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[Lady Whistledown] A jilted groom.

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A broken-hearted bride-to-be.

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[rousing classical music playing]

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[Lady Whistledown]
A royal wedding in shambles.

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Sensational? Quite.

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But true?

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This author may traffic
in chatter and speculation, dear reader,

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but misinformation? [chuckles]

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Never.

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Explanations of why Miss Edwina
absconded from the altar

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may be greater in number
than anyone could possibly fathom.

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But we must not forget,
it was Her Majesty the Queen

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who placed the young miss
on that special stage

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so that she could make her grand exit.

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-[grunts]
-[clattering]

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[Lady Whistledown]
Allow this author to hope…

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My carriage.

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…for Her Majesty's sake,

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as well as both
the Sharmas and Bridgertons,

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that an official explanation
emerges swiftly,

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lest the ton are run away
by their tawdry imaginings.

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[music crescendos]

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[heartbeat thumping]

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[Kate sighs]

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-[knocking]
-[gasps]

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[woman] Miss? The baths are ready.

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[sighs, clears throat]

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I'm finished.

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[water sloshing]

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[sighs softly]

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You should try the lily soap today.

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It is good for the nerves.

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[indistinct chatter]

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Where is your brother?
He should be here by now.

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Perhaps he is still waiting
at the altar for Miss Edwina.

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There will be no mockery today.

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She mocks me incessantly.

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Are we not overlooking
the benefit of this… tragedy?

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-Leftover cake?
-You wonder why I mock you?

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Brother! How good of you to join us.

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-Have you all eaten?
-You will need to break your fast later.

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For now, it is of the utmost importance
that we act swiftly to

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limit the damaging consequences

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of the unfortunate events of your--

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Bungled nuptials?

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Is all of this truly happening
because a woman merely changed her mind?

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Unfortunately so, Eloise. Yet,
I suppose the reason does not signify.

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We simply must deal with the consequences.

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Now, I think it
a pleasant morning for promenade.

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[all groaning]

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Together, united, as the most respectable
family that we still very much are.

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Respectable?

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A respectable family is
headed by a gentleman, is it not?

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[Benedict] Brother…
Is there something more we should know?

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Or, perhaps, more than just I should know?

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[sighs] Forgive me.

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If a promenade is
what you feel is wise, Mother,

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then we shall leave within the hour.

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[clears throat]
I shall be a little late. Shopping.

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I need a new pair of gloves,

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so as to look that much more
united and respectable. [chuckles]

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[grunts softly]

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Oh, never mind the heavy cloaks.

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I will be quite sweltering
where we are going shopping

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in town.

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Miss Bridgerton.

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Straight into the fire.

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A favorite pastime of mine.

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Now, remember,
it was a mutual understanding

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about a private matter
between Miss Edwina and the viscount.

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That is all we are to say on the subject.

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Good day, Lord Fife.

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For some of us.

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Is this truly our plan?
Simply to pretend nothing has happened?

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We are not pretending
nothing has happened.

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We are choosing to deal with it
in private, in our own time.

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Scandals may cast aspersions,

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but they do not obligate us
to answer to anyone.

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Besides, the ton
has a remarkably short memory.

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With any luck, by this time next week,

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there will be a bigger story for them
to sink their rapacious teeth into.

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We may find you a husband
this season still, Miss Edwina.

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I give credit
to your imagination, Lady Danbury.

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A bigger story I cannot foresee.

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Hmm. [clears throat quietly]

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Don't look.

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Miss Patridge.
Such a pleasant afternoon, is it not?

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Yes, indeed, my lord.

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My dear, I believe we will be late
for the Gorings. Make haste.

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Is this not a surprise,

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to see you out in public,
Lady Bridgerton, so soon?

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Lady Featherington, it is not
as though we are in mourning.

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No one understands the pain
of a broken engagement better than myself.

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I never thought we would recover

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after Mr. Bridgerton
and Miss Thompson's falling out,

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and yet here we are.

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Miss Thompson now Lady Crane,

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Philippa now Mrs. Finch,
and Prudence now engaged.

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Yes. It is rather amusing
how things work themselves out, is it not?

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Indeed. I do wish you good fortune
with all of your things, Lady Bridgerton.

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We are truly sorry, Lady Bridgerton.

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[Lady Featherington] Come along, Penelope.
We don't want to talk their ears off.

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[mutters indistinctly]

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[Eloise chuckles nervously]

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[clears throat]

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It's a beautiful carriage,
Your Majesty. [chuckles]

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Your horses must be strong
to pull all of this gold.

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What were you doing
visiting that printer shop

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in the middle
of your brother's so-called wedding?

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-Oh.
-I know it is you.

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Lady Whistledown herself.

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Oh, Your Majesty--

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Your denial shall only
enhance your punishment.

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You were quite clever, Miss Bridgerton.

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Why, just last season, I recruited you
to uncover the writer's identity,

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and you, rather conveniently,

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found not one credible suspect.

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I am not clever enough
to manipulate Your Majesty.

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Is it not curious that you are
so rarely mentioned in those pages?

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I also hear you have
a great distaste for society,

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just as the writer herself does.

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You do realize the power you wield
in that pen of yours can be used

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for greater purposes
than ridicule and gossip-mongering, yes?

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Lady Whistledown could be
a strategic ally to the Crown,

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should she so please.

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And I would gladly help, ma'am,
but I wield no such power, I assure you.

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So,

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you would rather be my rival?

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Have you any idea what will happen
once I reveal this secret of yours, child?

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People will seek their revenge.

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However bad your family's
situation seems to you now,

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it will only get worse.

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I might be able to solve that problem.

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I shall give you three days

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to consider my proposal
and come to your senses.

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If you do not,

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then I will deploy my resources
to crush you like a serpent.

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Pride may not be
as precious to you as your breath.

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[chuckles softly]

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Lady Cowper.

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[dramatic instrumental music plays]

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Lady Eaton.

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Oh, Lord Hall.

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Lord Cho.

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[sighs]

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After everything that happened
with his scullery maid last season,

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and Lord Cho cuts me?

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We know what we are
to deal with, at least.

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We shall not remove ourselves
from this fight.

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All will be lost if we run now.

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I should like to remove myself
from this room.

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Every day that goes by

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without our altering
the ton-shared sentiment will harden it.

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Perhaps we need
another story as to why things ended.

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We have already started to tell one.
We cannot change course now.

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If we cannot speak about the reasons,

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might we at least act as though
they are of no consequence to us?

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A ball.

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[Violet] Yes. Together. We prove
to the ton that our story is true.

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It was indeed a mutual decision
between all interested parties,

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and there is no scandal or ill will
between our families at all.

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[Lady Danbury] Hmm.

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A ball would give Edwina
another chance to find a suitor.

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Another ball?

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So that the ton might inspect
this wreckage with an even closer eye?

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A ball may very well work.

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After all, the viscount
and my sister have been so good

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at hiding their true feelings
from everyone in public this far.

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It should not trouble them
to do the same a little longer.

