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[Montmorency] Previously
on The Serpent Queen...
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[Angelica]
I mixed a powerful poison
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so someone else could slip it
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into the drink
of the Protestant leader.
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- On whose orders?
- The Queen Mother's.
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I feel it is in the best
interest of the council
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that I resign
from my post immediately.
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What?
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Perhaps you are not
entirely responsible
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for what happened to Hercule.
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Help!
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[Catherine] All you have to do
is sign his confession.
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Anjou!
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Can we get on
with this, please?
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[Lemur] You fucking bastard!
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[Edith] Do you know
what the purpose of life is?
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- No, I don't.
- To transcend suffering.
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For fuck's sake, please!
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Marriage is
the traditional means
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to quiet the drumbeat of war.
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Well, then there's
your solution.
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But who would marry a man
in his condition?
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[dramatic music plays]
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[Elisabeth] Goodbye, Mother.
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[Rahima] Courtesy of Ruggieri.
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I wouldn't drink any
if I were you.
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You know the assignment--
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make sure they
think of nothing but you.
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Would you like to assume
the position?
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[chuckles]
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I slept all day
because you made sure of it.
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At least now we won't have
to march on the Protestants
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because they'll come for us.
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Not when they see who's coming
to marry the king.
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Fuck me.
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What a lovely home.
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[heavy rock music plays]
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♪ ♪
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[dramatic music plays]
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♪ ♪
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Well, hello, Antoine.
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Your Majesty.
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♪ ♪
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[Antoine exhales sharply]
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[Louis]
Um, what's the matter with you?
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I think we have
a fucking problem.
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Trouble with Antoinette?
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No, actually,
but thanks for asking.
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Oh, come on then, spit it out.
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Queen Elizabeth is at court.
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She's here? Blessings.
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Well, not exactly,
considering recent events
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and a certain signed document
she may have in her possession.
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Impossible, Antoine.
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Perhaps you're still
under the influence.
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Quite the vintage
the Duke of Florence
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sent to our rooms last night.
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Apparently it's his own blend.
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Annoyingly Italian, isn't it?
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[chuckles] Do you really think
that's all that was?
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Oh, grown men can be so naive.
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Even Henri knew
there was a plot afoot.
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What plot?
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Well, the drinks did seem
fairly strong...
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perhaps, purposefully.
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You and Father both
retired very early
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and emerged from your rooms
quite late in the day.
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And now rumor has
it Princess Elisabeth
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has left court with her new
husband, Philip of Spain.
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And if Queen Elizabeth
of England,
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with whom
you've committed treason,
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is, in fact,
here as a guest of court,
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yeah, I think you're right,
Father,
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we do have a fucking problem.
Henri, language.
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Forgive me, Mother.
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Queen Elizabeth
is not in France.
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She is in Flanders
awaiting my word.
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She said, "Hello, Antoine"...
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as if she'd said it
every morning of her life.
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- That does sound like her.
- [Louis] Tancrede?
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Yes, My Lord?
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Have there been any visitors
to the court today?
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Queen Elizabeth of England
arrived
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early this morning
as a prospective bride
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for the king of France.
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Seems like she's made a bit
of a fool of you, Uncle Louis.
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♪ ♪
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Not for long.
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[Margot] If it is your
intention to marry us all off
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like livestock,
I think we deserve to know.
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It is my intention to secure
your future and your safety.
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I don't see how I'm supposed
to use my position
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on the Privy Council to temper
my brother's cowardice
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when you've gone and invited
the enemy into our home.
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This, Anjou, is why God,
in His infinite wisdom,
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conspired to have me born
before you.
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And ask yourself--would you
rather face your enemy
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on the battlefield or in bed?
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And is that cowardice
or prudence?
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After all, the ground
is full of brave soldiers.
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Well said, Your Majesty.
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Do you actually trust
the English queen?
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Of course not.
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But if we do not align
our interests with hers,
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then the Bourbons will,
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and the Guises will cut their
own swath towards the throne.
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I mean, you know it as
well as I do, Charles.
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It is simply
where we find ourselves.
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Still, you might have
asked me first.
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You were not disposed to take
my counsel at the time,
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if you remember.
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[Anjou] I mean, she does have a
point.
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You can get a bit pigheaded
when it comes to protocol.
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Protocol is
how this works, idiot.
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Are you sure you're up to this?
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Rumor has it Queen Elizabeth
has a collection
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of withered testicles from her
long list of rebuffed suitors.
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You'll find it
in a box under her bed.
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[Charles] Don't worry about me.
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Just try not to kill anyone
while she's here.
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- We should be all right.
- Enough!
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Whilst I have tolerated
the competition between you
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in the past, it is now time
to put that aside.
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"Tolerated"?
Is that all you've done?
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Meaning?
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Whilst Queen Elizabeth
is under our roof,
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we must be united at all times,
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because that is the only way
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the union between
our two kingdoms will work.
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Is that understood?
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♪ ♪
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Now embrace.
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♪ ♪
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Like brothers.
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Come on, you're not serious.
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♪ ♪
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[footsteps departing,
door opens]
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What's wrong with you?
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Why should anything be wrong
with me?
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♪ ♪
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I thought you would like
to know it has been said
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that someone who looks
very much like Cardinal Guise
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was seen taking baptism
at Sister Edith's camp.
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How sure are you?
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[Rahima] I asked members
of the Flying Squadron
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to find a new religion.
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Useful endeavor.
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Are you familiar
with the Catholic League?
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You mean the religious nutjobs
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preaching death
to all heretics?
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I've heard of them.
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Well, if what you say
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about the Cardinal's conversion
is true,
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this might be
useful information to them.
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Shall we find out?
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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[animals bleating, dog barks]
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This is the man
you wanted to meet.
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Leave us alone.
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You can't trust him.
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Well...
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what can I do
for you, Cardinal?
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I don't know
what I'm doing here.
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Never underestimate
the need for belief.
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I've always
underestimated that.
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Are you hungry?
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No, but thank you.
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What are you reading?
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[chuckles]
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Yes, this is also sustenance.
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The Gospel of John.
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Unlike the other Gospels,
the temptation of Christ
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is not made by Satan...
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but by a crowd full of doubt...
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who demand proof
He is the Son of God.
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If you are who you say you are,
turn these rocks to bread,
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but He refuses.
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Because man cannot live
on bread alone, right?
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You know your scripture.
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You see,
it is my belief that Satan
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is just a mask we use
to conceal the evil
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that resides within us.
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Well, I have never seen
wickedness
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like I have seen in...
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people.
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And in you.
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The truth is, I...
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have done
some unspeakable things.
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Do you know what's worse?
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I've done them all
in the name of God,
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whom I've never believed in,
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not for one single day
of my life.
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Then perhaps you are hungry
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for another form
of sustenance as well.
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I've led a worthless life.
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And I want to be of use.
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But you can be...
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...if you'll let me guide you.
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Okay.
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You can see
what I cannot see...
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hear what I cannot hear...
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Uh-huh.
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...be in places I cannot be.
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♪ ♪
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Right.
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Would you like to be
of use to me in that way?
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♪ ♪
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Yes.
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Yes, I would.
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♪ ♪
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Hello.
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And you are?
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We represent
the Catholic League of France.
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Perhaps you've heard of us?
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[Antoinette] I have.
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And what is it
you want with me?
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I think we need to talk
about your son.
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Which one?
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♪ ♪
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Your Majesty.
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May I present Queen Elizabeth
of England and Ireland
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as prospective bride
for King Charles IX of France.
