:24:15,788
If there is nary a penny
for new dresses or staff,

431
00:24:15,872 --> 00:24:17,040
there is none for her dowry.

432
00:24:17,123 --> 00:24:19,250
He shall prevent me from marrying?

433
00:24:19,334 --> 00:24:20,460
Of course not.

434
00:24:20,543 --> 00:24:23,671
The man may be an old,
bitter curmudgeon, but he is a gentleman

435
00:24:23,755 --> 00:24:25,840
and he will keep a gentleman's agreement.

436
00:24:25,924 --> 00:24:30,470
Which is why we must waste no time
in finding matches for the lot of you.

437
00:24:30,553 --> 00:24:32,889
Unless you are all betrothed
by the time our cousin arrives

438
00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:36,309
to claim the Featherington estate,
we shall be at his mercy.

439
00:24:36,392 --> 00:24:38,811
And then… heaven help us all.

440
00:24:42,148 --> 00:24:44,067
You could always sell the silverware.

441
00:24:44,567 --> 00:24:47,111
The dinner service
should fetch a handsome price.

442
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,962
Are you thinking of wearing that one?

443
00:25:04,462 --> 00:25:06,464
-[sighs]
-It is quite beautiful.

444
00:25:06,548 --> 00:25:08,341
No. These are for you, Bon.

445
00:25:08,424 --> 00:25:11,094
We have come to London
to find your husband, not mine.

446
00:25:11,177 --> 00:25:13,304
Yes. You are but a dear old maid.

447
00:25:13,388 --> 00:25:18,101
Ah. Who shall be perfectly happy doting on
my many nieces and nephews one day soon.

448
00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:21,771
I shall spoil them exceedingly.
You do know that, yes?

449
00:25:24,190 --> 00:25:25,149
What is it?

450
00:25:26,943 --> 00:25:27,777
I…

451
00:25:29,779 --> 00:25:32,073
only hope they like me tonight.

452
00:25:33,324 --> 00:25:34,617
How could they not?

453
00:25:37,662 --> 00:25:41,082
[sighs] Mama is doing that thing
she always does when she is worried.

454
00:25:41,624 --> 00:25:43,418
The gossip she endured after marrying Appa

455
00:25:43,501 --> 00:25:45,420
had to have been unbearable,
do you not think?

456
00:25:45,503 --> 00:25:48,756
Is this what troubles you?
That was many years ago.

457
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,842
Everyone will still have questions.

458
00:25:50,925 --> 00:25:53,636
About our family.
About how you and I are related.

459
00:25:54,387 --> 00:25:55,597
We are sisters.

460
00:25:56,264 --> 00:25:57,932
This place may feel different,

461
00:25:58,016 --> 00:26:01,060
but it will never change
the way you and I see each other.

462
00:26:02,020 --> 00:26:06,316
Besides, you heard Lady Danbury.
She will smooth everything over.

463
00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:07,942
She is on our side.

464
00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:11,988
[sighs] The dowager is
more formidable than I imagined.

465
00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:16,451
She will have your head when she learns
of your secret morning ride.

466
00:26:17,035 --> 00:26:18,786
Are you certain no one saw you?

467
00:26:18,870 --> 00:26:20,288
Yes. Now, never mind her.

468
00:26:20,371 --> 00:26:22,915
The dowager is not half as frightening
as she thinks she is.

469
00:26:22,999 --> 00:26:23,833
[chuckles]

470
00:26:24,709 --> 00:26:26,836
You must be excited.

471
00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:29,964
This is the first chapter
of a happy story.

472
00:26:30,048 --> 00:26:31,674
All you have to do this evening

473
00:26:31,758 --> 00:26:33,885
is remember
what it is you are looking for.

474
00:26:34,427 --> 00:26:35,511
Hmm.

475
00:26:35,595 --> 00:26:37,221
-Someone charming.
-Mm-hmm.

476
00:26:38,514 --> 00:26:40,516
And handsome, of course.

477
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,393
A prince or a duke, perhaps.

478
00:26:42,477 --> 00:26:45,355
It is not a man's appearance
or title that will woo you.

479
00:26:45,438 --> 00:26:48,274
It is his mind and spirit
that will court yours.

480
00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,986
He will speak in a manner
that only your heart can hear.

481
00:26:54,197 --> 00:26:56,074
That is what you are looking for.

482
00:26:56,658 --> 00:26:58,701
That is the true love you deserve.

483
00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:03,831
[inhales]

484
00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:08,211
This one?

485
00:27:08,753 --> 00:27:10,880
-They will not be ready.
-[Edwina chuckles]

486
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,090
[Kate chuckles]

487
00:27:12,173 --> 00:27:15,176
[classical rendition
of "Material Girl" playing]

488
00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:43,204
Just remember to breathe, Bon.

489
00:27:43,287 --> 00:27:44,372
[gasps softly] Ah.

490
00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:49,752
The Marquis of Ashdown.

491
00:27:49,836 --> 00:27:53,589
A little young, to be sure,
but he has 10,000 a year.

492
00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:58,136
The Earl of Gloucester.
His wife recently died of influenza.

493
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,055
He might make
a particularly estimable addition

494
00:28:01,139 --> 00:28:02,932
to your dance card
this evening, Miss Sharma.

495
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:05,893
I will not be taking
to the floor tonight, Lady Danbury.

496
00:28:05,977 --> 00:28:08,646
Is there someone back home
you've yet to tell me about?

497
00:28:08,730 --> 00:28:10,565
Come now. I am long past all of that.

498
00:28:10,648 --> 00:28:13,693
The only match I am interested in
is for my sister.

499
00:28:13,776 --> 00:28:17,488
She trusts me implicitly.
Now, what about the Duke of Suffolk?

500
00:28:17,572 --> 00:28:20,283
According to Debrett's,
he should be quite the catch this year.

501
00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:22,285
The duke flaunts his mistresses.

502
00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:25,997
I assure you, Miss Sharma,
I have our prospects well in hand.

503
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:27,039
[gasps softly] Ah.

504
00:28:27,123 --> 00:28:28,916
There she is.

505
00:28:32,837 --> 00:28:34,380
So many flowers,

506
00:28:35,256 --> 00:28:37,675
when what I really seek is a gem.

507
00:28:38,468 --> 00:28:39,469
Oh.

508
00:28:40,094 --> 00:28:41,637
So soon, Lady Danbury?

509
00:28:44,557 --> 00:28:48,102
Lady Danbury.
A delightful soiree, as expected.

510
00:28:48,186 --> 00:28:51,522
Though my own later this week
will be much more exclusive.

511
00:28:51,606 --> 00:28:54,776
Your Majesty,
I would not think to compare.

512
00:28:54,859 --> 00:28:56,277
And rightly so.

513
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,655
Your Majesty,
may I present Lady Mary Sharma,

514
00:28:59,739 --> 00:29:01,491
whom you must remember.

515
00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:03,785
And may I present her daughters,

516
00:29:03,868 --> 00:29:07,079
Miss Sharma and Miss Edwina Sharma,

517
00:29:07,163 --> 00:29:09,957
my personal special guests for the season.

518
00:29:10,041 --> 00:29:11,793
A high honor, indeed.

519
00:29:11,876 --> 00:29:14,086
I hear you have made quite a journey

520
00:29:14,170 --> 00:29:16,839
to join us again
after all these years, Lady Mary.

521
00:29:16,923 --> 00:29:18,800
If only you had extended the courtesy

522
00:29:18,883 --> 00:29:21,761
of offering your queen
a final farewell before you left.

523
00:29:25,932 --> 00:29:30,019
Oh, I do relish a challenge.

524
00:29:35,525 --> 00:29:36,609
[song ends]

525
00:29:39,487 --> 00:29:40,863
[Violet chuckles]

526
00:29:41,447 --> 00:29:42,448
[Eloise sighs]

527
00:29:43,241 --> 00:29:45,284
Stop fussing with your dress.

528
00:29:45,368 --> 00:29:46,369
You look lovely, dear.

529
00:29:46,452 --> 00:29:48,496
I look like a prize calf,
trussed up for auction.