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Edwina…

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[dog barking]

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-[Kate tuts] Ugh, Newton.
-[dog barks, whimpering]

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Oh, Newton. My apologies.

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Newton, out. Out. Newton, out.

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-[dog continues whimpering]
-[both sigh]

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Was I truly that blind?

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Were they always this obvious?

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If this plan is to work…

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I suggest the two of you stay on
opposite sides of the room at all times.

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Lady Danbury!

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All we need would be for someone
to witness something untoward--

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I beg your pardon, Lady Danbury.
I do not know what you mean to say.

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What she means to say,
is that those of us in this room

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at present are the only ones
who know the full truth of the matter.

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[Lady Danbury] And we would
prefer to keep it that way.

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As should you.

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If there is so much
as a passing look between the two of you,

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then this plan of ours
will be for nothing.

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Are we all in agreement?

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Of course.

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Quite, Lady Danbury.

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Anthony.

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Anthony.

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Is this plan
going to be a problem for you?

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Mother--

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I ask because of what happened
the last time you found yourself

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in such close proximity to Miss Sharma.

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We'd not be in this situation if--

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You have nothing to worry about.
I will play the part.

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And then?

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This plan…

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Well, it is a temporary solution.

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If it is successful, of course,
the rumors of scandal will die.

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Yet, no matter what,
it still leaves you with no one to marry.

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Unless your designs
for the season have changed?

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You do realize it is still possible
for our family to endure

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whether I decide to marry or not?
This line does not end with me.

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[chuckling] No. No, it does not, but--

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Are you to rely on
your brothers as your solution?

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Do you need me to admit
I made a mistake? Is that what you want?

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To tell you I never should've asked
Miss Edwina for her hand?

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That I never should've
taken things this far? I realize.

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I realize I have indeed failed

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at more things
than you and Father will ever know.

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This plan will work.

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I am… quite certain both you
and Lady Danbury will make sure of it.

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[grunts, sighs]

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[breathing heavily]

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You saved them all?

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[sighs]

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You must have, what,
every issue ever printed.

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Double that.
There are two copies here of every one.

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-Eloise, why ever--
-The queen thinks it is me.

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-That I am Lady Whistledown.
-Are you being humorous?

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She has given me three days to confess.
She is threatening my family, Pen.

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I should get rid of these. If the queen
discovers I have all of these,

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it will only make me appear
that much more guilty.

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But you are not guilty.
El, this is a terrible mistake.

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We will somehow
arrange to see Her Majesty.

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We must implore her to listen to reason.

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Oh yes, because Her Majesty
has always been so reasonable.

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But why would the queen think it is you?

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Yes, you are outspoken
and opinionated and--

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One of her footmen saw me visiting Theo.

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[scoffs]

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I know. I should have listened to you.

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I was selfish, and now I may have
even put Theo into harm's way too.

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The queen must think he has
something to do with Whistledown.

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But he does not, and neither have you.
El, this is madness.

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-I should warn him.
-No. No, you should not.

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You should stay as far away from Theo
and that print shop as you can.

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You should wait for Lady Whistledown
to print her next issue.

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Then, with any luck, you can use that
in order to prove your innocence.

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[breathing heavily]

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[knocking]

246
00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:40,333
I must speak with Madame Delacroix.

247
00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,921
-You should not be here.
-It is urgent. Please.

248
00:16:53,263 --> 00:16:56,224
Her Majesty the Queen is now involved?

249
00:16:56,308 --> 00:16:58,143
[Penelope] She always has been, I suppose.

250
00:16:58,226 --> 00:17:01,063
I gather she has felt threatened
by Whistledown for quite some time.

251
00:17:01,146 --> 00:17:04,691
I have questioned Her Majesty's taste,
challenged her judgment.

252
00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:08,111
That was not part of our agreement.

253
00:17:08,653 --> 00:17:11,406
Our businesses both
reaped substantial rewards.

254
00:17:11,948 --> 00:17:14,284
You understood
our arrangement came with risks.

255
00:17:14,951 --> 00:17:19,372
Yes, but that did not involve
the Queen of England.

256
00:17:20,749 --> 00:17:22,459
[Genevieve sighs]

257
00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:23,960
[liquid pouring]

258
00:17:24,044 --> 00:17:26,296
I was hoping you would've
heard something in your shop.

259
00:17:27,089 --> 00:17:29,966
Something to satisfy Her Majesty.
A way to give her what she clearly wants.

260
00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:32,636
Admiration, favor, praise.

261
00:17:33,136 --> 00:17:36,723
Uh, you are to tell me
you could not think of something yourself?

262
00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:40,060
I do not know what to do.

263
00:17:41,269 --> 00:17:44,397
My best friend is
in trouble because of me, and

264
00:17:44,981 --> 00:17:46,608
I do not know what to do.

265
00:17:47,692 --> 00:17:49,319
You could turn yourself in.

266
00:17:49,945 --> 00:17:51,446
Take Miss Eloise's place.

267
00:17:52,072 --> 00:17:54,699
Only, Her Majesty would
need to believe you, of course.

268
00:17:54,783 --> 00:17:56,576
Well, I cannot be certain she would.

269
00:17:57,369 --> 00:18:00,747
Her Majesty would merely dismiss me
as a friend trying to help a friend.

270
00:18:00,831 --> 00:18:02,499
That's if she would even see me at all.

271
00:18:03,333 --> 00:18:04,876
[sighs deeply]

272
00:18:13,093 --> 00:18:14,886
They are quite beautiful.

273
00:18:14,970 --> 00:18:15,846
[Genevieve] Hmm.

274
00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:17,389
-Your designs.
-Ah.

275
00:18:18,223 --> 00:18:19,891
I was hoping to submit them

276
00:18:19,975 --> 00:18:22,727
to a revered house
of dressmakers in France.

277
00:18:24,271 --> 00:18:26,565
Take my business to a higher rank.

278
00:18:27,691 --> 00:18:29,651
Though, now I may be aiding and abetting

279
00:18:29,734 --> 00:18:32,445
the most notorious
gossip writer in London.

280
00:18:35,907 --> 00:18:38,160
I will ensure your name remains unsullied.

281
00:18:39,703 --> 00:18:40,954
You have my word.

282
00:18:45,041 --> 00:18:45,959
I should go.

283
00:18:47,002 --> 00:18:48,461
I am sorry I disturbed you.

284
00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:57,470
The one thing a lady would never do

285
00:18:58,180 --> 00:19:01,850
is wear something she knows
makes her look ugly, Miss Penelope.

286
00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:04,644
Were you to write
something about Miss Eloise

287
00:19:04,728 --> 00:19:06,521
she would never write about herself.

288
00:19:07,731 --> 00:19:08,607
Well,

289
00:19:09,733 --> 00:19:12,652
I do not need to tell you
what that might make the queen believe.

290
00:19:13,236 --> 00:19:14,571
I could never do that.

291
00:19:15,614 --> 00:19:17,324
I could never ruin my friend.

292
00:19:19,868 --> 00:19:21,036
Of course not.

293
00:19:24,331 --> 00:19:25,165
Good night.