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[bright orchestral music plays]
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♪ ♪
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Welcome to our humble home.
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"Humble"?
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My God, it's enormous.
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The food's extraordinary.
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How are you all
not fat as swine?
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Oh, hello, Louis.
You're looking well.
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She's toying with me, Antoine.
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Pleasant journey, I trust.
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Well, I happened to be
in Holland, so not far.
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What business took you
to Holland, I wonder?
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Good season for rebellion.
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I suppose I've always
just loved the lowlands.
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[Louis clears throat] If I may.
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Um, the king's Privy Council
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was not consulted
in this matter,
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or in the matter of another
royal wedding,
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which I hear
is over and done with--
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the bride already
on her way to Madrid.
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It was a hasty union.
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[Louis]
And as you said, Your Majesty,
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hasty is not
what we need at the moment.
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We do not want to upset
the delicate balance
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between Protestant and Catholic
in our fair land.
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And while there is nothing we
can now do about the marriage
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between Princess Elisabeth
and Prince Philip,
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a marriage
to a Protestant queen,
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whilst possibly advantageous,
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must not be entered
into lightly or hastily
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and most certainly not without
the Privy Council's say-so.
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Forgive me.
I seem a little confused.
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On his recent visit
to our blessed isle,
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the Second Prince of Blood
seemed quite eager
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- to intertwine our two lands.
- Indeed he did.
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Most eager.
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[Throckmorton] We are now
simply seeking to finalize
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the proposal that
the House of Bourbon presented.
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If it is soured on the idea...
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perhaps it can clearly
state the reasons
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for such a turnabout, hmm?
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Cold feet?
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It's always a relief when
someone does your job for you.
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We did not discuss marriage,
if I remember.
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What can I say?
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The heart wants what
the heart wants.
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[scoffs] You've just met.
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And the king
is even more of a man
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than I've been led to believe.
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I thank you for the compliment.
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It is I who am grateful.
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And you must be Prince Anjou.
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What a lovely ensemble
you're wearing.
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And I see what
they say is true.
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You really are prettier
than half the girls in England.
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[laughter]
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[Louis]
Uh, be that as it may,
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I cannot help but think
of my dear cousins, the Guises,
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who would surely object
to this union.
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I mean, it's never wise
to push a rival too far.
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And what says
the House of Guise
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to the proposed marriage?
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The House of Guise has
no objection to this union.
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[Louis scoffs]
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A-a-are you joking?
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Really?
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Thank you for your patriotism.
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Our only concern
is for the safety
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of our dear granddaughter and
niece, Mary Queen of Scots.
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Oh, for fuck's sake.
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She is most important
to the Catholics of France.
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[Elizabeth] Oh, yes, poor,
dear, lovely cousin Mary.
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What a terrible situation
she finds herself in.
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Throckmorton,
why have you not done more
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for dear cousin Mary?
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That's an unforgivable
oversight
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on my part, Your Majesty.
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We must do everything
we can to help her.
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And so we shall.
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Perhaps we can come to an
arrangement on Queen Mary,
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if you are willing to cede back
Calais to the English Crown.
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The residents
at our northern coast
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are French-speaking,
French of culture,
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and, by the last treaty
between our kingdoms,
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under French law.
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I see no reason
for that to change.
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Oh, we'd be open to
a negotiation on these issues,
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depending upon the terms
of the trade deal proposed--
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taxation on imported
and exported goods.
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Shall we discuss a reasonable
levy to begin with?
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Forgive my Councillor--
no sense of romance.
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Surely, now is not the time
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to discuss anything
as distasteful
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as haggling over levies.
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Can't we all just get
to know each other?
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I, for one, would like
to spend some more time
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with my prospective groom.
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You seem a most considered
and deliberate man.
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Nothing excites me more.
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Yes.
Enough business for one day.
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I hear you're an avid rider.
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Oh, yes,
I'm positively mad for it.
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My father used to take me
riding when I was a girl.
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Really?
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Was that before or after he
cut off your mother's head?
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Gosh, do you know something?
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I don't remember.
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[Catherine] May I propose
you join our family
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on a hunt,
without your advisor,
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just a friendly family outing
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so we can get to know
each other?
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No talk of business, I promise.
15:07.115 --> 15:08.325
That's a splendid idea.
15:08.491 --> 15:09.576
- Throckmorton?
- Hmm?
15:09.743 --> 15:11.411
You won't sulk
if we leave you behind?
15:11.578 --> 15:13.038
- No, Madame.
- Excellent.
15:13.204 --> 15:15.999
And if you're good,
I'll bring you a bloody head,
15:16.166 --> 15:17.334
just like Mother's.
15:17.500 --> 15:20.629
[dramatic music plays]
15:20.754 --> 15:24.090
♪ ♪
15:30.138 --> 15:31.723
Well?
15:32.724 --> 15:34.059
Seems amusing.
15:34.225 --> 15:37.520
Yeah, if you like
fucking mental cases, sure.
15:37.646 --> 15:40.982
♪ ♪
15:49.199 --> 15:51.117
What are you doing here?
15:51.868 --> 15:53.411
I suppose I embarrass you.
15:53.828 --> 15:56.414
No more than
I embarrass myself.
15:56.998 --> 15:58.166
I don't blame you.
15:58.750 --> 16:02.545
I just wanted to say,
you don't have to avoid me.
16:02.712 --> 16:04.506
I'm not going to...
16:05.090 --> 16:07.967
throw myself
at you or anything.
16:09.010 --> 16:12.430
I realize I misunderstood
about us.
16:13.556 --> 16:15.266
You didn't misunderstand.
16:16.184 --> 16:18.311
It's just there's not much
room for genuine feelings
16:18.478 --> 16:20.397
in this world we're born into.
16:20.563 --> 16:22.190
I plan to be free of all that.
16:22.357 --> 16:25.235
How are you going
to manage that?
16:26.236 --> 16:30.240
- I'll find a way.
- I hope so.
16:35.245 --> 16:38.456
I just don't want any part
of your disillusionment.
16:39.040 --> 16:40.458
Your unworthy faith
in men like me
16:40.625 --> 16:43.837
is one of the things
I like best about you.
16:44.713 --> 16:48.091
[Antoinette]
Oh, Princess Margot,
16:48.258 --> 16:49.509
what a treat.
16:49.676 --> 16:52.303
Such a beautiful girl
you've become.
16:52.470 --> 16:53.763
Oh, sorry, am I interrupting?
16:53.930 --> 16:56.975
No, Princess Margot
was just leaving.
16:57.100 --> 16:59.269
Oh, shame.
17:05.275 --> 17:08.445
[door opens, closes]
17:08.611 --> 17:10.447
You two would make
such a sweet couple.
17:10.613 --> 17:15.285
- I told you, she is off-limits.
- As you wish.
17:16.453 --> 17:18.872
You know, you never cease
to amaze me.
17:18.997 --> 17:23.585
How can you possibly not object
to the king's marriage?
17:24.252 --> 17:25.462
Because unlike you,
17:25.628 --> 17:27.130
I am aware that we have
bigger problems.
17:27.297 --> 17:29.507
Oh, bigger problems than
the Protestant Queen of England
17:29.674 --> 17:32.093
bouncing our king on her knee?
17:33.094 --> 17:35.680
I had a visit
from the Catholic League.
17:36.598 --> 17:39.809
Apparently your brother,
the Cardinal of Lorraine,
17:39.976 --> 17:43.813
is under suspicion for
turning to the new religion.
