Episode 3

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0:00:02 > 0:00:10This programme contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature

0:00:20 > 0:00:24'The problem with reflections is that most of them tell the truth.'

0:00:28 > 0:00:30God chose me to be king.

0:00:30 > 0:00:32And here I stand undermined at every turn.

0:00:32 > 0:00:35People do not yet see you as you should be seen, sire.

0:00:37 > 0:00:38They will.

0:00:55 > 0:00:57What do you wish for from me, Montcourt?

0:00:58 > 0:01:03In a downpour, one seeks shelter under the largest tree.

0:01:03 > 0:01:05In the north, there is no-one stronger,

0:01:05 > 0:01:08no-one more powerful,

0:01:08 > 0:01:09no-one more resolute

0:01:09 > 0:01:12than the mighty oak Cassel.

0:01:12 > 0:01:16I'm a refugee from this royal deluge and I need protection, my lord.

0:01:18 > 0:01:19I am your servant.

0:01:19 > 0:01:21Servant...

0:01:23 > 0:01:27Behold the divine right of kings and its gifts.

0:01:28 > 0:01:30This is your king's new law...

0:01:31 > 0:01:33Stripping away the dignity of a true noble,

0:01:33 > 0:01:35defiling the reputation of a man

0:01:35 > 0:01:37whose family forms the bedrock of this country.

0:01:37 > 0:01:41Now, once, not long ago, we knew where we stood.

0:01:41 > 0:01:45But now we must prove ourselves, now we must sing for our suppers.

0:01:45 > 0:01:47Now the king says, "I am France!"

0:01:47 > 0:01:50But I say it is we...who are France.

0:01:51 > 0:01:54Our dear friend Montcourt's condition is a message.

0:01:55 > 0:01:58The king shall have his reply.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01This new playground in the woods, the king obsesses over it.

0:02:01 > 0:02:03He sees Versailles and nothing else.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06He's forgotten who built this country.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09Were we to remove this new distraction,

0:02:09 > 0:02:11the king might recover himself

0:02:11 > 0:02:13and Versailles could return to the weeds,

0:02:13 > 0:02:15the king to Paris and we...

0:02:15 > 0:02:19to our lands and our lives.

0:02:21 > 0:02:24A noble cause, indeed.

0:02:27 > 0:02:30- You would persuade the king by force?- He's lost his mind.

0:02:30 > 0:02:32No appeal to reason will do.

0:02:32 > 0:02:35The future of France lies with its noble families.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40You wish my protection, Montcourt?

0:02:41 > 0:02:44I serve my lordship with my life.

0:02:44 > 0:02:46Indeed, you will.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51What kind of man do you think I am?

0:02:51 > 0:02:53Sire?

0:02:53 > 0:02:55Am I merciful?

0:02:55 > 0:02:57If you desire it.

0:02:57 > 0:02:58Vengeful?

0:02:58 > 0:02:59If conditions merit.

0:02:59 > 0:03:01All things, then, to all people?

0:03:01 > 0:03:03Equally and without condition.

0:03:03 > 0:03:07- As a king. I ask as a man. - You are both.

0:03:07 > 0:03:09We cannot separate one from the other.

0:03:11 > 0:03:13When I send my brother to war, I do so as a king.

0:03:13 > 0:03:15Should he die there, I would mourn him as a man.

0:03:15 > 0:03:18It is as a man I would gain favour in the eyes of another.

0:03:18 > 0:03:20As a king, I cannot.

0:03:20 > 0:03:22You are forever in our favour, sire.

0:03:22 > 0:03:24You think Montcourt feels the same?

0:03:29 > 0:03:33A king will be resented as much for good deeds as for bad.

0:03:36 > 0:03:38The jacket fits well, sire.

0:03:38 > 0:03:40I do not like this mirror.

0:04:59 > 0:05:02Well, well! Majesty!

0:05:02 > 0:05:06- My dear Rohan, you have returned. You see?- I always do what you say.

0:05:10 > 0:05:12I've missed you.

0:05:12 > 0:05:13And I you.

0:05:13 > 0:05:16There are more pretty women here than I remember.

0:05:16 > 0:05:18Your memory is failing you, friend. You're getting old.

0:05:18 > 0:05:21I can only be myself.

0:05:21 > 0:05:22Well, that I already know.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25But I have learned my lesson and I return to you atoned,

0:05:25 > 0:05:28anew and at your service, sire.

0:05:30 > 0:05:33I saw the plans for the stable.

0:05:33 > 0:05:34And?

