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Miss Sharma.
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Viscount Bridgerton.
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We thought perhaps
you'd not be joining us.
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Your Majesty.
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Nothing could keep me
from my beautiful bride.
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Now,
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tell me of your wedding plan.
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There is no talk
of a special license, I would hope.
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Of course not, Your Majesty.
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I believe a modest family affair
would be most fitting.
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Perhaps back in the country,
at Aubrey Hall.
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In the country?
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No, that will not do.
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You must have it here in town.
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In fact, I shall host the nuptials myself.
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Oh.
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- That is most generous, Ma'am.
- Most generous.
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- But not at all necessary.
- Nonsense.
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She is my diamond, after all.
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It is only right that I give you both
a wedding worthy of that title.
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Besides, one could almost credit me myself
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with bringing about
this most illustrious match.
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I shall oversee every detail.
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Let that gossipmonger
try to get the better of me now.
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Can you believe it, Didi?
It is like a fairytale come true.
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You deserve nothing less, Bon.
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Nothing less for a true love match.
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My apologies, Your Majesty.
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The frenzy of competition.
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The thrilling delight
of hazarding your all.
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I am referring not to the lure
of London's luxurious gaming halls
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but to a gamble with far higher stakes.
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Matrimony.
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For once that particular wager is placed,
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it cannot easily be undone.
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A fact which, I am sure,
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is met with both regret
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and sheer relief.
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...and I shall sing between each one.
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For goodness' sake.
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Anyone would think our siblings had beaten
Napoleon himself on the battlefield
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instead of finding someone with whom
to dutifully march down an aisle.
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Indeed. With all the hubbub
about Prudence's engagement,
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my mama has rather forgotten I exist.
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She is quite happy Cousin Jack
has ensured our family's future.
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I must admit, so am I.
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Mm. Don't touch. You can look at it.
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And the baker is still awaiting payment.
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As is, apparently, the coalman.
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The new Lord Featherington was
supposed to restore our fortunes, and yet
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here I am, unable to scratch together
sixpence yet again.
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Our financial predicament is entirely
your doing, Lady Featherington.
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If you hadn't forced me
into this ill-starred engagement,
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we'd soon be living comfortably
on Miss Cowper's ample dowry.
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Oh, go on.
Blame me for taking you at your word
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when you spoke
of your great fortune in rubies.
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Had you thought to confide your plans,
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then I would not be considering dismissing
the servants that I have just rehired.
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All of that would be solved
if you would simply call off the wedding
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and allow me to set my cap
at Miss Cowper again.
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And leave my poor Prudence jilted?
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When her reputation's already
been called into question?
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No, it is far too late for that, my lord.
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No, you must continue in this engagement.
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I will think of something.
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Well, you'd better think fast.
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You must be one of our new fellows.
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Is it really so evident?
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Conserve that youthful vigor.
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Soon you shall be
just as jaded as the rest of us.
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After all, one form is much like another,
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do you not think?
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It is not yet right.
See how the cuffs are an inch too short?
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Very well, sir.
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Hmm.
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There is plenty of time
to adjust it to your liking.
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The wedding is not for another month.
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- There is still much to do.
- Will Miss Edwina live with us?
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Indeed. After the wedding,
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she'll be the lady of the house
and responsible for you all.
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Lord, help her.
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Which reminds me, our carriages
must be polished to a shine,
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and the horses' manes braided.
We should bring out the finest silver.
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The queen may be hosting
everything at the palace,
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but we must be ready to entertain here.
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And what of us, Brother? Should we also
be polished and braided for the big day?
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We'll all be on display.
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Perhaps you might even
scrub your hands for the occasion?
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I've been occupied at the academy.
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- What about Miss Edwina's sister?
- What about her?
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Will she come to live with us, too?
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Oh, I do hope so. It'll be a boon to have
another intelligent woman in the house.
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Another? Mm. You're overcounting.
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Eloise, I shall need your help today.
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There is the dinner
to plan with Lady Danbury
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to welcome the Sharmas into the family.
And then the engagement ball next week...
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I am sorry, Mama, but, uh,
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I am attending a lecture
this afternoon. Flower arranging.
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Penelope's mama is forcing her to go,
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and you've wanted me
to find more ladylike pursuits.
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For how long have you cared
about flower arranging?
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I am an open-minded woman.
I can care about many things.
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I do wonder about the trim.
Is it too much?
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Nothing is too much
now that the queen is hosting.
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Let me show you the French tulle.
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Oh yes.
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Did I tell you we will be married
by the archbishop himself?
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Several times.
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We must find you a dress too.
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- I have plenty of dresses.
- This one must be special.
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After all, this wedding
is as much your triumph as mine.
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Whatever you said
to the viscount at Aubrey Hall, Didi,
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it clearly swayed him to declare himself.
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I...
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- I cannot claim credit.
- I shall bestow it, all the same.
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It will be so exciting living in London.
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The viscount said
there might even be snow this winter.
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- Won't that be exciting?
- You must enjoy it without me, Bon.
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Recall I am to set sail
soon after you wed.
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But you will return to visit, of course.
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And when the viscount
and I are blessed with children,
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you shall be
their favorite aunt.
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Think of us all together as a family.
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I do not know why
Miss Edwina's betrothal is so special.
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She's quite overshadowed my happy news.
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A fact we may well be glad of.
Put those silks down.
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Cotton will do for your trousseau.
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Has my maid yet delivered that dress
that needs altering, Madame Delacroix?
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I received your latest.
It's been a busy week, has it not?
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Indeed.
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The ton are quite ravenous
for news of the upcoming nuptials.
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Perhaps Lady Whistledown will report
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that I have been entrusted
with our diamond's wedding ensemble.
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Tell me, are my musings
not offering you sufficient business?
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Indeed.
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But why should there be limits
to a woman's ambitions?
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I would think you,
of all people, would understand.
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There is always more to be achieved.
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Thank you, Clara. That will be all.
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Lord Bridgerton?
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Miss Sharma.
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Lord Bridgerton and his guest are waiting.
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I see that. Thank you.
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This is the jeweler.
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We are here to have Miss Edwina's
betrothal ring altered to fit.
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My apologies,
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but my sister and my mother
have not yet returned home.
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Of course.
Then we shall trouble you no further.
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Is that cake?
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It is indeed.
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- Lemon?
- Pardon?
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I fancy a good lemon.
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Might I offer you some refreshment, Mr...
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Brookes. Only if you insist.
I mean, it would be churlish to refuse.
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Tea, three spoons of sugar, and perhaps
some sandwiches too, thank you.
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It is fine weather
we are having, is it not?
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You wish to speak to me of the weather?
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Is there another topic of conversation
that'd be more appropriate?
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There is nothing appropriate
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about what you're doing
proceeding with this engagement.
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On the contrary, I believe it is
the most proper outcome for all.
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Oh. And what of everything
that passed between us at Aubrey Hall?
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Nothing passed between us.
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I am a gentleman.
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Is that so?
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Need I remind you, sir,
if anyone other than your sister
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discovered us in the library that night,
then we, too, would be obliged to wed.
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Nothing happened.
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Would the two of us being obliged to marry
be the outcome you desire?
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Of course not.
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Then let us both be... glad
we have avoided such an unthinkable fate.
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I say, Miss Sharma,
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do you and your sister
happen to share gloves?
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I...
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Yes, on occasion.
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I knew it.
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I can take the measure
of a hand at 20 paces.
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We may use your finger to size the ring.
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- Oh, I beg your pardo...
- That shan't be necessary.
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Nonsense!
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Thank you.
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It is a beautiful piece.