17:43.980 --> 17:45.231
That's absurd.
17:45.398 --> 17:46.733
Oh, then you knew.
17:47.442 --> 17:50.153
What does it matter?
No one will believe it.
17:50.320 --> 17:52.614
Whether they believe it or not
is immaterial.
17:52.781 --> 17:54.032
It is being said.
17:54.741 --> 17:57.035
And our only brand,
if you hadn't noticed,
17:57.202 --> 18:00.121
is that we represent
the Catholic aristocracy.
18:00.246 --> 18:01.581
If that is in doubt,
18:01.748 --> 18:03.374
then we will lose the support
of the people
18:03.541 --> 18:05.418
to lunatics
like the Catholic League,
18:05.585 --> 18:07.086
whereupon we're finished.
18:07.253 --> 18:09.297
We do not have
the political capital
18:09.422 --> 18:11.424
to object to anything.
18:11.925 --> 18:13.468
So, if I were you,
18:13.635 --> 18:15.553
I would bring your brother
to heel.
18:15.720 --> 18:17.597
I'd do it myself
if I hadn't had the misfortune
18:17.764 --> 18:19.349
of being born without a cock.
18:20.016 --> 18:22.936
And do it quickly, or
the house that bears your name
18:23.102 --> 18:25.104
will be no more.
18:25.271 --> 18:28.525
♪ ♪
18:28.691 --> 18:31.528
[door opens, closes]
18:31.694 --> 18:34.072
[knock on door]
18:34.239 --> 18:35.532
Oh, Louis, I was wondering
18:35.698 --> 18:37.408
when you were going to come
and say hello.
18:37.575 --> 18:40.119
I need to speak to you, alone.
18:40.286 --> 18:41.871
Well, I am alone.
18:42.705 --> 18:43.998
What, them? Oh.
18:44.165 --> 18:46.793
All right, go on, off you go.
Fly away, little birds.
18:46.960 --> 18:48.670
Oh, take the dogs.
18:49.379 --> 18:50.338
[person sighs]
18:50.463 --> 18:53.174
[Elizabeth] Yes, yes, get out.
18:54.384 --> 18:56.803
- They're like tortoises.
- [Louis] Mmm.
18:56.970 --> 18:59.430
- Now, what can I do for you?
- [door closes]
18:59.556 --> 19:01.933
- [Louis] I'm onto you.
- Whatever can you mean?
19:02.100 --> 19:04.310
This is a play, isn't it?
19:04.435 --> 19:05.979
I would never play you.
19:06.563 --> 19:08.231
Politics are complicated, though.
19:08.398 --> 19:10.066
We have to make it
up as we go along.
19:10.233 --> 19:12.068
You realize what Sister Edith
will think when she finds out
19:12.235 --> 19:13.820
you're here to marry
into the family
19:13.945 --> 19:16.447
I have already committed
your and my support
19:16.614 --> 19:17.907
to help her overthrow?
19:18.074 --> 19:19.450
She will think we are adaptive
and cunning.
19:19.617 --> 19:21.244
She will think
we are playing her
19:21.411 --> 19:22.787
the way you are playing me.
19:22.954 --> 19:25.373
And she will unleash
her lunatic followers on us.
19:25.540 --> 19:27.917
Is that any way to speak
of our co-religious?
19:28.084 --> 19:30.378
I've seen them. She's mental.
19:30.545 --> 19:31.838
She burnt Antoine.
19:32.005 --> 19:32.922
On purpose?
19:33.047 --> 19:34.132
Yes, on purpose!
19:34.299 --> 19:36.551
Don't raise your voice
with me, Louis.
19:37.051 --> 19:38.720
S-sorry.
19:39.262 --> 19:41.306
It's just, uh...
19:42.557 --> 19:47.520
I-I-I thought there was
something special between us.
19:47.979 --> 19:50.481
[clicks tongue] Darling...
19:51.441 --> 19:53.526
of course there is.
19:54.360 --> 19:56.070
Has it not occurred to you...
19:56.613 --> 19:58.489
that this might be best
for both of us?
19:58.615 --> 20:00.116
That boy king doesn't know
what's what,
20:00.241 --> 20:01.618
and his mother wants peace
at all costs,
20:01.784 --> 20:03.202
which is why she proposed
this marriage,
20:03.328 --> 20:06.205
knowing full well I will not
bring her son happiness.
20:07.040 --> 20:09.292
Now, if I go through with it,
he will do what I say.
20:09.459 --> 20:11.669
And I will,
for all intents and purposes,
20:11.794 --> 20:14.464
rule both France and England.
20:15.506 --> 20:18.217
But I won't be able
to do it alone.
20:19.135 --> 20:21.304
See, I have absolutely
no intention
20:21.471 --> 20:23.389
of ever bearing a child
20:23.556 --> 20:24.724
or of even living here.
20:24.849 --> 20:28.603
So I will need someone
to mind the store.
20:30.146 --> 20:31.189
Yes?
20:31.356 --> 20:34.734
You know,
a Protestant aristocrat
20:34.901 --> 20:36.611
with finely honed
business acumen
20:36.778 --> 20:39.489
and deadly
negotiating instincts
20:39.989 --> 20:42.450
from the family next in line.
20:43.368 --> 20:45.703
I have been known to be
in possession
20:45.828 --> 20:47.622
of those qualities.
20:47.789 --> 20:51.209
♪ ♪
20:51.376 --> 20:52.627
In abundance.
20:53.378 --> 20:55.046
You will represent me
here on the continent
20:55.171 --> 20:56.631
in all of my authority.
20:56.798 --> 20:58.341
I intend to make both
our houses--
20:58.508 --> 21:01.928
the Tudors and the Bourbons--
very, very rich, indeed.
21:02.887 --> 21:07.225
Now, in order to do that, we
must make the Valois desperate
21:07.392 --> 21:09.519
for this marriage
to take place.
21:09.686 --> 21:11.646
So, go back to the woods,
21:11.813 --> 21:15.775
reassure Sister Edith
of our commitment to her cause.
21:16.401 --> 21:17.694
Words, of course,
will not suffice,
21:17.819 --> 21:20.405
so you will bring her
something from me--
21:20.780 --> 21:21.864
four wagonloads of weapons
21:22.031 --> 21:24.575
I've had hidden
not far from here.
21:25.326 --> 21:26.953
Encourage her to strike a blow.
21:27.620 --> 21:30.331
We'll have the Valois
eating out of our hands.
21:30.873 --> 21:32.291
It's called leverage.
21:32.458 --> 21:33.918
So it's all politics?
21:34.085 --> 21:35.878
Everything is politics.
21:36.045 --> 21:37.463
And if I refuse?
21:37.630 --> 21:39.549
Well... [smacks lips]
21:39.716 --> 21:43.678
...I don't really think
you have a choice.
21:44.387 --> 21:47.390
You signed a treaty
with a foreign power.
21:47.557 --> 21:49.559
I think that's called treason.
21:49.726 --> 21:51.686
[chuckles] Blackmail.
21:51.853 --> 21:54.439
- [Elizabeth] Motivation.
- [chuckles]
21:55.064 --> 21:57.900
Now, make yourself useful.
21:58.067 --> 22:01.404
[light music plays]
22:01.571 --> 22:03.281
Oh, goodness, that's tickly.
22:03.448 --> 22:06.868
[dogs howling, barking]
22:07.035 --> 22:08.494
♪ ♪
22:08.661 --> 22:11.330
[Charles] I'm told you are
the finest rider in England.