0:05:34 > 0:05:37Well, either we're doing a very large amount of hunting,

0:05:37 > 0:05:41or you are building something quite different here.

0:05:43 > 0:05:45A palace, perhaps?

0:05:45 > 0:05:47A city.

0:05:53 > 0:05:56I wish you luck, gentlemen.

0:05:58 > 0:06:00France thanks you.

0:06:21 > 0:06:22How is my queen?

0:06:22 > 0:06:25Much better, thank you.

0:06:26 > 0:06:29Change your clothes. The season for mourning is passed.

0:06:29 > 0:06:31You are to resume your official duties.

0:06:31 > 0:06:34- I will do as you ask, of course. - We are to receive a guest at court.

0:06:34 > 0:06:36You are to host them personally.

0:06:36 > 0:06:41Shower your attentions on them with your...customary warmth and grace.

0:06:42 > 0:06:45Who is this person, so I might prepare myself with conversation?

0:06:45 > 0:06:47Are they Spanish, perhaps?

0:06:49 > 0:06:51Prince Aniaba.

0:06:51 > 0:06:53You have my word.

0:06:54 > 0:06:56I will depend on it.

0:07:04 > 0:07:06Sire...

0:07:06 > 0:07:08if I may be so bold,

0:07:08 > 0:07:13I believe Her Majesty has met our visitor once before.

0:07:14 > 0:07:16Yes, in Paris.

0:07:17 > 0:07:20Why, then, would you compel the queen

0:07:20 > 0:07:24once more into a private audience with him?

0:07:26 > 0:07:29The lands of Africa are a locked room

0:07:29 > 0:07:31and our Prince Aniaba may hold the key.

0:07:32 > 0:07:36We have learned from our missionaries to the Senegal River

0:07:36 > 0:07:39there is wealth in these regions beyond all measure.

0:07:39 > 0:07:43Its people and its trade will be the foundations of our future

0:07:43 > 0:07:47and fund a thousand wars, a hundred palaces.

0:07:47 > 0:07:49Then we must win Africa.

0:07:49 > 0:07:52And the only question is how.

0:07:52 > 0:07:54And the queen?

0:07:56 > 0:07:57Is helping us.

0:08:15 > 0:08:16How do I look?

0:08:16 > 0:08:19I dressed you myself. How do you think I think you look?

0:08:20 > 0:08:23Talking of which, who puts a dwarf in a drainpipe?

0:08:23 > 0:08:24What are you talking about?

0:08:24 > 0:08:27I mean, if the little man was sad, he might have done it himself.

0:08:27 > 0:08:29Or do you think the queen tired of him?

0:08:29 > 0:08:31Perhaps he was trying to mend the king's fountains

0:08:31 > 0:08:35and restore himself to favour and shoved himself in there like a cork,

0:08:35 > 0:08:39only to pop up and float and scare the young people.

0:08:41 > 0:08:43You have too much time on your hands.

0:08:44 > 0:08:46You should come with me to the front.

0:08:47 > 0:08:49Are you inviting me...

0:08:49 > 0:08:51to a war?

0:08:51 > 0:08:53Oh, how romantic(!)

0:08:53 > 0:08:54Are you mad?

0:08:54 > 0:08:56Not any war.

0:08:57 > 0:08:59My war.

0:09:00 > 0:09:02Your brother says one thing and does another.

0:09:02 > 0:09:04I would not hold your breath.

0:09:04 > 0:09:08But if you ever do go, I shall remain here, naturally,

0:09:08 > 0:09:11to ensure that your place at court remains assured.

0:09:11 > 0:09:12Is that so?

0:09:13 > 0:09:16How generous of you to ensure my place!

0:09:19 > 0:09:21- You look handsome. - I already told him.

0:09:21 > 0:09:22You did not, in fact.

0:09:24 > 0:09:26Husband, is there news?

0:09:26 > 0:09:27Not yet.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32Bontemps!

0:09:32 > 0:09:34Bontemps!

0:09:35 > 0:09:39I have a sword, armour and a horse. Why the delay?

0:09:39 > 0:09:41When will I go to war?

0:09:41 > 0:09:43The king has not yet set a date.

0:09:43 > 0:09:45What am I supposed to do until then?

0:09:47 > 0:09:49Perhaps he will send you instead.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51- I would be happy to serve, of course.- Naturally!

0:09:51 > 0:09:54Do you really think he does not see you exactly as you are?

0:09:54 > 0:09:57Oh, he sees me. And he enjoys it.