530
00:29:48,579 --> 00:29:49,789
[Benedict moos]

531
00:29:49,872 --> 00:29:51,499
Even Daphne felt most apprehensive

532
00:29:51,582 --> 00:29:54,335
at her first official ball,
and look how well her season turned out.

533
00:29:54,418 --> 00:29:55,253
Oh, right.

534
00:29:55,336 --> 00:29:56,629
[Violet chuckles] Oh.

535
00:29:56,712 --> 00:29:59,715
Come, Sister. The cakes
at these occasions are surprisingly good.

536
00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:01,509
[hesitates] Uh… Uh…

537
00:30:04,595 --> 00:30:06,639
It truly is a sparse crop.

538
00:30:06,722 --> 00:30:09,725
Oh, I am sure there is
someone here who will charm you.

539
00:30:10,518 --> 00:30:14,939
After all, this is the season
the viscount intends to find a wife.

540
00:30:16,524 --> 00:30:19,026
-You honestly just did that?
-I believe I did.

541
00:30:19,110 --> 00:30:20,862
-Lady Bridgerton.
-[Violet chuckles]

542
00:30:20,945 --> 00:30:22,280
Lord Bridgerton.

543
00:30:22,363 --> 00:30:24,657
-Dance, please, Lord Bridgerton?
-[Anthony] Good evening.

544
00:30:25,157 --> 00:30:27,535
[classical music playing]

545
00:30:29,662 --> 00:30:32,456
Is that Lady Mary Sheffield Sharma?

546
00:30:32,540 --> 00:30:34,959
I can't believe
she would show her face here again.

547
00:30:35,042 --> 00:30:36,669
A scandal, Mama?

548
00:30:36,752 --> 00:30:39,130
Lady Mary was
the incomparable of our season,

549
00:30:39,213 --> 00:30:42,884
until she fell in love with
and married some kind of clerk, I hear.

550
00:30:42,967 --> 00:30:45,428
The two of them
absconded to India thereafter.

551
00:30:45,511 --> 00:30:48,681
A maharajah I would have understood,

552
00:30:48,764 --> 00:30:52,727
but the man was no more than
a common worker who already had a child.

553
00:30:52,810 --> 00:30:54,103
That must be her.

554
00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:55,521
The older one.

555
00:30:55,605 --> 00:30:59,191
Lady Mary's parents, the Sheffields,
never lived down the shame, did they?

556
00:30:59,275 --> 00:31:01,569
Too ashamed to show their faces in London.

557
00:31:01,652 --> 00:31:04,363
If only every family
could be as respectable as ours.

558
00:31:04,447 --> 00:31:06,657
[chuckles softly] Yes, Lady Featherington?

559
00:31:09,869 --> 00:31:11,329
[gasps softly] Dearest!

560
00:31:11,412 --> 00:31:12,371
My love.

561
00:31:19,462 --> 00:31:20,296
Hmm.

562
00:31:20,796 --> 00:31:22,340
Mr. and Mrs. Finch.

563
00:31:22,423 --> 00:31:24,675
Lady Featherington.

564
00:31:24,759 --> 00:31:27,803
It is a delightful surprise
to see you in attendance.

565
00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:30,473
After such a long mourning period.

566
00:31:30,556 --> 00:31:33,267
Almost as long as our son
has been courting Philippa,

567
00:31:33,351 --> 00:31:34,894
if you can imagine.

568
00:31:34,977 --> 00:31:36,062
[chuckles] Yes.

569
00:31:36,646 --> 00:31:39,774
It has been a difficult time, indeed.

570
00:31:39,857 --> 00:31:42,443
Darkness has been our candle
in recent months.

571
00:31:42,526 --> 00:31:44,445
Mmm. Have you come unaccompanied?

572
00:31:44,528 --> 00:31:46,656
Or has the new heir finally come to manage

573
00:31:46,739 --> 00:31:48,991
this unsettled business
of your daughter's dowry?

574
00:31:51,911 --> 00:31:54,789
"Unsettled."
That is the precise word, Mr. Finch,

575
00:31:54,872 --> 00:31:57,124
because I, too, have been… [sighs]

576
00:31:57,208 --> 00:31:59,168
…very unsettled, indeed.

577
00:31:59,752 --> 00:32:02,838
Shaken to the bone, in fact, by…

578
00:32:02,922 --> 00:32:04,548
[tearfully] …by grief.

579
00:32:04,632 --> 00:32:07,843
Missing my dear, dear, very dead husband.

580
00:32:07,927 --> 00:32:10,137
-[feigns sobbing]
-I told you it was too soon!

581
00:32:10,221 --> 00:32:12,640
You told me you wished
for the boy to be out of the house!

582
00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:17,144
Our apologies, Lady Featherington.

583
00:32:17,645 --> 00:32:20,898
Do let us know when you are more… settled.

584
00:32:20,982 --> 00:32:22,400
-Yes?
-[feigns sobbing]

585
00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:24,610
[sniffles]

586
00:32:34,578 --> 00:32:35,579
[song ends]

587
00:32:35,663 --> 00:32:36,998
-Number eight?
-Yes.

588
00:32:37,081 --> 00:32:38,541
I know that gentleman.

589
00:32:39,041 --> 00:32:41,293
-Who?
-The viscount?

590
00:32:41,877 --> 00:32:45,006
I do not believe
I have yet made an introduction.

591
00:32:45,089 --> 00:32:46,132
Of course.

592
00:32:47,008 --> 00:32:48,592
It must be my mistake.

593
00:32:48,676 --> 00:32:50,720
Though you have quite the eye.

594
00:32:50,803 --> 00:32:54,098
Viscount Bridgerton is
wealthy, well-connected,

595
00:32:54,181 --> 00:32:57,476
and from one of the ton's
most illustrious families.

596
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,603
Apparently hoping to marry this season,

597
00:32:59,687 --> 00:33:03,816
he may very well be
our most eligible bachelor, indeed.

598
00:33:03,899 --> 00:33:05,192
He is very handsome.

599
00:33:05,276 --> 00:33:06,152
Yes.

600
00:33:07,445 --> 00:33:08,738
I suppose he is.

601
00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:13,701
Lord Corning.
I was hoping to see you this evening.

602
00:33:13,784 --> 00:33:17,246
Allow me to introduce Miss Sharma

603
00:33:17,788 --> 00:33:20,207
and Miss Edwina Sharma.

604
00:33:20,833 --> 00:33:24,336
It is a pleasure. Miss Edwina,
would you honor me with a dance?

605
00:33:24,420 --> 00:33:25,713
Corning, you said?

606
00:33:25,796 --> 00:33:27,423
The Baron Corning.

607
00:33:31,302 --> 00:33:33,054
I would be delighted, my lord.

608
00:33:34,764 --> 00:33:36,766
[classical music plays]

609
00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:41,896
I do not recall reading
of Corning's family in my research.

610
00:33:41,979 --> 00:33:45,316
It does not matter
what you have and have not read.

611
00:33:45,399 --> 00:33:47,443
It is unacceptable here

612
00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:49,820
for a lady to decline
a dance with a gentleman

613
00:33:49,904 --> 00:33:52,698
unless she's already reserved by another.

614
00:33:53,199 --> 00:33:56,035
I see we have much to learn.

615
00:33:56,118 --> 00:33:57,119
[cane taps]

616
00:34:04,668 --> 00:34:05,795
Spanish dance?

617
00:34:05,878 --> 00:34:07,671
[indistinct conversation]

618
00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:14,512
And they say
Millerson has a whelp in the country.

619
00:34:14,595 --> 00:34:16,347
Spitting image of his father.

620
00:34:18,849 --> 00:34:19,850
There you are.

621
00:34:19,934 --> 00:34:23,020
Oh, Pen, I'm so glad to see you.
Mama is already being insufferable.

622
00:34:23,104 --> 00:34:25,564
At least she did not see fit
to dress you as a sunflower.

623
00:34:25,648 --> 00:34:27,775
I declare a bee
might mistake me for the real thing.

624
00:34:27,858 --> 00:34:30,778
Miss Bridgerton.
May I request your next dance?

625
00:34:30,861 --> 00:34:32,780
Or I might accompany you
to fetch some lemonade?

626
00:34:32,863 --> 00:34:34,907
-You seem parched.
-How can you tell? Is she wilting?