22:11.497 --> 22:12.623
You flatter me.
22:12.790 --> 22:14.500
I'm being truthful,
as I am when I say
22:14.667 --> 22:16.919
the way you united England
under the new faith
22:17.086 --> 22:18.838
is a mark of a born leader.
22:19.005 --> 22:20.131
Thank you, sir.
22:20.298 --> 22:22.258
How do you feel
about taking me as a wife?
22:22.425 --> 22:25.178
A woman doesn't want to just be
admired as a leader
22:25.303 --> 22:26.220
by her husband.
22:26.345 --> 22:27.638
No, I wouldn't think so.
22:27.805 --> 22:29.640
I hope you allow me
to love you as a woman
22:29.807 --> 22:32.643
if I please you as a man
and as a king.
22:32.810 --> 22:34.520
I can't imagine you wouldn't.
22:35.396 --> 22:37.857
You are quite different
to your brother, are you not?
22:37.982 --> 22:39.567
I should certainly hope so.
22:40.318 --> 22:43.321
Do you hear that, Anjou?
We're talking about you.
22:43.488 --> 22:44.655
That doesn't surprise me.
22:44.822 --> 22:46.824
Charles is always talking
about me.
22:46.991 --> 22:48.993
Got a bit of an obsession,
I'm afraid.
22:49.160 --> 22:50.661
I find it all quite flattering.
22:50.828 --> 22:52.163
[Elizabeth] Such wit.
22:52.330 --> 22:55.083
I've always been fascinated
by sibling rivalry.
22:56.250 --> 22:59.378
They must have been such fun
when they were children.
22:59.504 --> 23:00.838
[Catherine] Indeed.
23:01.756 --> 23:05.218
Am I wrong to assume my son
does not disappoint?
23:05.551 --> 23:06.803
You are not.
23:07.553 --> 23:08.846
- [horse chuffs]
- [Catherine] Hmm.
23:08.971 --> 23:12.308
Then perhaps we can discuss
terms as we ride.
23:12.475 --> 23:14.894
Throckmorton will be furious.
23:15.228 --> 23:17.063
[glass thuds on table]
23:17.188 --> 23:19.190
But it depends on the terms.
23:19.816 --> 23:21.025
I did tell you
23:21.192 --> 23:23.361
I have absolutely no head
for business.
23:23.778 --> 23:24.987
Did you?
23:25.154 --> 23:26.114
I don't remember.
23:27.073 --> 23:29.784
Do you know, they say there
are two types of thinkers?
23:30.451 --> 23:32.662
The fox who knows
lots of little things
23:32.829 --> 23:36.082
and the hedgehog who knows
one big thing.
23:36.874 --> 23:38.918
I wonder, which one are you?
23:40.711 --> 23:41.921
Shall we?
23:42.046 --> 23:45.842
[indistinct chatter]
23:45.967 --> 23:47.677
Are you not joining us?
23:47.844 --> 23:49.095
Sadly not.
23:49.262 --> 23:50.847
My brother does not share
our passion for riding.
23:51.013 --> 23:54.433
Oh, I'm sure you have
many other passions, though.
23:54.600 --> 23:56.936
You understand me.
23:57.103 --> 23:59.897
[dramatic music plays]
24:00.064 --> 24:02.108
[Elizabeth]
Goodness, Catherine,
24:02.441 --> 24:04.986
how fortunate you are...
24:05.528 --> 24:06.612
all these children
24:06.779 --> 24:09.365
and a big brother
to protect you.
24:09.532 --> 24:10.950
What I wouldn't give.
24:11.075 --> 24:12.910
♪ ♪
24:13.077 --> 24:16.330
I say, shall we wager?
Come on. [clicks tongue]
24:17.415 --> 24:19.834
Whoever gets the biggest buck
sets the terms
24:20.001 --> 24:21.377
of the proposed marriage.
24:21.544 --> 24:23.754
The king, the prince,
and the Queen Mother
24:23.880 --> 24:25.882
will represent
the House of Valois.
24:26.048 --> 24:27.925
And I shall represent myself.
24:28.676 --> 24:31.304
Three to one?
The odds are not in your favor.
24:31.470 --> 24:32.972
Oh, I doubt that.
24:33.139 --> 24:35.391
Well, I wish you good fortune.
24:35.558 --> 24:37.351
[horn blares]
24:37.518 --> 24:38.644
Shall we?
24:38.769 --> 24:39.896
After you, Your Majesty.
24:40.062 --> 24:42.648
You're too kind, Your Majesty.
24:43.065 --> 24:46.485
♪ ♪
24:48.905 --> 24:52.033
[dogs barking]
24:52.200 --> 24:55.161
♪ ♪
24:55.328 --> 24:57.413
Imagine having all that power,
24:57.580 --> 24:59.498
being God's chosen ruler
24:59.665 --> 25:02.585
and wasting your life
chasing small animals
25:02.752 --> 25:04.295
around the forest.
25:04.462 --> 25:08.174
And what would you do
with all that power?
25:08.883 --> 25:11.093
Make the world bigger.
25:12.094 --> 25:13.930
Perhaps you haven't heard--
25:14.096 --> 25:15.806
the Earth is not flat.
25:16.849 --> 25:19.894
Men are always theorizing
about things they cannot prove.
25:20.061 --> 25:24.482
Well, watch the sunset with me
one of these evenings,
25:24.649 --> 25:25.983
and I will prove it.
25:26.108 --> 25:28.069
- The sunset?
- Mm.
25:28.486 --> 25:31.197
I have not heard that before.
25:31.322 --> 25:32.907
You doubt my motives?
25:33.658 --> 25:37.036
I'm offering to show you
what astronomers have proven
25:37.203 --> 25:39.997
and what priests
would have them burn for--
25:40.539 --> 25:43.834
a world
of infinite possibility.
25:44.752 --> 25:46.671
I thought
that's what you wanted.
25:46.796 --> 25:49.131
♪ ♪
25:49.298 --> 25:51.050
Maybe I was wrong.
25:51.217 --> 25:54.303
♪ ♪
25:57.932 --> 26:00.309
The Earth is not flat.
26:00.768 --> 26:02.436
[dog barking]
26:02.603 --> 26:05.189
[indistinct chatter]
26:05.356 --> 26:07.149
[Louis clears throat]
26:14.490 --> 26:17.034
There is no ring to kiss here.
26:17.201 --> 26:18.619
Oh. [laughing] Forgive me.
26:18.744 --> 26:20.663
Yes, I don't--I don't know
what I was thinking.
26:20.830 --> 26:23.082
[Edith]
How is your arm, Antoine?
26:23.249 --> 26:24.542
It hurts.
26:24.709 --> 26:26.711
[Jeanne] Let that be a reminder
of the pain of sin.
26:26.877 --> 26:31.507
And once sin passes from you,
so will the pain.
26:31.674 --> 26:33.384
Your wife is a wise woman.
26:33.551 --> 26:34.885
You would do well
to listen to her.
26:35.052 --> 26:36.178
Can we get on
with this, please?
26:36.345 --> 26:38.097
Sister Edith, of course,
you've heard
26:38.222 --> 26:39.557
that Queen Elizabeth of England
26:39.724 --> 26:41.600
is here as a prospective bride
to the king.
26:41.767 --> 26:44.020
I make no distinction
between England and France.
26:44.186 --> 26:47.189
It is the same boot across
the neck of the common people
26:47.356 --> 26:48.566
of Europe.