0:09:57 > 0:09:59That, my dear, is what divides us.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02At least when your husband is gone, I'll know where to find you.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05- If you come to my rooms, I will not answer.- Naturally.

0:10:05 > 0:10:07I would not think to seek you there,

0:10:07 > 0:10:10just as I would not seek the king at the chambers of Her Majesty.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12I know how very much you enjoy swimming.

0:10:12 > 0:10:16I might find you at the pool house, for example.

0:10:16 > 0:10:20I hear it's very popular for young lovers...of nature.

0:10:21 > 0:10:23You are warned, sir.

0:10:25 > 0:10:27Constantly, my dear.

0:10:58 > 0:11:00Nice house.

0:11:34 > 0:11:37GUNSHOTS

0:12:04 > 0:12:06Honoured guests of the king...

0:12:06 > 0:12:08Aniaba, Prince of Assinie.

0:12:08 > 0:12:11Son to the king of Eguafo,

0:12:11 > 0:12:13inheritor of the Coast of Ivory and Teeth,

0:12:13 > 0:12:15Lord of the Sky.

0:12:16 > 0:12:19My brother...Kobina.

0:12:19 > 0:12:22Prince Aniaba, you will accompany me, please, er, alone.

0:12:22 > 0:12:25Your brother will accompany Monsieur Marchal.

0:12:26 > 0:12:28And my friends?

0:12:29 > 0:12:32Will bask in the full warmth of the king's hospitality.

0:12:45 > 0:12:48CHATTER AND LAUGHTER

0:12:48 > 0:12:50Are you sure?

0:12:50 > 0:12:52It's beautiful! Thank you!

0:12:54 > 0:12:56He's so handsome.

0:12:58 > 0:13:00How can he be handsome if he is black?

0:13:00 > 0:13:02How can he not?

0:13:02 > 0:13:04You are so odd!

0:13:04 > 0:13:07I hear his lands have rivers of gold.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23How far is it to the trees?

0:13:49 > 0:13:52Majesty, as requested, it is done.

0:13:52 > 0:13:54Prince Aniaba is suitably ill at ease.

0:13:54 > 0:13:56Good! Make him wait.

0:13:58 > 0:14:00I received word that my good friends the Parthenays

0:14:00 > 0:14:03are riding to Versailles from their estates in the south.

0:14:03 > 0:14:06- Little Francoise is coming? - With her husband and family.

0:14:06 > 0:14:08How time has flown.

0:14:08 > 0:14:11The Parthenays are well-regarded in the south.

0:14:11 > 0:14:12As a favour to me,

0:14:12 > 0:14:14they are riding here to submit their noble credentials

0:14:14 > 0:14:16as an example to the rest.

0:14:16 > 0:14:19We will ensure The Gazette reports on this.

0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Perhaps also strike a medal, Colbert.- Ah!

0:14:22 > 0:14:25The political arithmetic will augur great things to come.

0:14:25 > 0:14:27"The great nobles of the south

0:14:27 > 0:14:29"submit their credentials to the king."

0:14:29 > 0:14:30That would do it.

0:14:30 > 0:14:34"The king receives the credentials from the nobles of the south."

0:14:34 > 0:14:36That sounds better, don't you think?

0:14:38 > 0:14:39That's a lot of shit!

0:14:41 > 0:14:45But only the very finest shit from the king's horses in the Louvre.

0:14:47 > 0:14:48I, erm...

0:14:50 > 0:14:51Speak. What is on your mind?

0:14:53 > 0:14:55On my way back here through the woods,

0:14:55 > 0:14:58I came across an old man cooking a rat by a stream.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01At first, I thought he was just an old tramp, but...

0:15:01 > 0:15:02But you recognised him?

0:15:05 > 0:15:07From the court of your father.

0:15:07 > 0:15:09He fought against him.

0:15:10 > 0:15:12During the rebellion?

0:15:12 > 0:15:14Yes, well, had they been successful...

0:15:14 > 0:15:15You would be dead.

0:15:20 > 0:15:23One day, I would very much like to know more about my father.

0:16:13 > 0:16:15Good day, Prince Aniaba.

0:16:17 > 0:16:19Good day to you...

0:16:21 > 0:16:22..highness.

0:16:26 > 0:16:28Such a pleasure to see you again.

0:16:43 > 0:16:45What's wrong? You're shaking.

0:16:47 > 0:16:49Many reasons...

0:16:49 > 0:16:52You, us, him...

0:16:52 > 0:16:54the Chevalier.

0:16:54 > 0:16:56The Chevalier makes you tremble?

0:16:57 > 0:16:58He scares me.