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It is the ring my father gave
to my mother before they were wed.
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- Lord Bridgerton?
- They came to, uh, alter the ring.
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Uh, Mr. Brookes insisted.
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Just a moment.
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It appears to be stuck.
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- Well, Edwina is here now.
- Yes.
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- Kate, are you...
- Yes, almost.
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Just, uh...
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Just another...
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There.
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- All yours.
- Ah.
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Here you all are.
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I have news.
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Lord and Lady Sheffield sent word
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they are in London.
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Our grandparents?
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Indeed. It seems they read
the engagement announcement
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and wish to make your acquaintance.
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And, uh, that of
your future husband, of course.
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- I should be delighted to meet them.
- They are already in town?
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They arrived... last night.
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- Is something wrong?
- Not at all.
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I shall invite them
to the engagement dinner tomorrow.
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I'm sure it will be a most joyous reunion
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after all these years.
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Yes, Lady Mary?
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Indeed.
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- Hmm. I shall look forward to it.
- Ah.
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- Are you ready to promenade?
- I am, my lord.
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I suddenly feel a headache coming on.
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Lady Danbury, would you be so kind
as to chaperone my daughter?
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Of course.
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Miss Sharma and I
would be glad of the fresh air.
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Oh, I should really stay with Mama.
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You will escort me.
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Whoa!
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I wish you every happiness.
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How could you invite
the Sheffields to dinner
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when you know full well
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the pain my mother has suffered
after their rejection of her?
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Indeed. Which is why I shall not
answer their impoliteness with my own.
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And besides, is this not
the reconciliation you wished for?
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Edwina returned
to the bosom of the Sheffield family
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to reclaim the fortune
you so desperately need?
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Yes, but not until after the wedding.
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Edwina is still in the dark
about the conditions of their favor.
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And if the Bridgertons
were to learn of it, they might feel...
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As if you contrived a match
for your own concealed ends
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and might call off the wedding?
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I have to wonder if you might not secretly
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rejoice were the viscount
to break the engagement.
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Why would you ever say such a thing?
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They are betrothed.
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The viscount made a charming proposal,
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your sister gave her giddy acceptance,
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and in the eyes of society,
and, might I add,
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the Queen of England herself,
they are as good as wed.
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Only a very great scandal
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would prevent this marriage
from proceeding now.
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The kind of scandal that would
send alarms through the entire ton
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and be a stain from which
the penniless Sharma family
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would never recover.
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Only a fool
would jeopardize the marriage now.
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So I ask you,
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Miss Sharma,
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are you that fool?
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No.
250
00:15:30,179 --> 00:15:31,639
I did not think so.
251
00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:33,724
Lady Danbury.
252
00:15:33,807 --> 00:15:35,184
Mr. Dorset.
253
00:15:36,852 --> 00:15:38,938
What a pleasure to see you here today.
254
00:15:39,021 --> 00:15:41,148
Miss Sharma, perhaps you would be so kind
255
00:15:41,231 --> 00:15:43,317
as to accompany me
on a turn around the lake?
256
00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,485
I am rather tired.
257
00:15:44,568 --> 00:15:46,111
She would be delighted.
258
00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:51,742
You're still angry with me
over that business at the races.
259
00:15:51,825 --> 00:15:53,077
I wish to apologize
260
00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,329
and throw myself at your mercy.
261
00:15:57,373 --> 00:16:00,292
Very well, my lord.
A turn would be most pleasant.
262
00:16:09,176 --> 00:16:10,928
What a handsome couple they make.
263
00:16:13,681 --> 00:16:14,681
Pardon me?
264
00:16:15,432 --> 00:16:17,393
Mr. Dorset and my sister.
265
00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:20,771
I noticed that he was quite smitten
with her the last time they met.
266
00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:24,108
Perhaps he will convince her
to stay in England, after all.
267
00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:26,360
She barely knows the gentleman.
268
00:16:26,944 --> 00:16:29,321
Nor did I you, at first.
269
00:16:29,405 --> 00:16:32,074
But love moves swiftly, does it not?
270
00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:34,660
Miss Edwina,
you must tell me your favorite colors,
271
00:16:34,743 --> 00:16:36,537
so I may plan to incorporate them
272
00:16:36,620 --> 00:16:38,956
in the ornamentation
for your engagement ball.
273
00:16:39,957 --> 00:16:42,001
You are too kind,
Lady Bridgerton.
274
00:16:42,084 --> 00:16:44,086
I am certain
your taste is superb.
275
00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:49,675
...to honor both
Bridgerton and Sharma families,
276
00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:51,385
now that we are to be joined.
277
00:16:54,722 --> 00:16:57,641
- Is that not so, Anthony?
- Absolutely.
278
00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:07,443
Look at me!
279
00:17:08,944 --> 00:17:11,739
Your sister seems... happy.
280
00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:13,866
That is one way of putting it.
281
00:17:13,949 --> 00:17:16,285
The new Lord Featherington
seems an interesting fellow.
282
00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:18,162
A man of commerce, is he not?
283
00:17:18,245 --> 00:17:22,124
Yes. He has ruby mines in America.
They are flourishing, I hear.
284
00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:23,751
Perhaps I should introduce myself.
285
00:17:23,834 --> 00:17:28,338
After all, everyone else
is finding some purpose to their lives.
286
00:17:28,422 --> 00:17:29,465
Anthony is to be married.
287
00:17:30,299 --> 00:17:33,010
Benedict has his artistic pursuits.
288
00:17:33,093 --> 00:17:34,219
And, well,
289
00:17:34,803 --> 00:17:37,431
here I am... feeding the ducks.
290
00:17:37,514 --> 00:17:40,225
I am sure the ducks are most grateful.
291
00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:44,063
You have a good deal of time and
plentiful opportunities to make your mark.
292
00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:46,273
As Eloise would no doubt remind me.
293
00:17:46,356 --> 00:17:48,901
Where is your sister?
I have not seen her out today.
294
00:17:49,651 --> 00:17:51,862
She mentioned something
about flower arranging
295
00:17:51,945 --> 00:17:53,822
with you today, in fact.
296
00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:56,325
Indeed. I am meeting her later.
297
00:17:56,950 --> 00:17:58,702
- Mr. Bridgerton.
- Mm.
298
00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:04,333
This is the place.
299
00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:06,418
Doesn't look like
a place for shopping to me.
300
00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:08,504
I am collecting a unique gift
301
00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:11,465
for my brother's wedding.
302
00:18:11,548 --> 00:18:13,592
Miss? Miss!
303
00:18:21,016 --> 00:18:23,769
It is our right to be treated
not merely as chattels.
304
00:18:23,852 --> 00:18:27,064
Surely talk of rights
must draw on Locke's Treatise.
305
00:18:27,147 --> 00:18:28,482
You and your treatise!
306
00:18:28,565 --> 00:18:30,567
If you've ever worked
an honest day's labor,
307
00:18:30,651 --> 00:18:33,862
you know how little
such grand talk serves the working man.
308
00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:36,824
Now, if I may be permitted to continue,
309
00:18:36,907 --> 00:18:39,201
I should like to propose to this assembly
310
00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:43,372
the radical idea
that it is not best for women to rely
311
00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:44,915
for their education
312
00:18:44,998 --> 00:18:48,293
on what falls to them by chance
from their husbands and brothers.
313
00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:49,711
Hear! Hear!
314
00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:52,840
Is it not thrilling?
315
00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:54,383
You.
316
00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:55,634
Me.
317
00:18:55,717 --> 00:18:58,428
I told you, I don't know anything
about your Whistledown gossip.