627
00:34:34,990 --> 00:34:36,117
Or punch, if you prefer?

628
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,410
-A plant pun, if you're wondering.
-Apologies, gentlemen.

629
00:34:38,494 --> 00:34:40,955
I regret to inform you
that my dance card is already full.

630
00:34:41,038 --> 00:34:42,039
[clears throat]

631
00:34:45,918 --> 00:34:49,004
Lord Byron? Wellington?
Eloise, these names are false!

632
00:34:49,088 --> 00:34:51,382
I am merely following
my sister's valuable advice.

633
00:34:51,465 --> 00:34:53,384
She told me that it is
of the utmost importance

634
00:34:53,467 --> 00:34:56,011
for a lady's dance card
to be filled with all of the right names.

635
00:34:56,095 --> 00:34:57,471
-[both laugh]
-[Violet] Eloise?

636
00:34:57,555 --> 00:34:59,473
There you are, dear. [chuckles]

637
00:34:59,557 --> 00:35:02,143
Come. There is someone
I would like you to meet.

638
00:35:02,226 --> 00:35:03,477
[Eloise groans softly]

639
00:35:05,729 --> 00:35:08,774
[classical rendition
of "Diamonds" playing]

640
00:36:03,787 --> 00:36:05,581
-[exhales deeply]
-[man] Bridgerton!

641
00:36:11,086 --> 00:36:12,421
I owe you a drink.

642
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:13,380
Whatever for?

643
00:36:13,464 --> 00:36:16,842
With you as the prize catch of the season,
the rest of us shall receive a respite

644
00:36:16,926 --> 00:36:19,261
from the marriage-minded mamas
this season, indeed.

645
00:36:19,345 --> 00:36:21,388
Enjoy your freedom while it lasts.

646
00:36:21,472 --> 00:36:24,642
You, too, will soon submit
to this ridiculous rigmarole of courtship.

647
00:36:25,226 --> 00:36:29,021
Squiring every eligible miss around town
until you're barely able to see straight.

648
00:36:29,104 --> 00:36:31,190
Is one lady unlike any other?

649
00:36:31,273 --> 00:36:34,485
Simply pick the least objectionable
and get her wed, bed, and bred.

650
00:36:34,568 --> 00:36:36,946
Then you can return
to more pleasurable pursuits.

651
00:36:37,029 --> 00:36:39,365
And more pleasurable partners. [chuckles]

652
00:36:39,448 --> 00:36:42,284
You may be cavalier, but if I must
leg-shackle myself in marriage,

653
00:36:42,743 --> 00:36:45,037
the lady in question
should have more to recommend her.

654
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,914
Do not tell us
you are hoping for a love match?

655
00:36:46,997 --> 00:36:48,624
[Anthony] Love is the last thing I desire.

656
00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:51,001
But if my children
are to be of good stock,

657
00:36:51,085 --> 00:36:53,462
then their mother must be
of impeccable quality.

658
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:55,714
A pleasing face, an acceptable wit,

659
00:36:56,465 --> 00:36:58,676
genteel manners enough
to credit a viscountess.

660
00:36:58,759 --> 00:36:59,927
It should not be hard to find.

661
00:37:00,511 --> 00:37:03,389
And yet, the debutantes of London
fall short at every turn.

662
00:37:03,472 --> 00:37:06,934
You want the best. Perhaps the queen
will finally name a diamond.

663
00:37:07,017 --> 00:37:09,645
Save you some trouble.
At least, of choosing her.

664
00:37:09,728 --> 00:37:11,814
Wooing the piece
will be a different story, indeed.

665
00:37:11,897 --> 00:37:13,315
I shall have no problem there.

666
00:37:13,399 --> 00:37:14,858
[all chuckle]

667
00:37:16,193 --> 00:37:18,445
-Smoking room, gentlemen?
-I shall be there anon.

668
00:37:28,914 --> 00:37:30,165
[clattering]

669
00:37:31,333 --> 00:37:32,543
[Anthony] Is someone there?

670
00:37:38,048 --> 00:37:39,091
I can hear y…

671
00:37:42,511 --> 00:37:43,345
you.

672
00:37:44,305 --> 00:37:45,556
Pardon me, my lord.

673
00:37:46,098 --> 00:37:47,641
I never got your name.

674
00:37:48,809 --> 00:37:50,477
I was wondering if we'd meet again.

675
00:37:50,561 --> 00:37:52,646
So you might discern
if my wit is acceptable,

676
00:37:52,730 --> 00:37:53,772
my manners genteel?

677
00:37:54,648 --> 00:37:55,733
You were eavesdropping?

678
00:37:55,816 --> 00:37:57,026
It was hardly an effort,

679
00:37:57,109 --> 00:37:59,903
seeing as you were proclaiming
your many requirements for a wife

680
00:37:59,987 --> 00:38:01,697
loud enough for the entire party to hear.

681
00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:02,865
You take issue with them?

682
00:38:02,948 --> 00:38:06,160
I take issue with any man who views women
merely as chattels and breeding stock.

683
00:38:06,243 --> 00:38:07,202
None of that was meant--

684
00:38:07,286 --> 00:38:08,704
Viscount Bridgerton, yes?

685
00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:11,123
When you manage to find
this paragon of virtue,

686
00:38:11,206 --> 00:38:14,043
whatever makes you think
she will accept your suit?

687
00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:17,212
Are the young ladies of London
truly so easily won

688
00:38:17,296 --> 00:38:19,715
by a pleasing smile
and absolutely nothing more?

689
00:38:19,798 --> 00:38:21,258
So, you find my smile pleasing.

690
00:38:21,342 --> 00:38:23,302
I find your opinion
of yourself entirely too high.

691
00:38:23,886 --> 00:38:27,097
Your character is
as deficient as your horsemanship.

692
00:38:27,181 --> 00:38:28,640
I shall bid you good night.

693
00:38:47,368 --> 00:38:48,452
[Eloise] Ah. Pen!

694
00:38:49,036 --> 00:38:51,038
Pen. Are you going somewhere?

695
00:38:51,121 --> 00:38:55,417
I was… just getting some air.
It is so very stifling in the ballroom.

696
00:38:55,501 --> 00:38:56,460
[scoffs]

697
00:38:56,543 --> 00:38:59,088
-The air or the dreary conversation?
-[chuckles]

698
00:38:59,713 --> 00:39:02,007
I do suppose this is
the one benefit of being out.

699
00:39:02,091 --> 00:39:05,010
I have you to run off with.
We shall never have to be alone.

700
00:39:05,094 --> 00:39:06,136
[chuckles]

701
00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:08,263
My thoughts exactly.

702
00:39:13,060 --> 00:39:15,396
Have you seen your brother or your sister?

703
00:39:15,479 --> 00:39:17,689
They managed to escape you? Good for them.

704
00:39:20,609 --> 00:39:23,779
Lady Danbury. [chuckles] Splendid evening.

705
00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:25,447
For the most part.

706
00:39:25,531 --> 00:39:28,575
There are a few guests whose absence
I might not have regretted.

707
00:39:28,659 --> 00:39:30,661
[laughs] I do hope I am not one of them.

708
00:39:30,744 --> 00:39:33,414
You and I have
common interests this season, it seems.

709
00:39:33,497 --> 00:39:36,083
I heard. Your wards,
I look forward to meeting them.

710
00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:38,419
And I look forward
to showing these other mamas

711
00:39:38,502 --> 00:39:40,379
how the game ought to be played.

712
00:39:40,462 --> 00:39:43,966
Though, it appears you have already
stoked the fire by informing them

713
00:39:44,049 --> 00:39:46,427
of the viscount's intentions
for this season.

714
00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:48,929
My son said he was ready.
Who am I to question it?

715
00:39:49,012 --> 00:39:51,140
They all must come around
eventually, I suppose.

716
00:39:51,223 --> 00:39:52,683
Lady Danbury, we wish to leave.

717
00:39:52,766 --> 00:39:54,476
Miss Sharma, allow me to introduce you--

718
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,937
Charmed. My mama
is already in our carriage.

719
00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:58,355
We will see you at home.