0:16:58 > 0:17:00The way he looks at me.

0:17:00 > 0:17:04The way he talks about you and my husband.

0:17:05 > 0:17:06You remember when you were 16?

0:17:07 > 0:17:09You stepped on a rose.

0:17:09 > 0:17:10Your foot was bleeding.

0:17:12 > 0:17:13You kissed my toes.

0:17:14 > 0:17:16I took the pain away?

0:17:16 > 0:17:18In an instant.

0:17:22 > 0:17:24Nothing has changed.

0:17:25 > 0:17:27I will always make sure of it.

0:17:28 > 0:17:31Your arms protect me now, but when I am alone with him...

0:17:31 > 0:17:33You have nothing to worry about

0:17:33 > 0:17:36when it comes to the Chevalier

0:17:36 > 0:17:37or your husband.

0:17:39 > 0:17:40I'm your safe harbour.

0:17:40 > 0:17:43You'll protect me from the waves?

0:17:43 > 0:17:45Even as they roll over us.

0:17:46 > 0:17:48Even as the tide takes me.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14- BONTEMPS:- He is ready for you now.

0:18:15 > 0:18:17Would you come this way, please?

0:19:01 > 0:19:05Prince Aniaba of Assinie, you are welcome at my court.

0:19:10 > 0:19:13Versailles is more beautiful than I can imagine.

0:19:17 > 0:19:21May I present to you my brother, Philippe, the Duke of Orleans.

0:19:21 > 0:19:23His wife, Henriette of England.

0:19:23 > 0:19:25Colbert, first minister of my cabinet.

0:19:25 > 0:19:27Mademoiselle de la Valliere.

0:19:31 > 0:19:33You've already met my wife.

0:19:44 > 0:19:46When I hosted a party here a few years ago,

0:19:46 > 0:19:49we did not have the room to accommodate my friends.

0:19:49 > 0:19:52Most of them had to take rooms in town.

0:19:52 > 0:19:53So I am building some myself...

0:19:54 > 0:19:57400 apartments, all told.

0:19:57 > 0:19:58Where are the workers?

0:19:58 > 0:20:01They are currently engaged in the planning stages

0:20:01 > 0:20:03of a particularly dangerous part of construction.

0:20:04 > 0:20:08We can return tomorrow to see them engaged with the labour.

0:20:08 > 0:20:10I would like that very much.

0:20:10 > 0:20:13Tell me about the countries of Africa.

0:20:13 > 0:20:14When do we negotiate?

0:20:14 > 0:20:18Prince Aniaba, in France, we have a different way of doing things.

0:20:18 > 0:20:20Perhaps I've made a mistake.

0:20:20 > 0:20:23Perhaps I should go and talk to the Dutch, the Spanish,

0:20:23 > 0:20:25the English.

0:20:25 > 0:20:27All are keen to discuss the future.

0:20:27 > 0:20:29You're not enjoying our hospitality?

0:20:29 > 0:20:31Hm. There is a great deal of it.

0:20:32 > 0:20:36And more besides, as you shall see tonight.

0:20:36 > 0:20:37What happens then?

0:20:37 > 0:20:39Then...I shall sit down with you.

0:20:44 > 0:20:47I have no explanation.

0:20:47 > 0:20:49I'm so very sorry, Monsieur Marchal.

0:20:51 > 0:20:54Half the shipments lost and four men dead.

0:20:55 > 0:20:57HE SIGHS

0:21:00 > 0:21:03The king is missing gold...

0:21:04 > 0:21:06..marble, stone and wine.

0:21:10 > 0:21:12This is becoming a pattern.

0:21:15 > 0:21:17DOOR OPENS

0:21:17 > 0:21:20FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

0:21:31 > 0:21:32Appearance is everything.

0:21:33 > 0:21:35Everything!

0:21:35 > 0:21:36Do you not understand?

0:21:36 > 0:21:38Has anyone been listening to a word I've said?

0:21:39 > 0:21:41He's a guest in my house

0:21:41 > 0:21:43and so far has shown me more grandeur in his clothing

0:21:43 > 0:21:45than I can show him in my palace.

0:21:45 > 0:21:48A shipment of marble and stone went missing on the road, sire.

0:21:48 > 0:21:51And, naturally, the men cannot work without materials.

0:21:51 > 0:21:54Missing? Did this marble dispatch itself into the woods alone?

0:21:54 > 0:21:56There are thieves on the road, sire.

0:21:56 > 0:21:58There have always been thieves on the road.

