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Dr. Franklin is nothing less
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than the first mover and prime conductor,
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the inventor and leading member
of a secret cabal
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designed for the purposes of keeping up
a spirit of clamor and discontent
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in our American colonies!
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The good doctor comes
before the king's Privy Council today
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as an agent
of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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He bears a humble petition
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from that august assembly
seeking the removal of the royal governor.
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For the sake of peace, he says.
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I call it a funny sort of peace
that stains the waters of Boston Harbor
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with £10,000 of East India tea!
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I give you this
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scurrilous article
in the pages of the Public Advertiser.
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"Rules by Which a Great Empire
May Be Reduced to a Small One."
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The article is signed QED.
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Quod erat demonstrandum.
Thus it is proved.
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As you can see,
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Dr. Franklin is truly a man of letters!
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These are the ravings
of a true insurrectionist.
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I have never advocated insurrection.
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Ha! Ha!
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The prime minister knows that
I have served His Majesty's government
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here in London with unwavering zeal.
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I put it to you, Dr. Franklin,
that whilst you have sought...
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- I have spent a decade trying to explain...
- ...preferment on the one hand...
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- ...the colonies to England...
- ...with the other you have been conspiring...
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- ...and England to the colonies.
- ...with rabble-rousers and other scum...
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- My only goal has been to preserve...
- ...to foment rebellion...
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- ...that fine and noble china vase...
- I say, to foment rebellion...
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- ...the British Empire.
- ...all for your own personal profit.
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I ask the Privy Council to reject the
petition of the Massachusetts Assembly.
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Furthermore,
I ask that Dr. Franklin's charter
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as agent of the colonies of Massachusetts,
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Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Georgia be revoked.
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The solicitor general's request
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is granted.
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Whatever you're thinking, saying it now
will only make our fortunes worse.
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I'll make their master a little king.
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Victory in Saratoga!
The English surrender!
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America wins!
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The marquis de Lafayette,
hero of Brandywine!
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America wins!
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Victory! The English lost in Saratoga.
America won!
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- Hold on! Calm down! Calm down!
- Please, sir. Please! Please!
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Here. For you. These are for you.
You take these.
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Make sure you hand all of them out!
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Everyone has some? Now spread out! Go!
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"MARCH OF THE INSURGENTS"
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Are you all right, sir?
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Do you need help?
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Not at all, my friend. All is well.
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Bravo! What a marvelous instrument. Bravo!
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Yes, it's interesting.
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I believe the principle
is Greek in origin.
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The Abbé is right.
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I merely perfected the mechanism.
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The tone may be softened or swelled
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by the pressure of the finger...
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and continued for any length.
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The instrument, being well tuned,
never requires adjustment.
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I have an instrument like that of my own.
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Well, you must play it for me
sometime, madame.
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Perhaps you would like
to play it yourself.
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Whatever are you talking about?
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Nothing you haven't thought of,
you rascal.
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Come sit beside me.
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Not there.
That's Mark Antony's seat. Here.
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So, now that your country has won
such a glorious victory at--
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What is the name of the place?
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Saratoga.
In the colony of New York, I believe.
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What sort of place is it?
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Well, I'm afraid you'd have to ask
Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne.
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Though I expect he wished
that he'd never been there.
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You're a clever one.
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My late husband was a philosopher,
you know.
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He believed good and evil were
mere fictions or something of the kind.
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But under his wig,
he was bald as a baby's rump.
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You are terribly ancient,
but you still have most of your hair.
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Perhaps you'd like to fluff it.
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Tie it up with a little ribbon.
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And I could sit peacefully on your lap.
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With you on my lap, sir,
there'd be very little peace.
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What impure thoughts
are running through your head, Abbé?
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I, madame?
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Only that Dr. Franklin is a merry man
to carry such a burden.
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What burden is that, Monsieur l'Abbé?
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Your country's fate, of course.
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In that I have some cause
for merriment today.
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I should think Versailles must take note
of this victory.
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If they do not, Monsieur Cabanis,
I've spilled a great deal of ink in vain.
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Tell me something, you old bear.
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Is this the sort of nonsense you
talk about with that mopey little teacup?
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You mean Madame Brillon?
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No. No, we discuss music and books
and delicate matters of the soul.
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No wonder you look like
a starving man given a pea for dinner.
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Fill in everyone's glasses, Mr. Cabanis,
and let's have a toast.
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- To?
- To Saratoga?
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To eating a full plate.
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Come look at this.
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Very skillful, Your Majesty.
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Do you enjoy the mechanical arts,
Foreign Minister?
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Alas, obligations do not afford me
the time.
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What's interesting about locks
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is that unless you crack them open,
you've no idea what's inside.
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But then you've broken the lock.
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Your Majesty, you know of the victory
at Saratoga.
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Yes. Rather bloodied old George's nose, hmm?
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There's an opportunity here.
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It would be wise to seize it
before it's too late.
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You're on about your alliance again.
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I'm certain England is seeking a way out
before it suffers even greater losses.
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The Americans may well be inclined
to grant them one.
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Then we wouldn't have to pay for a war,
would we?
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We'd only be delaying one.
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Against an enemy we could have weakened
if we had been bold enough to act.
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I don't know.
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- Your Majesty means--
- I don't know.
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Yes.
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- Yes, I may proceed?
- Yes, I don't know.
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Did he mean to refuse you
without saying it?