318
00:18:58,512 --> 00:19:00,139
It is not her I seek today,
319
00:19:00,722 --> 00:19:03,267
but the exchange of ideas
with like-minded men and women
320
00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:05,769
on subjects beyond
the trivial concerns of polite society.
321
00:19:05,853 --> 00:19:08,689
Ideas that you yourself
invited me to consider.
322
00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:11,483
So, you're an admirer of my work?
323
00:19:11,567 --> 00:19:14,778
I would not go so far.
It is serviceable, I suppose.
324
00:19:14,862 --> 00:19:17,739
And yet you have come far.
325
00:19:18,824 --> 00:19:23,287
You're a long way from Mayfair
for writings that are merely serviceable.
326
00:19:23,370 --> 00:19:26,623
Luckily for me, there is
a thrilling invention called a carriage
327
00:19:26,707 --> 00:19:29,751
that may convey a lady
from one place to another.
328
00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:31,211
It is a marvel, to be sure.
329
00:19:32,254 --> 00:19:33,297
What's your name?
330
00:19:35,090 --> 00:19:37,551
- Eloise Bridgerton.
- Pleased to meet you, Miss Eloise.
331
00:19:38,385 --> 00:19:39,428
I'm Theo Sharpe.
332
00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:40,637
I know.
333
00:19:40,721 --> 00:19:41,889
You know?
334
00:19:44,224 --> 00:19:46,602
As I know, there are
several errors in your arguments
335
00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:48,270
that I must bring to your attention.
336
00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:51,857
Have you a pencil?
Never mind. You may borrow mine.
337
00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:55,194
...to marry you, did she not?
Allow me to continue.
338
00:20:08,165 --> 00:20:10,250
It is most refreshing on the water.
339
00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:13,420
These days, it is hard to find
even a moment of peace.
340
00:20:13,503 --> 00:20:16,006
One of the things
I enjoyed most when I visited India.
341
00:20:16,089 --> 00:20:19,009
Many think it a bustling, noisy place,
342
00:20:19,092 --> 00:20:22,137
but I found the country
most tranquil in nature.
343
00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:26,600
There's a river just outside
the home where I grew up.
344
00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:29,102
On hot days,
I would sneak away to soak my feet.
345
00:20:29,186 --> 00:20:31,355
The turtles and I
became quite good friends.
346
00:20:31,438 --> 00:20:32,606
Sounds idyllic.
347
00:20:32,689 --> 00:20:33,689
It is.
348
00:20:34,441 --> 00:20:37,069
Which is why I'm counting the days
until I may return home.
349
00:20:38,028 --> 00:20:42,115
I had assumed you would remain in England
now that your sister is to be viscountess.
350
00:20:42,199 --> 00:20:45,702
My mother and Edwina will remain here.
I shall journey back alone.
351
00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:47,913
An adventure, indeed.
352
00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:50,332
You have plans for your arrival?
353
00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:54,586
I shall teach.
Become a governess, as you call it here.
354
00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:02,010
It will be most fulfilling.
355
00:21:02,844 --> 00:21:05,806
Enjoying an independent life,
running my own household.
356
00:21:05,889 --> 00:21:08,475
And perhaps playing host to old friends?
357
00:21:08,558 --> 00:21:11,019
I've long thought
to return to India myself
358
00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:15,023
since there is much to be learned
from their medical practice.
359
00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:19,861
If your travels do lead you there,
360
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:22,990
then I would be most happy
to show you the places I know.
361
00:21:25,867 --> 00:21:28,412
I should be working at the club, Alice.
362
00:21:29,037 --> 00:21:30,872
Not taking a stroll.
363
00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:32,249
This is work.
364
00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:35,544
We need more gentlemen members,
and here they are.
365
00:21:35,627 --> 00:21:37,045
Mr. Mondrich.
366
00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:39,047
Word of your prowess crossed the Atlantic.
367
00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:42,759
You got the better of McKellan
in just two rounds, is that not so?
368
00:21:43,885 --> 00:21:45,220
That was a long time ago.
369
00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:48,890
I've been known to plant
a few facers in the ring myself.
370
00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:52,811
Ah, but not up to your abilities,
I'm sure.
371
00:21:54,062 --> 00:21:56,648
You must pay a visit
to Will's club and talk more.
372
00:21:56,732 --> 00:22:00,027
You'll find it enlivening
and has a warm welcome for all.
373
00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:03,488
That may be the most
tempting invitation I've had in some time.
374
00:22:04,406 --> 00:22:06,199
Uh, Lord Featherington, a word?
375
00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:08,285
Excuse me.
376
00:22:08,368 --> 00:22:11,204
Need I remind you that
the answer to our family's predicament
377
00:22:11,288 --> 00:22:14,708
will not be found disporting yourself
in places of public resort?
378
00:22:14,791 --> 00:22:17,753
Nor will it be solved by running up
yet more bills at the modiste.
379
00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:19,671
I just saw the latest accounts.
380
00:22:19,755 --> 00:22:22,299
You are supposed to
be finding a way out of this mess,
381
00:22:22,382 --> 00:22:24,259
not drowning us even deeper in debt.
382
00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:25,719
Keep your voice down.
383
00:22:25,802 --> 00:22:27,304
Are you trying to ruin us all?
384
00:22:27,387 --> 00:22:30,640
Not when you are already
making such fine work of it yourself.
385
00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:44,321
I see you are smiling, Didi.
386
00:22:44,905 --> 00:22:47,199
See the amusements London has to offer.
387
00:22:47,282 --> 00:22:49,576
There's water, too, in India.
388
00:22:49,659 --> 00:22:53,080
My sister spares no opportunity
to find reasons for me to stay.
389
00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:55,248
I may well join her in her endeavors.
390
00:22:55,332 --> 00:22:56,750
That knot will never hold.
391
00:22:56,833 --> 00:22:58,001
It is perfectly adequate.
392
00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:00,379
Then I must question
your nautical skills, Dorset.
393
00:23:00,462 --> 00:23:01,463
Allow me.
394
00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:08,303
Pardon me.
395
00:23:14,267 --> 00:23:15,394
Miss Sharma.
396
00:23:15,977 --> 00:23:17,145
Lord Bridgerton.
397
00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:39,835
Oh my! Are you hurt?
398
00:23:39,918 --> 00:23:41,711
Not at all!
399
00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:44,840
The water is a rather
welcoming refreshment,
400
00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:46,299
is it not, Bridgerton?
401
00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:47,759
Whoo!
402
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,470
Refreshing indeed.
403
00:23:54,349 --> 00:23:56,309
Come now. It is not proper to stare.
404
00:24:21,626 --> 00:24:23,378
Penelope, what are you doing here?
405
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,297
I thought we were to walk,
as we usually do.
406
00:24:25,380 --> 00:24:26,882
My apologies. I had quite forgotten.
407
00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:31,178
Uh, well... you missed quite
the scene at the lake yesterday.
408
00:24:31,261 --> 00:24:33,061
My brother's impromptu swim?
I heard about it.
409
00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:34,306
Where were you?
410
00:24:34,931 --> 00:24:39,686
Alas, I was forced to occupy my day
with tedious wedding errands,
411
00:24:39,769 --> 00:24:42,022
which Mama has listed me for yet again.
412
00:24:42,105 --> 00:24:44,149
I'm sorry,
but I cannot stroll with you today.
413
00:24:45,275 --> 00:24:47,444
- I shall see you tomorrow, then.
- Of course.
414
00:24:56,369 --> 00:24:57,996
Pardon me. Miss?