0:21:58 > 0:22:00You think our man had his pocket picked? This is organised.

0:22:00 > 0:22:03- This is sabotage! - The more we build, the more we need.

0:22:03 > 0:22:06The more we need, the greater number of goods we transport to Versailles

0:22:06 > 0:22:09and the more likely these moments are.

0:22:09 > 0:22:11And these moments build to movements.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13And, before we know it, our lands are on fire.

0:22:13 > 0:22:15We cannot build without foundations!

0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Sire... - The king's road is sacrosanct!

0:22:17 > 0:22:19Sacred ground!

0:22:19 > 0:22:20Protected and secure!

0:22:20 > 0:22:23And if it is not, then the fabric of the country is torn

0:22:23 > 0:22:25and no-one will know where they are.

0:22:26 > 0:22:28Whoever did this is declaring war.

0:22:28 > 0:22:31I will take my men and ride to the road, set up patrols.

0:22:31 > 0:22:33At once.

0:22:33 > 0:22:35Yes, sire.

0:22:41 > 0:22:43Wait!

0:22:44 > 0:22:46You would countermand His Majesty?

0:22:51 > 0:22:53With war upon us, we don't have enough men.

0:22:53 > 0:22:55Protecting the king is our priority.

0:22:55 > 0:22:57I will handle the roads.

0:22:57 > 0:23:00Make sure your men are of quality.

0:23:00 > 0:23:03I need them as my eyes and ears.

0:23:03 > 0:23:05SQUAWKING

0:23:49 > 0:23:52My name is Madame de Beauvais.

0:23:52 > 0:23:53Your mother sent me.

0:23:54 > 0:23:56I'm your new tutor.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01What will you teach me, Madame de Beauvais?

0:24:11 > 0:24:13Call me Catherine.

0:24:22 > 0:24:26Shall I order the workers back to the scaffolding, sire?

0:24:26 > 0:24:27Yes.

0:24:27 > 0:24:29Yes, of course.

0:24:32 > 0:24:34- Even if they pretend to work.- Sire?

0:24:36 > 0:24:38Where is my brother?

0:24:39 > 0:24:41Our visitor has inspired me.

0:24:41 > 0:24:43I think I require more colour.

0:24:43 > 0:24:45How does one dress for a war?

0:24:49 > 0:24:51The purple one?

0:24:51 > 0:24:53- Or the red?- The red, of course.

0:24:53 > 0:24:55I like the purple.

0:24:55 > 0:24:56Me, too.

0:24:56 > 0:24:57That's why I said red.

0:25:01 > 0:25:03Philippe, when you do leave...

0:25:04 > 0:25:05..please make sure to come back.

0:25:07 > 0:25:09I cannot promise that.

0:25:09 > 0:25:11Say the words.

0:25:13 > 0:25:16If I were to die, your life would be simple, would it not?

0:25:17 > 0:25:20My problems will never be solved. You know that.

0:25:23 > 0:25:26And, in any case, I would rather you did not die.

0:25:31 > 0:25:33You say the sweetest things, poppet.

0:25:34 > 0:25:36I mean it.

0:25:38 > 0:25:40Since we were small...

0:25:41 > 0:25:42..my dream has been war.

0:25:44 > 0:25:46Yours has been my brother.

0:25:49 > 0:25:51Look how lucky we are.

0:25:53 > 0:25:56Perhaps, one day, we will both live our dreams.

0:26:14 > 0:26:17- COLBERT:- 'We may have war or we may have splendour.

0:26:17 > 0:26:20'But I do not believe that we can have both.'

0:26:20 > 0:26:23- LOUVOIS:- 'Then it must be war.'

0:26:23 > 0:26:26- FABIEN:- 'All who surround you will smile and they will deal,

0:26:26 > 0:26:29'but they would all see you destroyed, sire.'

0:26:30 > 0:26:33- BONTEMPS:- 'You are the king of our future.

0:26:34 > 0:26:37'The only question is what kind shall it be?'

0:26:39 > 0:26:41- ANNE OF AUSTRIA: - 'You dream of paradise.

0:26:43 > 0:26:46'But you must build it for yourself.'

0:26:46 > 0:26:49- PHILIPPE:- 'I've been dressed like this since I was three months old

0:26:49 > 0:26:53'so that I would not be the cloud in front of the sun.'

0:26:56 > 0:26:59PRIEST PRAYS IN LATIN

0:27:14 > 0:27:15- PRIEST:- Amen.

0:27:16 > 0:27:19I thought if I began my departure, you might sanction it.

