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[birds chirping]
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[horses whinnying]
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[indistinct conversation]
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[light instrumental music builds]
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My dear, I can't say I am surprised.
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It has not been delivered. No one has it.
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Perhaps the queen
has finally discovered her.
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- I had hoped she'd report on my betrothal.
- I had hoped she'd report on my new dress.
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I should have liked...
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Cressida Cowper?
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That blonde backbiter!
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Do we really believe it is her?
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It makes perfect sense.
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I, too, might turn
to writing vicious slander
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if I were practically
an old maid like Miss Cowper.
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She is cruel.
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The poor child
has clearly been badly brought up.
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I would cast her out if I were her mama.
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She is hell-born.
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I think she is a genius.
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I cannot wait for her next issue.
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[music fades out]
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[Lady Whistledown] I will not
insult the devil by drawing parallels
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between him and Cressida Cowper.
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For one is a liar, a fraud,
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a succubus of the first water,
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and the other is not known to this author.
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[door opens]
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You have a visitor.
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[door creaking]
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Pen.
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Colin.
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Are you well? I have been worried.
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I am well enough, Colin.
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But perhaps you should not be here,
in case it is catching.
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[pensive music plays]
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There is nowhere else I would rather be.
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[pensive music fades]
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I know there is something
you wish to tell me.
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But I am happy to be patient
until you are ready to unfold
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whatever it is you are feeling.
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[floor creaking]
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[pensive music resumes]
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[quietly] I cannot speak about it now.
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But I certainly did not swoon
because of anything you did.
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Because of Cressida Cowper
and her insane claims to be Whistledown.
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It is rather remarkable.
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All the unkindnesses she has written
about you and me and our families,
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and then to unmask herself
at our engagement party.
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It's just like Cressida
to take that which is not hers.
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- Do you think it is really her?
- [music fades]
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I always imagined Lady Whistledown
might be more... clever, perhaps.
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I shall let you rest.
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But before I go, I have something for you.
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The jeweler has just finished setting it.
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[Penelope gasps] Oh...
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Oh, Colin, it is beautiful.
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And yet,
still only half as beautiful as you.
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[chuckles softly]
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[gentle music plays]
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What is all this ink?
Have you been writing?
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Yes. Um... Letters.
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To, uh... to share our happy news.
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Of course.
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I shall leave you to it.
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Good day, Miss Featherington.
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For now. [chuckles lightly]
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[gentle music plays]
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[both chuckle softly]
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[chuckling sigh]
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[gentle music fades]
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{\an8}I promised Lord Greer a debutante bride,
not a gossip writer.
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{\an8}He has rescinded his offer of marriage.
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{\an8}Truly?
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{\an8}This is no occasion to smile, girl.
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{\an8}If you think you can keep working
under my roof
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{\an8}and tarnishing my good name,
you are sorely mistaken!
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{\an8}I am sending you
to live with your Aunt Jo.
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{\an8}Papa, you cannot do that.
Aunt Joanna lives in Wales.
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{\an8}Precisely. You can write gossip
about the sheep!
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[door shuts]
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Cressida, you must
take back your statement.
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We can say the Lady Bridgertons
gave you too much wine,
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and you were overcome.
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You do not believe me?
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[chuckles quietly]
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I know my daughter.
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Lady Whistledown is an astute writer.
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You have many gifts,
but cleverness is not amongst them.
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- [tense music plays]
- [door opens]
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Miss Cressida Cowper,
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you are summoned to the palace
at the behest of Her Majesty the Queen.
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[music fades out]
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We have some news
we'd like to share with you, Lady Danbury.
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[Lady Danbury] Oh.
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We are selling the club.
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Ah. That is good news.
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I am always pleased
when people take my advice.
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And it is
the right decision, Mr. Mondrich.
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Her Majesty's ire is directed elsewhere,
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but it can turn at any moment.
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[Alice] Of course.
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We do not wish to draw attention
to ourselves by breaking the rules.
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- Nonsense!
- [cup clatters]
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You must draw attention to yourselves,
and in the best way possible,
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by throwing a ball.
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[light music plays]
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It is one thing to follow the rules.
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But if you want to win the game,
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you must lead it.
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Otherwise,
you will always be on the defensive.
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Hmm?
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Wh... Um...
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[Alice sighs]
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We do have a way with entertaining.
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[Lady Danbury] Ha!
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Mm. [chuckles]
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[birds chirping]
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Lord Anderson.
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Lady Bridgerton. Forgive my intrusion.
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I simply forgot my, uh... hat.
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[both chuckle]
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Thank you.
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Were you just, um...
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passing by?
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[laughs] Yes, I suppose I could've sent
a footman to fetch this, could I not?
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[Violet chuckles]
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But then I would not
have been able to see you again.
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Well, to thank you
for such an enjoyable evening.
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Well, it was quite a night.
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Was it not? [chuckles]
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- How are you faring?
- Uh... [inhales]
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Besides a bit of a headache, I am well.
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How are you?
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I take it you sensed a chilly departure
between my sister and me?
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Perhaps.
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- Though it is none of my business.
- I do believe we will work it out.
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Childhood grievances
have a way of lingering. Hm.
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My sister was the firstborn.
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But you were the first boy.
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But we are adults now.
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- [chuckles]
- Surely there is a way forward.
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I have faith you will find a way.
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- Thank you.
- [chuckles]
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I shall let you nurse
your headache in peace.
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But I do hope to see you soon.
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As do I.
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[pleasant music plays]
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- You love the pink ones.
- I love the color pink.
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But I like
the chocolate macarons. Benedict!
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I've already said I wanted these two.
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- No. You can't have two.
- But I said--
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- [Benedict] You had three this morning.
- I have not!
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- [Benedict] Downstairs. I saw you.
- I've had one!
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- Not true.
- [Benedict] Gregory saw you.
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You are lying. Why are you lying?
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- [Hyacinth] I am not lying.
- You are.
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- Gregory!
- What? I like the chocolate ones as well.
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- I have not had--
- [Hyacinth] I wanted them!
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[Benedict] I have the solution.
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- There is no time like the present.
- Your family is clearly occupied.
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[Violet] Put them back. Stop.
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- Why are you getting involved?
- Can you not just divide them?
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They are always like this.
You must interrupt.
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I do not believe they'll hear me.
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- [Benedict] ...three chocolate this morning!
- [Hyacinth] I have not!
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Watch. Excuse me!
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I have been taken ill of the plague,
and you are all doomed by association.
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I haven't had--
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Three banana macrons
for the one chocolate.
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- Not a chance.
- [Gregory] That is devious.
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- [Benedict] That's very unreasonable.
- [Gregory] Please!
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[Benedict] Why not? Gregory, you cannot...
Why are you getting involved?
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Very well.
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[overlapping chatter continues]
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Family!
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Thank you.
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John has a small announcement
to make on our behalf.
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Very small, indeed.
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Um...
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We are to marry.
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- [chuckling]
- [pleasant music playing]
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- [Eloise] Oh, my...
- [chuckling]
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- Oh, congratulations!
- [all exclaiming]
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Very good. Well done.
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- The last macaron for you.
- [overlapping chatter]
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You shall be the most beautiful bride.
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Well, equal to Daphne.
And Kate. And Penelope.
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I am so pleased.
You make a beautiful pair.
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Thank you, Mama.
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[scattered chuckling]
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[Hyacinth] We must go
to the modiste today for your dress.
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[Violet] Everything in its time.
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[sighs]
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Are you moping about
the chocolate macaron?
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Did you know she was Lady Whistledown?
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You spoke with Penelope this morning?
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Yes. She is devastated
about Miss Cowper coming forward.
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Tell me you did not know.
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[gentle music plays]
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No.
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Not about Cressida.
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[Colin] Hm.
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The friendship was already souring,
but this caper may be the final straw.
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I should hope so.
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I suppose it would be nonsensical for you
to have befriended her if you knew,
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considering everything she's written.
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You have been so angry with Whistledown.
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What will you do?
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There is a part of me that should like
to march to her house with a pitchfork.
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And if you wished me to, I still would.
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But in truth,
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everything that has happened of late
has softened me, I suppose.
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You mean everything with Penelope.
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I know you do not wish to hear it,
but it is truly bewildering
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how quickly one person
can become all that matters.
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My only concern now
is with her well-being.
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And our future together.
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[Colin chuckles softly]
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Perhaps I can make
Lady Whistledown go away
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so she shall not be able to harm
any of us again.
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You will speak with Miss Cowper?
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With the scribe herself.
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[tense music builds]
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- [knocking at door]
- [door opens]
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[music fades out]
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[sighs deeply]
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I was going to tell him. I...