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Possibly.
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Does he wish you to negotiate
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but doesn't want it known that he said so?
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He might.
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Is he setting a trap,
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expecting that you'll disobey,
and so expose you?
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He's not that smart.
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Are you sure?
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What are the risks?
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Disgrace. Exile. Prison.
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I think that covers it.
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And the rewards?
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France wins. The English lose. And--
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You succeed.
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What should I do?
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Charles, my dear,
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you've already decided.
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You just want me to tell you you're right.
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I'll have Gérard handle it.
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That way there's someone else to blame.
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Well, who would have thought all it took
to make the English appreciate you
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was to capture 6,000 of their soldiers?
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Stack up the Madeira so he can see it.
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Right.
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He's here.
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Keep him occupied.
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W-Where the devil are you going?
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I BECAME FULLY VERSED IN THE
NUANCED ART OF SEXUAL PLEASURE
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Temple.
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- I know you're in there, boy.
- I'm busy.
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I'm coming in.
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- What are you doing?
- Reading.
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- I don't see any book.
- I finished it.
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Then you're not reading.
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What do you want?
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We have been rather disputatious
with each other of late.
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Have we?
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Whatever I might instruct,
it is only in the hope
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that you have bettered your prospects
in this world after I have passed from it.
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You need me to do something, don't you?
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Put on a decent coat and hurry up.
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Monsieur Gérard.
Welcome to our petite hôtel.
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The pleasure is mine, Doctor.
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A small gesture of our nation's goodwill.
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A nice little Armagnac.
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Oh, most thoughtful.
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Bancroft, would you...
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Of course.
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Minister Vergennes wishes to convey his--
Is that cheese?
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Stilton. Just arrived this afternoon
from Derbyshire.
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Quite extravagant. How could I refuse?
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Now, you really must try this.
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I thank you, but English cheese
has never been to my liking.
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As you please.
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Minister Vergennes wishes to convey his--
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You know, the oddest thing...
I seem to recall you telling me
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that His Majesty preferred
that we win our independence
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before entering into any negotiations.
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His Majesty, that is to say,
Minister Vergennes--
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- I believe you know my secretary.
- Your secre--
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I hope you will not object to him
taking the minutes of our interview.
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Just so there can be no misunderstandings.
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Of course.
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- Master Temple.
- Monsieur.
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Anyway, you were saying--
Please, please, please.
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The Minister Vergennes...
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Before we begin,
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I must exact your promise not to advertise
any piece of our discussion.
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Nothing remains secret in Paris
for very long.
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Nonetheless.
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Very well.
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And you, Master Temple?
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You have my promise.
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I suppose I'll go catch up
on the correspondence.
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What may France offer to prevent America
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from being seduced by the promise
of a false peace with England?
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You are aware that since my arrival
in this country,
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I have advocated for a treaty of amity
and commerce, which is not yet concluded?
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I am.
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Conclude that treaty,
and America will consider closing her ears
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to any proposals
that do not guarantee her independence.
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Versailles is prepared to offer you
a treaty on those terms.
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The necessary documents can be yours
in a matter of days.
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At which point
we can discuss the second treaty.
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The what?
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One that binds our countries together
in a military alliance.
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No, no, no, no, no. You are--
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You can't put the plow before the oxen.
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We say putting the cart before the horse.
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Say it as you like.
This cannot be a condition.
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So, we are to be left
to our own devices after all.
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In that case, monsieur, I--
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If the question is raising arms in
America's defense, this may be discussed.
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Discussed or agreed upon?
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An open declaration of war
is out of the question.
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England must be the one
to commence hostilities.
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Which it will the moment any arrangement
between us is publicly proclaimed.
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In either case, the result is the same.
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If you wish to convince His Majesty
that an alliance is--
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Is he not already convinced?
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As I've said, friendship, trade--
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Are you not authorized to negotiate?
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I am not authorized to start a war.
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But you've already done so.
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We are simply determining
how and when it will begin.
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I--
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I will have to consult
with Minister Vergennes.
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Well, by all means,
but I suggest you make haste.
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Please take some cheese with you.
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Why aren't you privy to the negotiations?
Does he suspect you?
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It was the Frenchman.
He wasn't having any of it.
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Can you get your hands on the boy's notes?
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Master Franklin's more careful
than his grandfather.
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You're not paid for excuses. Find a way.
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Suppose a treaty is made.
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Say a copy in the boy's hand
found its way to London
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before it could be dispatched to America.
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And paint him as the Judas goat.
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- Well, no. I wasn't think-- Actually--
- No, no, no, no. A letter is found.
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In it he professes undying loyalty
to his father and the British Crown.
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Well, I-- He'd never write such a thing.
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I mean, the boy is obstreperous
but he's not--
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A traitor?
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He doesn't have to write it.
He only has to sign it.
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Well, that will crush the old fellow.
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Must he be dishonored as well as defeated?
248
00:21:52,980 --> 00:21:55,065
It's hardly the worst
that can happen to a man.
249
00:21:56,233 --> 00:21:57,526
Do well to remember that.
250
00:22:04,408 --> 00:22:07,661
- A declaration of war.
- He was quite brazen about it.
251
00:22:08,912 --> 00:22:11,832
He'll have us all carrying muskets
by the time he's done.
252
00:22:12,666 --> 00:22:13,917
What do I answer?
253
00:22:15,085 --> 00:22:16,670
That you will confer with me.