0:27:19 > 0:27:22I think you've blessed me quite enough now. Thank you.

0:27:22 > 0:27:24I do not understand.

0:27:25 > 0:27:27I await your word, brother.

0:27:27 > 0:27:30And when I can await no more, I ask for deliverance from my God.

0:27:36 > 0:27:38Which one are you?

0:27:40 > 0:27:42I think I might be a horse.

0:27:42 > 0:27:44At least that's what I've been told.

0:27:45 > 0:27:47Brother...

0:27:48 > 0:27:50You want me to be serious.

0:27:53 > 0:27:56Stay close to your bodyguard at all times.

0:27:56 > 0:27:57You leave today.

0:27:58 > 0:28:00I will bring you glory.

0:28:00 > 0:28:02I vow it.

0:28:04 > 0:28:06May God watch over you and bring you home safely.

0:28:10 > 0:28:11Go, then.

0:28:13 > 0:28:14Run to her.

0:28:16 > 0:28:18You have my blessing.

0:28:20 > 0:28:22God knows you don't need a priest for that.

0:28:42 > 0:28:45- Sophie, my dear.- Yes? - Your help, if you please.

0:28:45 > 0:28:47- A moral quandary.- Mm-hm!

0:28:47 > 0:28:49I will do my best.

0:28:49 > 0:28:54If someone I adore fucks someone else without my express consent,

0:28:54 > 0:28:57is it not right and just for parity to be restored

0:28:57 > 0:28:59that I fuck someone of my own choosing?

0:28:59 > 0:29:02- Mm-hm.- I tried to ask Bishop Bossuet on the issue,

0:29:02 > 0:29:04but he was most unforthcoming.

0:29:04 > 0:29:06- I...- Sophie, do not answer.

0:29:06 > 0:29:08Oh, she has the answer. Look...

0:29:08 > 0:29:09All over her face!

0:29:09 > 0:29:12Enough teasing!

0:29:12 > 0:29:14We should count our lucky stars.

0:29:14 > 0:29:16I mean, so many families are being thrown out of court.

0:29:16 > 0:29:18None had papers in place.

0:29:18 > 0:29:20Well, even so...

0:29:20 > 0:29:22I suppose none of them had anyone to vouch for them.

0:29:22 > 0:29:25These are the laws we must all now comply with.

0:29:25 > 0:29:28Well, at least we have our Chevalier.

0:29:29 > 0:29:31And why are you being so nice to me?

0:29:31 > 0:29:33My own folly. I know in my heart

0:29:33 > 0:29:36you will use us up and cast us out like all the rest.

0:29:36 > 0:29:40Naturally. But I will watch out for you in all this madness.

0:29:40 > 0:29:42Have no fear of that. Especially you, my pretty.

0:29:44 > 0:29:46Sophie...

0:29:46 > 0:29:47- Oh!- Come at once!

0:29:51 > 0:29:53- WORKER:- Hand me that trowel!

0:29:53 > 0:29:55BANGING

0:29:55 > 0:29:57The mixture is too thick. Water it down.

0:29:57 > 0:29:59Sophie...

0:29:59 > 0:30:01- Her name is Sophie. - Well, that's a death wish.

0:30:03 > 0:30:05Better to die for something you believe in, right?

0:30:05 > 0:30:08What did you say your name was again?

0:30:08 > 0:30:10Benoit, sir.

0:30:10 > 0:30:11Jacques.

0:30:11 > 0:30:13What's a gardener doing up here?

0:30:13 > 0:30:16The view helps me measure the lines of the garden.

0:30:16 > 0:30:21- And the girls who walk in it. - You be careful with that business.

0:30:21 > 0:30:23Think of your future, huh?

0:30:23 > 0:30:24I am.

0:30:27 > 0:30:29If your friends, the Parthenays,

0:30:29 > 0:30:32prove as meaningful as I believe they might,

0:30:32 > 0:30:34once they have visited and shown their loyalty,

0:30:34 > 0:30:36we could persuade much of the south to comply.

0:30:36 > 0:30:38Leaving who?

0:30:39 > 0:30:41The north and east.

0:30:41 > 0:30:43Who defies me there?

0:30:43 > 0:30:45The Duke of Cassel, sire, to my mind.

0:30:45 > 0:30:47He commands great influence in the north and east.

0:30:47 > 0:30:49Half the nobility are in his debt.

0:30:49 > 0:30:52His family have occupied those lands since before memory.

0:30:55 > 0:30:57He is our keystone, then.

0:30:57 > 0:31:01If we extract him from the wall, the entire structure is demolished.