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[music fades out]
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But you did not.
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[sighs] And when the time came,
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neither did I.
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Because I see now
that the truth would destroy Colin.
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Once I get this issue out,
I do still plan to tell him.
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No.
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For whatever reason,
my brother truly believes... he loves you.
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And if he knew it was you all along,
writing about me, our family, Marina,
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if he knew how long
I too have kept this secret from him...
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Why tell him when the better thing
is for you to put down your pen?
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But I cannot stop.
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Especially now.
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Yes, you can.
Now you have the perfect escape.
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You don't mean--
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Oh, as harebrained as
her display last night was,
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Cressida has done you a favor.
She will never write a convincing issue.
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Let the column die with her name,
and no one will be the wiser.
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Eloise, I have worked
too hard for too long.
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Of all people, I refuse to let
Cressida Cowper take credit!
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- It'd break my heart!
- And what of Colin's heart?
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- It'd break his to find out the truth.
- But...
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Lady Whistledown is my name, not hers.
252
00:14:04,635 --> 00:14:06,512
Your name is about to be Bridgerton.
253
00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:08,597
[solemn music plays gently]
254
00:14:11,433 --> 00:14:12,560
You cannot be both.
255
00:14:19,567 --> 00:14:20,860
For much of my life...
256
00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:25,781
being a part of your family
is all I have wanted.
257
00:14:32,746 --> 00:14:36,667
And there was a time I'd've given anything
to know Lady Whistledown. [chuckles]
258
00:14:41,171 --> 00:14:42,798
You had a good run for a while.
259
00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:45,301
But it is just gossip.
260
00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:46,927
Let it go.
261
00:14:59,356 --> 00:15:00,941
[music fades out]
262
00:15:04,278 --> 00:15:06,280
[stirring music builds slowly]
263
00:15:14,204 --> 00:15:15,706
Her Majesty will see you now.
264
00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:28,928
[doors close]
265
00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:35,392
So... this is the young lady
claiming to be Lady Whistledown.
266
00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:37,811
Yes, Your Majesty.
267
00:15:38,729 --> 00:15:41,440
- And why have you come forward now?
- [music fades out]
268
00:15:43,734 --> 00:15:48,197
I... I should like to claim my reward,
Your Majesty.
269
00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:53,744
A measly £5,000 should be nothing
to the great Lady Whistledown.
270
00:15:53,744 --> 00:15:55,663
You do charge, do you not?
271
00:15:57,456 --> 00:15:59,959
I claim it so no one else
can take what is rightfully mine.
272
00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:02,795
Well, I am a woman of my word.
273
00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:07,549
I will give you your reward
as soon as you give me your latest issue.
274
00:16:08,884 --> 00:16:10,928
The one that should've been published
this morning.
275
00:16:15,557 --> 00:16:18,686
Forgive me, Your Majesty. You see...
276
00:16:21,438 --> 00:16:25,067
with the bounty on my head,
my publisher has grown wary.
277
00:16:25,067 --> 00:16:29,321
But I should have
an issue forthcoming... very soon.
278
00:16:29,321 --> 00:16:31,365
"Know thine enemy," Miss Cowper.
279
00:16:31,907 --> 00:16:33,575
[tense music builds slowly]
280
00:16:33,575 --> 00:16:36,662
I know Lady Whistledown
as well as I know myself.
281
00:16:37,204 --> 00:16:40,791
Her greatest strength
is that she is an observer.
282
00:16:41,959 --> 00:16:44,962
What have you observed in your life
other than yourself?
283
00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:51,719
I observe.
284
00:16:51,719 --> 00:16:53,887
[tense music fades]
285
00:16:53,887 --> 00:16:57,891
Just last night, I observed
Miss Francesca and Lord Kilmartin.
286
00:16:58,392 --> 00:17:00,519
Together all night at Bridgerton House.
287
00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:02,813
[light instrumental music plays]
288
00:17:02,813 --> 00:17:04,398
But I am sure there is still time
289
00:17:04,398 --> 00:17:06,191
to sway Miss Francesca
290
00:17:06,191 --> 00:17:07,568
towards the marquess.
291
00:17:07,568 --> 00:17:11,196
Hm. Miss Cowper, the real Lady Whistledown
292
00:17:11,196 --> 00:17:14,825
would never make
such an easy offer of assistance.
293
00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:19,121
Without a worthy opponent,
I no longer care what mediocre match
294
00:17:19,121 --> 00:17:21,373
Miss Francesca chooses to make.
295
00:17:22,374 --> 00:17:25,669
Unless you can print a convincing issue,
296
00:17:26,837 --> 00:17:29,631
I do not wish to see you
in my court again.
297
00:17:29,631 --> 00:17:31,717
[tense music builds slowly]
298
00:17:41,101 --> 00:17:42,102
[whispers] Cressida.
299
00:17:42,936 --> 00:17:45,022
I forbid you from attempting to publish.
300
00:17:46,106 --> 00:17:48,901
I do not have a choice, Mama.
She'll cast me out of society.
301
00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,487
Your father has already
cast you out of society.
302
00:17:51,487 --> 00:17:53,238
I will not live with Aunt Joanna.
303
00:17:53,238 --> 00:17:54,865
And when the real--
304
00:17:54,865 --> 00:17:57,785
the real Lady Whistledown
decides to publish again?
305
00:17:57,785 --> 00:18:01,080
Well, she did not publish this morning.
Perhaps I have scared her away.
306
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,414
What else am I to do?
307
00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:06,085
Printing an issue may be my only chance
of winning back the queen's favor.
308
00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:09,755
If you publish
and cement your reputation as Whistledown,
309
00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:11,673
no one will marry you.
310
00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:14,593
No one will marry me now.
311
00:18:18,305 --> 00:18:19,598
[sighs deeply]
312
00:18:20,557 --> 00:18:21,767
[tense music fades out]
313
00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:22,976
[exhales sharply]
314
00:18:23,977 --> 00:18:27,564
Well, I should love to have
the wedding breakfast here.
315
00:18:27,564 --> 00:18:30,901
Unless your mother
wishes to host it, Lord Kilmartin.
316
00:18:30,901 --> 00:18:34,488
If I had an only child,
I might fight for my chance. [chuckles]
317
00:18:34,488 --> 00:18:36,698
We are yet to announce
the betrothal, Mama.
318
00:18:36,698 --> 00:18:38,075
Let us settle on that first.
319
00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:41,870
The only thing my mother might fight for
is the chance never to be hostess.
320
00:18:44,206 --> 00:18:46,500
We should talk
about announcing your betrothal.
321
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:50,170
- As far as the queen is conc--
- In fact, we have discussed this.
322
00:18:51,338 --> 00:18:53,757
I realize I was not
the queen's first choice
323
00:18:53,757 --> 00:18:55,092
for your daughter.
324
00:18:55,092 --> 00:18:58,095
Well, only because she gave
so much attention to Francesca.
325
00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:03,058
I simply think
it might be wise to, uh, wait
326
00:19:03,058 --> 00:19:06,603
until nearer the end of the season
before announcing your intentions.
327
00:19:06,603 --> 00:19:09,773
That way, we can all slink off
to our country homes for the wedding,
328
00:19:09,773 --> 00:19:13,569
and the queen can pick a fresh diamond
at the start of next season.
329
00:19:15,904 --> 00:19:17,739
- [Francesca] It is only that...
- Hm.
330
00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:21,160
...we do not wish to wait that long.
331
00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:24,288
We should like to start
setting up a home together.
332
00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:28,333
We think speaking to the queen
may be the wisest decision.
333
00:19:30,794 --> 00:19:32,921
Well, if you think you are up to it.
334
00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:40,053
We would like you to speak to the queen.
335
00:19:40,053 --> 00:19:41,471
[pensive music plays]
336
00:19:41,471 --> 00:19:42,514
Oh.
337
00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:49,897
[Violet hesitates]
338
00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:53,483
Mm-hmm.
339
00:19:54,693 --> 00:19:55,694
[music fades]
340
00:19:55,694 --> 00:20:01,200
I am thinking yellow ribbons
across all of the banisters
341
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:05,162
and... gilt flowers covering the carriage
342
00:20:05,162 --> 00:20:07,706
from the church to the reception.
343
00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:09,583
Very tasteful, my lady.
344
00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:12,252
And what shall we ride in? A cart?
345
00:20:12,252 --> 00:20:13,378
[huffs]
346
00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:15,881
I did not get gilt flowers when I was wed.
347
00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:18,425
Because you were not
marrying a man with unlimited funds.
348
00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:23,222
I will carry you, my love.
349
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:24,264
No.