254
00:22:17,212 --> 00:22:19,590
Isn't that what I'm doing now?
255
00:22:19,590 --> 00:22:22,259
Non. Now we're only talking.
256
00:22:23,093 --> 00:22:27,055
We can confer
after I've advised His Majesty.
257
00:22:27,055 --> 00:22:28,473
Monsieur le Comte.
258
00:22:28,473 --> 00:22:33,770
With the greatest respect,
I'm uncertain which master I'm serving.
259
00:22:33,770 --> 00:22:35,564
You are serving me.
260
00:22:35,564 --> 00:22:36,899
We both serve the king.
261
00:22:36,899 --> 00:22:38,692
And we all serve France.
262
00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:40,611
So...
263
00:22:40,611 --> 00:22:42,446
Use your discretion.
264
00:22:43,405 --> 00:22:45,365
Resist his blandishments.
265
00:22:45,991 --> 00:22:48,702
Say nothing you can't take back. And...
266
00:22:49,661 --> 00:22:52,372
Carry on with the excellent work.
267
00:22:55,626 --> 00:22:57,794
He's right, of course.
268
00:22:59,588 --> 00:23:02,174
It's war any way you look at it.
269
00:23:46,301 --> 00:23:48,887
Bravo! Bravo!
270
00:23:50,347 --> 00:23:51,473
Thank you.
271
00:23:52,683 --> 00:23:58,021
A little march to brighten the way for
General Burgoyne and his men to prison.
272
00:24:04,194 --> 00:24:06,738
Such an expense for so modest an audience,
273
00:24:06,738 --> 00:24:11,493
and surely music
so exquisite must be shared.
274
00:24:12,619 --> 00:24:18,292
A performance at the opera
to encourage support for your cause.
275
00:24:18,292 --> 00:24:20,335
That is a splendid notion.
276
00:24:20,919 --> 00:24:24,298
And under which man's name
should it appear?
277
00:24:24,298 --> 00:24:26,967
No man's. It is yours to claim.
278
00:24:29,428 --> 00:24:31,972
The chevalier d'Éon
would stand a better chance.
279
00:24:33,307 --> 00:24:37,394
But since it pleased you so much,
I will teach you the notes.
280
00:24:37,394 --> 00:24:40,981
I fear I would make a poor student.
281
00:24:41,773 --> 00:24:43,942
You underestimate my patience.
282
00:25:03,712 --> 00:25:04,713
All right.
283
00:25:15,641 --> 00:25:18,769
I was beginning to think
you had forgotten all about us
284
00:25:19,394 --> 00:25:22,606
with all those visitors taking up
so much of your time.
285
00:25:22,606 --> 00:25:25,651
We Americans are new
at making treaties, you see.
286
00:25:26,318 --> 00:25:29,613
Advantage may be taken
of our incapacities.
287
00:25:33,534 --> 00:25:36,703
Mi, do, mi.
288
00:25:39,873 --> 00:25:45,212
Beware a Frenchman's promise.
Always demand proof of his sincerity.
289
00:25:46,421 --> 00:25:49,925
I believe you show a gift
for statesmanship, Madame Brillon.
290
00:25:51,176 --> 00:25:55,013
Women, by necessity,
are experts at negotiation.
291
00:25:55,013 --> 00:25:58,100
What terms of alliance
should you and I establish then?
292
00:26:05,065 --> 00:26:07,901
First, there must be peace,
293
00:26:09,319 --> 00:26:13,782
friendship and eternal love between us.
294
00:26:14,533 --> 00:26:17,995
And the stipulations
to maintain this peace?
295
00:26:17,995 --> 00:26:21,999
That Dr. Franklin remain in my company
296
00:26:21,999 --> 00:26:25,294
as much and as long as it pleases me.
297
00:26:25,878 --> 00:26:29,131
And while I am in this pleasant company?
298
00:26:30,174 --> 00:26:32,634
That you do anything I want you to do.
299
00:26:33,802 --> 00:26:35,971
Anything I am allowed to do.
300
00:26:37,598 --> 00:26:39,391
Are those terms acceptable?
301
00:26:40,601 --> 00:26:43,353
Well, you ask for a monopoly
on my affections
302
00:26:43,353 --> 00:26:46,273
and leave none for other agreeable ladies.
303
00:26:46,982 --> 00:26:50,903
Ladies such as the Washerwoman of Auteuil?
304
00:26:51,862 --> 00:26:54,990
I would naturally demand reciprocity.
305
00:26:56,325 --> 00:26:57,367
Your terms?
306
00:26:59,286 --> 00:27:04,082
The said Dr. Franklin would go away
from Madame Brillon whenever he pleases,
307
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,128
that he will stay away
as long as he pleases,
308
00:27:08,712 --> 00:27:13,842
and that he will love any other woman
as far as he finds her amiable.
309
00:27:15,594 --> 00:27:18,305
Perhaps you're right.
I cannot teach you after all.
310
00:27:18,305 --> 00:27:19,515
Oh, madame.
311
00:27:20,265 --> 00:27:22,768
I thought that we were only practicing.
312
00:27:22,768 --> 00:27:23,936
Of course we were.
313
00:27:24,895 --> 00:27:28,357
You are here to win victory
for your country.
314
00:27:28,357 --> 00:27:30,275
Everything else is a pastime.
315
00:27:30,275 --> 00:27:31,818
You are not so to me.