26:48.733 --> 26:50.735
Well said.
26:52.528 --> 26:53.612
Sorry, who are you?
26:53.779 --> 26:55.281
Oh, I represent
the English boot.
26:55.448 --> 26:58.409
To know one's self is the start
of the path to redemption.
26:58.576 --> 27:00.077
Indeed.
27:00.244 --> 27:01.454
Well, I'm here to reassure you
27:01.620 --> 27:03.372
that Queen Elizabeth's
entertainment
27:03.539 --> 27:06.042
of the offer to marry the king
of France is just that.
27:06.208 --> 27:07.877
It's a--it's an entertainment,
27:08.044 --> 27:10.129
a ruse to lull suspicions,
if you will.
27:10.296 --> 27:12.465
We remain committed
to your cause,
27:12.631 --> 27:16.510
to destabilize the Valois
and promote the new faith.
27:17.511 --> 27:20.806
In that spirit, I hope
you will accept a gift...
27:21.265 --> 27:24.185
♪ ♪
27:24.310 --> 27:27.605
...weapons, four wagons full.
27:27.772 --> 27:30.649
♪ ♪
27:30.816 --> 27:32.651
A show of support
from the Queen of England
27:32.818 --> 27:34.945
with which you might strike
a blow for the cause.
27:35.112 --> 27:37.281
As well as a show of
the Bourbon's blessing
27:37.448 --> 27:39.492
on your cause, right, Antoine?
27:39.658 --> 27:41.619
- Yeah, I suppose, yeah.
- [Louis] Mm.
27:41.786 --> 27:45.164
Your power on the continent
grows stronger by the day.
27:45.664 --> 27:48.042
We want to help you
harness that power.
27:48.209 --> 27:51.087
♪ ♪
27:52.171 --> 27:54.090
I do not trust you...
27:54.256 --> 27:55.883
♪ ♪
27:56.008 --> 27:57.635
...but I will accept your gift.
27:57.802 --> 27:59.220
♪ ♪
27:59.345 --> 28:01.430
I would expect nothing less.
28:01.806 --> 28:03.349
[Antoine] Okay, can we go now?
28:03.516 --> 28:05.101
- [Louis] All right, yep.
- [Antoine] Please, can we go?
28:05.267 --> 28:08.062
Uh, I was hoping
you might stay, Antoine.
28:08.604 --> 28:10.189
We could read
the scriptures together.
28:10.356 --> 28:11.607
As I imagine,
that would involve
28:11.774 --> 28:13.109
some sort of injury--
no, thanks.
28:13.275 --> 28:14.944
Yeah, we will be missed
if we're not back soon.
28:15.111 --> 28:16.278
I would like to stay.
28:16.404 --> 28:17.863
I don't think
that's a good idea.
28:17.988 --> 28:21.826
No, on the contrary--that is
a brilliant idea, Henri.
28:21.992 --> 28:24.662
In fact, I will join you.
28:24.787 --> 28:26.247
To sleep out under the stars
28:26.414 --> 28:28.332
with all the other
true believers--
28:28.499 --> 28:30.709
what more could
a pure soul desire?
28:30.876 --> 28:31.961
A bed?
28:32.128 --> 28:34.255
Ignore your father, Henri.
28:34.964 --> 28:36.340
All are welcome.
28:36.841 --> 28:38.217
[Antoine]
You don't have to do this.
28:38.384 --> 28:41.637
No, don't worry, Father.
I- I want to stay.
28:42.430 --> 28:44.348
[Antoine]
Are you sure about that?
28:44.515 --> 28:48.227
♪ ♪
28:48.644 --> 28:49.979
Well...
28:51.856 --> 28:53.524
good luck to you.
28:53.649 --> 28:56.861
♪ ♪
28:57.361 --> 28:59.530
Remember what I told you?
28:59.697 --> 29:01.615
I don't believe in luck.
29:01.782 --> 29:05.369
Preparation, calculation...
29:05.536 --> 29:07.413
precision attack.
29:07.580 --> 29:09.915
♪ ♪
29:10.082 --> 29:11.625
Don't--don't worry.
He'll be all right.
29:11.750 --> 29:13.335
I don't know, Louis!
29:13.502 --> 29:15.546
I don't know if any of us are
going to be all right anymore.
29:15.671 --> 29:17.256
I think--I think I fucked up.
29:17.423 --> 29:18.591
I think--I think I fucked up
29:18.757 --> 29:20.050
when I colluded
with that poisoner.
29:20.217 --> 29:23.596
I assure you that things
will work out for us.
29:23.762 --> 29:25.848
They--they always do.
29:26.015 --> 29:28.684
We are upper class.
29:28.851 --> 29:32.438
It's just the natural
order of things.
29:32.605 --> 29:36.192
♪ ♪
29:38.360 --> 29:41.489
[dogs barking]
29:41.655 --> 29:45.242
♪ ♪
30:06.805 --> 30:10.267
[dogs barking in the distance]
30:10.434 --> 30:14.063
♪ ♪
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[bird caws]
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[horse chuffs]
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[suspenseful music plays]
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[snake hissing]
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- [horse neighs]
- [person] Ah!
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- [person] He's fallen!
- [people shouting]
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[person] The king has fallen!
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[bell tolling]
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[Charles coughs]
Oh, for God's sake, I'm fine.
30:55.187 --> 30:56.272
[Catherine] Of course you are.
30:56.397 --> 30:57.815
The horse bucked me is all,
30:57.982 --> 30:59.441
just as I was close enough
to shoot the beast.
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- Your Majesty.
- [Charles] Damn my luck.
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[Catherine] What is it?
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[whispering] I have concerns
about the king's condition.
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[Catherine]
You heard the king. He's well.
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[Dr. Fernel] Of course, but
considering the family history,
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I would like
to examine him further.
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The king is fine.
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Your Majesty, forgive me.
31:16.792 --> 31:18.460
Your Majesty.
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[Charles sighs]
31:22.047 --> 31:23.215
Well...
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I'm not sure I made
the best impression.
31:25.467 --> 31:27.011
I will have to pace myself.
31:27.177 --> 31:29.847
Queen Elizabeth
is a spirited one, isn't she?
31:30.014 --> 31:31.181
Indeed.
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She's no match for you.
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- You think so?
- Of course.
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Now you should rest,
Your Majesty.
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[dramatic music plays]
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- [door opens]
- [groans in pain]
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- [door closes]
- [sighs]
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♪ ♪
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[Francois]
So it's true, then?
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♪ ♪
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I can't lie to you, brother.
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You never had
any trouble before.
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It's that fool leading
a garrison in the woods, is it?
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She's the real thing.
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Second coming?
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Possibly...
32:28.030 --> 32:28.947
yeah.
32:29.073 --> 32:30.866
♪ ♪
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So why'd you
come back here, then?
32:34.161 --> 32:36.955
- Because she asked me to.
- Hmm.
32:37.456 --> 32:40.459
You think Jesus
would ask you to spy?
32:41.669 --> 32:45.673
No, but maybe if Jesus
had a spy amongst the Romans,
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He wouldn't have ended up
nailed to a cross.
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So we're Romans now, are we?
32:50.386 --> 32:53.847
[Cardinal Guise] Look, let me
take you to her, Francois.
32:55.140 --> 32:56.725
You can repent.
32:56.892 --> 32:58.936
The feeling is incredible.
32:59.103 --> 33:02.940
No, you mean you want it
to be incredible.
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I'm telling you,
it's the real thing.
33:08.278 --> 33:09.988
People are watching you.