720
00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:02,401
People are watching, my dear.
You are clearly upset--

721
00:40:02,484 --> 00:40:04,903
What is clear is
we are woefully unprepared

722
00:40:04,987 --> 00:40:07,865
to navigate this lion's den.
I am sure Edwina's absence

723
00:40:07,948 --> 00:40:10,117
will only make her
that much more desirable.

724
00:40:10,951 --> 00:40:13,745
It truly was
a magnificent soiree, Lady Danbury.

725
00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:15,414
We are most grateful.

726
00:40:18,792 --> 00:40:19,710
Well,

727
00:40:20,294 --> 00:40:23,338
it would seem both of us
may have our hands full this year.

728
00:40:23,422 --> 00:40:25,466
Not if I have something to say about it.

729
00:40:25,549 --> 00:40:30,220
And as you very well know,
I always have something to say.

730
00:40:30,304 --> 00:40:31,221
[chuckles softly]

731
00:40:33,390 --> 00:40:35,100
Delightful evening, Mama!

732
00:40:35,184 --> 00:40:36,268
Night, Sisters!

733
00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:38,103
[Lady Featherington]
Good night, young ladies!

734
00:40:38,604 --> 00:40:39,605
[doors closing]

735
00:40:42,524 --> 00:40:43,942
[breathing heavily]

736
00:40:44,443 --> 00:40:45,402
[sighs]

737
00:41:30,447 --> 00:41:32,491
-Can you go any faster?
-[driver] Yes, miss!

738
00:41:42,042 --> 00:41:44,294
Lawks, I thought you weren't coming.

739
00:41:44,378 --> 00:41:46,672
[in Irish accent] My mistress
apologizes for the delay.

740
00:41:46,755 --> 00:41:48,632
This is for today.
It must print before noon.

741
00:41:48,715 --> 00:41:49,800
[scoffs]

742
00:41:51,718 --> 00:41:53,303
Last edition's takings, yes?

743
00:41:54,054 --> 00:41:57,140
800 copies at five pence apiece,
sold for eight pence each,

744
00:41:57,224 --> 00:42:00,435
minus the delivery boys' wages,
there should be eleven pounds,

745
00:42:00,519 --> 00:42:01,979
two shillings here altogether.

746
00:42:02,062 --> 00:42:04,273
My mistress
is willing to take an even ten.

747
00:42:04,356 --> 00:42:06,858
You get to keep the surplus
for your rapid service.

748
00:42:06,942 --> 00:42:11,488
These delays will be more frequent now
due to an… unforeseen circumstance,

749
00:42:11,572 --> 00:42:13,282
so, it's really a bargain.

750
00:42:18,787 --> 00:42:20,914
[Lady Whistledown]
There is nothing quite like

751
00:42:20,998 --> 00:42:24,334
the sweet-scented smell of success.

752
00:42:24,418 --> 00:42:27,796
But after taking in the scene
from last night's festivities,

753
00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:32,217
it is clear the season won't be
quite so fragrant for everyone.

754
00:42:35,721 --> 00:42:38,390
The Viscount Bridgerton's own mama

755
00:42:38,473 --> 00:42:41,226
may have loudly declared her eldest son's

756
00:42:41,310 --> 00:42:43,228
lofty intentions to marry,

757
00:42:43,854 --> 00:42:46,440
yet I cannot be the only one wondering

758
00:42:46,523 --> 00:42:49,735
if this former Capital-R-Rake

759
00:42:49,818 --> 00:42:52,487
is, indeed, ready to flourish.

760
00:42:55,532 --> 00:42:58,535
Perhaps the viscount, like the rest of us,

761
00:42:58,619 --> 00:43:03,415
is simply waiting for the queen
to finally name her diamond.

762
00:43:03,498 --> 00:43:05,751
Or perhaps this author

763
00:43:05,834 --> 00:43:08,712
should take matters into her own hands.

764
00:43:08,795 --> 00:43:11,256
I shall not be hustled
into making my selection.

765
00:43:11,340 --> 00:43:12,382
Not by anyone.

766
00:43:12,466 --> 00:43:13,759
Of course, Your Majesty.

767
00:43:13,842 --> 00:43:15,010
Take this away.

768
00:43:15,093 --> 00:43:17,471
And bring me a list of the peerage.

769
00:43:26,063 --> 00:43:27,856
Some tea, my lord?

770
00:43:27,939 --> 00:43:29,941
Perhaps some warm milk may be better.

771
00:43:30,525 --> 00:43:32,027
Oh! Are those marbles?

772
00:43:32,694 --> 00:43:33,779
What fun!

773
00:43:35,072 --> 00:43:36,490
Might I go and read now?

774
00:43:37,574 --> 00:43:40,869
[Lady Whistledown] Though,
of the many purportedly well-trained

775
00:43:40,952 --> 00:43:44,331
and bred hothouse flowers
on display this year,

776
00:43:44,956 --> 00:43:47,459
this author must wonder

777
00:43:47,542 --> 00:43:51,755
if a more surprising choice
might still be in store.

778
00:43:53,465 --> 00:43:56,176
The younger one would do,
if the eldest just got out of the way.

779
00:43:56,259 --> 00:43:57,886
[man 2] The sister is dreadful.

780
00:44:02,933 --> 00:44:03,934
[dog barks]

781
00:44:04,017 --> 00:44:05,686
[Lady Danbury] Not on my chair!

782
00:44:05,769 --> 00:44:07,062
[dog whimpers]

783
00:44:09,523 --> 00:44:10,440
[sighs]

784
00:44:12,275 --> 00:44:16,530
[Lady Whistledown] Whichever darling miss
receives such high esteem,

785
00:44:16,613 --> 00:44:21,827
let us hope there is a suitor available
of only the sharpest wit,

786
00:44:21,910 --> 00:44:27,416
lest his dry musings leave
a young lady wilting like a parched rose.

787
00:44:27,499 --> 00:44:28,458
[snorting chuckle]

788
00:44:28,542 --> 00:44:31,586
It is rather clever
the way she uses plant puns to belittle.

789
00:44:31,670 --> 00:44:32,754
[laughter]

790
00:44:32,838 --> 00:44:34,172
Clever indeed!

791
00:44:35,090 --> 00:44:37,175
The candlesticks, see what they're worth.

792
00:44:38,051 --> 00:44:39,219
[Varley] Yes, ma'am.

793
00:44:43,473 --> 00:44:46,518
-[classical piano tune playing]
-[Violet chuckles] There. You see?

794
00:44:48,645 --> 00:44:50,021
Lady Goring was quite taken

795
00:44:50,105 --> 00:44:52,524
with Eloise's dress last night,
Madame Delacroix.

796
00:44:52,607 --> 00:44:56,236
She would keep saying how well
it complemented her complexion.

797
00:44:57,028 --> 00:44:59,072
She said you reminded her
of Daphne, dearest.

798
00:44:59,156 --> 00:45:01,158
I am not Daphne.

799
00:45:02,117 --> 00:45:03,785
-This is the one.
-Ah.

800
00:45:03,869 --> 00:45:05,829
With pleasure, Lady Bridgerton.

801
00:45:05,912 --> 00:45:06,830
[clears throat]

802
00:45:10,167 --> 00:45:13,253
You do know, Eloise,
that you might enjoy the next ball

803
00:45:13,336 --> 00:45:15,005
if you, in fact, danced with someone.

804
00:45:15,881 --> 00:45:18,341
Meeting new people, it can be thrilling.

805
00:45:18,425 --> 00:45:21,511
Yes, it certainly seemed
as though Anthony had a thrilling time.

806
00:45:21,595 --> 00:45:24,097
Swept away by many
a nimble-footed young lady, Brother?

807
00:45:24,181 --> 00:45:26,266
I can still barely feel my toes.

808
00:45:26,349 --> 00:45:28,435
I thought you ladies were taught to dance.

809
00:45:28,518 --> 00:45:31,229
I thought you gentlemen
capable of worthwhile conversation.

810
00:45:31,313 --> 00:45:33,231
How sad both of our hopes were dashed.

811
00:45:35,984 --> 00:45:38,445
I think Eloise
would make a brilliant diamond.

812
00:45:38,528 --> 00:45:40,572
I could not agree more, Hyacinth.