316
00:27:31,818 --> 00:27:35,405
- The hours spent in your company are the--
- Have kept us both amused.
317
00:27:38,367 --> 00:27:43,413
If you wish for more,
it is yours for the asking.
318
00:27:45,290 --> 00:27:48,502
Marriages are kind of an alliance,
are they not?
319
00:27:48,502 --> 00:27:52,297
And the terms are not always honored
by the parties involved.
320
00:27:56,385 --> 00:28:00,681
But they are alliances nonetheless.
Not to be casually broken.
321
00:28:04,726 --> 00:28:07,479
I accept the conditions you propose
322
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:11,149
since every treaty must be a compromise.
323
00:28:18,490 --> 00:28:19,533
Shall we continue?
324
00:28:36,508 --> 00:28:40,387
Quite a crowd. All mad for America.
325
00:28:40,387 --> 00:28:43,974
Half of them are policemen.
The other half are spies.
326
00:28:44,516 --> 00:28:46,852
Should I tell Simon to send them off?
327
00:28:46,852 --> 00:28:48,437
I asked him to let them in.
328
00:28:56,987 --> 00:29:00,157
Well. No three hands in chess, hey?
329
00:29:00,157 --> 00:29:02,034
I'd like you to stay this time.
330
00:29:09,082 --> 00:29:14,129
Dr. Franklin.
My thanks for receiving me again.
331
00:29:14,129 --> 00:29:19,051
I welcome all visitors, Mr. Williams.
You know my colleague, Dr. Bancroft.
332
00:29:19,051 --> 00:29:20,469
Only by reputation.
333
00:29:20,469 --> 00:29:24,181
I assure you he's not nearly as devilish
as they say he is.
334
00:29:27,851 --> 00:29:29,770
May we speak somewhere in private?
335
00:29:29,770 --> 00:29:31,480
Well, I'd be happy to oblige,
336
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,984
but the last time we did so,
I met with some loss of property.
337
00:29:37,069 --> 00:29:39,196
And I'm rather superstitious.
338
00:29:39,947 --> 00:29:42,241
I thought you wished to parley,
Dr. Franklin.
339
00:29:42,241 --> 00:29:45,494
Indeed I do. Please begin.
340
00:29:46,620 --> 00:29:47,621
Out here?
341
00:29:47,621 --> 00:29:50,707
I find the air bracing.
342
00:29:54,586 --> 00:29:56,755
If a passport could be obtained,
343
00:29:56,755 --> 00:30:01,009
would you be willing to negotiate
in London without any French interference?
344
00:30:01,009 --> 00:30:04,221
Well, my late experience
was less than pleasing.
345
00:30:04,888 --> 00:30:07,808
I am now here among people
that love and respect me.
346
00:30:07,808 --> 00:30:12,145
You're much too wise to mistake
personal flattery with national resolve.
347
00:30:12,145 --> 00:30:14,106
I'm not nearly that wise.
348
00:30:14,106 --> 00:30:18,944
I find it very hard to believe
that anything could ever persuade America
349
00:30:18,944 --> 00:30:21,488
to throw herself into the arms of France.
350
00:30:21,488 --> 00:30:24,074
On the contrary, Mr. Williams.
351
00:30:24,825 --> 00:30:28,996
America has been forced
and driven into the arms of France.
352
00:30:28,996 --> 00:30:33,041
Can you really afford
to put faith in such a reluctant ally?
353
00:30:33,625 --> 00:30:37,629
Our parliament is prepared
to bestow autonomy on the colonies.
354
00:30:37,629 --> 00:30:41,425
America would have complete control
of its internal affairs.
355
00:30:41,425 --> 00:30:43,844
Autonomy is not independence.
356
00:30:43,844 --> 00:30:47,181
Must we endlessly quibble over words?
357
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,727
In the end, we are all Englishmen.
358
00:30:54,146 --> 00:30:55,272
What do you think?
359
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,945
Should we not discuss that separately?
360
00:31:01,945 --> 00:31:04,114
I see no cause for circumspection.
361
00:31:10,245 --> 00:31:17,211
We are in a position to press advantage
and put an end to profitless war.
362
00:31:17,836 --> 00:31:19,546
Dr. Bancroft speaks the truth.
363
00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:24,635
The Crown is in a giving vein.
364
00:31:24,635 --> 00:31:26,720
But I am not.
365
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,015
My friend, think on what he offers.
366
00:31:30,891 --> 00:31:34,853
What he offers is too little and too late.
367
00:31:42,736 --> 00:31:45,572
If you did not care to negotiate,
368
00:31:47,407 --> 00:31:49,076
why did you bother to meet again?
369
00:31:50,118 --> 00:31:52,454
So they would all see us talking.
370
00:32:12,266 --> 00:32:14,142
Who or what is this Williams?
371
00:32:14,142 --> 00:32:16,436
He claims to represent
the English prime minister.
372
00:32:16,436 --> 00:32:19,106
- What did they discuss?
- It wasn't clear.
373
00:32:19,731 --> 00:32:22,901
Every other man at Passy is a spy.
Doesn't anyone know how to do his job?
374
00:32:22,901 --> 00:32:26,321
I suspect the doctor arranged
the whole affair for our benefit.
375
00:32:26,321 --> 00:32:27,573
Of course he did.
376
00:32:27,573 --> 00:32:30,701
He means for us to respond
in haste and confusion.