294
00:19:34,132 --> 00:19:35,383
[sighs]

295
00:19:36,051 --> 00:19:37,093
[door closes]

296
00:19:37,594 --> 00:19:40,931
-[light string music playing]
-[indistinct overlapping chatter]

297
00:20:03,411 --> 00:20:06,206
Brother. I did not know
you'd be stopping by tonight.

298
00:20:06,289 --> 00:20:07,374
Neither did I.

299
00:20:08,124 --> 00:20:09,876
The Royal Schools seem to be providing

300
00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,254
a different sort of education
than what I had pictured.

301
00:20:12,337 --> 00:20:14,464
Or perhaps, exactly as I had pictured.

302
00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:15,882
Can I-- Can I get you a drink?

303
00:20:15,966 --> 00:20:17,759
Is there somewhere
we can go that is quieter?

304
00:20:19,094 --> 00:20:21,221
It is a party, Brother.

305
00:20:22,305 --> 00:20:23,556
It is something.

306
00:20:27,018 --> 00:20:28,436
Do you do this every night?

307
00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:29,604
[groans]

308
00:20:29,688 --> 00:20:31,648
Did you come to admonish me?

309
00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:35,318
I only mean to say
you may be a second son, Brother,

310
00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:38,071
but that does not exempt you
from familial duty altogether.

311
00:20:38,154 --> 00:20:39,698
It merely makes you second.

312
00:20:41,533 --> 00:20:45,120
Does this have to do with whatever is
truly going on with you and the Sharmas?

313
00:20:45,203 --> 00:20:46,621
Particularly the eldest?

314
00:20:46,705 --> 00:20:49,582
Mother is not the only one
who sees the way you look at her.

315
00:20:50,542 --> 00:20:53,211
How long do you plan
on punishing yourself for,

316
00:20:53,295 --> 00:20:55,213
and wallowing in such misery?

317
00:20:56,131 --> 00:20:58,133
Forget I came.
Have a good night, Benedict.

318
00:20:58,216 --> 00:21:01,553
Look, no.
Things may seem bleak now, Brother.

319
00:21:02,178 --> 00:21:04,931
But if I'm learning anything
from my art studies,

320
00:21:05,015 --> 00:21:08,893
it's that it is almost always
a matter of… perspective.

321
00:21:09,853 --> 00:21:11,479
I look at my art,

322
00:21:12,856 --> 00:21:15,817
and if I do not like what I see,

323
00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:17,819
I may always alter the color palette,

324
00:21:17,902 --> 00:21:21,072
but I certainly do not toss
the entire design aside.

325
00:21:21,156 --> 00:21:24,367
Perhaps you, too,
could do the same in your own life.

326
00:21:26,703 --> 00:21:28,330
Back to taking the tea, are we?

327
00:21:30,999 --> 00:21:32,667
At least just shave, will you?

328
00:22:01,196 --> 00:22:02,739
-Lady Danbury.
-Hmm.

329
00:22:03,740 --> 00:22:05,116
-Lady Mary.
-Thank you.

330
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,284
Miss Sharma.

331
00:22:10,205 --> 00:22:11,748
Miss Edwina, I…

332
00:22:19,130 --> 00:22:21,508
How thoughtful of you, Lord Bridgerton.

333
00:22:21,591 --> 00:22:24,886
Now, remember,
before we are to send out our invitations,

334
00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:27,639
we must appear
to be enjoying each other's company.

335
00:22:28,139 --> 00:22:29,015
Shall we?

336
00:22:33,061 --> 00:22:34,145
[awkward chuckle]

337
00:22:38,233 --> 00:22:39,275
[inhales deeply]

338
00:22:40,819 --> 00:22:42,404
[Lady Danbury clears throat]

339
00:22:51,996 --> 00:22:54,124
[indistinct overlapping chatter]

340
00:23:05,385 --> 00:23:06,511
[Violet clears throat]

341
00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:25,947
Do not be deterred.

342
00:23:26,030 --> 00:23:28,616
If we can put the wedding
behind us, so can they.

343
00:23:43,798 --> 00:23:45,675
You must forgive me, Lady Mary.

344
00:23:46,217 --> 00:23:48,344
I have yet formally to apologize.

345
00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:50,930
It is not exactly a surprise.

346
00:23:51,014 --> 00:23:54,601
Men often take time to realize
their culpability in such matters.

347
00:23:54,684 --> 00:23:56,895
It is quite the privilege, is it not?

348
00:24:00,565 --> 00:24:02,317
You have every reason to scorn me.

349
00:24:02,984 --> 00:24:04,486
But I would be very much remiss

350
00:24:04,569 --> 00:24:06,988
if I did not tell you
it was not my intention ever

351
00:24:07,071 --> 00:24:10,200
to cause your family
as much strife as I now know I have done.

352
00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:16,456
In truth, I cannot place blame
entirely at your door, Lord Bridgerton.

353
00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:20,502
I myself have been absent
for far too long.

354
00:24:20,585 --> 00:24:24,255
When my husband died, it should've been me
taking on my family's burden,

355
00:24:24,339 --> 00:24:25,381
not Kate.

356
00:24:26,174 --> 00:24:28,968
She sacrificed
far too much for us, indeed.

357
00:24:30,595 --> 00:24:33,139
Lady Hood. How good to see you today.

358
00:24:33,223 --> 00:24:34,807
And you, Lady Mary.

359
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,727
And Lord Bridgerton too.

360
00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:38,645
Yes.

361
00:24:39,729 --> 00:24:40,730
[chuckles softly]

362
00:25:13,805 --> 00:25:15,181
Mr. Mondrich.

363
00:25:15,723 --> 00:25:16,766
Featherington.

364
00:25:17,267 --> 00:25:19,310
I'll, uh, take a brandy.

365
00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:27,443
Um, not exactly
the kind of welcome I was expecting.

366
00:25:29,571 --> 00:25:30,446
Forgive me, my lord?

367
00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:33,616
I was hoping for the owner
of this fine establishment to regale me

368
00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:34,993
with many stories, indeed.

369
00:25:35,076 --> 00:25:36,828
Of his boxing days, perhaps?

370
00:25:36,911 --> 00:25:39,747
Truth be told, I never really
enjoyed the sport myself.

371
00:25:39,831 --> 00:25:42,125
Boxing is not for all to enjoy.

372
00:25:42,625 --> 00:25:45,670
It requires a strong stomach
and an even stronger jaw.

373
00:25:45,753 --> 00:25:47,171
Hmm.

374
00:25:47,255 --> 00:25:49,215
A rather interesting assertion.

375
00:25:49,924 --> 00:25:52,927
My cousin had neither,
but Lord Featherington,

376
00:25:53,011 --> 00:25:54,429
may God rest his soul,

377
00:25:54,512 --> 00:25:56,806
was quite an admirer of yours, I've heard.

378
00:25:57,348 --> 00:26:00,768
I am honored.
Though his regard was unknown to me.

379
00:26:01,352 --> 00:26:04,606
Surely, your paths must have crossed.
He attended many bouts.