813
00:45:40,655 --> 00:45:43,617
Perhaps Her Majesty will take note
at her ball tomorrow night.

814
00:45:44,117 --> 00:45:46,077
-I despise you.
-[chuckling]

815
00:45:49,289 --> 00:45:50,290
Madame Delacroix.

816
00:45:50,957 --> 00:45:52,667
I didn't know you were back in town.

817
00:45:52,751 --> 00:45:53,877
Bien sûr!

818
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:57,005
Who else could dress
these delicate debutantes for the season?

819
00:45:57,088 --> 00:45:58,006
[Benedict chuckles]

820
00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:01,343
Does that mean
I shall see you later on tonight?

821
00:46:02,093 --> 00:46:03,845
I hear there's a party.

822
00:46:05,305 --> 00:46:08,475
I have much work to do, Mr. Bridgerton,

823
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:12,312
and my art must come before all else.

824
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:14,981
Enjoy your time.

825
00:46:19,736 --> 00:46:20,570
Brother.

826
00:46:26,117 --> 00:46:29,913
Are you and the modiste
still, uh, making a stitch?

827
00:46:29,996 --> 00:46:31,873
Apparently not. Have you found a wife yet?

828
00:46:31,957 --> 00:46:34,709
Or are you planning to offend
every girl until there are none left?

829
00:46:34,793 --> 00:46:35,669
Is Mother aware?

830
00:46:35,752 --> 00:46:38,338
-Aware of what?
-I'm off to deal with our solicitor.

831
00:46:39,297 --> 00:46:41,174
Have fun
with your pretty pictures, Brother.

832
00:46:45,178 --> 00:46:46,847
-[Violet] Anthony?
-[door closes]

833
00:46:48,765 --> 00:46:53,061
There were some lovely young ladies
in attendance last night, were there not?

834
00:46:53,645 --> 00:46:55,814
Lady Delilah has beautiful manners,

835
00:46:55,897 --> 00:46:59,609
and I hear Miss Goodrum
is very accomplished in her needlework.

836
00:46:59,693 --> 00:47:01,528
Perhaps you shall
get to know them better soon.

837
00:47:01,611 --> 00:47:03,780
Lady Delilah can barely
string a sentence together,

838
00:47:03,864 --> 00:47:07,158
and Miss Goodrum thought
that Napoleon fights for the Spanish.

839
00:47:07,659 --> 00:47:09,828
As for every other eager chit
you pushed in my direction,

840
00:47:09,911 --> 00:47:11,496
I'd happily never lay eyes on them again.

841
00:47:11,580 --> 00:47:13,415
-Anthony--
-I am looking for perfection, Mother.

842
00:47:13,498 --> 00:47:14,666
And you should be too.

843
00:47:14,749 --> 00:47:17,752
The woman I marry
shall be the Viscountess Bridgerton.

844
00:47:17,836 --> 00:47:20,547
The lady of this household,
responsible for launching my sisters

845
00:47:20,630 --> 00:47:21,840
and bearing my children.

846
00:47:22,507 --> 00:47:24,217
Do you desire them to be raised by a woman

847
00:47:24,301 --> 00:47:27,053
who does not know how to so much
as hold a map right side up?

848
00:47:28,513 --> 00:47:30,390
This is the duty I must fulfill.

849
00:47:33,727 --> 00:47:35,353
You will end up alone

850
00:47:36,271 --> 00:47:38,106
with such expectations.

851
00:47:43,445 --> 00:47:44,446
Good day, Mother.

852
00:47:53,663 --> 00:47:57,125
-[Prudence singing scales in distance]
-[creaking in hallway]

853
00:47:57,208 --> 00:47:58,793
-[coin clinks]
-[clattering]

854
00:47:58,877 --> 00:48:03,173
[Prudence] ♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

855
00:48:03,256 --> 00:48:04,507
[knock at door]

856
00:48:07,844 --> 00:48:09,846
Why is it so quiet in here?

857
00:48:10,388 --> 00:48:11,681
Because I am alone?

858
00:48:12,307 --> 00:48:13,767
Reading, as I always do.

859
00:48:14,267 --> 00:48:16,978
[sighs deeply] You are so boring.

860
00:48:17,604 --> 00:48:22,692
I will be perfectly putrefied
if Philippa does manage to marry Finch.

861
00:48:22,776 --> 00:48:26,196
"Petrified." The word is "petrified."

862
00:48:29,282 --> 00:48:30,158
What is that?

863
00:48:30,241 --> 00:48:31,326
What is what?

864
00:48:31,826 --> 00:48:33,745
-What you are writing.
-I am not writing.

865
00:48:33,828 --> 00:48:34,704
But you were.

866
00:48:34,788 --> 00:48:36,831
Prudence. Do not-- Hand it back!

867
00:48:36,915 --> 00:48:39,250
Why, you little devil-doll!

868
00:48:39,334 --> 00:48:41,753
This is what occupies your "quiet" time?

869
00:48:41,836 --> 00:48:44,297
What are you ladies doing, still up?

870
00:48:45,048 --> 00:48:46,091
Penelope was writing…

871
00:48:47,801 --> 00:48:49,344
to Colin Bridgerton.

872
00:48:50,261 --> 00:48:52,681
Well, that would explain
the ink all over her fingers.

873
00:48:52,764 --> 00:48:54,182
I declare, Penelope.

874
00:48:54,265 --> 00:48:55,934
-Colin is my friend!
-[giggles]

875
00:48:56,017 --> 00:48:59,270
As if he would ever waste his ink
on someone like you.

876
00:48:59,354 --> 00:49:01,106
-Are these worth anything?
-What?

877
00:49:01,731 --> 00:49:04,734
Your books. Books can be
worth something, can they not?

878
00:49:04,818 --> 00:49:06,111
I do not think so, Mama.

879
00:49:06,194 --> 00:49:07,487
Oh, pity.

880
00:49:09,698 --> 00:49:11,408
You must stop wasting your precious time

881
00:49:11,491 --> 00:49:14,327
on such pointless pursuits
as writing silly letters.

882
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:19,916
Colin Bridgerton is no more your friend
than I am the next Catherine the Great.

883
00:49:21,126 --> 00:49:24,421
Now, wipe your hands,
lest someone should think you a commoner.

884
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:31,845
[door closes]

885
00:49:36,182 --> 00:49:37,225
[sighs]

886
00:49:43,523 --> 00:49:44,524
Ma'am.

887
00:49:45,275 --> 00:49:46,359
A letter for you.

888
00:49:50,030 --> 00:49:51,072
[door opens]

889
00:49:58,830 --> 00:50:01,207
Your tea grows cold.

890
00:50:01,791 --> 00:50:03,960
My horses do not.

891
00:50:04,461 --> 00:50:07,630
Did you plan
to ride again tomorrow morning?

892
00:50:11,009 --> 00:50:13,678
I know all that goes on in my home.

893
00:50:14,387 --> 00:50:17,140
And since you insist on sneaking around,

894
00:50:17,682 --> 00:50:19,976
I may as well save us both the trouble.

895
00:50:20,477 --> 00:50:23,855
Correspondence from your grandparents,
the Sheffields.

896
00:50:23,938 --> 00:50:25,440
I wrote to them before you arrived.

897
00:50:25,523 --> 00:50:28,193
Those people are not my grandparents,
Lady Danbury.

898
00:50:28,276 --> 00:50:30,528
I have no relation
to them whatsoever, in fact.

899
00:50:31,571 --> 00:50:35,784
It seems you have not been
straightforward with me.

900
00:50:35,867 --> 00:50:39,412
I realize I should not have gone out
for a morning ride without a chaperone.

901
00:50:39,496 --> 00:50:41,498
And what about failing to tell me

902
00:50:41,581 --> 00:50:44,417
why you have truly
come to London with your sister?

903
00:50:45,085 --> 00:50:47,170
I'm rather more concerned about that.

904
00:50:49,464 --> 00:50:51,508
We have come to find Edwina a husband.

905
00:50:52,425 --> 00:50:53,927
And is that all?

906
00:50:54,594 --> 00:50:56,638
You would be wise to reconsider

907
00:50:56,721 --> 00:50:59,682
resorting to more forgeries
and half-truths, Miss Sharma.