0:31:01 > 0:31:03If we do not, the collapse shall be ours.

0:31:03 > 0:31:07He does not heed our letters, sire. We've had no response.

0:31:07 > 0:31:09Send him a gift.

0:31:09 > 0:31:11My portrait.

0:31:11 > 0:31:14With a messenger, alongside an order to comply with our laws.

0:31:14 > 0:31:16He shall supply his proof of nobility

0:31:16 > 0:31:20or suffer the consequence, to which all of France shall bear witness.

0:31:24 > 0:31:26A messenger from the king.

0:31:28 > 0:31:30Bearing gifts.

0:31:34 > 0:31:35Hm.

0:31:38 > 0:31:40Hm.

0:31:40 > 0:31:42How very kind(!)

0:31:42 > 0:31:44Would you like some champagne?

0:31:44 > 0:31:48Louis the Great commands your presence to court.

0:31:48 > 0:31:51You are required by his word to present proof of your nobility.

0:31:52 > 0:31:54Really?

0:31:54 > 0:31:57LAUGHTER AND CHATTER

0:31:59 > 0:32:02I should warn you, Kobina.

0:32:02 > 0:32:05The king is throwing an entertainment in our honour,

0:32:05 > 0:32:07but we are not here to enjoy ourselves.

0:32:13 > 0:32:16For as long as we leave alive, I don't care.

0:32:20 > 0:32:21To be sure,

0:32:21 > 0:32:25Chevalier indeed possesses more influence than I first thought.

0:32:25 > 0:32:28But these chambers are much smaller than our previous ones.

0:32:28 > 0:32:31- Do you know what I love most about being here?- No, what?

0:32:31 > 0:32:34The noise. All the hustle and bustle of the court.

0:32:39 > 0:32:41How do I look?

0:32:44 > 0:32:46You're not going out in that, young lady!

0:32:54 > 0:32:56Mother, please, do not fuss.

0:32:56 > 0:32:57Fuss?

0:32:57 > 0:32:59This is not a game.

0:32:59 > 0:33:03This is my job, to ensure it is you who catches the king's eye.

0:33:05 > 0:33:06Now, look into the glass.

0:33:06 > 0:33:08What do you see?

0:33:10 > 0:33:12I see me.

0:33:13 > 0:33:16This is not a time for women. This is a time for men.

0:33:16 > 0:33:18But even the wisest king in the world can be rendered a fool

0:33:18 > 0:33:20by something so fair.

0:33:21 > 0:33:23You may never be a queen...

0:33:23 > 0:33:24- SOPHIE GASPS - ..but with that...

0:33:24 > 0:33:25you may live like one.

0:33:30 > 0:33:31I do believe...

0:33:32 > 0:33:34..you are the fairest of them all.

0:33:45 > 0:33:47Good luck, everybody!

0:33:48 > 0:33:49Hm, I adore your perfume.

0:33:49 > 0:33:52I'm not wearing any.

0:33:53 > 0:33:56It must be so hard mothering a child by yourself.

0:33:56 > 0:33:57I do what I can.

0:33:57 > 0:33:59You must find it hard being...

0:33:59 > 0:34:02so far away from your husband and children.

0:34:02 > 0:34:05I find the absence is not painful unless someone mentions it.

0:34:07 > 0:34:09That's a very beautiful dress.

0:34:09 > 0:34:11And it's wrapped around quite a lovely creature.

0:34:11 > 0:34:12Why, thank you.

0:34:16 > 0:34:19The king wished to sit down with me tonight to negotiate.

0:34:19 > 0:34:21- And sit you shall. - We negotiate in public?

0:34:22 > 0:34:26- You would have us send everyone to bed?- If that's what it takes.

0:34:28 > 0:34:31- You have a woman? - My wife lives in Paris.

0:34:31 > 0:34:33- With you? - I live with the king.

0:34:34 > 0:34:35Now I am confused.

0:34:35 > 0:34:38Wherever the king sleeps, I sleep.

0:34:38 > 0:34:40Er, this is as far as I go.

0:34:43 > 0:34:45His bed must be very crowded.

0:34:52 > 0:34:56NOISY LAUGHTER AND CHATTER

0:34:59 > 0:35:03ROOM FALLS SILENT

0:35:05 > 0:35:07Brother, we're not wanted here. Better if we retire.

0:35:12 > 0:35:13Brother...

0:35:14 > 0:35:17..the negotiations have just begun.

0:35:57 > 0:35:59Please, husband, don't toy with him this way.