377
00:32:30,701 --> 00:32:32,703
Isn't that what we're doing?
378
00:32:33,370 --> 00:32:36,874
Tell Dr. Franklin that France
will guarantee American independence
379
00:32:36,874 --> 00:32:38,041
if war is declared.
380
00:32:38,041 --> 00:32:40,127
But we don't guarantee that it will.
381
00:32:40,127 --> 00:32:41,461
Should he press the point--
382
00:32:41,461 --> 00:32:45,048
We make guarantees,
but we don't guarantee anything?
383
00:32:45,048 --> 00:32:46,842
Precisely. Now go away.
384
00:32:55,851 --> 00:32:57,394
We know what you're up to.
385
00:32:58,061 --> 00:33:00,147
I have no idea what you're talking about.
386
00:33:00,147 --> 00:33:02,357
You're not the only one with informants.
387
00:33:03,108 --> 00:33:08,864
You think you can ransack the treasury
and start a war without us knowing?
388
00:33:09,990 --> 00:33:13,577
Gentlemen, whatever I do--
If I was doing it--
389
00:33:13,577 --> 00:33:15,954
I do with the king's consent.
390
00:33:16,830 --> 00:33:18,790
Then why hasn't he told us about it?
391
00:33:19,791 --> 00:33:21,668
That seems a question that answers itself.
392
00:33:23,378 --> 00:33:24,379
You're bluffing.
393
00:33:24,379 --> 00:33:25,923
Am I?
394
00:33:25,923 --> 00:33:31,678
Shall we go see His Majesty and
ask him directly? I'm sure he won't mind.
395
00:33:33,514 --> 00:33:37,100
I hear there's a good little library
in the Bastille.
396
00:33:39,228 --> 00:33:40,812
To keep the prisoners occupied.
397
00:33:51,490 --> 00:33:54,284
Versailles guarantees
America's independence
398
00:33:54,284 --> 00:33:58,956
on the condition of a declaration of war
between France and England.
399
00:33:58,956 --> 00:34:01,375
That is a most welcome point.
400
00:34:01,375 --> 00:34:02,876
Well, I should expect so.
401
00:34:04,461 --> 00:34:06,463
Only, if no war is declared...
402
00:34:08,507 --> 00:34:09,800
I'm sorry?
403
00:34:10,676 --> 00:34:12,219
What is your concern?
404
00:34:12,219 --> 00:34:17,181
If no war is declared, France can
go right on trading with England
405
00:34:17,181 --> 00:34:20,143
while the British army
sees to our utter destruction.
406
00:34:20,936 --> 00:34:22,271
And so you want?
407
00:34:22,271 --> 00:34:23,522
A guarantee.
408
00:34:24,188 --> 00:34:25,565
Of the guarantee?
409
00:34:26,190 --> 00:34:27,192
Yes.
410
00:34:27,192 --> 00:34:31,237
And what form
should this guaranteed guarantee take?
411
00:34:32,531 --> 00:34:34,741
Gold is always persuasive.
412
00:34:34,741 --> 00:34:36,284
How much gold?
413
00:34:40,706 --> 00:34:42,040
Six million livre.
414
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,501
A six million livre loan.
415
00:34:44,501 --> 00:34:46,503
A six million livre gift.
416
00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:50,632
We give you six million livre and you...
417
00:34:50,632 --> 00:34:51,925
Spend it.
418
00:34:54,136 --> 00:34:56,179
Well, you do want us to win, don't you?
419
00:34:59,558 --> 00:35:01,685
Write it down, Master Temple.
420
00:35:04,146 --> 00:35:05,647
Come off it, man.
421
00:35:05,647 --> 00:35:08,775
You and I both know what's being spoken
about in the king's carriages.
422
00:35:09,318 --> 00:35:11,904
But what about the queen's carriages?
423
00:35:11,904 --> 00:35:14,364
It's your intention then
to lie to my face.
424
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:20,454
"Lie." The most impolitic word,
Mr. Ambassador.
425
00:35:20,454 --> 00:35:22,623
You deny that you're plotting
with the insurgents
426
00:35:22,623 --> 00:35:25,876
to sever England
from her rightful possession?
427
00:35:25,876 --> 00:35:28,420
Again. "Plotting."
428
00:35:29,046 --> 00:35:30,506
Good god, man.
429
00:35:30,506 --> 00:35:33,008
Can't you see that Franklin
is playing us both for fools?
430
00:35:33,509 --> 00:35:35,594
He has no authority
to negotiate with anyone.
431
00:35:35,594 --> 00:35:39,806
Then you should have no cause for concern,
whatever the outcome.
432
00:35:41,433 --> 00:35:45,812
- Pardon, sir, but--
- The king requests your presence.
433
00:35:45,812 --> 00:35:46,980
Right now?
434
00:35:51,276 --> 00:35:52,528
Monsieur Stormont,
435
00:35:53,695 --> 00:35:57,783
I regret I must conclude
our interview prematurely.
436
00:35:57,783 --> 00:36:00,035
Sir. I demand an answer.
437
00:36:00,035 --> 00:36:03,622
We both may have one shortly.
438
00:36:36,154 --> 00:36:38,866
Day by day our little undertakings
creep along, don't they?
439
00:36:39,908 --> 00:36:41,326
And then, all at once...