415
00:25:01,958 --> 00:25:05,587
Miss Eloise seems to have misplaced
her reticule when she was out yesterday.
416
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:08,256
I'll be happy to retrieve it.
Where exactly did she visit?
417
00:25:09,049 --> 00:25:10,759
You'll not find it again, miss.
418
00:25:10,842 --> 00:25:14,137
I warned her, the streets
of Bloomsbury aren't fit for a lady.
419
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,486
- What are you doing?
- Ah, Lord Featherington.
420
00:25:30,111 --> 00:25:33,990
Mr. Brookes here is just
taking a look at some jewelry for me.
421
00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:36,284
It is a fine piece, is it not?
422
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:37,994
Indeed.
423
00:25:38,078 --> 00:25:39,955
Uh, this is not a good time.
424
00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:42,999
- He should return at another date.
- Nonsense. He's here now.
425
00:25:43,083 --> 00:25:44,918
And it is no trouble, is it?
426
00:25:45,001 --> 00:25:46,001
No.
427
00:25:58,723 --> 00:26:00,563
I was only planning
to have the jewels cleaned,
428
00:26:00,642 --> 00:26:03,645
but tell me, what might
a necklace such as that fetch?
429
00:26:04,604 --> 00:26:07,941
If it is of great value,
I shall have to take more care.
430
00:26:08,024 --> 00:26:13,280
Well, I would require my proper tools
for a definitive valuation,
431
00:26:13,363 --> 00:26:16,449
but I'd say you should
take very great care, indeed.
432
00:26:16,533 --> 00:26:19,369
It is rare to see stones this fine.
433
00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:22,789
Now, is that not something?
434
00:26:24,749 --> 00:26:27,961
Thank you for your expert services,
Mr. Brookes.
435
00:26:28,044 --> 00:26:31,756
I shall be in communication with you
should I require anything further.
436
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:32,716
No cake, then?
437
00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:34,009
- Another time.
- Mm-hmm.
438
00:26:37,637 --> 00:26:40,157
Need I remind you, those are
as counterfeit as a two-pound note.
439
00:26:40,223 --> 00:26:41,725
Quality counterfeits.
440
00:26:41,808 --> 00:26:44,686
If they're good enough to fool
that nibbling owl of a man,
441
00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:47,022
then we may well make it
through the season yet.
442
00:26:48,857 --> 00:26:51,067
I do hope you know
what you're playing at.
443
00:26:55,322 --> 00:26:58,408
Well, there is no need to dismiss
any staff, after all, Mrs. Varley.
444
00:26:58,491 --> 00:27:01,703
Mm. Let us pray he's got
a whole trunk of them, ma'am.
445
00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:04,289
One bauble does not a fortune make.
446
00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:32,108
I declare, that's rather good.
447
00:27:32,192 --> 00:27:35,153
I am skilled at more
than simply standing naked,
448
00:27:35,236 --> 00:27:36,905
Mister...
449
00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:39,074
Bridgerton. I do not doubt it.
450
00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,076
Then perhaps inform the academy.
451
00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:43,828
Although two
of the founding members are women,
452
00:27:43,912 --> 00:27:46,373
we are still not yet allowed
to enter the classroom.
453
00:27:46,873 --> 00:27:49,042
At least, not while we are clothed.
454
00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:51,670
So you work as a model
455
00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:54,714
as a way of learning from the lectures?
456
00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:57,217
- Ingenious.
- Care to take a turn?
457
00:27:57,926 --> 00:27:59,844
It is harder than it looks.
458
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,722
Mm.
459
00:28:04,474 --> 00:28:05,892
Like so?
460
00:28:35,588 --> 00:28:37,048
How long must I stay like this?
461
00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:38,591
That depends.
462
00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:43,263
What I really need
is a study of the male form.
463
00:28:44,013 --> 00:28:45,014
The naked form.
464
00:28:47,350 --> 00:28:48,560
What say you?
465
00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:12,250
It is a lovely spot, is it not?
466
00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:14,919
It reminds me of the courtyard
467
00:29:15,003 --> 00:29:17,005
at the palace where we used to live.
468
00:29:18,631 --> 00:29:19,758
So calming.
469
00:29:23,011 --> 00:29:24,637
Calming, yes.
470
00:29:33,646 --> 00:29:36,024
Nobody would blame you
if you were to take sick, Mama,
471
00:29:36,107 --> 00:29:39,527
and send apologies
for missing the dinner tonight.
472
00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:41,696
Lady Danbury has made it quite clear
473
00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:44,282
that it is necessary
for all of us to attend.
474
00:29:49,412 --> 00:29:51,247
When was the last time you saw them?
475
00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:57,253
The night your dear father asked
for my hand in marriage, I believe.
476
00:29:57,337 --> 00:29:58,838
Lord Sheffield made it clear,
477
00:29:58,922 --> 00:30:01,800
in no uncertain terms,
that he did not support the match.
478
00:30:01,883 --> 00:30:04,135
So I had a choice to make
479
00:30:04,844 --> 00:30:06,179
between my family
480
00:30:07,514 --> 00:30:08,348
and my heart.
481
00:30:08,431 --> 00:30:10,725
And did you ever regret that choice?
482
00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:17,649
From the very first moment,
483
00:30:17,732 --> 00:30:19,984
your father and I were drawn together.
484
00:30:20,068 --> 00:30:22,403
It is a very powerful thing
485
00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:25,073
to meet someone
and feel that you know them.
486
00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:27,325
In a way unlike any other.
487
00:30:32,622 --> 00:30:35,458
Still a rather high price
to pay for love, I would think.
488
00:30:36,417 --> 00:30:37,794
Do not fret.
489
00:30:37,877 --> 00:30:41,381
Even my parents' presence cannot mar
the happiness that is the occasion.
490
00:30:41,464 --> 00:30:43,883
I had always hoped that you and Edwina
491
00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:46,427
would be spared the choice
between affluence and love,
492
00:30:46,511 --> 00:30:47,428
and now you shall.
493
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:50,765
Edwina is to wed her heart's desire.
494
00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:54,227
And you have always wanted
nothing more than your freedom.
495
00:30:59,983 --> 00:31:01,234
Of course, Mama.
496
00:31:02,026 --> 00:31:03,987
We shall all be perfectly happy.
497
00:31:15,915 --> 00:31:19,419
Lord and Lady Sheffield's return
is certainly a surprise.
498
00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:24,841
But it shall be pleasant to see
the family reconciled, will it not?
499
00:31:24,924 --> 00:31:27,760
I will be finished in a moment, Mother.
We shall not be late.
500
00:31:35,268 --> 00:31:36,436
It is not that.
501
00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:39,814
I have been watching you all week.
502
00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:42,317
I... I told myself
I would support your choice,
503
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,736
but I must admit,
I am finding it quite difficult
504
00:31:44,819 --> 00:31:46,279
to continue to stay silent.
505
00:31:46,362 --> 00:31:48,489
You have been anything but silent.
506
00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:50,783
This is your betrothal, Anthony.
507
00:31:51,326 --> 00:31:52,493
Your marriage.
508
00:31:53,202 --> 00:31:56,205
To the woman that shall replace me
as head of this household, might I add.
509
00:31:56,289 --> 00:31:58,374
You question Miss Edwina's
suitability for the role?
510
00:31:58,458 --> 00:32:01,252
I question the example
you are setting your siblings,
511
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:05,673
marrying a woman for whom you clearly
hold no great tenderness or love.
512
00:32:09,844 --> 00:32:12,889
Why will you not accept that
the love match between you and father
513
00:32:12,972 --> 00:32:14,682
was the exception, not the rule?