380
00:26:04,689 --> 00:26:08,735
Yes, well, I likely was preoccupied
with the fight at hand.

381
00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:12,238
It is dangerous
to become distracted in the ring.

382
00:26:12,322 --> 00:26:15,408
Of course. Dangerous in your occupation.

383
00:26:15,491 --> 00:26:19,871
But my cousin did keep
meticulous records of all debts, and

384
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,206
wagers.

385
00:26:24,667 --> 00:26:27,920
I just came across
a rather significant one myself.

386
00:26:29,714 --> 00:26:34,218
I do not wish to defend myself
against baseless accusations, my lord.

387
00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:36,137
And I do not wish you to do so.

388
00:26:36,679 --> 00:26:38,222
I respect a self-made man,

389
00:26:38,306 --> 00:26:41,100
no matter what means he uses
to make himself.

390
00:26:41,809 --> 00:26:44,562
I will ask no more questions
of you than you ask of me.

391
00:26:44,646 --> 00:26:46,356
Baseless accusations, I cannot imagine,

392
00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:48,524
would be good
for either of our businesses.

393
00:26:48,608 --> 00:26:51,194
And, from the looks of it,

394
00:26:51,277 --> 00:26:53,821
you might need
all the help you can get with yours.

395
00:27:02,372 --> 00:27:04,248
-[light knocking]
-[door opens]

396
00:27:05,416 --> 00:27:07,210
Master printer's gone for the day.

397
00:27:08,211 --> 00:27:09,253
You'll have to come back.

398
00:27:10,421 --> 00:27:12,632
It is not printing I wish to solicit.

399
00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:16,427
Are you mad?

400
00:27:16,969 --> 00:27:17,804
[softly] What?

401
00:27:19,222 --> 00:27:20,056
What?

402
00:27:21,516 --> 00:27:23,643
Not even a little excited to see me, then?

403
00:27:23,726 --> 00:27:26,437
People from the palace
have been asking about me.

404
00:27:26,521 --> 00:27:27,980
I was almost thrown out today.

405
00:27:28,690 --> 00:27:31,484
[sighs softly] Yes.
I think that may be my fault.

406
00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:34,112
The queen, she… she saw me
visiting you the other day

407
00:27:34,195 --> 00:27:36,614
and now believes me
to be Lady Whistledown herself.

408
00:27:36,698 --> 00:27:38,074
Ridiculous, yes?

409
00:27:39,033 --> 00:27:40,368
What is ridiculous is the fact

410
00:27:40,451 --> 00:27:42,578
that you thought it wise
to come back here again.

411
00:27:43,287 --> 00:27:45,748
-[scoffs softly]
-Come for more books, did you?

412
00:27:46,374 --> 00:27:47,333
What?

413
00:27:47,959 --> 00:27:51,129
No. I came to make sure
you were all right,

414
00:27:51,212 --> 00:27:52,964
to get our story straight.

415
00:27:53,047 --> 00:27:54,257
Our story?

416
00:27:58,052 --> 00:28:00,179
This is not the least bit surprising.

417
00:28:01,389 --> 00:28:02,724
What is that supposed to mean?

418
00:28:02,807 --> 00:28:06,519
That you are a lady who's never had to
endure any real difficulties in your life.

419
00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:09,272
You may have
the protection of your family,

420
00:28:09,355 --> 00:28:10,982
of your society, but I'm…

421
00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:14,068
I do not.

422
00:28:15,945 --> 00:28:17,989
You took your pleasure
from low life, Miss Bridgerton.

423
00:28:18,072 --> 00:28:21,534
Now I think it best you return to Mayfair
before you get me into any more trouble.

424
00:28:56,986 --> 00:28:59,113
It seems both Miss Cowper and Miss Goring

425
00:28:59,197 --> 00:29:02,450
are swallowing the story
about the wedding being halted due to

426
00:29:02,533 --> 00:29:04,494
a mutual decision.

427
00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:09,332
That is good.

428
00:29:09,999 --> 00:29:13,377
Well… I appear to be a very good liar.

429
00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:17,006
Something else you and the viscount
have taught me, perhaps.

430
00:29:18,007 --> 00:29:18,966
Edwina,

431
00:29:19,717 --> 00:29:21,594
what will it take for you to forgive me?

432
00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:25,640
If I must apologize every day
for the rest of my life, I will.

433
00:29:27,350 --> 00:29:29,644
Your happiness is all
that has mattered to me, Bon,

434
00:29:29,727 --> 00:29:31,020
and now, believe me,

435
00:29:32,104 --> 00:29:35,024
I am reaping
the consequences of destroying it.

436
00:29:39,070 --> 00:29:42,532
I remember the books you used
to read to me from Appa's library.

437
00:29:42,615 --> 00:29:46,369
The stories of true love
and happy endings against all odds.

438
00:29:47,662 --> 00:29:49,664
Did you yourself ever truly believe them?

439
00:29:49,747 --> 00:29:51,916
Or has everything you told me been a lie?

440
00:29:51,999 --> 00:29:54,126
Of course I believe in true love.

441
00:29:54,836 --> 00:29:57,547
Of course I believe in happy endings.
How could I not?

442
00:29:59,006 --> 00:30:01,551
You saw Appa and Mama,
how happy they once were.

443
00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:04,720
What I saw is how
even that ended in tragedy.

444
00:30:06,097 --> 00:30:08,474
Happy endings do not exist, Kate.

445
00:30:09,267 --> 00:30:10,852
At least not in real life.

446
00:30:47,805 --> 00:30:48,806
Miss Sharma.

447
00:30:50,391 --> 00:30:52,768
I've been wishing
for a moment to be alone with you.

448
00:30:54,228 --> 00:30:55,062
To speak.

449
00:30:55,146 --> 00:30:57,231
There is nothing to speak about, my lord.

450
00:30:59,901 --> 00:31:01,611
-We kissed.
-We did not.

451
00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:05,281
Nothing happened between us.

452
00:31:06,657 --> 00:31:07,491
How could it?

453
00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:12,705
You were my sister's intended.
There is no world in which we could kiss.

454
00:31:16,584 --> 00:31:17,919
Are you quite serious?

455
00:31:19,921 --> 00:31:21,672
We did a terrible thing.

456
00:31:29,013 --> 00:31:31,432
We should be ashamed of what we did.

457
00:31:40,066 --> 00:31:42,985
[Lady Cowper] Oh.
Lady Danbury. Lady Bridgerton.

458
00:31:43,527 --> 00:31:45,196
What a surprise to see you here.

459
00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:48,407
You do know my family
has its very own room here,

460
00:31:48,491 --> 00:31:49,951
yes, Lady Cowper?

461
00:31:50,034 --> 00:31:51,410
Over there, is it not?

462
00:31:51,494 --> 00:31:54,455
The one with the, uh… Danbury name

463
00:31:54,538 --> 00:31:57,166
just above the door.

464
00:31:57,249 --> 00:31:58,584
[light chuckling]

465
00:31:58,668 --> 00:32:00,544
How nice it is to see you both.