350
00:20:24,264 --> 00:20:25,766
I'd rather a gilt carriage.
351
00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:28,769
I do not see why Penelope
should get such treatment.
352
00:20:29,353 --> 00:20:32,564
Weddings are surely
not as important as pregnancies.
353
00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:33,941
Where is Penelope?
354
00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:36,693
She cannot still be unwell.
355
00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:38,904
Penelope?
356
00:20:39,863 --> 00:20:41,281
[mocking] "Penelope."
357
00:20:49,790 --> 00:20:50,624
[door opens]
358
00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:54,211
What are you doing up here?
359
00:20:55,796 --> 00:20:56,672
Hm?
360
00:20:57,756 --> 00:21:00,801
Oh. Reading old issues of Whistledown.
361
00:21:01,385 --> 00:21:03,053
I am still not feeling well.
362
00:21:04,888 --> 00:21:06,014
Penelope.
363
00:21:07,391 --> 00:21:11,937
You have managed to capture the affections
of a man of great name and means.
364
00:21:13,063 --> 00:21:15,732
You've the rest of your life
to lie around and do nothing.
365
00:21:15,732 --> 00:21:19,403
But for now, until you walk down the aisle
and settle into this marriage,
366
00:21:19,403 --> 00:21:22,572
your duty is to make Mr. Bridgerton feel
367
00:21:22,572 --> 00:21:26,034
as if he is
the most important person in the world.
368
00:21:26,034 --> 00:21:29,371
To cater entirely to your husband.
369
00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:33,250
His dreams, his wishes.
370
00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:35,961
At least in the beginning.
371
00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:40,882
What about my dreams?
372
00:21:40,882 --> 00:21:42,968
[solemn music plays gently]
373
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:45,637
What dreams?
374
00:21:47,472 --> 00:21:49,057
Ladies do not have dreams.
375
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:51,727
They have husbands.
376
00:21:54,187 --> 00:21:56,898
And if you are lucky
and you fulfill your role,
377
00:21:57,691 --> 00:21:59,776
sometimes what you wish for
378
00:22:00,444 --> 00:22:03,113
may come true... through him.
379
00:22:11,872 --> 00:22:12,998
[sighs deeply]
380
00:22:13,957 --> 00:22:16,335
Your father could be cruel.
381
00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:17,711
A weak man.
382
00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:25,302
I chose a match for security,
383
00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:28,430
and he could not even provide that.
384
00:22:32,809 --> 00:22:34,394
But he gave me you girls.
385
00:22:35,937 --> 00:22:40,108
And my greatest wish has always been
for you three to do better than I did.
386
00:22:41,985 --> 00:22:43,236
[softly] And you have.
387
00:22:49,242 --> 00:22:50,660
You are lucky, Penelope.
388
00:22:51,495 --> 00:22:53,205
Do not take that for granted.
389
00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:22,359
[breathes deeply]
390
00:23:30,325 --> 00:23:32,327
[distant laughter]
391
00:23:33,495 --> 00:23:34,538
Mmm.
392
00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:36,039
Mm-hmm.
393
00:23:36,039 --> 00:23:38,458
[laughing]
394
00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:41,294
It is pleasant sharing a meal with you.
395
00:23:41,294 --> 00:23:43,004
- Our first, I believe.
- Mmm.
396
00:23:43,004 --> 00:23:47,634
Well, if you like my cook's scones,
I do think you'd love her whole spread.
397
00:23:47,634 --> 00:23:49,719
Are you trying to push me off
onto your cook?
398
00:23:49,719 --> 00:23:50,637
[chuckles]
399
00:23:50,637 --> 00:23:52,931
I am hosting a dinner party
later this week.
400
00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:55,100
For you and me and my dear friend Paul.
401
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,226
Will you come?
402
00:23:56,226 --> 00:23:58,895
Are my intentions towards you
being peer-reviewed?
403
00:23:58,895 --> 00:24:01,273
Mmm. Something like that.
404
00:24:02,315 --> 00:24:04,234
After all, I met your family.
405
00:24:04,776 --> 00:24:06,695
It is only fair you meet those dear to me.
406
00:24:07,696 --> 00:24:08,864
Mm.
407
00:24:11,074 --> 00:24:12,742
- [chuckling]
- Mmm.
408
00:24:13,368 --> 00:24:15,328
- Wonderful. Mmm.
- [laughing]
409
00:24:15,328 --> 00:24:16,455
You...
410
00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,373
- Mmm.
- [laughing]
411
00:24:18,373 --> 00:24:20,667
[both moan softly]
412
00:24:23,670 --> 00:24:26,590
- [Benedict] Wow.
- [Colin chuckles] Cheers, Lord Kilmartin.
413
00:24:26,590 --> 00:24:29,718
To having you join our family
very, very soon, I hope.
414
00:24:30,343 --> 00:24:33,513
- A pleasure to have you out with us.
- The pleasure is mine.
415
00:24:33,513 --> 00:24:38,143
Ah. Your spirits seem high tonight.
Have you gone all simple with love?
416
00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:41,563
Gentlemen!
One of my finest bottles of brandy.
417
00:24:41,563 --> 00:24:42,564
Ah!
418
00:24:42,564 --> 00:24:44,483
I cannot have it
going to the new proprietor.
419
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:47,319
Another? You'll have us wish
you closed the club every week.
420
00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:49,196
Sadly, this is the very last bottle.
421
00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:50,197
Ah...
422
00:24:54,659 --> 00:24:55,952
[exclaiming]
423
00:24:55,952 --> 00:24:58,788
Damn. I thought there were
at least a few more pours.
424
00:24:58,788 --> 00:25:01,791
Surely the drink is yours,
to celebrate your last night
425
00:25:01,791 --> 00:25:03,293
owning this fine institution.
426
00:25:03,293 --> 00:25:05,712
- You mean to mourn my last night.
- [Colin] Mm.
427
00:25:05,712 --> 00:25:07,631
I refuse your pity drink.
428
00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:10,675
Well, if it is a pity drink,
then perhaps I deserve it.
429
00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:12,010
[laughing]
430
00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:13,053
What?
431
00:25:13,053 --> 00:25:14,638
- You?
- You are right.
432
00:25:14,638 --> 00:25:19,142
Love has made me so simple
I cannot even write a sentence this week.
433
00:25:19,142 --> 00:25:20,810
It is torture, really.
434
00:25:20,810 --> 00:25:22,812
[mutters] What do you need to write?
435
00:25:24,231 --> 00:25:26,149
I am writing a manuscript, in fact.
436
00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:27,651
Oh...
437
00:25:27,651 --> 00:25:28,693
Are you?
438
00:25:28,693 --> 00:25:29,945
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
439
00:25:29,945 --> 00:25:31,071
What is it about?
440
00:25:31,613 --> 00:25:33,865
I am editing the story of my travels.
441
00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:35,951
Or, in principle, I am.
442
00:25:35,951 --> 00:25:37,953
No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No.
443
00:25:38,745 --> 00:25:40,163
Why? You think you deserve it?
444
00:25:40,163 --> 00:25:44,042
You at least have a direction
for your life while I am floating,
445
00:25:44,042 --> 00:25:46,711
purposeless,
with no discernible path forward.
446
00:25:46,711 --> 00:25:49,548
- [all chuckling]
- [Colin] What?
447
00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:52,425
And are you not the happiest
you have ever been?
448
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:54,594
Oh, right. That is true, yes.
449
00:25:54,594 --> 00:25:56,221
I think the drink is mine.
450
00:25:56,888 --> 00:25:57,889
Mm?
451
00:25:57,889 --> 00:25:59,849
If I am correct in reading
452
00:25:59,849 --> 00:26:02,978
that the winner of this game
is whoever is the most fortunate.
453
00:26:02,978 --> 00:26:06,147
No! Please do not start saying
sentimental things about our sister.
454
00:26:06,147 --> 00:26:08,775
I was going to say
I am the most fortunate amongst us
455
00:26:08,775 --> 00:26:10,944
because I have spotted another bottle.
456
00:26:10,944 --> 00:26:12,487
[light music playing]
457
00:26:12,487 --> 00:26:14,531
[all chuckling]
458
00:26:14,531 --> 00:26:16,992
- He has!
- He has!
459
00:26:16,992 --> 00:26:19,202
[laughing and clapping]
460
00:26:19,202 --> 00:26:21,162
Fortunate, indeed!
461
00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:23,248
- Hawkeye.
- Yeah.
462
00:26:25,292 --> 00:26:26,167
Beautiful.
463
00:26:27,627 --> 00:26:28,628
Thank you.
464
00:26:28,628 --> 00:26:30,964
To Mr. Mondrich's fine club.