908
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:05,188
Very few attempt to outwit me,
and even fewer succeed.

909
00:51:05,939 --> 00:51:09,818
You are living under my roof,
under my care,

910
00:51:09,901 --> 00:51:13,238
relying on my good name,
my connections, my money.

911
00:51:13,738 --> 00:51:17,700
I vouched for you and your sister
in front of Her Majesty the Queen,

912
00:51:17,784 --> 00:51:18,993
all because

913
00:51:20,078 --> 00:51:24,415
I thought I was paying
a kindness to an old friend--

914
00:51:24,499 --> 00:51:27,544
And we are truly grateful for everything.

915
00:51:28,670 --> 00:51:32,340
Your mama misses your father, naturally.

916
00:51:32,841 --> 00:51:35,885
But she never really wanted
to come back here, did she?

917
00:51:35,969 --> 00:51:37,011
You did!

918
00:51:38,555 --> 00:51:41,766
I have no interest in being used
as a pawn in someone else's game.

919
00:51:41,850 --> 00:51:43,309
That is not what we are doing.

920
00:51:43,393 --> 00:51:47,021
Then tell me what stipulations
the Sheffields have apparently set down

921
00:51:47,105 --> 00:51:49,065
with regard to Edwina's match.

922
00:51:49,149 --> 00:51:51,860
Stipulations which,
if met, will, I am guessing,

923
00:51:51,943 --> 00:51:55,572
guarantee great fortune
for you and your family.

924
00:51:58,950 --> 00:52:01,744
Edwina must marry
an Englishman of nobility.

925
00:52:07,458 --> 00:52:11,004
They could not control
your mama's marriage,

926
00:52:11,087 --> 00:52:14,007
so they mean
to interfere with your sister's.

927
00:52:14,090 --> 00:52:14,966
[Kate] Yes.

928
00:52:15,049 --> 00:52:18,595
They never recovered
from my father's lack of rank and title.

929
00:52:19,304 --> 00:52:23,183
Though let me assure you, Lady Danbury,
I am not here for selfish reasons.

930
00:52:24,267 --> 00:52:27,937
After my father died,
Mama and I did the best we could

931
00:52:28,021 --> 00:52:31,774
to raise Edwina, all so she would
never know of our struggles.

932
00:52:32,942 --> 00:52:36,196
But our money ran low.
We used the last for this very journey.

933
00:52:36,279 --> 00:52:39,866
The Sheffields have agreed
to bestow a sizable dowry on my sister,

934
00:52:39,949 --> 00:52:41,618
and to look after my mama.

935
00:52:42,368 --> 00:52:44,579
But only if Edwina marries properly.

936
00:52:52,128 --> 00:52:53,546
And what about you?

937
00:52:54,672 --> 00:52:57,717
If I could marry
for the sake of my family, I would.

938
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:01,304
But I am not
my mama's daughter by birth. Edwina is.

939
00:53:01,387 --> 00:53:02,347
[softly] Oh.

940
00:53:03,598 --> 00:53:05,725
I've spent the last eight years

941
00:53:05,808 --> 00:53:08,394
raising my sister
to walk in the right way,

942
00:53:08,478 --> 00:53:11,522
to talk in the right way,
to play the pianoforte just so.

943
00:53:15,568 --> 00:53:19,489
Teaching her twice as much and watching
her work twice as hard as anyone else.

944
00:53:19,572 --> 00:53:22,992
I even taught her how to make this pitiful
excuse for tea the English so adore.

945
00:53:23,076 --> 00:53:24,619
I despise English tea.

946
00:53:24,702 --> 00:53:25,662
[laughs]

947
00:53:26,371 --> 00:53:29,624
But if it means my sister
will not be left destitute,

948
00:53:30,750 --> 00:53:32,919
then I will smile, and I will nod politely

949
00:53:33,002 --> 00:53:35,380
after each and every sip, to be sure.

950
00:53:36,381 --> 00:53:37,966
[breathes deeply]

951
00:53:38,549 --> 00:53:40,927
Your sister has a right to know.

952
00:53:41,010 --> 00:53:43,972
As you said, it is her future.

953
00:53:45,723 --> 00:53:49,519
That is precisely why I shield her.
Because I know her.

954
00:53:49,602 --> 00:53:51,729
If she was made aware
of the circumstances,

955
00:53:51,813 --> 00:53:54,065
she would marry quickly only to please us.

956
00:53:54,148 --> 00:53:56,693
She would say yes
to any man kind enough to ask.

957
00:53:57,777 --> 00:54:02,031
Edwina deserves a chance
to find love without such a burden.

958
00:54:03,908 --> 00:54:05,827
Please, you must not tell a soul.

959
00:54:07,453 --> 00:54:08,496
[Lady Danbury] Mmm.

960
00:54:11,916 --> 00:54:15,920
[Lady Whistledown]
Formed under pressure, desired by many,

961
00:54:16,004 --> 00:54:19,340
yet possessed only by a fortunate few,

962
00:54:19,424 --> 00:54:23,261
there is nothing on earth quite so envied

963
00:54:23,344 --> 00:54:24,971
as a diamond.

964
00:54:34,605 --> 00:54:36,816
Might our queen finally

965
00:54:36,899 --> 00:54:39,068
extinguish the fevered speculation

966
00:54:39,152 --> 00:54:41,904
and bestow the highest of honors

967
00:54:41,988 --> 00:54:44,907
to a most fortunate young lady tonight?

968
00:54:48,870 --> 00:54:52,248
With so many futures at risk,

969
00:54:52,332 --> 00:54:55,710
I do suspect this author
is not the only one

970
00:54:55,793 --> 00:54:58,129
waiting with bated breath.

971
00:55:00,298 --> 00:55:04,552
I do hope you are finding
everything in town to your satisfaction,

972
00:55:05,261 --> 00:55:06,262
Lady Mary.

973
00:55:06,346 --> 00:55:08,056
Indeed I am, Your Majesty.

974
00:55:08,139 --> 00:55:10,266
This time around, that is.

975
00:55:10,850 --> 00:55:15,646
Perhaps your mother would enjoy
some refreshment, Miss Sharma.

976
00:55:23,613 --> 00:55:27,658
I might think Lady Mary
deserves some recognition, ma'am.

977
00:55:27,742 --> 00:55:30,036
It's certainly a sign
of true devotion on her part,

978
00:55:30,119 --> 00:55:32,080
having sought to introduce her daughters

979
00:55:32,163 --> 00:55:34,999
under the discerning eye
of Your Majesty, after all.

980
00:55:35,500 --> 00:55:38,127
The youngest one, in particular, I think,

981
00:55:38,211 --> 00:55:42,298
will certainly make a match
that will be the envy of the ton.

982
00:55:42,882 --> 00:55:46,636
Why do I sense my strings
being pulled, Lady Danbury?

983
00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:49,263
You said you wanted
to shake up the season.

984
00:55:50,348 --> 00:55:51,974
Now is your chance.

985
00:55:57,522 --> 00:55:58,856
[Eloise groans]

986
00:55:59,399 --> 00:56:01,734
Anyone here you've not yet rejected?

987
00:56:01,818 --> 00:56:04,779
You're the artist.
Do you see anyone remotely inspiring?

988
00:56:05,780 --> 00:56:08,533
We shall have our diamond tonight,
and I shall have a wife.

989
00:56:11,285 --> 00:56:13,538
Lady Bridgerton. Miss Bridgerton.

990
00:56:14,038 --> 00:56:17,667
Such a shame your presentation
at court was so rudely interrupted.

991
00:56:17,750 --> 00:56:18,751
Shame, indeed.

992
00:56:18,835 --> 00:56:22,213
[Queen Charlotte] I nearly forgot
you were making your debut this season.

993
00:56:22,296 --> 00:56:24,757
After your elder sister's triumph,

994
00:56:25,341 --> 00:56:28,177
perhaps good fortune
might run in the family.

995
00:56:28,261 --> 00:56:29,679
[laughter]

996
00:56:32,014 --> 00:56:34,934
Uh, it is a delightful ball, Your Majesty.

997
00:56:35,017 --> 00:56:36,769
Very diamond-y. [chuckles]

998
00:56:36,853 --> 00:56:39,814
Though, I must admit,
I am more of an emerald person myself.