33:10.989 --> 33:14.076
Do you know the Catholic League
came to see Mother?
33:14.243 --> 33:19.081
So, if I were you, I'd get this
out of your system, quietly.
33:19.248 --> 33:22.167
And in the meantime,
don't get caught,
33:22.334 --> 33:25.003
because I won't be able
to help you.
33:25.546 --> 33:27.923
You know, maybe Jesus
did have a spy.
33:28.549 --> 33:30.509
Maybe he was nailed
to the cross next to Him
33:30.634 --> 33:32.803
having his entrails
pulled out by crows,
33:32.928 --> 33:36.515
only his father couldn't raise
him from the dead.
33:36.682 --> 33:40.269
♪ ♪
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You armed your guards.
33:48.235 --> 33:52.614
A gift from the English queen
by way of the Bourbons.
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That would be treason.
33:55.242 --> 33:56.702
Would it?
33:56.869 --> 34:01.331
Only the king can grant you
the terms that you desire.
34:01.915 --> 34:03.959
The king is like
the rest of them--
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a fly who sits on the wheel
of God's chariot,
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claiming the dust
that is raised as his own.
34:09.840 --> 34:14.094
Do you have any idea
the trouble you're causing?
34:15.137 --> 34:18.056
The people who will die
in your name?
34:18.223 --> 34:19.808
I'm not your child
to be scolded.
34:19.975 --> 34:24.521
No, you're someone who found
themself in a terrible ordeal,
34:25.397 --> 34:28.192
who closed their eyes
and hoped to die but did not.
34:28.317 --> 34:32.780
And now you mistake God's voice
for the voice in your head.
34:32.905 --> 34:34.323
You're not the first.
34:34.448 --> 34:38.160
And believe me,
it always ends the same way.
34:40.329 --> 34:42.623
I think it's time
you submitted to Christ.
34:42.748 --> 34:45.042
I wouldn't want you to get
left behind in the reckoning.
34:45.209 --> 34:49.087
And if I do,
will you meet with the king?
34:49.254 --> 34:52.925
♪ ♪
34:55.719 --> 34:58.305
You can bring him here...
34:59.515 --> 35:02.559
...and I will cleanse him
of his sins.
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♪ ♪
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[birds chirping]
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♪ ♪
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[knock on door]
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♪ ♪
35:23.747 --> 35:25.040
You asked for me?
35:25.207 --> 35:26.583
I want to see my brother.
35:26.750 --> 35:29.086
[Rahima] I believe he is
at the building site.
35:29.545 --> 35:30.963
Well, then
I will visit him there.
35:31.129 --> 35:32.923
Have my carriage made ready.
35:33.090 --> 35:35.843
Certainly, Your Highness.
35:38.720 --> 35:39.680
What is it?
35:40.556 --> 35:45.561
It's probably nothing,
but I looked over the books,
35:45.727 --> 35:48.647
the accounts as you asked me.
35:49.690 --> 35:50.941
And?
35:51.108 --> 35:52.276
And...
35:52.943 --> 35:54.695
there seems to be
an irregularity
35:54.862 --> 35:57.656
in some
of your brother's numbers,
35:57.990 --> 36:01.827
some funds unaccounted for.
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You must be wrong.
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Check again.
36:08.125 --> 36:09.918
Yes, Your Majesty.
36:10.085 --> 36:13.672
♪ ♪
36:26.643 --> 36:29.771
Yes, I like the gardens.
Those are beautiful.
36:30.397 --> 36:32.733
[Alessandro]
You have a view of the river.
36:32.900 --> 36:36.486
♪ ♪
36:48.832 --> 36:53.086
Catherine, a pleasant surprise.
36:54.254 --> 36:56.340
Yes, but apparently
I'm not your only surprise.
36:56.465 --> 36:58.467
Queen Elizabeth
wanted to see the site.
36:58.634 --> 37:01.887
I wanted to show her
your vision for this country--
37:02.346 --> 37:03.597
a monument to unity.
37:04.556 --> 37:07.684
Lovely spot for another one
of your great, big houses.
37:07.851 --> 37:09.144
You have so many.
37:09.311 --> 37:11.355
I've had such a delightful time
with your brother.
37:11.480 --> 37:14.816
He is so charming.
You must be so proud.
37:15.776 --> 37:16.818
Indeed.
37:16.985 --> 37:18.445
[Elizabeth]
And how is the king?
37:18.570 --> 37:19.988
Ah, yes, I heard he fell.
Is everything okay?
37:20.155 --> 37:23.158
I am most relieved,
the king is well.
37:23.742 --> 37:25.994
The doctor examined
him thoroughly.
37:26.161 --> 37:27.579
Oh, good luck.
37:27.746 --> 37:30.415
Excellent. Well, we must go
after that stag again tomorrow.
37:30.540 --> 37:31.833
Perhaps in a couple of days.
37:32.000 --> 37:33.502
We wouldn't want to test
our luck so soon.
37:33.669 --> 37:36.213
Yes, we will have to find
a different way
37:36.380 --> 37:37.798
to come to terms.
37:37.965 --> 37:40.008
♪ ♪
37:40.175 --> 37:43.387
Well, I think I've seen
everything I need to.
37:43.512 --> 37:44.930
Shall we go back?
37:45.222 --> 37:46.098
Of course.
37:46.264 --> 37:47.516
Shall I escort the queen?
37:47.641 --> 37:49.476
I would be most grateful.
37:49.601 --> 37:50.936
Very well.
37:51.478 --> 37:55.107
♪ ♪
38:12.958 --> 38:16.712
[knock on door, door opens]
38:23.510 --> 38:26.471
[door closes]
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You called for me,
Your Majesty.
38:32.519 --> 38:34.354
I did.
38:36.273 --> 38:38.316
That will be all.
38:52.748 --> 38:54.916
If you want an apology
for my betrayal,
38:55.083 --> 38:57.544
I cannot give you
an honest one.
38:58.628 --> 39:01.089
I thought you of all people
might understand.
39:02.090 --> 39:04.760
Everyone's got to make
something of themselves.
39:06.344 --> 39:08.430
I summoned you here
for the truth,
39:08.597 --> 39:12.309
not for the false testimony
you gave at the Privy Council.
39:13.518 --> 39:16.271
When I rejected your services,
you found another patron,
39:16.438 --> 39:17.522
did you not?
39:18.482 --> 39:20.984
When I learned
that you accepted my advice
39:21.151 --> 39:22.986
and cut me out of the plot,
39:23.111 --> 39:25.947
I did indeed approach
another party.
39:26.114 --> 39:27.407
Hmm.
39:27.949 --> 39:29.159
The Bourbons.
39:29.826 --> 39:31.453
So you told them
that the poison
39:31.620 --> 39:34.039
that you would give to Aabis
would, in fact, not be poison
39:34.206 --> 39:36.625
and would therefore ensure
another miracle.
39:36.792 --> 39:39.461
Almost sounds like something
the Serpent Queen
39:39.586 --> 39:41.880
could have contrived,
does it not?
39:42.005 --> 39:45.425
♪ ♪
39:45.592 --> 39:46.885
Perhaps.
39:47.719 --> 39:49.346
And yet you took
a dangerous risk
39:49.513 --> 39:51.223
thwarting my plans.
39:51.389 --> 39:54.518
I assessed the situation
and found no other option.
39:54.643 --> 39:56.978
You made an astute deduction.
39:58.021 --> 40:00.065
I'm impressed, Angelica.