514
00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:18,603
Because I wish for you two to know
the joy of an exceptional marriage.
515
00:32:19,145 --> 00:32:22,023
You should be excited to wed Miss Edwina,
516
00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:26,027
but for all I have seen, you act as if
you are approaching the gallows instead.
517
00:32:26,903 --> 00:32:28,446
If this is not what you want,
518
00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:31,581
you must say something now,
Anthony, before...
519
00:32:31,658 --> 00:32:33,284
What I want is beside the point.
520
00:32:35,828 --> 00:32:38,498
I could never dishonor
Miss Edwina by begging off now.
521
00:32:39,374 --> 00:32:40,750
You are right.
522
00:32:40,833 --> 00:32:43,127
A gentleman cannot take back his word.
523
00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:45,630
But a woman may.
524
00:32:46,422 --> 00:32:48,508
It happens all the time with young ladies,
525
00:32:48,591 --> 00:32:50,802
swept up in the dizziness
of receiving a proposal
526
00:32:50,885 --> 00:32:53,221
before the reality
of marriage becomes clear.
527
00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:56,265
If Miss Edwina were
to call off the engagement,
528
00:32:56,349 --> 00:32:58,184
no one would find fault with her.
529
00:32:58,267 --> 00:33:01,020
And you would not be dishonoring her
in the slightest,
530
00:33:01,104 --> 00:33:04,649
releasing her from the obligation
before any vows were exchanged.
531
00:33:08,528 --> 00:33:10,947
She does not wish to end the engagement.
532
00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:14,033
But does she know
your true feelings on the matter?
533
00:33:15,284 --> 00:33:16,661
My feelings are of no concern.
534
00:33:16,744 --> 00:33:19,914
What matters is my responsibility,
which has always been to wed.
535
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,251
My darling...
536
00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:30,591
If you have doubts,
do not simply set them aside.
537
00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:34,137
This is the most important choice
you will ever make.
538
00:33:35,054 --> 00:33:36,806
And it would break my heart
539
00:33:36,889 --> 00:33:40,018
to see you spend
the rest of your life in regret.
540
00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:45,648
I dare say it would break
your father's heart too.
541
00:34:01,622 --> 00:34:03,166
You seem distracted, Didi.
542
00:34:03,249 --> 00:34:04,167
Oh.
543
00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:06,002
It's, uh, just a headache.
544
00:34:06,627 --> 00:34:09,505
From, uh...
From all the excitement these days.
545
00:34:13,134 --> 00:34:17,346
Is that all that ails you? I have seen
how ill at ease you are with the viscount.
546
00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:21,893
I was hoping we had put all that behind us
now that Anthony is to be my husband.
547
00:34:22,643 --> 00:34:24,687
He's asked you
to call him by his given name?
548
00:34:24,771 --> 00:34:26,773
No, not yet.
549
00:34:26,856 --> 00:34:28,900
But it sounds fine, does it not?
550
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,653
Do you think
the Sheffields will like this dress?
551
00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:36,741
My stomach is in a knot,
I am so excited to meet them.
552
00:34:36,824 --> 00:34:38,117
Before you do,
553
00:34:39,035 --> 00:34:40,745
there is something I must tell you
554
00:34:41,537 --> 00:34:44,082
about your grandparents,
and how they have, in fact,
555
00:34:44,707 --> 00:34:45,708
influenced our trip...
556
00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:48,461
Our guests have arrived.
557
00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:57,261
You may spare me
the instruction, Lady Danbury.
558
00:34:57,345 --> 00:34:59,472
I know I am to be on my best behavior.
559
00:35:00,389 --> 00:35:03,434
You think me an unfeeling harridan,
560
00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:06,771
but perhaps it would surprise you to learn
561
00:35:06,854 --> 00:35:08,731
that I am hosting this dinner
562
00:35:08,815 --> 00:35:10,483
for your sake.
563
00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:13,152
Your sister's betrothal may be the end
564
00:35:13,236 --> 00:35:16,447
of certain hopes
you harbored regarding the viscount,
565
00:35:16,531 --> 00:35:19,867
but access to the Sheffield fortune
566
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:23,246
would certainly be
a fine reward, would it not?
567
00:35:23,996 --> 00:35:27,917
A life of independence
568
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,128
is no mere consolation.
569
00:35:30,211 --> 00:35:32,839
Indeed, many would think it
the better prize.
570
00:35:32,922 --> 00:35:37,093
After passion cools and fate intervenes,
571
00:35:37,885 --> 00:35:40,179
who else is a woman left with
572
00:35:41,013 --> 00:35:42,098
but herself?
573
00:35:45,434 --> 00:35:46,477
Hmm.
574
00:35:47,103 --> 00:35:48,354
Come along.
575
00:35:48,437 --> 00:35:50,606
Our guests are waiting.
576
00:35:51,357 --> 00:35:52,357
Hmm.
577
00:35:59,699 --> 00:36:00,700
Hmm.
578
00:36:02,243 --> 00:36:06,289
Ah, Lord and Lady Sheffield,
it has been too long.
579
00:36:06,372 --> 00:36:10,126
May I present Miss Sharma
and Miss Edwina Sharma.
580
00:36:10,209 --> 00:36:12,962
Oh, my dear, look at you.
581
00:36:13,045 --> 00:36:16,299
Isn't she quite
as lovely as the report said?
582
00:36:16,382 --> 00:36:17,466
You are too kind.
583
00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:20,928
I'm most happy to make your acquaintance.
584
00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:24,849
We have been waiting
so many years to meet you.
585
00:36:24,932 --> 00:36:27,518
I wish to know everything about you.
586
00:36:27,602 --> 00:36:29,770
Do you enjoy dancing? Music?
587
00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:31,480
You must accompany us to the opera.
588
00:36:31,564 --> 00:36:34,942
We have a fine box
which has been gathering dust.
589
00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:37,778
Indeed, it has been too long
since we've seen you both in town,
590
00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:38,905
Lord and Lady Sheffield.
591
00:36:38,988 --> 00:36:41,199
- Yes.
- Yes, indeed, it has.
592
00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:43,576
Mother.
593
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,244
- Father.
- Mm.
594
00:36:46,287 --> 00:36:47,705
I do enjoy the opera.
595
00:36:47,788 --> 00:36:50,374
My sister Kate is the one
who introduced me to it.
596
00:36:53,252 --> 00:36:55,463
Ah. Shall we go through to dinner?
597
00:36:55,546 --> 00:36:57,381
Oh, yes. Come with me, child.
598
00:37:06,349 --> 00:37:09,477
And, of course, you must be
our guests at the Sheffield manor.
599
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,979
It is nothing compared
to the estates at Aubrey Hall,
600
00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:15,733
to be sure, but I think it
a most pretty part of Hertfordshire.
601
00:37:15,816 --> 00:37:19,946
Do you shoot? We have a fine stock
of birds, and you are always welcome.
602
00:37:20,029 --> 00:37:22,382
Thank you for the invitation.
I do enjoy shooting.
603
00:37:22,406 --> 00:37:23,532
Well...
604
00:37:23,616 --> 00:37:24,659
As does Kate.
605
00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:27,745
The two of them almost bagged a stag
on our trip to the country.
606
00:37:27,828 --> 00:37:30,373
How... unusual.
607
00:37:30,456 --> 00:37:33,334
Do they teach
young ladies to shoot in India?
608
00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:35,127
Only the fortunate ones.
609
00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:40,591
Uh, Lord and Lady Sheffield,
610
00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:42,843
how long do you plan to remain in town?