440
00:36:44,872 --> 00:36:47,833
Splendid bit of metalwork, Your Majesty.
441
00:36:47,833 --> 00:36:51,295
Count Maurepas and Monsieur Necker
have been chatting with me.
442
00:36:52,254 --> 00:36:53,338
Have they, sire?
443
00:36:53,338 --> 00:36:57,134
A monarchy allying itself with
a rebel army, seeking to overthrow a king.
444
00:36:57,134 --> 00:36:59,386
Where will that notion lead,
once it is set loose?
445
00:37:00,554 --> 00:37:02,806
No man can predict the future.
446
00:37:02,806 --> 00:37:04,850
Certainly not his own.
447
00:37:04,850 --> 00:37:06,894
I rely on the counsel of my ministers.
448
00:37:08,103 --> 00:37:10,606
If I cannot trust them,
what remedy do I have?
449
00:37:11,648 --> 00:37:12,691
You are the king.
450
00:37:13,275 --> 00:37:15,027
All remedies are yours.
451
00:37:18,947 --> 00:37:20,699
I should like the people to love me.
452
00:37:24,494 --> 00:37:26,955
But I don't think
a republic is a terribly good idea.
453
00:37:28,540 --> 00:37:31,126
I hope never to see one myself.
454
00:37:33,962 --> 00:37:35,797
Make an alliance with the Americans.
455
00:37:36,381 --> 00:37:38,467
And teach the rosbifs a lesson
they won't forget.
456
00:37:54,066 --> 00:37:55,609
Pleased with yourselves?
457
00:37:56,443 --> 00:37:57,694
What did you tell him?
458
00:37:59,404 --> 00:38:04,159
That a war could be financed
without raising taxes.
459
00:38:05,035 --> 00:38:06,870
That's all he wanted to hear.
460
00:38:08,539 --> 00:38:10,624
Makes you and me look good, doesn't it?
461
00:39:36,001 --> 00:39:37,002
Yes?
462
00:39:37,961 --> 00:39:39,046
What are you wearing?
463
00:39:40,047 --> 00:39:42,382
A little bit of revenge.
464
00:41:01,545 --> 00:41:02,588
Who is it?
465
00:41:04,131 --> 00:41:06,175
- It's me, Master Temple.
- Come in.
466
00:41:06,175 --> 00:41:07,259
Yes.
467
00:41:08,969 --> 00:41:12,764
Forgive the interruption.
The work goes well?
468
00:41:13,515 --> 00:41:14,558
Almost finished.
469
00:41:17,769 --> 00:41:19,688
You have a fine hand, young man.
470
00:41:19,688 --> 00:41:22,191
I dare say better than your grandfather's.
471
00:41:23,567 --> 00:41:26,403
I wouldn't have disturbed you otherwise,
472
00:41:26,403 --> 00:41:28,530
but Dr. Franklin's
retired for the evening,
473
00:41:28,530 --> 00:41:31,366
and certain dispatches
still require his signature.
474
00:41:31,366 --> 00:41:34,912
I-I was hoping you'd agree
to sign on his behalf.
475
00:41:34,912 --> 00:41:36,914
- Of course.
- Yes. Thank you.
476
00:41:44,630 --> 00:41:47,257
It's all been agreed to then?
477
00:41:47,257 --> 00:41:48,717
Should Congress approve.
478
00:41:59,811 --> 00:42:00,812
Yes.
479
00:42:04,983 --> 00:42:07,903
Now, we do expect a full account
of Versailles tomorrow,
480
00:42:07,903 --> 00:42:10,989
with particular regard
to ladies' necklines.
481
00:42:12,157 --> 00:42:13,951
I will do my best.
482
00:42:16,828 --> 00:42:20,499
"My devotion to my dearest father,
cruelly imprisoned..."
483
00:42:22,501 --> 00:42:23,752
It's a nice touch.
484
00:42:23,752 --> 00:42:27,965
"...compels me to denounce all
who call themselves patriots and abhor"--
485
00:42:29,675 --> 00:42:31,385
He abhors it, does he?
486
00:42:32,803 --> 00:42:35,138
"...the rebellion
they so unlawfully foment."
487
00:42:38,976 --> 00:42:40,435
Quite the knack for treason.
488
00:42:40,435 --> 00:42:42,646
I suppose you mean that as a compliment.
489
00:43:10,966 --> 00:43:13,468
Remember, Grandfather.
Never wear the hat--
490
00:43:13,468 --> 00:43:16,138
Carry it under the arm. Yes. Yes.
491
00:43:16,972 --> 00:43:18,557
I won't embarrass you.
492
00:43:32,487 --> 00:43:34,031
Long live America!
493
00:43:56,803 --> 00:44:02,100
Dr. Franklin, what a pleasure to meet you
for the first time.
494
00:44:02,100 --> 00:44:06,939
Somehow, Count Vergennes,
I feel like we are old friends.
495
00:44:08,148 --> 00:44:11,568
It is customary for visitors here
to wear swords.
496
00:44:12,194 --> 00:44:16,031
However, in your case, better to forgo it.
497
00:44:17,783 --> 00:44:20,327
If you will please follow me, gentlemen.
498
00:45:24,766 --> 00:45:26,268
He doesn't look like an ambassador.
499
00:45:26,268 --> 00:45:27,561
He's not even wearing a wig.
500
00:45:33,984 --> 00:45:35,903
Where is your sword, Dr. Franklin?