40:01.191 --> 40:03.401
I'd like you
to return to my service.
40:03.568 --> 40:06.404
Whatever I can do,
Your Majesty.
40:07.823 --> 40:09.407
[Catherine] There is one thing.
40:10.033 --> 40:11.743
My brother...
40:12.953 --> 40:16.081
...I want to know
what he does at all times.
40:16.706 --> 40:17.541
Certainly.
40:18.458 --> 40:21.628
Can I ask, why not give
this task to Rahima?
40:22.003 --> 40:24.256
She is your most trusted,
isn't she?
40:24.422 --> 40:27.884
[chuckles softly]
No, you may not.
40:28.051 --> 40:31.638
♪ ♪
40:33.306 --> 40:36.268
- [door opens]
- Never ignore an instinct...
40:36.434 --> 40:39.020
- [door closes]
- ...no matter how unpleasant.
40:39.187 --> 40:42.899
♪ ♪
40:44.025 --> 40:46.570
[knock on door]
40:46.736 --> 40:48.196
You wanted to see me?
40:48.363 --> 40:51.575
I was going over the accounts
for the Tuileries project
40:51.741 --> 40:53.827
and had some questions.
40:54.911 --> 40:57.914
Are you telling me there's
money missing from the budget?
41:03.086 --> 41:04.713
Because if you are...
41:06.214 --> 41:07.507
you would be correct.
41:08.383 --> 41:10.760
I have taken some here
and there as I have seen fit
41:10.927 --> 41:13.263
and adjusted the numbers
accordingly...
41:14.472 --> 41:16.141
just like you.
41:17.184 --> 41:18.685
[groans softly] Yes...
41:19.436 --> 41:23.607
you see, I know all about you
and your arrangements
41:23.773 --> 41:27.611
with lace makers
and manservants.
41:28.612 --> 41:30.697
You take what you want,
41:30.864 --> 41:32.407
because like me...
41:32.532 --> 41:34.743
♪ ♪
41:34.910 --> 41:37.412
...you were not born
to be a servant.
41:37.579 --> 41:38.747
♪ ♪
41:38.914 --> 41:40.832
You know I am a prince...
41:42.459 --> 41:43.835
a Medici?
41:44.836 --> 41:46.254
The blood that runs
through my veins
41:46.421 --> 41:49.466
is the same as the queen's,
and yet I am to scrape and beg?
41:49.633 --> 41:51.218
I don't think so.
41:52.427 --> 41:55.222
Everything that was rightfully
mine was stolen from me
41:55.388 --> 41:57.599
simply because of an accident
of matrimony,
41:57.766 --> 41:59.768
and I intend to get
it back fivefold,
41:59.935 --> 42:03.688
whereupon these trifling sums
would be nothing.
42:04.231 --> 42:07.651
♪ ♪
42:08.485 --> 42:09.861
[clicks tongue]
42:13.448 --> 42:14.699
Shall I go?
42:15.242 --> 42:18.495
♪ ♪
42:19.079 --> 42:23.333
[insects chirping,
birds squawking]
42:29.214 --> 42:33.009
♪ ♪
42:59.369 --> 43:00.954
What is this?
43:01.079 --> 43:03.957
- What is this?
- It's a warning.
43:04.124 --> 43:07.419
♪ ♪
43:07.544 --> 43:09.838
You are surrounded by traitors.
43:10.005 --> 43:11.423
I know the Guises
and the Bourbons
43:11.548 --> 43:12.716
conspire against me.
43:12.882 --> 43:14.342
They always have,
and I'm dealing with it!
43:15.218 --> 43:16.219
[Ruggieri]
You don't know the half
43:16.386 --> 43:18.096
of what you're dealing with.
43:18.972 --> 43:20.181
- You're wrong.
- [Ruggieri] Ah.
43:20.307 --> 43:21.891
You are so wrong!
43:22.017 --> 43:23.393
I'm on the verge of solving
all of this country's problems
43:23.560 --> 43:25.353
with a queen who is
as practical as I am!
43:25.520 --> 43:27.647
If you're talking
about the bastard daughter
43:27.772 --> 43:29.065
of Henry VIII, you are a fool!
43:29.190 --> 43:31.860
- [gasps]
- She will never be your ally.
43:32.027 --> 43:35.071
And she will make the king
the slave of her bedchamber,
43:35.238 --> 43:37.907
as she has so many others
before him!
43:38.074 --> 43:40.493
Who are you to talk
about the will of queens, huh?
43:41.536 --> 43:43.455
You're just a peasant
hawking mud and ground herbs
43:43.621 --> 43:45.040
and calling it destiny!
43:45.206 --> 43:47.542
I am the one who has known you
since you were a girl.
43:47.709 --> 43:49.461
♪ ♪
43:49.627 --> 43:51.838
Have you seen any visions
of late?
43:53.048 --> 43:54.299
The raven, perhaps?
43:54.466 --> 43:56.468
That's the symbol of England,
is it not?
43:56.634 --> 43:58.053
No!
43:58.219 --> 44:00.930
You cannot deny your true
nature any more than Anjou can.
44:01.097 --> 44:02.223
If you do--
44:02.390 --> 44:04.225
I've had enough of you
and your superstitions!
44:04.351 --> 44:06.519
I never should have brought you
to France with me,
44:06.686 --> 44:10.982
because you exploit my fears
as you do our intimacy!
44:11.816 --> 44:14.110
It is time for us to part ways.
44:15.195 --> 44:17.822
♪ ♪
44:17.989 --> 44:20.533
My soldiers will come tomorrow
to raze this hut to the ground,
44:20.700 --> 44:22.994
and I suggest
you do not be here!
44:23.411 --> 44:26.706
♪ ♪
44:35.673 --> 44:36.841
No, no.
44:36.966 --> 44:38.968
[Elizabeth]
Shame about that buck.
44:39.135 --> 44:41.513
Well, perhaps
it was divine intervention,
44:41.679 --> 44:44.474
our great Catholic God
striking down your plans
44:44.641 --> 44:46.601
for wrecking France
from the inside.
44:46.768 --> 44:48.603
[Elizabeth]
Is that how you see me--
44:48.770 --> 44:50.355
as an agent of chaos?
44:50.688 --> 44:51.606
Aren't you?
44:52.273 --> 44:53.691
Something tells me
you wouldn't mind
44:53.858 --> 44:55.693
if I brought my kind of chaos
a bit closer to you,
44:55.819 --> 44:57.445
no matter my intentions.
44:57.612 --> 44:58.822
Mm.
44:58.988 --> 45:00.824
My tastes are a bit different
from my brother's.
45:00.949 --> 45:02.659
You wouldn't know
what to do with me.
45:02.826 --> 45:04.327
[Elizabeth]
I wouldn't be too sure.
45:04.452 --> 45:07.622
My tastes are not
as conventional as they seem.
45:08.248 --> 45:11.459
I really do believe
we should sate our appetites
45:11.626 --> 45:15.588
for the brief period
that we are here on this Earth.
45:17.006 --> 45:19.467
So the Virgin Queen is...?
45:19.634 --> 45:22.178
A figure of speech.
45:26.015 --> 45:28.017
Do you know
the more time I spend with you,
45:28.143 --> 45:31.062
the more I question whether
I have, in fact, been presented
45:31.229 --> 45:32.856
with the right brother?
45:33.690 --> 45:35.108
Is that so?
45:36.025 --> 45:37.152
Hmm.
45:37.318 --> 45:39.279
There you are.