466
00:32:00,628 --> 00:32:03,089
Though I'd have thought
you required a respite after

467
00:32:03,172 --> 00:32:04,840
the strenuous events of the past week.

468
00:32:04,924 --> 00:32:06,050
Oh, on the contrary.

469
00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:08,678
Well, I myself am hosting
a ball later this week.

470
00:32:09,470 --> 00:32:11,389
Have you not received an invitation?

471
00:32:11,472 --> 00:32:12,890
-Oh.
-[Violet] My. Well…

472
00:32:12,974 --> 00:32:14,809
I will see if there is still room.

473
00:32:14,892 --> 00:32:17,144
We shall have a full house, no doubt.

474
00:32:17,228 --> 00:32:20,982
[soft, polite chuckling]

475
00:32:34,328 --> 00:32:35,204
[sighs softly]

476
00:33:02,064 --> 00:33:03,899
[Colin] You truly are
a Jack of all trades.

477
00:33:03,983 --> 00:33:06,193
[Jack laughs]
When one is in such wild country,

478
00:33:06,277 --> 00:33:07,987
one sometimes must do wild things.

479
00:33:08,070 --> 00:33:08,904
[both chuckle]

480
00:33:08,988 --> 00:33:10,781
But if I'd not gone
on that hunting expedition,

481
00:33:10,865 --> 00:33:12,324
I'd never have discovered my mines.

482
00:33:12,408 --> 00:33:13,826
Huh. Ah.

483
00:33:14,618 --> 00:33:16,370
-The lady of the hour.
-Colin.

484
00:33:16,871 --> 00:33:17,705
Cousin Jack.

485
00:33:17,788 --> 00:33:19,290
I was just telling Lord Featherington

486
00:33:19,373 --> 00:33:22,418
that my interest in his mines
was sparked quite naturally

487
00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:25,504
when I viewed that exquisite necklace
you wore to my brother's wedding.

488
00:33:26,047 --> 00:33:26,881
Was it?

489
00:33:27,548 --> 00:33:29,383
You make a compelling case, Bridgerton.

490
00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:31,802
Allow me to give it some consideration.

491
00:33:31,886 --> 00:33:33,429
I shall eagerly await your response.

492
00:33:33,512 --> 00:33:36,682
The rest of the ton is dazzled
by your exploits. I only wish to be too.

493
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,268
[both chuckle softly]

494
00:33:40,144 --> 00:33:41,729
Would you see me out?

495
00:33:42,438 --> 00:33:43,355
[chuckles softly]

496
00:33:44,023 --> 00:33:46,358
I did not know
you fancied yourself an investor.

497
00:33:46,442 --> 00:33:49,904
No. Even I did not.
Yet, I am beginning to think differently.

498
00:33:50,654 --> 00:33:54,366
I know it is a large sum to risk,
but I am sorely tempted.

499
00:33:55,034 --> 00:33:58,287
It is a chance to make a name for myself,
as your cousin has done.

500
00:33:58,954 --> 00:34:02,541
And once our profits come,
both our families will benefit,

501
00:34:02,625 --> 00:34:04,919
which is just what makes it so enticing.

502
00:34:05,002 --> 00:34:06,170
You think highly of my family?

503
00:34:06,253 --> 00:34:09,340
I am not in the habit of consorting
with those I hold in low esteem.

504
00:34:09,423 --> 00:34:11,300
I never thought of it like that.

505
00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:12,510
I understand.

506
00:34:13,219 --> 00:34:16,639
Our relationship has taken shape
so naturally over the years,

507
00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:18,307
one could take it for granted.

508
00:34:19,475 --> 00:34:21,060
You have always been so

509
00:34:21,769 --> 00:34:24,271
constant and loyal, Pen.

510
00:34:25,356 --> 00:34:28,484
I do not believe I deserve
such praise for my loyalty.

511
00:34:30,152 --> 00:34:31,862
Does something trouble you?

512
00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:33,823
No, not at all.

513
00:34:36,784 --> 00:34:39,120
Oh. I almost forgot.

514
00:34:39,203 --> 00:34:42,248
Perhaps I might rely on
your loyalty one last time.

515
00:34:42,331 --> 00:34:45,543
Until this agreement
with your cousin is confirmed,

516
00:34:45,626 --> 00:34:48,129
I do not wish for word
to get back to Anthony.

517
00:34:48,754 --> 00:34:52,341
Could you avoid telling anyone?
Especially Eloise.

518
00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:54,844
I know there are no secrets
between you two, but--

519
00:34:54,927 --> 00:34:56,554
[Lady Featherington] Mr. Bridgerton.

520
00:34:59,056 --> 00:35:01,142
I did not know we had a caller today.

521
00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:05,813
Miss Penelope was just seeing me out.
While I have been talking her to death

522
00:35:05,896 --> 00:35:09,191
about matters so foolish I'd have
blushed to share them with anyone else.

523
00:35:18,909 --> 00:35:20,703
-[man] Mr. Bridgerton.
-[door opens]

524
00:35:23,914 --> 00:35:24,874
[door closes]

525
00:35:25,791 --> 00:35:28,752
Need I remind you of our discussion
about who is and is not

526
00:35:28,836 --> 00:35:30,713
to invest in our business?

527
00:35:31,297 --> 00:35:33,757
I love it when you call it our business.

528
00:35:33,841 --> 00:35:35,134
[chuckles lightly]

529
00:35:35,217 --> 00:35:38,721
I tried to dissuade Mr. Bridgerton,
but the lad is quite persistent.

530
00:35:38,804 --> 00:35:41,390
Despite his family situation,
he seems fixed on it.

531
00:35:41,473 --> 00:35:44,518
Because it is precisely
that situation that is prompting him.

532
00:35:44,602 --> 00:35:46,937
He is not foolish in wanting
to come to an agreement now

533
00:35:47,021 --> 00:35:51,400
before everyone wishes to stop associating
with him and his family altogether.

534
00:35:54,111 --> 00:35:55,696
[Jack] More bills, Mrs. Varley?

535
00:35:55,779 --> 00:35:59,700
Invitations, my lord.
And there are quite a few.

536
00:35:59,783 --> 00:36:01,952
And why should there not be? [chuckles]

537
00:36:02,703 --> 00:36:03,621
[gasps]

538
00:36:05,956 --> 00:36:07,958
-Look at that one.
-[gasps, chuckles]

539
00:36:08,584 --> 00:36:10,920
The invitations are ready
to be distributed, ma'am.

540
00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:12,546
Oh, excellent, Mrs. Wilson.

541
00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:15,299
Oh, dear little Augie is
still suffering from his cough,

542
00:36:15,382 --> 00:36:17,718
so the duchess
will naturally not be able to attend.

543
00:36:17,801 --> 00:36:20,137
But that is precisely
why it is so important

544
00:36:20,221 --> 00:36:22,890
that the rest of us
embrace this theme of harmony…

545
00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:24,058
[piano music stops]

546
00:36:27,811 --> 00:36:28,771
[stifling laughter]

547
00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:31,315
…and work together to impress our guests.