465
00:26:30,964 --> 00:26:32,465
- To the club.
- To the club.
466
00:26:32,465 --> 00:26:33,508
Mm.
467
00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:35,719
- Oh.
- [sighing]
468
00:26:35,719 --> 00:26:37,012
- Wow.
- Another.
469
00:26:37,012 --> 00:26:38,388
We must finish it.
470
00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:40,807
You have to. You are in the family.
471
00:26:40,807 --> 00:26:42,142
[solemn music plays]
472
00:26:42,142 --> 00:26:43,810
No. I'll say no.
473
00:26:43,810 --> 00:26:45,228
One for you, Mondrich.
474
00:26:51,484 --> 00:26:53,153
There's enough for one more.
475
00:26:55,238 --> 00:26:57,240
- [bells tolling]
- [bright music playing]
476
00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:04,205
- Whistledown.
- [gasps]
477
00:27:06,207 --> 00:27:08,460
This is the Word of the Lord.
478
00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,254
Thanks be to God.
479
00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:14,090
Now, today,
480
00:27:15,133 --> 00:27:17,636
I publish the banns of marriage
481
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:21,139
between Mr. Colin Bridgerton
482
00:27:21,723 --> 00:27:24,100
and Miss Penelope Featherington.
483
00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:29,481
This is the first time of asking.
484
00:27:31,191 --> 00:27:33,943
If any of you know
cause or just impediment
485
00:27:33,943 --> 00:27:38,740
why these two persons should not
be joined together in Holy Matrimony...
486
00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:43,495
ye are to declare it.
487
00:27:49,959 --> 00:27:50,794
Very well.
488
00:27:50,794 --> 00:27:52,629
Mr. Bridgerton
489
00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:55,799
and Miss Featherington
490
00:27:55,799 --> 00:28:00,428
shall be married here
in three weeks' time.
491
00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:06,017
Today, I also publish the banns
492
00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:10,188
for Lord Charles Cho
and Miss Emma Kenworthy.
493
00:28:11,398 --> 00:28:13,983
This is the second time of asking.
494
00:28:14,818 --> 00:28:17,612
If any of you know
cause or just impediment
495
00:28:17,612 --> 00:28:22,200
why these two persons should not
be joined together in Holy Matrimony,
496
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,494
ye are to declare it.
497
00:28:29,624 --> 00:28:30,542
Very well.
498
00:28:31,292 --> 00:28:34,838
Lord Cho and Miss Kenworthy
shall be married here
499
00:28:34,838 --> 00:28:37,006
in two weeks' time.
500
00:28:38,842 --> 00:28:42,137
That brings me to the end
of my words today.
501
00:28:43,430 --> 00:28:46,850
Now, go forth in peace
502
00:28:46,850 --> 00:28:50,103
to love and serve the Lord.
503
00:29:02,031 --> 00:29:03,533
[music fades out]
504
00:29:03,533 --> 00:29:05,201
I will join you in a moment.
505
00:29:09,330 --> 00:29:12,375
- It is good to see you looking well.
- I am feeling much better.
506
00:29:12,959 --> 00:29:15,295
And soon, we shall officially be married.
507
00:29:15,795 --> 00:29:17,380
If you will still have me?
508
00:29:17,380 --> 00:29:19,090
Colin, in what world would I not?
509
00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:20,592
Mm.
510
00:29:22,510 --> 00:29:26,014
I know there is something
you have been meaning to tell me.
511
00:29:32,562 --> 00:29:35,815
There is something I've been
meaning to tell you for a very long time.
512
00:29:36,316 --> 00:29:38,318
[gentle music rises slowly]
513
00:29:41,404 --> 00:29:44,783
That I have loved you
since the moment we met.
514
00:29:47,535 --> 00:29:49,579
An embarrassingly long time, really.
515
00:29:51,664 --> 00:29:54,542
Even the years I pretended
to be your friend, I was, but...
516
00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:56,920
I loved you in secret.
517
00:29:58,296 --> 00:30:00,340
I have always loved you, Colin.
518
00:30:02,342 --> 00:30:04,177
[Colin chuckles softly]
519
00:30:08,181 --> 00:30:10,767
I will spend a lifetime
520
00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:13,978
begging your forgiveness
for not seeing you sooner.
521
00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:15,063
There is no need.
522
00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:19,609
There is nothing in the world
that makes me happier than being with you.
523
00:30:21,528 --> 00:30:22,779
[chuckles softly]
524
00:30:24,989 --> 00:30:27,325
[gentle music picks up]
525
00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:28,618
Colin, what are you doing?
526
00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:30,453
Mm, dancing
527
00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:34,332
with my future wife
in the church where we will be married.
528
00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:35,792
[both chuckling]
529
00:30:39,879 --> 00:30:41,965
Were you ever punished as a child?
530
00:30:43,132 --> 00:30:45,134
[both chuckling]
531
00:30:47,804 --> 00:30:49,806
[music fades out]
532
00:30:49,806 --> 00:30:51,891
[indistinct chattering]
533
00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:55,061
[man chuckles] On that note...
534
00:30:57,397 --> 00:30:58,857
Uh... Brother?
535
00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:01,401
Sister.
536
00:31:01,401 --> 00:31:04,320
May I present Lady Keswick.
537
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:05,905
Have you two met before?
538
00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:08,700
I do not believe we have.
539
00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:11,160
Lord Anderson. A pleasure.
540
00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:15,540
- I was about to speak with someone--
- The pleasure is all mine.
541
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:17,917
Your arrival has been
the talk of the town.
542
00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:19,586
I have been so eager to meet you.
543
00:31:19,586 --> 00:31:22,922
[chuckles] I'll let the two of you...
get acquainted.
544
00:31:22,922 --> 00:31:24,591
- [chuckles]
- [tense music plays]
545
00:31:24,591 --> 00:31:27,343
Your sister tells me
you are widowed, like me.
546
00:31:27,343 --> 00:31:28,303
Ha.
547
00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:31,723
Well...
548
00:31:32,307 --> 00:31:33,808
[Violet chuckles] Oh...
549
00:31:33,808 --> 00:31:34,851
Hello, Eloise.
550
00:31:47,530 --> 00:31:48,656
No. No.
551
00:31:48,656 --> 00:31:50,742
[both chuckling and chattering]
552
00:31:58,291 --> 00:31:59,584
[Eloise clears throat]
553
00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:03,379
You know, if you wish to repent,
you must go inside the church.
554
00:32:03,379 --> 00:32:06,132
Eloise, I've slipped out.
Do not tell anyone I am here.
555
00:32:06,132 --> 00:32:08,051
I'd think you'd relish the attention.
556
00:32:08,051 --> 00:32:10,595
- I did not come forward for attention.
- Why, then?
557
00:32:12,513 --> 00:32:16,100
Perhaps because...
it is a lonely life, living in secret.
558
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:19,938
And I wondered if, possibly,
you would like to join me.
559
00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:22,690
You do so enjoy words. Reading, at least,
560
00:32:22,690 --> 00:32:25,234
and perhaps you might like
to help me write the column?
561
00:32:25,234 --> 00:32:28,321
Cressida, do you not remember
what was written about me last year?
562
00:32:28,321 --> 00:32:30,156
What you wrote in Whistledown?
563
00:32:31,532 --> 00:32:32,367
Of course.
564
00:32:33,576 --> 00:32:36,412
Forgive me.
I do not know why I wrote it, really.
565
00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:39,791
But together, we can right the wrong,
566
00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:42,835
with high praise of your character
in our very first issue.
567
00:32:42,835 --> 00:32:47,173
I do not wish to be your collaborator.
And I cannot be your friend any longer.
568
00:32:47,173 --> 00:32:48,508
I am sorry.
569
00:32:51,302 --> 00:32:53,054
Is this truly about Whistledown?
570
00:32:57,016 --> 00:32:59,143
It is no wonder Penelope abandoned you.
571
00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:02,730
All you ever do is talk.
572
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:07,318
You are clearly just envious
that I have made something of myself.
573
00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:09,404
[somber music playing]
574
00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:13,533
Perhaps I am envious of Whistledown.
575
00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:15,785
It is quite a feat.
576
00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:19,789
And after spending
a season feeling nearly invisible,
577
00:33:19,789 --> 00:33:22,542
I almost understand
why one might be driven to write it.
578
00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:28,214
Congratulations on your
hard-earned success.
579
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:39,017
[music fades out]
580
00:33:43,187 --> 00:33:44,647
Clearly you are having a girl.
581
00:33:44,647 --> 00:33:47,650
That is the reason
you are so lacking in sparkle lately.