45:41.448 --> 45:43.241
[Anjou] Hello, brother.
45:44.159 --> 45:45.410
I was just telling
Queen Elizabeth
45:45.535 --> 45:47.454
how much I thought
you two had in common.
45:47.579 --> 45:48.746
Were you?
45:48.872 --> 45:50.540
It's not like you
to pay me a compliment.
45:50.707 --> 45:52.167
You know, it's hard to believe
that's the same little boy
45:52.333 --> 45:54.919
who used to beg to sleep
at the end of my bed
45:55.420 --> 45:57.380
curled up like a dog.
46:00.175 --> 46:01.217
Goodness...
46:01.968 --> 46:05.847
all this unprocessed emotion
between the two of you--
46:06.014 --> 46:08.683
it is so invigorating.
46:09.809 --> 46:14.481
What do you think
about a competition of skill?
46:15.565 --> 46:19.360
I have to confess,
the idea makes me quite...
46:19.486 --> 46:20.778
pert.
46:21.779 --> 46:25.450
A fence, a joust
to settle things?
46:25.617 --> 46:26.868
No, thanks.
46:27.035 --> 46:28.286
[Charles] It doesn't matter
what we choose.
46:28.453 --> 46:29.621
I will always best him,
unless, of course,
46:29.746 --> 46:31.289
the competition
is sartorial in nature.
46:31.456 --> 46:32.749
Then I happily surrender.
46:32.916 --> 46:34.709
Charles, I'd really rather not.
46:34.834 --> 46:36.085
I insist, as your king.
46:36.252 --> 46:38.087
[Elizabeth]
Oh, and I as your queen.
46:38.254 --> 46:40.256
Then it's settled. We fence.
46:40.423 --> 46:41.883
What fun.
46:42.050 --> 46:45.678
♪ ♪
46:48.973 --> 46:50.225
Are you enjoying
46:50.391 --> 46:51.726
playing the English queen's
courtship games?
46:51.851 --> 46:54.103
I thought you'd be
all for this marriage.
46:55.271 --> 46:56.439
If you care to hear,
46:56.606 --> 46:58.358
I have proof
that it's not for marriage
46:58.525 --> 47:00.485
that the Queen of England
has arrived in France.
47:00.652 --> 47:02.153
[whispering] As it happens,
I do not care to hear,
47:02.278 --> 47:04.280
as I'm sure you're proof only
concerns this girl
47:04.405 --> 47:05.990
whom you seek to protect
at all costs.
47:06.115 --> 47:07.992
You need to go to Sister Edith,
47:08.159 --> 47:09.410
hear her out,
47:09.577 --> 47:11.120
show your followers
that you're listening.
47:11.287 --> 47:12.705
It's the only way
to prevent war.
47:12.872 --> 47:14.082
If I didn't know any better,
47:14.207 --> 47:16.125
I'd say you have chosen her
over me.
47:17.126 --> 47:20.004
Anjou, choose your sword.
47:20.630 --> 47:23.925
♪ ♪
47:24.092 --> 47:25.176
Can I have a word?
47:25.843 --> 47:26.970
If this is
about my prospective bride,
47:27.136 --> 47:28.471
your jealousy
is beginning to bore me.
47:28.638 --> 47:30.306
I'm sorry she doesn't want
the second in line
47:30.473 --> 47:31.599
to the throne, Anjou.
47:31.766 --> 47:33.184
[Anjou] Charles,
this is not a good idea.
47:33.309 --> 47:35.812
She's clearly trying to play us
off against each other.
47:35.979 --> 47:38.773
This woman collects fiancés,
not husbands.
47:38.940 --> 47:41.067
Well, why should I fear
a competition with you?
47:41.234 --> 47:43.111
Even if you win,
she'll come running back to me
47:43.278 --> 47:45.154
the moment she finds out
your true nature.
47:45.280 --> 47:47.490
Everybody knows it's
Sodom and Gomorrah
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every night in your chambers.
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After all, what queen wants
to be married to a faggot?
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♪ ♪
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Well...
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who am I to deny my king?
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[Charles] Indeed.
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♪ ♪
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Charles.
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You really must stop this.
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You might still be affected
from your fall.
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There is no shame
in being cautious.
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- Tell him.
- I did.
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- I feel fine, Mother.
- You must stop it immediately.
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I said, "I feel fine."
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♪ ♪
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[Elizabeth] Oh, Catherine,
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I'm so glad
you decided to come.
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Little friendly competition
between brothers--
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so romantic for my enjoyment.
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I don't know about romantic.
In this heat?
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Well, they are young men.
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What could be more natural
than sweating like animals?
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Unless, of course,
the king is unwell,
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in which case,
we must stop it at once.
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No. [scoffs] Of course not.
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You are right.
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- It's Mother's nerves.
- [Elizabeth] Hmm.
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♪ ♪
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- Anjou.
- Mother.
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♪ ♪
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Let him win.
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Beat him, and I will make sure
you regret it.
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I do not speak in jest.
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Tell me you understand me.
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I understand.
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♪ ♪
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You're the king.
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He's still
your little brother here.
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Everything all right?
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I was just wishing both
of my sons good luck.
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Good, 'cause as it stands,
the Valois brothers
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are playing for my heart.
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It is my intention
to marry the winner.
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♪ ♪
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Care to make an assault?
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[swords clang]
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♪ ♪
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First touch for
the Duke of Anjou.
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[applause]
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♪ ♪
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[swords clang]
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♪ ♪
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Come on.
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♪ ♪
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[Balsac]
Second shot for the king.
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- Best of three is a bout.
- [applause]
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Come on, Anjou,
you're going too easy on him.
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[whispering] Mother,
you must put a stop this.
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[exhales sharply]
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♪ ♪
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[Montmorency] Come on.
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What's the matter with you?
I'm handing this to you.
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♪ ♪
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[all gasp]
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[Catherine] Doctor!
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Charles, Charles.
Charles, look at me.
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Look at me, Charles.
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♪ ♪
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- [breathing heavily, whimpers]
- [coughing]
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["To Know Him Is to Love Him"
plays]
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♪ To know, know, know him ♪
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♪ Is to love, love, love him ♪
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My darling.
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♪ Just to see that smile ♪
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He's fine, he's fine.
He's fine.
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♪ Makes my life worthwhile ♪
52:50.960 --> 52:54.338
♪ To know, know, know him ♪
52:54.505 --> 52:58.885
♪ Is to love, love, love him ♪
52:59.010 --> 53:00.761
♪ And I do ♪
53:00.928 --> 53:02.930
♪ And I do ♪
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♪ And I do ♪
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♪ Oh, I'll be good to him ♪
53:11.772 --> 53:14.817
♪ I'll bring joy to him ♪
53:14.942 --> 53:19.864
♪ Oh, oh, everyone said
There'll come a day ♪
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♪ When I'll walk
Alongside of him ♪
53:24.535 --> 53:28.623
♪ To know, know, know, him ♪
53:28.748 --> 53:32.960
♪ Is to love, love, love him ♪
53:33.127 --> 53:34.754
♪ And I do ♪
53:34.921 --> 53:37.173
♪ I really do ♪
53:37.340 --> 53:40.343
♪ Just to see that smile ♪
53:40.509 --> 53:45.848
♪ Oh, it makes
My life worthwhile ♪
53:46.015 --> 53:49.894
♪ To know, know, know, him ♪
53:50.019 --> 53:53.606
♪ Is to love, love, love him ♪
53:53.773 --> 53:57.360
♪ And I do ♪