611
00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,762
Oh, we shall stay for the wedding.
612
00:37:44,845 --> 00:37:47,390
Imagine. The queen herself
613
00:37:47,473 --> 00:37:50,017
overseeing my granddaughter's nuptials.
614
00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:54,397
Her Majesty is kind to be so forgiving
after everything that has happened.
615
00:37:54,981 --> 00:37:57,149
Now, now.
We are all family here.
616
00:37:57,233 --> 00:37:58,567
Oh, yes, of course we are.
617
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,612
Even after our daughter
so callously rejected
618
00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:03,322
the match we had found for her.
619
00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:07,410
- My dear, we agreed...
- An earl, no less, with 12,000 acres.
620
00:38:07,493 --> 00:38:09,370
Any other young lady
621
00:38:09,453 --> 00:38:13,666
would've fallen to her knees in gratitude
that her parents were showing such care.
622
00:38:13,749 --> 00:38:17,169
This sauce is delicious, Lady Danbury.
Have your cook give mine the recipe.
623
00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:19,088
It is the gooseberry, I believe.
624
00:38:19,171 --> 00:38:23,134
Lady Sheffield, you've got
quite the sweet tooth, I do recall?
625
00:38:23,718 --> 00:38:26,304
And all for what? A mere clerk, was he?
626
00:38:26,387 --> 00:38:29,765
And with a child
from a previous marriage to God-knows-who.
627
00:38:29,849 --> 00:38:31,017
My mother has a name.
628
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:32,310
Lady Sheffield, I must ask...
629
00:38:32,393 --> 00:38:36,772
We could not show
our faces in society for years.
630
00:38:37,356 --> 00:38:38,607
Not that she should care.
631
00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:42,236
She simply sailed away
from all of us with that man,
632
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:43,696
robbing us of our grandchild.
633
00:38:43,779 --> 00:38:44,864
Grandchildren.
634
00:38:46,615 --> 00:38:47,658
I have two daughters
635
00:38:47,742 --> 00:38:51,245
with whom you have had
every opportunity to form a connection.
636
00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:53,289
But the choice to shun us was yours alone.
637
00:38:53,372 --> 00:38:54,248
I beg your pardon...
638
00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:56,292
And do not think I took it lightly,
639
00:38:56,375 --> 00:38:58,794
being cast out
by the only family I had ever known.
640
00:38:58,878 --> 00:39:02,340
I was heartbroken, indeed.
But in time, I came to see
641
00:39:02,423 --> 00:39:05,134
that, in your cruelty,
you did us all a great service.
642
00:39:05,217 --> 00:39:07,762
I hardly think this
a proper dinner conversation.
643
00:39:07,845 --> 00:39:09,430
I quite agree. Please, collect...
644
00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:12,016
When you cast me out,
what you did was set me free.
645
00:39:12,725 --> 00:39:16,520
Free to raise my daughters
far from your constant judgment
646
00:39:16,604 --> 00:39:19,482
and craven demands
that they should chase wealth
647
00:39:19,565 --> 00:39:21,776
and titles above all else!
648
00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:24,403
You are a fine one to talk.
649
00:39:24,487 --> 00:39:27,740
You speak of scorning riches,
and yet you have come crawling back
650
00:39:27,823 --> 00:39:29,283
to snatch at our fortune.
651
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:31,994
- Lady Danbury is right...
- Believe me, I want nothing from you.
652
00:39:32,078 --> 00:39:34,372
Oh, you may not,
but your daughter certainly does.
653
00:39:36,749 --> 00:39:37,583
Mama?
654
00:39:37,666 --> 00:39:42,129
The trust fund we have set up for her.
The condition of which clearly states
655
00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:46,926
that she must marry a man
of good English breeding to inherit.
656
00:39:47,802 --> 00:39:51,389
You did not think we would allow
another generation to pollute
657
00:39:51,472 --> 00:39:52,890
the Sheffield name, did you?
658
00:39:52,973 --> 00:39:55,434
Didi, what are they talking about?
659
00:39:55,518 --> 00:39:58,020
- What have you done?
- Anthony, did you know about this?
660
00:39:58,104 --> 00:40:00,022
I shall explain everything.
661
00:40:00,106 --> 00:40:03,567
I see this one has inherited
your penchant for avoiding the truth.
662
00:40:03,651 --> 00:40:05,611
Or that's something
she inherited from her father.
663
00:40:05,653 --> 00:40:06,779
That is enough.
664
00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:10,861
I can only think
you've been exiled from good society
665
00:40:10,908 --> 00:40:13,261
because of your deficient manners
rather than any other sin.
666
00:40:13,285 --> 00:40:16,098
Since the moment you arrived,
you have failed to show the proper respect
667
00:40:16,122 --> 00:40:18,122
for the Sharma family,
and I will not stand for it.
668
00:40:18,165 --> 00:40:20,584
- I declare...
- I will not... stand for it.
669
00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:24,004
Lady Mary has done admirably
in raising her daughters.
670
00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:28,300
They are intelligent, kind, loyal women.
671
00:40:28,884 --> 00:40:30,511
And a credit to both their parents.
672
00:40:31,637 --> 00:40:35,808
And since you clearly do not wish
to jeopardize your social standing
673
00:40:35,891 --> 00:40:38,727
by associating with such company,
I suggest you do not.
674
00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:39,937
You may leave at once!
675
00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:41,689
You cannot be serious!
676
00:40:41,772 --> 00:40:43,816
Please send for Lord
and Lady Sheffield's carriage.
677
00:40:43,899 --> 00:40:45,109
They can wait outside.
678
00:40:45,943 --> 00:40:48,463
And do not trouble yourselves
for an invitation for the wedding,
679
00:40:48,529 --> 00:40:50,448
for you shall not receive one.
680
00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:53,284
This is beyond the pale.
681
00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:58,664
And if you think
you shall inherit a single sovereign now,
682
00:40:58,747 --> 00:41:00,458
you are sorely mistaken.
683
00:41:17,808 --> 00:41:19,560
Lord Bridgerton, Lady Bridgerton.
684
00:41:19,643 --> 00:41:21,455
- I must apologize...
- We should take our leave.
685
00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:22,479
Yes.
686
00:41:23,063 --> 00:41:25,608
Thank you for the evening, Lady Danbury.
687
00:41:25,691 --> 00:41:27,485
It was quite enlightening.
688
00:41:27,568 --> 00:41:28,569
My lord...
689
00:41:28,652 --> 00:41:30,029
Good evening.
690
00:41:31,530 --> 00:41:33,282
- You lied to me.
- Please, Bon.
691
00:41:45,753 --> 00:41:46,879
Lord Bridgerton!
692
00:41:48,255 --> 00:41:50,591
Lord Bridgerton, I beg a word!
693
00:41:51,717 --> 00:41:53,260
- We must be going.
- Please.
694
00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:57,932
Mother, I shall meet you at the house.
695
00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:11,278
You must know. Edwina is innocent
in all of this. She had no idea.
696
00:42:11,362 --> 00:42:14,162
Coming to England, finding her a match.
I only wished the best for her.
697
00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:16,700
- You cannot be angry at her.
- I am not.
698
00:42:16,784 --> 00:42:19,662
It is clear she was as much in the dark
as I was about your schemes.
699
00:42:19,745 --> 00:42:21,932
- They were not schemes.
- I take it there'll be no dowry.
700
00:42:21,956 --> 00:42:24,036
Now that the Sheffields
have withdrawn their support.
701
00:42:24,083 --> 00:42:25,251
You care about a dowry?