548
00:36:33,275 --> 00:36:35,444
If we garner enough support,
the queen may even be swayed

549
00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:37,488
to forget all about this wedding business.

550
00:36:37,571 --> 00:36:39,365
-[piano music resumes]
-[Eloise gasps]

551
00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:41,367
[grunting]

552
00:36:42,910 --> 00:36:45,496
-It is positively suffocating in here.
-[Violet] Eloise, dear?

553
00:36:47,122 --> 00:36:48,624
Are you feeling unwell?

554
00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:52,753
Do not fret, Mama.
I'll still be in attendance at your ball.

555
00:36:52,836 --> 00:36:55,047
Participating in this farce
along with the rest of us.

556
00:36:55,631 --> 00:36:57,841
I am doing this for all of us.

557
00:36:57,925 --> 00:37:00,511
Perhaps there is still time
to change your theme.

558
00:37:02,846 --> 00:37:05,182
Has there truly been
no Whistledown delivery today?

559
00:37:08,018 --> 00:37:09,436
Good day, Bridgertons.

560
00:37:11,188 --> 00:37:12,106
[exhales]

561
00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:34,336
-I am going to confess.
-What?

562
00:37:34,420 --> 00:37:36,463
I know all I need to know
about Whistledown.

563
00:37:36,547 --> 00:37:38,966
I shall find a printer,
publish a counterfeit paper,

564
00:37:39,049 --> 00:37:41,844
and give Her Majesty
exactly what she wants. An ally.

565
00:37:41,927 --> 00:37:44,263
And you'll use the assistance
of that apprentice, Mr. Sharpe.

566
00:37:44,346 --> 00:37:46,598
I do not wish to speak
of that boy ever again.

567
00:37:47,099 --> 00:37:49,268
[sighs] I am doing this
for my family, Pen.

568
00:37:49,977 --> 00:37:52,062
I make the queen,
once more, our supporter.

569
00:37:52,146 --> 00:37:55,733
It'll make the rest of society overlook
all the scandal we've recently caused.

570
00:37:55,816 --> 00:37:58,402
Eloise, I do not wish you
to do anything rash.

571
00:37:58,485 --> 00:38:00,195
There is little sand
left in this hourglass.

572
00:38:00,279 --> 00:38:02,489
If I have to say I am Whistledown,
then so be it.

573
00:38:02,573 --> 00:38:05,117
That'll only last for so long.
You cannot continue lying like that.

574
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:06,410
What will happen…

575
00:38:07,453 --> 00:38:08,662
[breathes deeply]

576
00:38:08,746 --> 00:38:11,540
What will happen when the real
Lady Whistledown decides to publish again?

577
00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:14,418
[scoffs] I no longer care
what the real Lady Whistledown does,

578
00:38:14,501 --> 00:38:16,545
or does not, decide to do.
She is dead to me.

579
00:38:17,129 --> 00:38:18,922
Pen, I have made my decision.

580
00:38:19,006 --> 00:38:21,800
At the very least,
it will allow me a little more time to

581
00:38:21,884 --> 00:38:25,346
finally find the real writer
and make her pay for all of her crimes.

582
00:38:26,513 --> 00:38:28,140
I only wish to thank you.

583
00:38:28,724 --> 00:38:31,852
For always being such a loyal friend,

584
00:38:31,935 --> 00:38:33,812
whatever the circumstances.

585
00:38:41,945 --> 00:38:43,947
[rousing classical music plays]

586
00:39:08,764 --> 00:39:12,643
[Lady Whistledown] What is it
about betrayal that excites us so?

587
00:39:17,356 --> 00:39:21,568
The ton itself has certainly felt
its peculiar kind of frenzy

588
00:39:21,652 --> 00:39:26,448
after the promise of the wedding
to end all weddings was broken.

589
00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:33,872
Yet this author has it
on very good authority

590
00:39:33,956 --> 00:39:36,250
that the viscount's failed nuptials

591
00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:38,460
may not be the only betrayal

592
00:39:38,544 --> 00:39:42,005
our dear Bridgertons
must manage at present.

593
00:39:51,473 --> 00:39:53,392
[pleasant classical music playing]

594
00:39:53,475 --> 00:39:54,476
[Violet] Hmm.

595
00:40:14,455 --> 00:40:15,414
Well,

596
00:40:16,039 --> 00:40:18,000
this is unexpected.

597
00:40:19,418 --> 00:40:21,879
It is still quite early, I suppose.

598
00:40:22,546 --> 00:40:23,797
[man clears throat]

599
00:40:23,881 --> 00:40:27,634
-Would you still like us to play, my lady?
-That will not be necessary.

600
00:40:29,386 --> 00:40:30,971
[indistinct chatter]

601
00:40:33,140 --> 00:40:35,392
If there’s no need for my presence,
I’ll head to my studio.

602
00:40:35,476 --> 00:40:37,436
I do not wish to be around
such misery all evening.

603
00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:38,812
-Wait.
-I know of your opinions.

604
00:40:38,896 --> 00:40:40,189
You will stay for a dance.

605
00:40:43,150 --> 00:40:44,443
There shall be dancing.

606
00:40:46,820 --> 00:40:48,322
A new perspective, yes?

607
00:40:49,156 --> 00:40:50,491
Dancing? With whom?

608
00:40:50,574 --> 00:40:51,533
Anthony.

609
00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:54,286
Hyacinth!

610
00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:56,163
[Hyacinth] Yes, Brother?

611
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:00,542
Come down here and do me the honor.

612
00:41:00,626 --> 00:41:01,502
[chuckles]

613
00:41:01,585 --> 00:41:03,378
If she gets to dance, so do I.

614
00:41:11,178 --> 00:41:12,179
[Lady Danbury] Come.

615
00:41:12,262 --> 00:41:14,932
Show this dowager
the benefit of all these lessons

616
00:41:15,015 --> 00:41:17,184
I hear you've been taking, Mr. Bridgerton.

617
00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:18,644
He's much better than me, I'll say.

618
00:41:18,727 --> 00:41:22,064
Something lively.
A country dance, perhaps?

619
00:41:23,398 --> 00:41:27,402
I believe the theme you have
chosen tonight is harmony, Mother.

620
00:41:27,486 --> 00:41:29,321
[lively music playing]

621
00:41:46,755 --> 00:41:48,882
[laughing]

622
00:41:51,718 --> 00:41:53,554
-[squeals]
-[laughter]

623
00:41:56,598 --> 00:41:58,225
[Gregory and Benedict] Come on!

624
00:41:59,142 --> 00:42:00,644
[indistinct chatter]

625
00:42:00,727 --> 00:42:02,646
-[laughing]
-[whooping]

626
00:42:02,729 --> 00:42:05,023
-[women laughing]
-[men shouting] Hey! Hey!

627
00:42:05,107 --> 00:42:08,068
[shouting and laughter continues]

628
00:42:10,529 --> 00:42:11,446
[both laugh]

629
00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:13,198
[Benedict exclaims]

630
00:42:14,825 --> 00:42:16,827
[laughter]

631
00:42:24,835 --> 00:42:26,962
[Edwina shrieks, laughs]

632
00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:27,921
Whoo!