999
00:56:41,649 --> 00:56:42,650
[clears throat]

1000
00:56:43,317 --> 00:56:45,653
[laughing heartily]

1001
00:56:46,821 --> 00:56:47,655
Oh, dear!

1002
00:56:49,490 --> 00:56:51,701
My favorite necklace is one of emeralds.

1003
00:56:51,784 --> 00:56:54,203
-How thoughtful of you to know that.
-Oh. [chuckles]

1004
00:56:54,287 --> 00:56:55,705
It seems you have indeed

1005
00:56:55,788 --> 00:56:59,125
come a long way
since last year, Miss Bridgerton.

1006
00:56:59,834 --> 00:57:00,835
[hesitant chuckle]

1007
00:57:05,965 --> 00:57:07,175
[softly] Excuse me.

1008
00:57:10,845 --> 00:57:14,307
If the queen, in fact,
names Eloise the diamond,

1009
00:57:14,390 --> 00:57:16,100
whom will you marry then, Brother?

1010
00:57:16,184 --> 00:57:17,310
Hush, you.

1011
00:57:18,478 --> 00:57:21,022
[classical dance tune playing]

1012
00:57:28,237 --> 00:57:30,114
[breathing heavily]

1013
00:57:32,492 --> 00:57:33,326
Pen!

1014
00:57:33,409 --> 00:57:34,702
Pen! Pen, Pen. Pen.

1015
00:57:34,785 --> 00:57:35,870
We must leave.

1016
00:57:35,953 --> 00:57:39,040
The queen, she--
I somehow managed to charm her.

1017
00:57:39,874 --> 00:57:43,169
-She seems to, in fact, like me. I don't--
-Eloise, you must calm down.

1018
00:57:43,252 --> 00:57:44,420
Eloise Bridgerton.

1019
00:57:44,504 --> 00:57:46,422
[chuckles] The diamond.

1020
00:57:47,131 --> 00:57:50,593
Perhaps now you might stop spending time
with insipid wallflowers all evening

1021
00:57:51,177 --> 00:57:52,845
and refine your circle of friends.

1022
00:57:52,929 --> 00:57:54,805
-[Penelope sighs]
-I may have an opening--

1023
00:57:54,889 --> 00:57:56,390
-I would rather die.
-[gasps]

1024
00:57:58,559 --> 00:57:59,685
[stifling laughter]

1025
00:58:04,106 --> 00:58:04,982
[sighs]

1026
00:58:05,066 --> 00:58:07,860
[Eloise] How you managed
an entire season of these absurd events

1027
00:58:07,944 --> 00:58:10,655
alongside people like
Cressida Cowper is beyond me.

1028
00:58:10,738 --> 00:58:12,490
And it's not just her. It is all of them.

1029
00:58:12,573 --> 00:58:15,535
Staring at me as if I were
some fine china teapot.

1030
00:58:15,618 --> 00:58:17,328
How did you do it on your own, Pen?

1031
00:58:17,411 --> 00:58:19,247
I do not share your difficulties, El.

1032
00:58:19,330 --> 00:58:21,916
-"Insipid wallflower," remember?
-Ugh. That is not--

1033
00:58:21,999 --> 00:58:23,709
Cressida is incensed
that even her new dress

1034
00:58:23,793 --> 00:58:24,794
cannot hide her character.

1035
00:58:24,877 --> 00:58:25,962
[chuckles]

1036
00:58:26,963 --> 00:58:28,256
[Eloise sighs]

1037
00:58:31,884 --> 00:58:33,261
It's not that bad, you know.

1038
00:58:33,886 --> 00:58:35,638
-The wallflower thing.
-Mmm.

1039
00:58:36,305 --> 00:58:38,683
I always get the first glass of lemonade.

1040
00:58:38,766 --> 00:58:41,060
I know who all the best dancers
are just from watching.

1041
00:58:41,727 --> 00:58:43,479
I can always tell when a suitor is serious

1042
00:58:43,563 --> 00:58:46,816
about courtship just by how he looks
when a young lady dances with another.

1043
00:58:46,899 --> 00:58:50,611
The wall even affords me the chance
to hear what the footmen say in secret.

1044
00:58:51,904 --> 00:58:53,906
You've been keeping it from me.

1045
00:58:56,492 --> 00:58:59,161
You do not have
to pretend any longer, Pen.

1046
00:59:00,871 --> 00:59:02,999
-You like all of this.
-[chuckles]

1047
00:59:05,042 --> 00:59:07,086
-Well, it can be amusing.
-[chuckles]

1048
00:59:09,130 --> 00:59:10,965
I know you have begun
to think little of her,

1049
00:59:11,048 --> 00:59:13,342
but is Lady Whistledown
still not a source of amusement?

1050
00:59:13,426 --> 00:59:15,177
It's not that I think little of her.

1051
00:59:16,137 --> 00:59:17,888
When she was gone,
I thought I would miss her.

1052
00:59:17,972 --> 00:59:20,600
I thought I needed her
to make sense of this world. But…

1053
00:59:21,100 --> 00:59:24,645
now she is back,
reporting on the same old things.

1054
00:59:24,729 --> 00:59:26,731
Just another reminder of how trapped I am.

1055
00:59:30,359 --> 00:59:32,028
I can feel people's eyes on me.

1056
00:59:32,111 --> 00:59:35,448
Every time I walk into a ballroom,
I know they are comparing me to Daphne.

1057
00:59:35,531 --> 00:59:40,119
She was so good at being the diamond
and it made my mother so happy.

1058
00:59:41,370 --> 00:59:42,788
I can never live up to that.

1059
00:59:43,372 --> 00:59:46,334
I do not want to live up to that,
but it does not make it any easier to know

1060
00:59:46,417 --> 00:59:49,795
you are constantly disappointing people
just by walking into a room.

1061
00:59:51,380 --> 00:59:52,965
I never thought of it that way.

1062
00:59:54,675 --> 00:59:57,219
No one truly notices me.

1063
00:59:59,013 --> 01:00:00,389
I suppose that is what I like.

1064
01:00:01,891 --> 01:00:04,143
When you're invisible, you have
all the amusement you want

1065
01:00:04,226 --> 01:00:07,104
without any of
the expectations popularity brings.

1066
01:00:07,188 --> 01:00:08,731
It frees you.

1067
01:00:10,858 --> 01:00:13,444
Do you think that is why
Whistledown remains anonymous?

1068
01:00:14,528 --> 01:00:15,446
Perhaps.

1069
01:00:17,073 --> 01:00:19,200
Do you think that is why
Cressida is so cruel?

1070
01:00:19,909 --> 01:00:20,743
No.

1071
01:00:21,535 --> 01:00:23,954
I think she just wears her hair too tight.

1072
01:00:24,038 --> 01:00:26,040
[both laughing]

1073
01:00:31,003 --> 01:00:32,171
[Eloise] Oh.

1074
01:00:32,254 --> 01:00:34,340
[playing fanfare]

1075
01:00:38,636 --> 01:00:40,012
[hushed chatter]

1076
01:00:40,096 --> 01:00:42,515
Your presence is noted,

1077
01:00:42,598 --> 01:00:44,975
and your queen most appreciative.

1078
01:00:46,268 --> 01:00:51,691
Allow it to now be my honor
to present to you the season's diamond.

1079
01:01:02,952 --> 01:01:04,620
Miss Edwina Sharma.

1080
01:01:04,704 --> 01:01:06,706
[attendees gasping, muttering]

1081
01:01:08,416 --> 01:01:10,376
[classical music playing]

1082
01:01:21,178 --> 01:01:24,056
You look at her the way I look
at a finished painting, Brother.

1083
01:01:24,140 --> 01:01:25,975
Every man needs a muse, does he not?

1084
01:01:40,781 --> 01:01:42,324
Viscount Bridgerton.

1085
01:01:43,075 --> 01:01:45,661
Have you yet met my new incomparable?

1086
01:01:46,746 --> 01:01:49,457
I am most grateful
for the introduction, Your Majesty.

1087
01:01:49,540 --> 01:01:52,293
I only hope I shall be afforded
the pleasure of a dance.

1088
01:02:02,928 --> 01:02:04,805
I suppose I should thank you.