582
00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:48,609
What do you mean?
583
00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:51,154
It is said baby girls steal one's beauty.
584
00:33:51,154 --> 00:33:52,822
Can you not see it, Mama?
585
00:33:52,822 --> 00:33:55,783
They make such a charming couple,
do they not?
586
00:33:58,870 --> 00:33:59,829
Mm.
587
00:34:00,538 --> 00:34:03,249
I think you look
as charming as a chocolate box.
588
00:34:05,793 --> 00:34:08,838
I suppose you will be back
for the next reading of the banns.
589
00:34:08,838 --> 00:34:10,965
- Yes.
- [both chuckling]
590
00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:15,344
They wish for me
to speak to the queen on their behalf.
591
00:34:15,344 --> 00:34:18,765
Yes, better you than them.
The queen will expect a performance.
592
00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:22,351
And with these two--
Do they still sit in prolonged silences?
593
00:34:22,351 --> 00:34:24,353
- Well, they do talk more now.
- Mm.
594
00:34:24,353 --> 00:34:26,731
I have grown to respect their match.
595
00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:29,609
I am simply worried
if the queen presses too much, then...
596
00:34:29,609 --> 00:34:33,112
She may see
that you still have some doubts.
597
00:34:33,112 --> 00:34:35,573
Oh, my doubts do not matter
if Francesca is happy.
598
00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:37,450
But they do if the queen suspects them.
599
00:34:37,450 --> 00:34:40,620
She may feel emboldened
to oppose their match.
600
00:34:42,997 --> 00:34:44,373
- Ah. [chuckles]
- Aww...
601
00:34:44,373 --> 00:34:48,002
Come here. Oh, my dear.
602
00:34:48,002 --> 00:34:49,212
Lady Danbury.
603
00:34:50,004 --> 00:34:51,130
Wasn't that wonderful?
604
00:34:51,130 --> 00:34:53,466
- Yes!
- Oh, marvelous!
605
00:34:54,050 --> 00:34:57,804
In a way, the portico
seals the vista from the square,
606
00:34:57,804 --> 00:35:00,181
which is rather clever.
607
00:35:00,181 --> 00:35:02,266
[pensive music playing]
608
00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:03,434
[Lord Kilmartin] Mm.
609
00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,950
[music becomes solemn]
610
00:36:06,372 --> 00:36:08,374
[music fades out]
611
00:36:15,506 --> 00:36:17,508
[up-tempo music playing]
612
00:36:40,573 --> 00:36:43,576
The queen's seat should be raised higher,
right in the center of the windows.
613
00:36:43,576 --> 00:36:46,287
Oh. And make sure
nothing hinders her view as she comes in.
614
00:36:47,496 --> 00:36:48,706
[Will chuckles lightly]
615
00:36:51,083 --> 00:36:52,585
Are you enjoying yourself?
616
00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:55,296
Mmm!
617
00:36:55,296 --> 00:36:59,175
I am enjoying the idea of giving
the best ball Mayfair has ever seen.
618
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:08,976
The green napkins are rather fine
but a little understated,
619
00:37:08,976 --> 00:37:11,479
so I am leaning towards the silver.
620
00:37:11,479 --> 00:37:15,900
A very nice pairing with our cake plates.
Or do you think they're too much?
621
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:19,487
Never. Let us plan the greatest wedding
Mayfair has ever seen.
622
00:37:19,487 --> 00:37:22,240
Mmm! That is music to my ears.
623
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,785
Now, for the cake,
Varley suggested four tiers,
624
00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:29,455
but with our guest list,
we shall have to have five.
625
00:37:29,455 --> 00:37:31,040
[music fades out]
626
00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:33,834
[chuckling]
627
00:37:33,834 --> 00:37:37,004
- Thank you, Madame Delacroix.
- And such short notice. Thank you.
628
00:37:37,004 --> 00:37:38,798
[Delacroix chuckles]
629
00:37:42,176 --> 00:37:43,052
Ah!
630
00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:44,720
Miss Penelope!
631
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:46,889
[in British accent] It has been too long.
632
00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:51,852
It was not until your delivery boy
dropped off your last column
633
00:37:51,852 --> 00:37:53,771
that I learned you are engaged.
634
00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:55,773
[chuckles] Yes. I am very happy.
635
00:37:56,357 --> 00:37:58,359
Forgive me. These last weeks
have been a whirlwind.
636
00:37:58,359 --> 00:37:59,777
I am happy for you.
637
00:38:00,820 --> 00:38:02,947
And when you sneak out
to write your column,
638
00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:05,241
I assume you will tell Mr. Bridgerton...
639
00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:06,742
That is what I've come to tell you.
640
00:38:08,202 --> 00:38:11,038
I am letting Miss Cowper
take credit for the column.
641
00:38:11,038 --> 00:38:13,499
The issue about my engagement
will be my last.
642
00:38:13,499 --> 00:38:16,002
Penelope, that column's your life's work.
643
00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:17,503
I cannot continue writing.
644
00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:22,967
I've found a love match, Genevieve.
I do not wish to take that for granted.
645
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:24,593
[gentle music plays]
646
00:38:24,593 --> 00:38:28,014
My mama has sent me for some
fabric samples for my wedding dress.
647
00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:39,025
You know my favorite part
about dressmaking...
648
00:38:40,276 --> 00:38:45,031
is seeing the glow on a woman's face
when she puts the dress on.
649
00:38:50,244 --> 00:38:52,788
I can't imagine
ever giving that feeling up.
650
00:38:57,835 --> 00:38:59,128
At any rate,
651
00:39:00,296 --> 00:39:03,215
we will make you the most beautiful dress.
652
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,054
[Penelope chuckles softly]
653
00:39:12,308 --> 00:39:14,435
[Lord Cowper] I was
just ousted from my club.
654
00:39:14,435 --> 00:39:17,146
- [Lady Cowper] Why?
- [Lord Cowper] Because of your daughter!
655
00:39:17,146 --> 00:39:19,690
Why else do you think?
I am pulling her dowry.
656
00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:21,984
[Lady Cowper] My lord,
she will lose all prospects.
657
00:39:21,984 --> 00:39:25,821
[Lord Cowper] I do not care. Clearly,
no man in London will have her now!
658
00:39:26,655 --> 00:39:27,740
[distant door slams]
659
00:39:35,664 --> 00:39:36,999
Mama, what is wrong?
660
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,586
What are you doing in here?
Why are you not in your room?
661
00:39:41,587 --> 00:39:44,465
There is no desk in my room.
I am writing a Whistledown.
662
00:39:45,508 --> 00:39:46,342
Good.
663
00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:54,850
[sighs] Your father was just ousted
from his club because of all of this.
664
00:39:55,768 --> 00:39:57,478
He is withdrawing your dowry.
665
00:39:58,938 --> 00:40:01,899
£5,000 may not be much to live on,
666
00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:02,942
but as a dowry,
667
00:40:03,818 --> 00:40:07,863
it may be enough to help lure you
a husband from the continent.
668
00:40:09,031 --> 00:40:10,157
Or the countryside.
669
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,034
Someone.
670
00:40:13,327 --> 00:40:14,870
We must get that reward
671
00:40:14,870 --> 00:40:17,748
before the real Whistledown
decides to publish again.
672
00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:20,584
Read me what you have written.
673
00:40:25,548 --> 00:40:26,674
[Cressida clears throat]
674
00:40:33,556 --> 00:40:37,309
"Dear Reader, it is I, Lady Whistledown."
675
00:40:38,477 --> 00:40:41,188
"Today, I bring you much gossip
from about the many lands."
676
00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:45,359
"Near and far... far and wide."
677
00:40:48,529 --> 00:40:49,488
Is that all?
678
00:40:50,656 --> 00:40:51,532
So far.
679
00:40:54,535 --> 00:40:55,619
[sighs deeply]
680
00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:56,537
Oh, dear.
681
00:40:57,288 --> 00:41:00,666
[tearfully] Mama... I am frightened.
682
00:41:01,417 --> 00:41:03,419
[somber music plays]
683
00:41:17,057 --> 00:41:18,225
[music fades out]
684
00:41:32,323 --> 00:41:33,240
Hm.
685
00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:37,745
"Of all bitches, dead or alive,
a scribbling woman is the most canine."
686
00:41:38,412 --> 00:41:42,416
"If that should be true, then this author
would like to show you her teeth."
687
00:41:45,461 --> 00:41:46,337
Clever.
688
00:41:47,296 --> 00:41:48,339
[chuckles lightly]
689
00:41:50,382 --> 00:41:51,675
So, you are second son?