633
00:42:39,516 --> 00:42:43,729
-[laughing]
-[music crescendos]

634
00:42:43,812 --> 00:42:45,814
[all panting]

635
00:42:47,065 --> 00:42:49,067
[laughter and panting]

636
00:42:53,322 --> 00:42:54,740
[light clapping]

637
00:42:58,160 --> 00:42:59,411
Perhaps a quadrille?

638
00:42:59,911 --> 00:43:01,246
[Lady Danbury] Uh…

639
00:43:02,414 --> 00:43:05,000
Perhaps we should
start eating some of that food.

640
00:43:05,083 --> 00:43:06,126
[Eloise sighs]

641
00:43:06,752 --> 00:43:07,628
Yes.

642
00:43:12,257 --> 00:43:14,343
[panting]

643
00:43:15,677 --> 00:43:18,722
Given the ton's usual gullibility,

644
00:43:18,805 --> 00:43:21,183
I must admit, I am rather surprised

645
00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:24,269
they did not give credit
to our story, Lady Danbury.

646
00:43:24,353 --> 00:43:25,520
Whatever happened?

647
00:43:28,774 --> 00:43:30,651
Perhaps we should ask them.

648
00:43:32,361 --> 00:43:33,403
Mrs. Wilson?

649
00:43:33,904 --> 00:43:35,614
Is something wrong?

650
00:43:37,449 --> 00:43:39,451
It was just delivered, ma'am.

651
00:43:43,121 --> 00:43:44,748
Is that Lady Whistledown?

652
00:43:46,208 --> 00:43:47,751
Has she published, Mama?

653
00:43:47,834 --> 00:43:49,795
Indeed, she has.

654
00:43:50,379 --> 00:43:52,631
And now we may know
why we are the only ones here.

655
00:43:53,882 --> 00:43:56,635
[Lady Whistledown]
Should our lives be distilled down

656
00:43:56,718 --> 00:43:59,429
to the sum total of our choices,

657
00:43:59,513 --> 00:44:04,267
then Miss Eloise Bridgerton
has certainly made a dangerous,

658
00:44:04,351 --> 00:44:06,895
perhaps ruinous one.

659
00:44:08,021 --> 00:44:10,440
For she's apparently been associating,

660
00:44:10,524 --> 00:44:14,194
unchaperoned, with improper company.

661
00:44:15,237 --> 00:44:18,365
Political radicals, in fact.

662
00:44:19,491 --> 00:44:20,367
[gasping]

663
00:44:29,668 --> 00:44:30,711
[chuckles]

664
00:44:30,794 --> 00:44:32,212
You seem happy, my lady.

665
00:44:32,295 --> 00:44:35,716
It seems our neighbors are to remain
afflicted for quite some time.

666
00:44:37,175 --> 00:44:41,179
Colin Bridgerton, go ahead.
Seal the agreement with him.

667
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,473
[giggles happily]

668
00:44:46,393 --> 00:44:50,313
[Lady Whistledown] It might be that
the young miss spent a great deal of time

669
00:44:50,397 --> 00:44:51,982
considering her decisions.

670
00:44:52,065 --> 00:44:53,066
Or,

671
00:44:53,942 --> 00:44:56,820
perhaps, they were made in haste.

672
00:45:12,043 --> 00:45:16,047
Whatever the case may be,
we all must remember,

673
00:45:16,131 --> 00:45:18,800
as one makes one's bed,

674
00:45:18,884 --> 00:45:21,553
so one must lie in it.

675
00:45:28,977 --> 00:45:30,729
Might we return home, Bon?

676
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,482
As if you truly care
what I would like to do.

677
00:45:33,565 --> 00:45:34,775
Edwina, this is cruelty--

678
00:45:34,858 --> 00:45:38,820
Do not dare…
try to make me out to be the cruel one.

679
00:45:40,781 --> 00:45:42,949
I may not know who I truly am,

680
00:45:43,492 --> 00:45:46,870
but at least I know
I am kinder-hearted than you.

681
00:46:14,815 --> 00:46:16,399
[sighs deeply]

682
00:46:16,483 --> 00:46:17,526
[huffs]

683
00:46:26,493 --> 00:46:28,370
[Anthony] What are you doing out here?

684
00:46:29,162 --> 00:46:30,163
[Kate sighs]

685
00:46:30,872 --> 00:46:32,541
-My apologies.
-No, no, please. Stay.

686
00:46:32,624 --> 00:46:33,625
You were here first.

687
00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:35,544
-I was just leaving.
-It is your house, my lord.

688
00:46:36,461 --> 00:46:38,755
-It does not signify--
-Perhaps it should.

689
00:46:39,714 --> 00:46:41,508
-Must you always?
-You were the one insisting.

690
00:46:41,591 --> 00:46:44,010
-And this is you compromising?
-[scoffs] Good night, my lord.

691
00:46:44,094 --> 00:46:45,262
Can you ever just agree?

692
00:46:45,345 --> 00:46:47,973
[breathes deeply]

693
00:46:49,683 --> 00:46:52,978
You have been like this from the moment
we first met in those woods.

694
00:46:53,061 --> 00:46:55,605
Obstinate, inflexible,

695
00:46:55,689 --> 00:46:58,650
unyielding to good, plain common sense.

696
00:46:58,733 --> 00:47:02,654
Well, I can certainly understand why that
would be so troubling for a man like you.

697
00:47:03,989 --> 00:47:05,740
A man used to always getting his way.

698
00:47:05,824 --> 00:47:07,826
-A man used to giving orders--
-I do not give orders.

699
00:47:07,909 --> 00:47:10,203
You give me orders
and you expect me to listen. I do not--

700
00:47:10,287 --> 00:47:12,080
-Perhaps you should.
-I'll never listen to you!

701
00:47:12,163 --> 00:47:14,541
Or to anyone
I wholeheartedly disagree with!

702
00:47:14,624 --> 00:47:18,378
The fact it's taken you this long to come
to terms with that, to accept that fact--

703
00:47:18,461 --> 00:47:21,256
-You wish to know why?
-I am uncertain you even know why.

704
00:47:21,339 --> 00:47:23,800
-I know why.
-Enthrall me with your self-awareness.

705
00:47:23,884 --> 00:47:26,219
It is because I have never met
anyone like you.

706
00:47:26,887 --> 00:47:27,888
[sighs]

707
00:47:28,930 --> 00:47:30,056
It is maddening,

708
00:47:31,433 --> 00:47:34,102
how much you consume my very being.

709
00:47:35,478 --> 00:47:37,480
[Anthony breathing deeply]

710
00:47:39,816 --> 00:47:42,694
My family is on the brink of ruin.

711
00:47:43,361 --> 00:47:45,989
I am nearly certain every last one
of my brothers and sisters

712
00:47:46,072 --> 00:47:48,033
secretly despise me.
My own mother, at that.

713
00:47:48,116 --> 00:47:50,869
Despite the fact I have lived
the better part of my life for them.