702
00:42:25,334 --> 00:42:28,671
It is because of what you just did
that the Sheffields withdrew it.
703
00:42:29,755 --> 00:42:31,131
It is regrettable, to be sure.
704
00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:33,801
But clearly, both Miss Edwina
and I have been misled,
705
00:42:33,884 --> 00:42:35,970
and it is best to call off
this doomed engagement
706
00:42:36,053 --> 00:42:37,972
before it is the cause of any more strife.
707
00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:40,432
Of course, I'd never
besmirch her reputation.
708
00:42:40,516 --> 00:42:42,518
My mother and Lady Danbury
will make a plan...
709
00:42:42,601 --> 00:42:45,646
There shall be no plan.
I do not understand.
710
00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:47,940
Why are you suggesting this?
711
00:42:48,023 --> 00:42:50,526
All along, you have been set
on marrying my sister,
712
00:42:50,609 --> 00:42:52,861
despite my every objection, might I add,
713
00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:55,030
and now you intend to cast her aside.
714
00:42:55,698 --> 00:42:56,698
Why?
715
00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:59,410
And do not talk to me of dowries, sir,
716
00:42:59,493 --> 00:43:01,579
for we both know you have no need of it.
717
00:43:01,662 --> 00:43:03,247
So, tell me, what has she done?
718
00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:06,709
She has done nothing. It is you.
You have made this match impossible.
719
00:43:06,792 --> 00:43:09,628
- But I am leaving for India.
- And it is not far enough!
720
00:43:12,131 --> 00:43:14,717
Do you think that there is
a corner of this Earth
721
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,011
that you could travel to far away enough
722
00:43:17,094 --> 00:43:18,596
to free me from this torment?
723
00:43:19,388 --> 00:43:20,723
I am a gentleman.
724
00:43:21,724 --> 00:43:25,102
My father raised me to act with honor,
but that honor is hanging by a thread
725
00:43:25,185 --> 00:43:27,021
that grows more precarious
with every moment
726
00:43:27,104 --> 00:43:28,731
I spend in your presence.
727
00:43:30,649 --> 00:43:32,860
You are the bane of my existence.
728
00:43:38,407 --> 00:43:40,868
And the object of all my desires.
729
00:43:42,828 --> 00:43:45,831
Night and day, I dream of you.
730
00:43:46,874 --> 00:43:48,459
And what I...
731
00:43:50,336 --> 00:43:53,672
Do you even know all the ways
a lady can be seduced?
732
00:43:55,966 --> 00:43:57,843
The things I could teach you.
733
00:44:00,346 --> 00:44:03,932
I did not ask for this.
734
00:44:05,017 --> 00:44:07,728
To be plagued by these feelings.
735
00:44:09,188 --> 00:44:11,023
Hiding from my sister.
736
00:44:12,441 --> 00:44:15,653
Being driven to distraction
every time you enter the room.
737
00:44:15,736 --> 00:44:17,279
Then you agree.
738
00:44:18,697 --> 00:44:20,240
It is insupportable.
739
00:44:21,450 --> 00:44:22,743
Impossible.
740
00:44:37,466 --> 00:44:41,637
If I wed your sister, it will bind me
and you together for eternity,
741
00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:44,848
and I will spend every day of my marriage
742
00:44:45,474 --> 00:44:47,267
wanting you,
743
00:44:47,351 --> 00:44:49,061
dreaming of you,
744
00:44:49,937 --> 00:44:52,981
dreading the day when my last thread
of honor finally snaps.
745
00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:57,027
Is that the future that you want for us?
746
00:44:57,111 --> 00:44:58,278
For your sister?
747
00:45:04,952 --> 00:45:05,994
I must go.
748
00:45:29,309 --> 00:45:31,562
Must we sit around like statues?
749
00:45:31,645 --> 00:45:35,733
I wish to be at a ball,
showing off my new fiancé.
750
00:45:36,775 --> 00:45:37,775
Varley?
751
00:45:39,027 --> 00:45:40,654
Are you certain we've not received
752
00:45:40,738 --> 00:45:43,824
any invitations you may have
overlooked for the evening?
753
00:45:43,907 --> 00:45:46,326
No, ma'am. There's been nothing.
754
00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:49,872
Perhaps the circumstances of Prudence's
engagement has us on the outs yet again.
755
00:45:49,955 --> 00:45:51,206
So this is my fault?
756
00:45:51,290 --> 00:45:52,458
I did not say that.
757
00:45:52,541 --> 00:45:55,794
It's not as if you arranged to meet
Cousin Jack in that orangery, did you?
758
00:45:55,878 --> 00:45:59,590
We should merely be happy we still have
a cook and a lady's maid each, yes, Mama?
759
00:46:10,434 --> 00:46:13,520
Not a single invitation
since arriving back from the country.
760
00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:15,439
I shall alert the postal clerk.
761
00:46:16,023 --> 00:46:17,065
This is no joke.
762
00:46:17,149 --> 00:46:20,444
We are meant to be a distinguished family.
763
00:46:20,527 --> 00:46:24,198
But for years, I have suffered
the indignities of the ton's disdain,
764
00:46:24,281 --> 00:46:25,657
for one reason or another.
765
00:46:25,741 --> 00:46:28,136
They liked us well enough
when they thought you a plum catch,
766
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:31,079
but now that you are spoken for,
ah, we are outcasts again.
767
00:46:31,163 --> 00:46:33,832
All the more reason to end
this sham of an engagement.
768
00:46:33,916 --> 00:46:35,667
It is not an option.
769
00:46:40,088 --> 00:46:41,088
Lord Cowper.
770
00:46:41,965 --> 00:46:43,509
What business did he have with you?
771
00:46:43,592 --> 00:46:46,136
He wishes to invest in the mines.
Several of them do.
772
00:46:46,220 --> 00:46:48,573
Bored gentlemen with too much time
and money on their hands.
773
00:46:48,597 --> 00:46:50,516
- Take it.
- The mines are worthless.
774
00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:52,059
There are no rubies to be found.
775
00:46:52,142 --> 00:46:54,853
How are they to know the difference?
Board a ship to the Americas?
776
00:46:58,649 --> 00:46:59,817
You are serious.
777
00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:03,320
The future of this family
hangs in the balance, my lord.
778
00:47:03,403 --> 00:47:05,781
I've never been more serious in my life.
779
00:47:05,864 --> 00:47:09,701
Get them to invest.
Take every pound that they offer.
780
00:47:09,785 --> 00:47:11,995
Our fortunes will be restored.
781
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:13,956
Prudence shall have a fine wedding,
782
00:47:14,039 --> 00:47:17,251
and I shall never have to suffer
the disdain of the ton again.
783
00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:35,394
Edwina?
784
00:47:49,491 --> 00:47:51,660
Ever since the viscount
has been courting me,
785
00:47:51,743 --> 00:47:53,954
I have sensed
you were not being entirely truthful.
786
00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:56,623
And now I know I was right.
787
00:48:04,673 --> 00:48:07,676
This business with the Sheffields
and their fortune,
788
00:48:07,759 --> 00:48:11,096
you did not trust me enough
to tell me what was really going on.
789
00:48:11,179 --> 00:48:14,850
I am truly sorry, Bon, for keeping
both you and Mama in the dark.
790
00:48:14,933 --> 00:48:16,226
After Appa died,
791
00:48:16,310 --> 00:48:19,438
I took it upon myself
to manage our affairs.
792
00:48:19,521 --> 00:48:23,650
I wrote to the Sheffields,
and after learning of their stipulations,
793
00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,945
I saw an answer to all our troubles.