1089
01:02:04,889 --> 01:02:05,765
[chuckles softly]

1090
01:02:05,848 --> 01:02:09,143
Oh, child. It is much too soon for that.

1091
01:02:10,186 --> 01:02:13,272
You must know the real work begins now.

1092
01:02:13,355 --> 01:02:15,649
Indeed. There will be
a mire to wade through

1093
01:02:15,733 --> 01:02:17,485
on behalf of my sister, to be sure.

1094
01:02:17,568 --> 01:02:19,445
Speaking of, where is my sister?

1095
01:02:21,864 --> 01:02:24,992
Forgive my directness.
Do you have any thoughts about children?

1096
01:02:25,493 --> 01:02:27,620
Other than the fact that I desire them so?

1097
01:02:28,496 --> 01:02:31,791
However many I have, my lord,
I shall feel most fortunate.

1098
01:02:31,874 --> 01:02:34,710
Together with my husband,
we will chart the best course.

1099
01:02:35,294 --> 01:02:36,462
How very sensible.

1100
01:02:37,630 --> 01:02:40,007
Do you play
any musical instruments, by chance?

1101
01:02:40,090 --> 01:02:41,342
[chuckles lightly]

1102
01:02:41,425 --> 01:02:43,010
Many, in fact.

1103
01:02:43,093 --> 01:02:47,431
But, for the most part, my education
was taken up by more serious pursuits.

1104
01:02:49,099 --> 01:02:51,936
Modern languages, classical literature.

1105
01:02:52,019 --> 01:02:53,479
I do love to read.

1106
01:02:56,023 --> 01:02:59,527
You do not seem discomposed
by my line of questioning.

1107
01:03:00,361 --> 01:03:01,570
Why ever would I be?

1108
01:03:01,654 --> 01:03:05,282
A man who knows
what he wants is most admirable.

1109
01:03:06,909 --> 01:03:09,495
Is your father in attendance?
I should like to speak with him.

1110
01:03:10,621 --> 01:03:12,915
Sadly, my father died years ago.

1111
01:03:13,791 --> 01:03:14,750
Ah.

1112
01:03:15,835 --> 01:03:16,919
I'm so sorry.

1113
01:03:19,171 --> 01:03:20,047
As did mine.

1114
01:03:22,550 --> 01:03:23,551
[song ends]

1115
01:03:27,555 --> 01:03:29,932
Though, perhaps
you could speak with my sister.

1116
01:03:30,516 --> 01:03:32,893
It is her blessing
you shall need if we are…

1117
01:03:32,977 --> 01:03:34,186
Oh! Here she is now.

1118
01:03:34,270 --> 01:03:36,021
-Kate!
-[Lady Danbury] Ah, Lord Bridgerton.

1119
01:03:36,105 --> 01:03:38,774
I see you've met Miss Edwina. This is--

1120
01:03:38,858 --> 01:03:39,817
Her sister.

1121
01:03:39,900 --> 01:03:41,360
-Miss Sharma, my lord.
-Oh.

1122
01:03:43,821 --> 01:03:46,407
The Viscount Bridgerton
is a most excellent dancer.

1123
01:03:46,490 --> 01:03:49,034
Perhaps I may learn
a thing or two from you, my lord.

1124
01:03:49,118 --> 01:03:51,537
Would you join me
in the retiring room, Sister?

1125
01:03:53,956 --> 01:03:55,249
Is something wrong, Didi?

1126
01:03:55,332 --> 01:03:58,085
You are not to go near that man.
Do you understand?

1127
01:04:00,296 --> 01:04:02,590
She is a lovely diamond, dearest.

1128
01:04:02,673 --> 01:04:03,632
Indeed.

1129
01:04:05,134 --> 01:04:06,635
She is who I shall marry.

1130
01:04:07,636 --> 01:04:10,347
There are a few things
I must make you aware of.

1131
01:04:10,431 --> 01:04:14,351
[Lady Whistledown]
Color, clarity, carat, cut.

1132
01:04:14,435 --> 01:04:18,939
At long last, the queen
has named her most precious stone.

1133
01:04:22,401 --> 01:04:24,278
What is all this?

1134
01:04:25,195 --> 01:04:26,363
[Varley sighs]

1135
01:04:26,864 --> 01:04:27,698
Ma'am.

1136
01:04:28,324 --> 01:04:29,491
He is here.

1137
01:04:30,075 --> 01:04:31,869
The new Lord Featherington.

1138
01:04:31,952 --> 01:04:33,871
[footsteps descending]

1139
01:04:35,205 --> 01:04:36,832
Lady Featherington.

1140
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:40,294
That still work if we are not married?

1141
01:04:40,377 --> 01:04:41,670
It's rather strange.

1142
01:04:42,588 --> 01:04:44,798
I thought the heir was old.

1143
01:04:44,882 --> 01:04:46,967
-I thought the heir was ugly.
-Ladies.

1144
01:04:47,051 --> 01:04:49,553
It is quite all right.
You must mean my father.

1145
01:04:49,637 --> 01:04:51,555
And no offense taken. He was ugly.

1146
01:04:51,639 --> 01:04:52,848
And very old.

1147
01:04:52,932 --> 01:04:56,018
So old that, well, he died.

1148
01:04:57,019 --> 01:05:00,689
I'm terribly sorry for my late arrival.
I made the trip from America.

1149
01:05:00,773 --> 01:05:02,942
But don't worry,
I've started taking care of things.

1150
01:05:03,025 --> 01:05:05,319
Philippa. That must be you.

1151
01:05:05,402 --> 01:05:07,404
Your dowry
to that fine Finch fellow is paid.

1152
01:05:07,488 --> 01:05:09,365
The late Lord's books
are on their way to me now.

1153
01:05:09,448 --> 01:05:11,909
And I even took the liberty
of having your possessions

1154
01:05:11,992 --> 01:05:13,911
moved from your bedchamber,
Lady Featherington.

1155
01:05:13,994 --> 01:05:15,746
[chuckling] Yes, it's still strange.

1156
01:05:15,829 --> 01:05:17,748
You had my possessions moved?

1157
01:05:17,831 --> 01:05:21,126
Well, I shall be taking over those rooms,
now that the home is mine.

1158
01:05:21,210 --> 01:05:22,419
You understand, yes?

1159
01:05:23,921 --> 01:05:25,422
[Penelope] It is like you said, Mama.

1160
01:05:25,506 --> 01:05:27,633
The new Lord Featherington
is here to provide.

1161
01:05:31,345 --> 01:05:34,473
[Lady Whistledown]
While this author finds Miss Edwina Sharma

1162
01:05:34,556 --> 01:05:37,059
to be an exceptional young lady,

1163
01:05:37,142 --> 01:05:40,312
it is about time I used these pages

1164
01:05:40,396 --> 01:05:42,398
of record for something else.

1165
01:05:42,481 --> 01:05:43,941
A shift.

1166
01:05:44,483 --> 01:05:48,278
Is the entire practice
of naming a diamond not…

1167
01:05:48,362 --> 01:05:50,781
well, rather ridiculous?

1168
01:05:50,864 --> 01:05:55,494
Should a woman not be valued
for so much more than her dancing skills

1169
01:05:55,577 --> 01:05:57,162
or her comportment?

1170
01:05:57,246 --> 01:05:59,957
Should we not value a woman instead

1171
01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:02,501
for her candor, her character,

1172
01:06:02,584 --> 01:06:04,420
her true accomplishments?

1173
01:06:04,503 --> 01:06:05,921
What do you think, Eloise?

1174
01:06:06,588 --> 01:06:08,382
-I love it.
-[chuckles]

1175
01:06:09,842 --> 01:06:15,305
Perhaps if the queen abandoned
this absurdity that is the diamond,

1176
01:06:15,389 --> 01:06:19,268
we would all see
that a woman can be so much more.

1177
01:06:20,978 --> 01:06:22,646
What is it, Your Majesty?

1178
01:06:22,730 --> 01:06:24,064
Edwina Sharma.

1179
01:06:24,773 --> 01:06:25,983
My diamond.

1180
01:06:26,608 --> 01:06:31,238
It seems she will need to do more
for me this season than simply sparkle.