690
00:41:52,801 --> 00:41:55,763
And trying my best
to fit the ne'er-do-well reputation.
691
00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:56,847
[chuckles lightly]
692
00:41:58,015 --> 00:42:00,351
Do you fill your time
with any creative pursuits?
693
00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:04,688
Do you write? Or draw? Or... paint?
694
00:42:07,149 --> 00:42:09,026
No. I...
695
00:42:10,277 --> 00:42:11,445
Uh... [chuckles]
696
00:42:13,405 --> 00:42:14,240
I...
697
00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:15,366
[chuckles]
698
00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:17,576
...dance sometimes at parties.
699
00:42:19,161 --> 00:42:20,079
Ah.
700
00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:26,377
Uh, Paul is a patron of the arts.
701
00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:29,129
He spends his time supporting the theater.
702
00:42:29,129 --> 00:42:31,382
- I see.
- It is how Tilley and I met.
703
00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:34,635
- You know she is at her box every week.
- I did not know that.
704
00:42:34,635 --> 00:42:36,887
I shall never forget
the first day I saw her.
705
00:42:36,887 --> 00:42:39,056
After a performance
of Much Ado About Nothing,
706
00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:41,350
I walked backstage, and there she was,
707
00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:44,937
ripping into the director
for "bowdlerizing" the play.
708
00:42:44,937 --> 00:42:46,272
[both laughing]
709
00:42:46,272 --> 00:42:48,274
Am I to stand for a lesser mind's
710
00:42:48,274 --> 00:42:51,235
sanitized bastardization
of a genius's great work?
711
00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:52,528
[Benedict] Let me guess.
712
00:42:53,112 --> 00:42:55,864
Did she tell you
to be "very, very afraid of her"?
713
00:42:55,864 --> 00:42:59,952
[laughs heartily]
714
00:42:59,952 --> 00:43:02,538
- Exactly that.
- And so you should be, both of you.
715
00:43:03,122 --> 00:43:04,456
- Mm.
- [Paul laughs]
716
00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:08,919
Mr. Bridgerton is dry.
717
00:43:08,919 --> 00:43:10,004
Oh. Benedict.
718
00:43:11,213 --> 00:43:12,047
Benedict.
719
00:43:15,050 --> 00:43:16,260
So, Benedict,
720
00:43:17,052 --> 00:43:19,054
who was Tilley lecturing
when you first met her?
721
00:43:19,054 --> 00:43:22,099
- Oh, come on.
- I believe it was an aeronaut.
722
00:43:22,099 --> 00:43:24,476
Or rather, the crowd heckling him.
723
00:43:24,476 --> 00:43:25,644
[all chuckling]
724
00:43:25,644 --> 00:43:27,730
[pleasant classical music playing]
725
00:43:43,746 --> 00:43:46,081
The music is quite pleasant tonight,
is it not?
726
00:43:54,048 --> 00:43:55,466
Ah. Good evening.
727
00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:57,176
- Ah.
- [Colin] Lord Kilmartin.
728
00:44:03,641 --> 00:44:05,309
- [chuckling]
- Absolutely, yes.
729
00:44:20,157 --> 00:44:21,492
[indistinct conversation]
730
00:44:25,204 --> 00:44:26,413
[chuckling]
731
00:44:28,123 --> 00:44:28,957
Ah!
732
00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:31,794
Marcus.
733
00:44:33,587 --> 00:44:36,548
A few more friends
I should like you to meet.
734
00:44:38,258 --> 00:44:39,426
[woman] A pleasure.
735
00:44:40,469 --> 00:44:42,721
Ladies, good evening.
736
00:44:42,721 --> 00:44:46,642
Lady Keswick,
Lady Gloucester, Lady Vikaspuri.
737
00:44:53,482 --> 00:44:56,318
I have never liked that color,
but it is winning on you.
738
00:44:56,985 --> 00:44:57,986
Thank you, Mama.
739
00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:03,784
Beautiful job.
740
00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:06,704
[Philippa] Are you crying?
741
00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:08,789
- Oh, my sweet.
- No.
742
00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:10,624
I am pregnant.
743
00:45:11,208 --> 00:45:15,254
Everyone knows a baby can
push water up into one's eyes.
744
00:45:16,588 --> 00:45:17,464
Oh.
745
00:45:17,464 --> 00:45:19,550
Where is your dashing fiancé?
746
00:45:20,592 --> 00:45:21,719
[sighs]
747
00:45:22,636 --> 00:45:24,722
- Mr. Bridgerton.
- Mr. and Mrs. Mondrich.
748
00:45:24,722 --> 00:45:28,100
I take comfort in knowing that
if we no longer have your club,
749
00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:31,437
you shall at least host
the season's most exquisite parties.
750
00:45:37,317 --> 00:45:39,027
[announcer] Her Majesty the Queen.
751
00:45:39,027 --> 00:45:40,654
[guests exclaiming]
752
00:45:41,363 --> 00:45:42,239
She is here.
753
00:45:48,162 --> 00:45:49,872
[music fades out]
754
00:45:49,872 --> 00:45:51,165
[indistinct whispering]
755
00:45:58,255 --> 00:46:02,634
As I assumed... lackluster at best.
756
00:46:09,433 --> 00:46:10,976
[crank clinking]
757
00:46:10,976 --> 00:46:13,061
[soft music builds slowly]
758
00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:14,563
[clanking]
759
00:46:14,563 --> 00:46:15,814
[indistinct whispering]
760
00:46:21,862 --> 00:46:23,864
[gears clinking]
761
00:46:23,864 --> 00:46:25,407
[soft music picks up]
762
00:46:32,915 --> 00:46:34,708
[guests exclaiming]
763
00:46:36,043 --> 00:46:37,127
[chuckling]
764
00:46:50,557 --> 00:46:51,642
Not bad.
765
00:46:52,643 --> 00:46:53,936
Not bad at all.
766
00:46:59,566 --> 00:47:01,568
[classical dance tune playing]
767
00:47:12,746 --> 00:47:13,622
- Mama?
- Mm?
768
00:47:13,622 --> 00:47:15,707
Shall you try to speak to the queen now?
769
00:47:19,294 --> 00:47:22,297
Perhaps we should let her
settle in a little more. [chuckles]
770
00:47:27,219 --> 00:47:29,513
Perhaps we should try
to approach the queen now,
771
00:47:29,513 --> 00:47:31,348
in case she departs early.
772
00:47:34,268 --> 00:47:35,102
I...
773
00:47:39,189 --> 00:47:40,816
We should wait, Francesca.
774
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:45,028
Wait? She does not attend every ball.
If we do not speak to her tonight--
775
00:47:45,028 --> 00:47:47,739
I will speak to Lady Danbury
about securing an audience.
776
00:47:47,739 --> 00:47:50,325
It is all simply
a little chaotic at the moment.
777
00:47:50,325 --> 00:47:52,035
Does the queen not love a little chaos?
778
00:47:52,035 --> 00:47:54,705
Yes, but it is important
that we find her in good humor.
779
00:47:55,247 --> 00:47:57,165
Mama, I... I do not wish to wait.
780
00:47:57,165 --> 00:47:59,543
I know, but I do not wish
to ruin things for you.
781
00:47:59,543 --> 00:48:01,461
[music fades out]
782
00:48:01,461 --> 00:48:02,504
[softly] Uh...
783
00:48:04,047 --> 00:48:05,591
How would you ruin things?
784
00:48:07,092 --> 00:48:09,094
Do you not think
our match would cheer her?
785
00:48:12,598 --> 00:48:16,476
I am going to look at
the very fine wainscoting.
786
00:48:20,439 --> 00:48:22,524
[quietly] It is not that, Francesca.
787
00:48:23,483 --> 00:48:25,569
It is rather daunting, even for me.
788
00:48:25,569 --> 00:48:27,654
You have gone
in front of the queen before.
789
00:48:27,654 --> 00:48:29,197
You are afraid you'll ruin things
790
00:48:29,197 --> 00:48:31,700
because... you still
do not believe in this match, do you?
791
00:48:31,700 --> 00:48:33,410
I have supported you.
792
00:48:33,410 --> 00:48:35,495
[gentle music builds slowly]
793
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,082
You have been perfunctory in your support.
794
00:48:42,044 --> 00:48:44,713
Lord Kilmartin is delightful.
795
00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:47,674
But I just...
796
00:48:48,258 --> 00:48:49,801
You just what, Mama?
797
00:48:55,140 --> 00:49:00,062
Not every attachment
must be dramatic and hard-fought.
798
00:49:00,062 --> 00:49:02,814
What... What John and I have is easy, and...
799
00:49:03,607 --> 00:49:05,192
I love him, Mama.