794
00:48:27,487 --> 00:48:29,406
I thought I was doing the right thing
795
00:48:29,489 --> 00:48:31,533
by keeping you free from this burden.
796
00:48:31,617 --> 00:48:32,910
But you must know,
797
00:48:34,036 --> 00:48:36,204
it has weighed on me every day.
798
00:48:38,332 --> 00:48:41,710
I am not a little girl anymore, Kate.
799
00:48:42,502 --> 00:48:45,547
I am a grown woman now,
ready to be a wife.
800
00:48:47,507 --> 00:48:48,507
Yes.
801
00:48:49,593 --> 00:48:50,886
Yes, I know.
802
00:48:56,516 --> 00:49:00,437
If Lord Bridgerton does not wish
to end our engagement...
803
00:49:01,980 --> 00:49:04,816
then the Sheffield fortune
would not matter, would it?
804
00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:06,985
Once I am married to the viscount,
805
00:49:07,069 --> 00:49:09,488
there will be ample funds
to provide for all of us.
806
00:49:09,571 --> 00:49:11,657
He is as generous as he is wealthy.
807
00:49:12,282 --> 00:49:16,119
I am sure the viscount
will provide for you and Mama too.
808
00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:18,621
He...
809
00:49:20,123 --> 00:49:21,123
He might.
810
00:49:21,833 --> 00:49:25,253
But... But, Edwina,
this should not be your burden.
811
00:49:25,337 --> 00:49:29,341
What burden would it be
to marry the person I love?
812
00:49:30,926 --> 00:49:32,010
You love him?
813
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:37,224
Watching how nobly he defended us
at dinner tonight, how could I not?
814
00:49:39,142 --> 00:49:43,313
I want nothing more than to be his wife.
815
00:49:44,272 --> 00:49:45,899
His viscountess.
816
00:49:47,776 --> 00:49:49,486
But he will have to forgive us.
817
00:49:51,113 --> 00:49:52,572
Do you think he will?
818
00:49:53,949 --> 00:49:55,409
That I do not know.
819
00:50:14,344 --> 00:50:15,554
I shall not be long.
820
00:50:22,227 --> 00:50:24,563
Do not tell me
you've traveled at this ungodly hour
821
00:50:24,646 --> 00:50:26,314
to offer more corrections of my writing?
822
00:50:26,398 --> 00:50:28,900
It was the only time
I could leave without being seen.
823
00:50:28,984 --> 00:50:30,235
And, on the contrary,
824
00:50:30,318 --> 00:50:32,571
I've come to ask for your discernment.
825
00:50:32,654 --> 00:50:33,822
Is that so?
826
00:50:33,905 --> 00:50:35,282
Do not look so pleased.
827
00:50:35,365 --> 00:50:38,201
It is a rare occurrence
that I doubt shall be repeated.
828
00:50:39,411 --> 00:50:42,414
I have questions
about the writings in this pamphlet.
829
00:50:42,497 --> 00:50:45,375
Well, the ideas can tax a fragile mind.
830
00:50:45,459 --> 00:50:48,879
Or perhaps your means of communicating
them leaves much to be desired.
831
00:50:48,962 --> 00:50:52,257
Or perhaps you have not seen enough
of the world to make sense of them yet.
832
00:50:52,340 --> 00:50:53,800
Ah.
833
00:50:56,553 --> 00:50:57,804
Duty.
834
00:50:57,888 --> 00:51:01,308
More than laws or faith,
I have often thought it the bond
835
00:51:01,391 --> 00:51:04,144
that holds our fragile society together.
836
00:51:14,988 --> 00:51:17,657
Duty to rank and title.
837
00:51:17,741 --> 00:51:20,494
Fidelity to one's family name.
838
00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:23,538
It demands both utter obedience
839
00:51:23,622 --> 00:51:26,124
and total sacrifice.
840
00:51:29,503 --> 00:51:31,088
But what happens
841
00:51:31,171 --> 00:51:32,839
when such duty
842
00:51:32,923 --> 00:51:35,884
is in conflict
with the heart's true desire?
843
00:51:37,427 --> 00:51:39,638
Why, then, there is the potential
844
00:51:39,721 --> 00:51:42,390
for a considerable scandal, indeed.
845
00:51:44,434 --> 00:51:46,394
The only question is,
846
00:51:46,478 --> 00:51:50,315
will the parties in question
heed my warning?
847
00:51:50,899 --> 00:51:52,776
Or is it already too late
848
00:51:52,859 --> 00:51:54,945
to turn back to duty
849
00:51:55,028 --> 00:51:57,531
and away from desire?
850
00:52:15,132 --> 00:52:15,966
Miss Sharma.
851
00:52:16,049 --> 00:52:18,426
I see you continue here
with your morning rides.
852
00:52:19,678 --> 00:52:21,346
As do you, it seems.
853
00:52:25,058 --> 00:52:26,059
I couldn't sleep.
854
00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:27,394
Nor could I.
855
00:52:29,146 --> 00:52:30,689
Have you decided what you will do?
856
00:52:36,278 --> 00:52:38,864
Long have I wrestled with it,
but I see no other option.
857
00:52:41,199 --> 00:52:44,119
I will talk with Miss Edwina today...
858
00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:47,497
and see my way to ending things.
859
00:52:47,581 --> 00:52:48,957
It is the only way to ensure
860
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:51,459
that the two of us can be rid
of this impossible situation.
861
00:52:52,043 --> 00:52:55,505
Once the engagement is over,
our paths need never cross again.
862
00:52:58,466 --> 00:53:00,468
It will be as if we had never met.
863
00:53:03,597 --> 00:53:05,599
You cannot. You cannot do that.
864
00:53:05,682 --> 00:53:08,226
- Miss Sharma...
- You cannot break my sister's heart.
865
00:53:08,310 --> 00:53:11,855
She is all things good and true.
A kinder soul you will never find.
866
00:53:11,938 --> 00:53:14,316
She has loved me
as well as any sister could,
867
00:53:14,399 --> 00:53:16,276
and I could not live with myself
868
00:53:16,359 --> 00:53:18,778
if I robbed her of her happiness
and the future she deserves.
869
00:53:19,362 --> 00:53:20,906
I... I do not understand.
870
00:53:20,989 --> 00:53:23,366
You have been
against this union from the start.
871
00:53:23,450 --> 00:53:27,537
I was wrong! I will not be
the cause of you losing your honor
872
00:53:27,621 --> 00:53:29,915
any more than I can stand
to see Edwina in pain.
873
00:53:30,498 --> 00:53:32,083
You once saw her as your perfect match.
874
00:53:32,167 --> 00:53:34,002
You will find your way
to believing it again.
875
00:53:35,170 --> 00:53:36,170
Please.
876
00:53:36,546 --> 00:53:38,340
Please, Lord Bridgerton.
877
00:53:39,090 --> 00:53:40,090
Anthony.
878
00:53:40,508 --> 00:53:42,928
You must keep your word.
You must marry my sister.
879
00:53:43,011 --> 00:53:44,888
You must marry her as soon as you can,
880
00:53:44,971 --> 00:53:47,807
because this feeling
that plagues us so, it will pass.
881
00:53:47,891 --> 00:53:50,185
It will become tenable,
it will become bearable,
882
00:53:50,268 --> 00:53:53,021
and soon enough,
it will be as if we never felt it at all.
883
00:53:53,104 --> 00:53:55,941
Mere passion. It must because it has to.
884
00:54:09,537 --> 00:54:10,537
Very well.
885
00:54:17,003 --> 00:54:19,603
I shall see that the wedding
shall take place as soon as possible.