501
00:46:01,637 --> 00:46:06,725
The man who discovered electricity
has now electrified two continents.
502
00:46:09,102 --> 00:46:11,271
Allow Beaumarchais the privilege
to be among the first
503
00:46:11,271 --> 00:46:13,899
to congratulate America's new ambassador.
504
00:46:14,775 --> 00:46:18,320
I regret the injuries suffered
on our behalf.
505
00:46:20,197 --> 00:46:24,368
All this is no longer necessary,
but the effect is sensational.
506
00:46:50,561 --> 00:46:52,938
The deputy
of the United Colonies of America,
507
00:46:52,938 --> 00:46:54,439
Monsieur Benjamin Franklin.
508
00:46:55,315 --> 00:46:58,402
Your Majesty,
permit me to present Dr. Benjamin Franklin
509
00:46:58,402 --> 00:47:01,697
and his grandson, William Temple Franklin.
510
00:47:02,322 --> 00:47:05,200
Your Majesty.
511
00:47:11,164 --> 00:47:14,585
Please assure your Congress
of my friendship, Dr. Franklin.
512
00:47:16,170 --> 00:47:18,130
I hope our alliance...
513
00:47:22,426 --> 00:47:24,344
will be good for both our countries.
514
00:47:24,344 --> 00:47:28,348
Your Majesty may rely
on the gratitude of Congress
515
00:47:28,348 --> 00:47:31,560
and her fidelity to her engagements.
516
00:47:35,564 --> 00:47:36,982
That's that then, I suppose.
517
00:47:48,118 --> 00:47:49,745
May I add, sire?
518
00:47:50,245 --> 00:47:55,292
If all monarchies were governed
by the principles in your heart,
519
00:47:56,460 --> 00:47:58,670
republics would never be formed.
520
00:48:01,757 --> 00:48:03,592
Wasn't I saying just the same thing?
521
00:48:18,273 --> 00:48:22,611
Bien, docteur, we have both
lied our way into a partnership.
522
00:48:22,611 --> 00:48:27,533
Lied, monsieur?
We merely anticipated a future truth.
523
00:48:33,914 --> 00:48:35,707
The Americans are here!
524
00:48:47,761 --> 00:48:52,558
Don't say too much. She can be... fouineuse.
525
00:48:53,392 --> 00:48:54,768
A what?
526
00:48:54,768 --> 00:48:56,103
Busybody.
527
00:48:59,982 --> 00:49:03,110
Your Majesty, the Americans have arrived.
528
00:49:12,494 --> 00:49:16,290
Your Majesty, Dr. Franklin.
529
00:49:17,124 --> 00:49:18,458
Your Majesty.
530
00:49:22,921 --> 00:49:24,548
Tell me, Dr. Franklin,
531
00:49:25,299 --> 00:49:28,594
I play the banker's card
or la carte anglaise?
532
00:49:28,594 --> 00:49:32,598
The English card is never a wise wager,
Your Majesty.
533
00:49:33,682 --> 00:49:34,892
It will be on your head.
534
00:50:01,627 --> 00:50:03,587
You are good
for gambling other's money, yes?
535
00:50:03,587 --> 00:50:07,591
If I do, madame, it is with the intention
of rewarding my benefactor
536
00:50:07,591 --> 00:50:10,302
as well as myself.
537
00:50:10,302 --> 00:50:13,180
And so, make two people happy.
538
00:50:14,139 --> 00:50:15,390
What did he say?
539
00:50:16,225 --> 00:50:21,939
He said spending the king's money
makes two people happy.
540
00:50:39,039 --> 00:50:40,290
You sit here...
541
00:50:43,836 --> 00:50:45,295
and say what cards I play.
542
00:50:46,755 --> 00:50:51,677
If I lose, I make words with my husband
about us make treaty with you.
543
00:50:52,803 --> 00:50:54,680
And if you win?
544
00:50:56,181 --> 00:50:57,891
Maybe I buy you cannon myself.
545
00:51:00,018 --> 00:51:02,229
That is just the sort of game I like.
546
00:51:25,836 --> 00:51:26,837
Pardon me.
547
00:51:28,547 --> 00:51:32,050
You said just a few people.
548
00:51:33,218 --> 00:51:34,761
Forty, 50...
549
00:51:36,263 --> 00:51:39,349
Do we need to give them so much to drink?
550
00:51:39,349 --> 00:51:40,934
It's an investment, my dear.
551
00:51:41,685 --> 00:51:42,728
In what?
552
00:51:42,728 --> 00:51:46,607
In America. Now that the agreement's
been signed, they'll all want a piece.
553
00:51:47,691 --> 00:51:51,069
And who will they have to come to?
The man who was there first.
554
00:51:51,069 --> 00:51:54,072
You mean the man who hasn't been paid yet?
555
00:51:54,907 --> 00:51:58,160
Maybe the king knows a bit more
about this sort of thing than you do.
556
00:52:17,596 --> 00:52:21,058
The world is hearing your music at last.
557
00:52:21,058 --> 00:52:24,728
The world? My neighbors, perhaps.
558
00:52:24,728 --> 00:52:26,730
Not that they care who wrote it.
559
00:52:26,730 --> 00:52:28,565
Then you must let them know.
560
00:52:29,441 --> 00:52:30,776
That would not be proper.