800
00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:09,154
Even if it is not the love
that you want for me.
801
00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:16,954
[pensive music plays]
802
00:49:27,339 --> 00:49:29,800
I say, I do so enjoy the country.
803
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:31,051
Excuse me a moment.
804
00:49:40,644 --> 00:49:43,438
I... will go after her.
805
00:49:43,438 --> 00:49:46,733
Oh... I do not wish to speak
to any more eligible widows.
806
00:49:46,733 --> 00:49:48,318
Speak to whomever you like,
807
00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:51,113
but it is not for you
to go after my friend.
808
00:49:51,113 --> 00:49:53,740
You are not the only one
who cares for Lady Bridgerton.
809
00:49:53,740 --> 00:49:57,577
Must you take everything from me?
810
00:49:58,078 --> 00:49:59,162
[music fades]
811
00:49:59,162 --> 00:50:02,124
Sister... enough.
812
00:50:03,041 --> 00:50:06,420
Whatever I have done to deserve this ire,
813
00:50:06,420 --> 00:50:09,214
tell me so that we might be done with it.
814
00:50:10,465 --> 00:50:13,176
- Is this about Father?
- Oh, it is about many a thing.
815
00:50:13,176 --> 00:50:15,887
It is about Father
treating me as the favorite,
816
00:50:15,887 --> 00:50:17,389
over which I had no power.
817
00:50:17,389 --> 00:50:19,266
I do not care about that!
818
00:50:20,475 --> 00:50:21,977
What I care about
819
00:50:22,561 --> 00:50:26,023
is that I had a chance of happiness,
820
00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:28,275
and you took it from me.
821
00:50:28,275 --> 00:50:29,651
[somber music playing]
822
00:50:29,651 --> 00:50:31,862
How did I take your chance at happiness?
823
00:50:37,242 --> 00:50:40,328
The night before I was to be married,
824
00:50:40,328 --> 00:50:43,081
I very nearly escaped to freedom.
825
00:50:44,332 --> 00:50:46,585
Do you think I do not know
826
00:50:46,585 --> 00:50:49,671
that it was you
who betrayed me to our father?
827
00:50:50,630 --> 00:50:52,883
I heard him thank you.
828
00:51:00,015 --> 00:51:01,433
- Soma...
- Soma!
829
00:51:01,433 --> 00:51:02,434
Soma...
830
00:51:02,434 --> 00:51:06,688
You think you can call me
by my born name and right the wrong?
831
00:51:07,773 --> 00:51:11,943
Your charm may work
on every widow in the ton,
832
00:51:11,943 --> 00:51:14,237
but I am unmoved.
833
00:51:15,572 --> 00:51:19,159
Now, if you will excuse me...
834
00:51:20,911 --> 00:51:23,163
I must find my friend.
835
00:51:25,165 --> 00:51:27,167
[somber music continues]
836
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:42,641
[music fades out]
837
00:51:42,641 --> 00:51:44,559
I do not spend much time in society.
838
00:51:45,102 --> 00:51:46,853
Tilley enjoys coming and going.
839
00:51:46,853 --> 00:51:49,356
I find the entire thing
much too pretentious.
840
00:51:49,856 --> 00:51:51,358
Judgmental, really.
841
00:51:52,192 --> 00:51:55,070
I cannot imagine
what anyone would judge you for.
842
00:51:55,570 --> 00:51:58,031
Then Tilley has not told you
all of our stories.
843
00:52:02,994 --> 00:52:04,996
[laughing]
844
00:52:08,333 --> 00:52:10,418
Can I ask you a personal question?
845
00:52:10,418 --> 00:52:12,379
Is there any other kind worth asking?
846
00:52:14,756 --> 00:52:17,592
[sighs] You and Lady Arnold
have quite a rapport.
847
00:52:17,592 --> 00:52:19,886
I am surprised you two have never...
848
00:52:22,514 --> 00:52:24,724
- In fact, do not answer that.
- [chuckles]
849
00:52:24,724 --> 00:52:27,185
Apparently,
the wine has made me rather rude.
850
00:52:29,396 --> 00:52:30,230
Well,
851
00:52:31,022 --> 00:52:33,150
the wine has also made you
rather charming.
852
00:52:35,944 --> 00:52:37,946
[soft music builds slowly]
853
00:52:41,533 --> 00:52:45,162
I should go ensure Tilley has not
worked herself into a frenzy over dessert.
854
00:52:48,915 --> 00:52:49,749
Of course.
855
00:53:13,356 --> 00:53:14,816
[Lady Arnold] Dessert is ready.
856
00:53:16,026 --> 00:53:17,944
I believe my suspicions are true.
857
00:53:18,528 --> 00:53:20,530
- [Lady Arnold] You are sure?
- [Paul] Yes.
858
00:53:20,530 --> 00:53:21,865
[Lady Arnold chuckles]
859
00:53:33,543 --> 00:53:34,377
Hmm.
860
00:53:36,046 --> 00:53:37,005
[sighs]
861
00:53:38,215 --> 00:53:40,175
Forgive us. We were just...
862
00:53:40,717 --> 00:53:43,011
Talking about you... in fact.
863
00:53:48,099 --> 00:53:50,435
Would you perhaps like to join us?
864
00:53:51,436 --> 00:53:52,354
Upstairs.
865
00:53:56,650 --> 00:53:57,776
[chuckles]
866
00:53:58,276 --> 00:53:59,110
I, uh...
867
00:54:00,570 --> 00:54:03,531
Ah, I've forgotten,
I am supposed to be somewhere.
868
00:54:03,531 --> 00:54:04,699
Uh, forgive me.
869
00:54:11,081 --> 00:54:12,082
[music fades out]
870
00:54:12,082 --> 00:54:15,168
["Confident (Stripped Down)"
by Archer Marsh playing]
871
00:54:25,262 --> 00:54:27,681
I must say. This dance does not compare
872
00:54:27,681 --> 00:54:30,267
to a private waltz in the church
where we'll be married.
873
00:54:30,850 --> 00:54:33,895
Well, perhaps
we shall have to add some flourish.
874
00:54:37,023 --> 00:54:39,442
[both chuckling]
875
00:54:50,287 --> 00:54:51,871
It is Lady Whistledown!
876
00:55:00,672 --> 00:55:02,549
[in BSL] She is the Devil.
877
00:55:02,549 --> 00:55:05,135
Do not speak to her.
878
00:55:06,594 --> 00:55:08,596
A scandal writer for a daughter.
879
00:55:08,596 --> 00:55:11,057
- Can you imagine?
- ["Confident" continues]
880
00:55:16,688 --> 00:55:19,816
Well, this is one of the more
amusing parties I have been to.
881
00:55:19,816 --> 00:55:22,277
Shall I bring her to you, Your Majesty?
882
00:55:22,277 --> 00:55:23,194
No.
883
00:55:24,446 --> 00:55:26,114
Let her squirm a little.
884
00:55:26,990 --> 00:55:28,992
I will not let her ruin our night.
885
00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:30,201
Yes, you are right.
886
00:55:55,393 --> 00:55:56,478
But what do we do?
887
00:55:57,187 --> 00:56:00,648
We wait... for the queen to summon us,
888
00:56:00,648 --> 00:56:02,734
and we hold our heads high.
889
00:56:03,276 --> 00:56:05,278
[up-tempo classical music playing]
890
00:56:10,241 --> 00:56:12,035
Shall we take our girls and go?
891
00:56:13,370 --> 00:56:16,539
Well, I do wish to see what happens.
892
00:56:24,214 --> 00:56:26,925
Do you now understand why I so adore her?
893
00:56:26,925 --> 00:56:28,635
Cressida Cowper I detest.
894
00:56:28,635 --> 00:56:32,138
Though, as Lady Whistledown,
she is a rather clever writer.
895
00:56:32,931 --> 00:56:35,141
- [Colin] Ow.
- Oh! Apologies.
896
00:56:35,850 --> 00:56:37,477
I'm not used to dancing so much.
897
00:56:38,061 --> 00:56:39,145
That is all right.
898
00:56:40,939 --> 00:56:45,485
I've been meaning to tell you. I've been
editing my travel diary into a manuscript.
899
00:56:45,485 --> 00:56:47,821
- With your encouragement.
- Have you?
900
00:56:48,530 --> 00:56:49,364
Very nearly.
901
00:56:50,073 --> 00:56:53,618
I am still removing
some of the more... personal passages.
902
00:56:53,618 --> 00:56:57,122
Why? That is what I so enjoyed
about the part that I read.
903
00:56:58,206 --> 00:57:01,042
Well, those parts are only for you.