714
00:47:50,952 --> 00:47:51,995
And yet still,

715
00:47:52,996 --> 00:47:54,873
all I find myself thinking about,

716
00:47:54,956 --> 00:47:58,126
all I find myself
being able to breathe for…

717
00:48:00,754 --> 00:48:01,755
is you.

718
00:48:03,423 --> 00:48:05,425
Do you think that
I want to be in this position?

719
00:48:06,509 --> 00:48:09,971
Contending with these thoughts
of wanting to be nowhere except with you.

720
00:48:10,847 --> 00:48:13,016
[sighs] Wanting to run away with you.

721
00:48:14,809 --> 00:48:16,394
Of acting on the most

722
00:48:17,354 --> 00:48:20,690
impure, forbidden desires,

723
00:48:21,399 --> 00:48:25,779
no matter… how much I must remind myself

724
00:48:25,862 --> 00:48:28,490
I am a gentleman, and you are a lady.

725
00:48:28,573 --> 00:48:30,700
Of that… [inhales] …of that scent.

726
00:48:30,784 --> 00:48:31,701
[Kate sighs]

727
00:48:33,703 --> 00:48:36,790
It has remained imprinted on my mind

728
00:48:36,873 --> 00:48:40,335
ever since the night
of the conservatory ball on that terrace.

729
00:48:45,256 --> 00:48:46,132
Lilies.

730
00:48:50,136 --> 00:48:51,429
[exhales]

731
00:48:54,224 --> 00:48:55,141
[sighs]

732
00:48:55,225 --> 00:48:57,268
-You have to stop.
-I have to stop?

733
00:48:57,352 --> 00:48:59,896
There is no other course of action
to be concluded. You must stop!

734
00:48:59,980 --> 00:49:02,774
It has been you.
It has been you this entire time.

735
00:49:02,857 --> 00:49:04,484
Spinning my world off its axis,

736
00:49:04,567 --> 00:49:07,737
making me reconsider
everything I have ever told myself.

737
00:49:07,821 --> 00:49:08,989
[breathes deeply]

738
00:49:09,072 --> 00:49:12,325
I came here resolved… to save my family.

739
00:49:12,826 --> 00:49:14,285
Everything I have ever done--

740
00:49:14,369 --> 00:49:15,495
…has been for them.

741
00:49:15,996 --> 00:49:17,205
[sighs deeply]

742
00:49:19,749 --> 00:49:21,501
-[quietly] Has been for them.
-Yeah.

743
00:49:22,460 --> 00:49:24,462
[softly] You are the one who must stop.

744
00:49:29,676 --> 00:49:31,344
You are the one who must stop.

745
00:49:31,845 --> 00:49:32,679
Before--

746
00:49:32,762 --> 00:49:35,640
Before what? Before we both
finally do something for ourselves?

747
00:49:42,814 --> 00:49:44,566
[exhales deeply]

748
00:49:45,316 --> 00:49:47,318
[tense music playing]

749
00:49:48,236 --> 00:49:49,195
Please go inside.

750
00:49:51,322 --> 00:49:53,116
[Anthony exhales deeply]

751
00:49:53,199 --> 00:49:54,701
Go

752
00:49:54,784 --> 00:49:57,996
in… side

753
00:49:59,789 --> 00:50:02,417
What did I tell you
about you and your orders?

754
00:50:03,043 --> 00:50:04,377
[exhales deeply]

755
00:50:13,219 --> 00:50:14,888
[panting]

756
00:50:19,768 --> 00:50:21,186
[both moan]

757
00:50:21,269 --> 00:50:22,854
-[gasps]
-I will stop.

758
00:50:22,937 --> 00:50:24,773
-[sighs] Do not stop.
-I will stop.

759
00:50:24,856 --> 00:50:26,608
Do not stop.

760
00:50:27,108 --> 00:50:29,444
[romantic music playing]

761
00:51:33,258 --> 00:51:34,592
[moans]

762
00:51:36,094 --> 00:51:36,970
[sighs]

763
00:51:37,637 --> 00:51:38,805
[exhales sharply]

764
00:51:40,682 --> 00:51:42,016
[shuddering moan]

765
00:51:43,393 --> 00:51:44,519
[sighs]

766
00:52:09,794 --> 00:52:11,796
[water drops pattering]

767
00:52:13,214 --> 00:52:14,382
[inhales sharply]

768
00:52:14,883 --> 00:52:16,551
[exhales deeply]

769
00:52:18,469 --> 00:52:20,221
[thunder rumbling]

770
00:52:22,390 --> 00:52:24,392
[rainfall intensifies]

771
00:52:28,980 --> 00:52:30,982
[intense music plays]

772
00:52:33,276 --> 00:52:34,611
[exhales]

773
00:52:35,737 --> 00:52:36,821
[sighs sharply]

774
00:52:39,616 --> 00:52:40,950
-[exhales]
-[thunderclap]

775
00:52:41,034 --> 00:52:42,243
[moans]

776
00:52:42,327 --> 00:52:44,078
[heartbeat thumping]

777
00:52:47,123 --> 00:52:48,166
[exhales]

778
00:52:53,087 --> 00:52:54,172
[panting, moaning]

779
00:52:55,715 --> 00:52:57,258
[moaning, panting]

780
00:53:01,054 --> 00:53:03,056
[dramatic music playing]

781
00:53:17,779 --> 00:53:19,447
[knocking at door]

782
00:53:21,032 --> 00:53:22,533
I must speak with Miss Sharma.

783
00:53:23,034 --> 00:53:24,702
[thunder rumbling]

784
00:53:26,955 --> 00:53:29,249
[watch ticking]

785
00:53:32,377 --> 00:53:34,629
I know it is early,
but can you please tell her I'm here?

786
00:53:34,712 --> 00:53:36,839
I am afraid that is not possible, my lord.

787
00:53:37,465 --> 00:53:38,925
She does not seem to be here.

788
00:53:39,425 --> 00:53:41,302
One of the horses is gone too.

789
00:53:41,386 --> 00:53:43,388
[thunder rumbling]

790
00:53:43,471 --> 00:53:45,473
[intense music playing]

791
00:54:27,140 --> 00:54:28,933
Come on. Come on.

792
00:54:30,226 --> 00:54:31,227
Miss Sharma!

793
00:54:31,811 --> 00:54:33,479
[horse neighs]

794
00:54:35,523 --> 00:54:36,607
[Anthony grunts]

795
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:38,234
Miss Sharma!

796
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:43,364
[Kate grunts]

797
00:54:43,448 --> 00:54:44,949
No, no, no. Miss Sharma!

798
00:54:46,617 --> 00:54:48,286
[music crescendos, fades]

799
00:54:48,369 --> 00:54:51,122
[distorted neighing]

800
00:55:00,048 --> 00:55:01,007
[distorted] Kate!

801
00:55:01,716 --> 00:55:02,925
[tense music continues]

802
00:55:04,052 --> 00:55:05,511
No, no, no, no, no, no.

803
00:55:12,060 --> 00:55:14,145
-Kate!
-[horse neighs]