561
00:52:32,486 --> 00:52:35,030
If you do not tell people who you are,
then they--
562
00:52:35,030 --> 00:52:36,949
They will decide for themselves.
563
00:52:37,741 --> 00:52:41,745
Madame, I'll turn you American yet.
564
00:52:42,996 --> 00:52:44,039
Attention!
565
00:52:45,791 --> 00:52:47,334
Your attention, please!
566
00:52:48,961 --> 00:52:50,504
Mesdames et messieurs.
567
00:52:50,504 --> 00:52:52,339
Ladies and gentlemen,
568
00:52:53,423 --> 00:52:56,218
I address you tonight in two languages.
569
00:52:56,218 --> 00:52:59,680
Because our king has made official
570
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:03,559
what we know in our hearts
always to have been true.
571
00:53:03,559 --> 00:53:08,272
That between the old soul of France
572
00:53:08,272 --> 00:53:12,067
and the youthful spirit of America,
573
00:53:12,901 --> 00:53:15,487
there is a bond
of friendship and understanding
574
00:53:15,487 --> 00:53:17,364
that nothing can break.
575
00:53:18,365 --> 00:53:20,158
To friendship.
576
00:53:20,158 --> 00:53:21,660
To liberty.
577
00:53:21,660 --> 00:53:23,412
To Franklinity!
578
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:26,331
As you wish, madame.
579
00:53:27,165 --> 00:53:29,251
I have finally become a noun.
580
00:53:54,443 --> 00:53:56,278
What have you got there?
581
00:53:58,530 --> 00:53:59,573
An empty glass.
582
00:54:00,324 --> 00:54:01,617
Let's get that fixed.
583
00:54:02,117 --> 00:54:04,036
Hey! Over here.
584
00:54:09,666 --> 00:54:10,751
Now bugger off.
585
00:54:16,965 --> 00:54:22,971
Here's to, uh, what you do.
586
00:54:30,479 --> 00:54:31,939
Need to talk.
587
00:54:32,940 --> 00:54:34,566
By all means.
588
00:54:35,609 --> 00:54:38,278
What are your boy's intentions?
589
00:54:39,238 --> 00:54:40,447
You mean Temple?
590
00:54:42,533 --> 00:54:43,951
In regards to what?
591
00:54:43,951 --> 00:54:45,202
My daughter.
592
00:54:48,288 --> 00:54:51,917
Well, he holds her in the highest regard.
593
00:54:53,210 --> 00:54:55,379
Let's work out the terms then.
594
00:54:55,379 --> 00:54:59,883
Want to get it nailed down
before she's too old.
595
00:55:01,134 --> 00:55:02,344
You are proposing...
596
00:55:03,011 --> 00:55:07,599
Our own alliance. If you catch my meaning.
597
00:55:09,643 --> 00:55:11,311
Very wise.
598
00:55:11,311 --> 00:55:12,771
So, you're in agreement?
599
00:55:13,522 --> 00:55:19,778
Nothing could make me,
or my grandson, happier.
600
00:55:20,571 --> 00:55:21,947
Let's drink to that.
601
00:55:34,835 --> 00:55:37,004
And Madame Brillon?
602
00:55:38,213 --> 00:55:40,215
What about her?
603
00:55:40,215 --> 00:55:43,594
Does she favor the union as well?
604
00:55:45,470 --> 00:55:47,598
We won't fuss over that.
605
00:56:09,119 --> 00:56:10,412
What did you say then?
606
00:56:11,580 --> 00:56:13,332
That the time had come to reach an accord,
607
00:56:13,332 --> 00:56:15,876
and that if they did not,
both nations would suffer.
608
00:56:16,668 --> 00:56:18,170
That's what made them sign?
609
00:56:19,922 --> 00:56:21,673
And then you met the queen.
610
00:56:22,382 --> 00:56:24,218
You're always right
at the center of things.
611
00:56:26,178 --> 00:56:27,513
What will you do next?
612
00:56:31,934 --> 00:56:32,935
This.
613
00:56:39,441 --> 00:56:41,443
My boy!
614
00:56:41,443 --> 00:56:43,153
Mademoiselle.
615
00:56:43,153 --> 00:56:44,613
Grandfather, we...
616
00:56:45,322 --> 00:56:49,493
This has been a day of glorious alliances.
617
00:56:49,493 --> 00:56:51,495
Mr. Temple was just telling me.
618
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:54,456
Temple is a splendid boy.
619
00:56:55,582 --> 00:56:58,418
You are a splendid girl.
620
00:56:58,418 --> 00:57:04,633
You make a splendid pair,
and I am gonna take a piss.
621
00:57:26,029 --> 00:57:27,364
You're drunk.
622
00:57:28,156 --> 00:57:33,328
And you, sir, are a damnable rogue,
whoever you may be.
623
00:57:38,709 --> 00:57:41,128
Sweet mercy of Providence.
624
00:57:41,128 --> 00:57:45,799
No, John Adams of Massachusetts.
625
00:57:45,799 --> 00:57:50,095
Mr. Adams, what are you doing here?
626
00:57:50,679 --> 00:57:52,931
I might ask you the same question.
627
00:57:56,143 --> 00:57:57,269
I'm pursui--
628
00:57:58,645 --> 00:58:00,272
I have just concluded--
629
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:05,819
Have you been sent to assist me?
630
00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:07,738
No, sir.
631
00:58:09,948 --> 00:58:11,742
To replace you.