904
00:57:01,042 --> 00:57:02,210
[chuckles softly]
905
00:57:05,463 --> 00:57:07,173
Perhaps I could edit them for you.
906
00:57:07,882 --> 00:57:08,842
If you wish.
907
00:57:09,384 --> 00:57:11,302
Before you send them to a bookseller.
908
00:57:12,053 --> 00:57:13,388
I do so enjoy writing
909
00:57:14,431 --> 00:57:16,516
letters and what have you.
910
00:57:16,516 --> 00:57:18,852
Well, you do write the very best letters.
911
00:57:19,519 --> 00:57:22,730
But I might like to prove to myself
that I can do it on my own.
912
00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:24,941
And to you.
913
00:57:25,692 --> 00:57:27,360
I want to be worthy of you, Pen.
914
00:57:27,986 --> 00:57:29,362
Of course you are worthy.
915
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:35,994
- Oh! [chuckles]
- Uh... Forgive me.
916
00:57:35,994 --> 00:57:38,371
It seems the queen
has summoned Miss Cowper.
917
00:57:40,081 --> 00:57:41,124
It may finally be time
918
00:57:41,124 --> 00:57:43,376
for Lady Whistledown
to meet her consequences.
919
00:57:48,506 --> 00:57:51,301
Miss Cowper,
perhaps I should have clarified
920
00:57:51,301 --> 00:57:55,013
that I do not wish to see you
in my court or out of it.
921
00:57:55,013 --> 00:57:57,432
- Your Majesty--
- Were you invited here tonight?
922
00:57:58,391 --> 00:57:59,476
No, Your Majesty.
923
00:58:06,483 --> 00:58:07,317
[sighs]
924
00:58:07,317 --> 00:58:08,485
[door opens]
925
00:58:10,945 --> 00:58:13,323
I simply wanted to give you a gift.
926
00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:15,200
[light music playing]
927
00:58:16,242 --> 00:58:17,869
[overlapping chatter]
928
00:58:31,424 --> 00:58:32,592
She has returned!
929
00:58:32,592 --> 00:58:34,677
- [gasping]
- [music intensifies]
930
00:58:56,074 --> 00:58:58,034
[Cressida] Dearest Gentle Reader,
931
00:58:58,535 --> 00:59:01,746
it is said that
there is no rest for the wicked.
932
00:59:02,247 --> 00:59:06,584
If that is true,
this author must be rather virtuous,
933
00:59:06,584 --> 00:59:09,254
for I have been enjoying
a much-needed respite
934
00:59:09,254 --> 00:59:11,172
from observing all of you.
935
00:59:11,172 --> 00:59:13,967
Not to worry, I am back,
936
00:59:13,967 --> 00:59:17,136
and shall return soon enough
with a full issue.
937
00:59:17,637 --> 00:59:20,473
You may now know my name,
but have no doubt,
938
00:59:21,266 --> 00:59:23,268
I know you even better.
939
00:59:24,310 --> 00:59:27,355
Yours Truly, Lady Whistledown.
940
00:59:28,022 --> 00:59:31,776
Or forever now, Cressida Cowper.
941
00:59:31,776 --> 00:59:33,570
[guests exclaiming quietly]
942
00:59:33,570 --> 00:59:36,906
Well, Miss Cowper, I am intrigued.
943
00:59:37,740 --> 00:59:40,285
Surprised but still intrigued.
944
00:59:40,285 --> 00:59:44,038
- [Cressida] May we discuss--
- I shall look forward to tomorrow's issue.
945
00:59:44,038 --> 00:59:45,873
I wish to see some gossip.
946
00:59:45,873 --> 00:59:47,792
[tense music playing]
947
00:59:48,376 --> 00:59:50,753
Then we might discuss your reward.
948
01:00:01,055 --> 01:00:03,057
[breathing heavily]
949
01:00:07,145 --> 01:00:09,606
She is... We have... [panting]
950
01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:11,149
And-- And now...
951
01:00:12,609 --> 01:00:13,443
Come with me.
952
01:00:14,569 --> 01:00:16,571
[overlapping chatter]
953
01:00:23,536 --> 01:00:24,704
[breathing heavily]
954
01:00:24,704 --> 01:00:25,913
It is all my fault.
955
01:00:26,581 --> 01:00:28,750
I convinced you to let her
take Whistledown's name.
956
01:00:28,750 --> 01:00:31,127
And now she has somehow
written something coherent,
957
01:00:31,127 --> 01:00:32,337
not to mention published.
958
01:00:32,337 --> 01:00:35,298
- Eloise, breathe.
- We have created a monster, Pen.
959
01:00:35,298 --> 01:00:38,551
A monster who seems to have a feud with me
and, by extension, my family.
960
01:00:38,551 --> 01:00:40,511
I've put them all in danger,
like last year.
961
01:00:40,511 --> 01:00:43,222
- That was my fault.
- No. I was reckless.
962
01:00:43,222 --> 01:00:46,434
As I have been now,
inviting that viper into my family's home.
963
01:00:46,434 --> 01:00:49,187
A viper who now
has nearly as much power as the queen.
964
01:00:49,687 --> 01:00:50,813
[scoffs]
965
01:00:50,813 --> 01:00:52,690
I never should've befriended her.
966
01:00:52,690 --> 01:00:53,608
[sighs deeply]
967
01:00:57,362 --> 01:00:59,739
Eloise... it will be all right.
968
01:01:00,323 --> 01:01:01,199
How?
969
01:01:04,410 --> 01:01:06,245
Because I'm going to publish again.
970
01:01:06,746 --> 01:01:09,832
With one issue, I can discredit Cressida.
971
01:01:11,209 --> 01:01:12,543
It is not just gossip.
972
01:01:13,503 --> 01:01:15,171
Whistledown is power.
973
01:01:15,713 --> 01:01:18,424
- Pen--
- Remember my first issue? What I wrote?
974
01:01:19,300 --> 01:01:21,094
Yeah... [sighs] You quoted Byron.
975
01:01:21,094 --> 01:01:22,053
Not that.
976
01:01:23,346 --> 01:01:24,889
The part about me and my sisters.
977
01:01:26,307 --> 01:01:28,851
"Three misses
foisted upon the marriage market
978
01:01:28,851 --> 01:01:31,979
like sorrowful sows
by their tasteless, tactless mama."
979
01:01:33,106 --> 01:01:35,858
The alliteration was
a little overdone, I admit, but...
980
01:01:35,858 --> 01:01:39,195
the column began because
I felt powerless in my own home.
981
01:01:40,279 --> 01:01:43,741
I was forced to debut a year early,
and I had no say in anything.
982
01:01:43,741 --> 01:01:47,036
Writing was the only way
I felt I could have a voice.
983
01:01:48,204 --> 01:01:52,333
And I should've been using the column
to give a voice to the other voiceless.
984
01:01:53,376 --> 01:01:57,296
[tearfully] I have done
plenty of damage with my pen.
985
01:01:57,922 --> 01:01:59,924
[solemn music playing]
986
01:01:59,924 --> 01:02:00,842
Please...
987
01:02:02,719 --> 01:02:04,512
let me use it now to do some good.
988
01:02:09,726 --> 01:02:11,894
You must get a full issue out right away.
989
01:02:13,688 --> 01:02:14,939
Before Cressida does.
990
01:02:16,816 --> 01:02:19,068
- [stirring music builds]
- [horses trotting]
991
01:02:19,068 --> 01:02:21,529
- [horses whinnying]
- [driver shouting]
992
01:02:21,529 --> 01:02:23,990
[stirring music continues]
993
01:02:41,048 --> 01:02:42,550
- [music fades]
- [driver] Whoa!
994
01:02:42,550 --> 01:02:44,302
[dramatic music playing]
995
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:57,940
[in Irish accent] Apologies
for the late order. There's been
996
01:02:57,940 --> 01:02:59,650
some confusion
with the silk delivery.
997
01:03:00,151 --> 01:03:02,236
You'll be paid handsomely
for your rushed service.
998
01:03:04,030 --> 01:03:05,448
Anything for Lady Whistledown.
999
01:03:05,448 --> 01:03:06,532
[chuckles softly]
1000
01:03:12,330 --> 01:03:14,332
[panting softly]
1001
01:03:19,170 --> 01:03:20,463
Colin.
1002
01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:23,925
You... are Lady Whistledown?
1003
01:03:24,842 --> 01:03:26,844
[breathing shakily]
1004
01:03:28,679 --> 01:03:30,223
[music peaks and fades out]
1005
01:03:32,016 --> 01:03:34,936
[theme music playing]
1006
01:04:59,604 --> 01:05:00,521
[music ends]