0:36:15 > 0:36:17I believe I have the measure of this game.

0:36:21 > 0:36:23Apparently so!

0:36:27 > 0:36:31Alas, fortune at this table does not favour us tonight.

0:36:43 > 0:36:45So...let's play.

0:36:47 > 0:36:49What are you doing?

0:36:49 > 0:36:50Winning.

0:36:52 > 0:36:54There is a spring in your step.

0:36:54 > 0:36:56And a group of worried faces in my path.

0:36:57 > 0:37:00Your Majesty, urgent business requires your immediate attention.

0:37:00 > 0:37:03I hope your new-found success carries you quickly to our bed.

0:37:08 > 0:37:10Cassel has replied to your message, sire.

0:37:19 > 0:37:20"Here is your proof.

0:37:20 > 0:37:23"A contribution to your noble project."

0:37:26 > 0:37:28May I reply to him in person, sire?

0:37:28 > 0:37:30I counsel restraint.

0:37:30 > 0:37:32- In the face of insolence? - If I may, sire?

0:37:32 > 0:37:36To send troops and arrest him will end your plan as soon as it starts.

0:37:36 > 0:37:37If you put Cassel in prison,

0:37:37 > 0:37:39you may as well put all of the nobles in jail,

0:37:39 > 0:37:41because that would be the end result of it all.

0:37:41 > 0:37:45At least, let me bruise his face for this insult he has returned to you.

0:37:45 > 0:37:48Cut off one head, another will take its place.

0:37:48 > 0:37:51To strike him down is to beg for civil war.

0:37:51 > 0:37:53And we saw how well that went for the English.

0:37:58 > 0:38:00Husband, I'm not yet ready.

0:38:00 > 0:38:04I'm not here in duty, but in gratitude.

0:38:05 > 0:38:06For keeping your word to me

0:38:06 > 0:38:10and for showing such hospitality to our guest.

0:38:11 > 0:38:14You availed yourself very well. And for that, I am grateful.

0:38:24 > 0:38:27SHE MOANS

0:38:36 > 0:38:39I wish to bestow a gift upon you.

0:38:39 > 0:38:40I accept.

0:38:40 > 0:38:43The gift is a secret.

0:38:44 > 0:38:46So much the better.

0:38:47 > 0:38:49Your daughter is alive.

0:38:52 > 0:38:56SHE PANTS AND MOANS

0:39:24 > 0:39:26DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

0:39:28 > 0:39:29Brother!

0:39:29 > 0:39:32Brother, wake up! The king wants to see you.

0:39:32 > 0:39:33Tell him to wait.

0:39:35 > 0:39:37You can tell him for yourself.

0:39:40 > 0:39:43Please, get dressed. We do not have much time.

0:39:43 > 0:39:45- Where are we going?- You'll see.

0:39:51 > 0:39:56Sire, we received word the Parthenay family will arrive this morning.

0:39:56 > 0:39:59- And will my goddaughter Charlotte be with them?- Yes, sire.

0:40:00 > 0:40:02A little ray of sunshine.

0:40:03 > 0:40:05Are we nearly there, Maman?

0:40:23 > 0:40:25You, stay here.

0:40:46 > 0:40:48How did you enjoy my wine?

0:41:12 > 0:41:13What would you offer me?

0:41:15 > 0:41:18The Dutch do not have your hospitality, of course...

0:41:19 > 0:41:21..but they do have money.

0:41:34 > 0:41:36Where are we?

0:41:37 > 0:41:39A brief stop.

0:41:56 > 0:41:58My gardener chanced upon this man.

0:42:00 > 0:42:03He was a noble who fought against my family during the uprising.

0:42:04 > 0:42:06MAN GASPS

0:42:06 > 0:42:08He thought himself safe...

0:42:09 > 0:42:11..out here in the woods.

0:42:11 > 0:42:13MAN GASPS FOR BREATH

0:42:20 > 0:42:22MAN WHEEZES AND GROANS

0:42:26 > 0:42:29MAN'S GROANS GROW FAINTER

0:42:31 > 0:42:33MAN FALLS SILENT

0:43:04 > 0:43:06Oh, my God...!

0:43:06 > 0:43:09Your valuables, if you so please.

0:43:11 > 0:43:13I know that voice! Montcourt!

0:43:24 > 0:43:26Don't! Please...don't!

0:43:26 > 0:43:27GUNSHOT

0:43:30 > 0:43:32- MONTCOURT:- Kill her.

0:43:32 > 0:43:34- TOMAS:- Or I will.

0:43:34 > 0:43:37SHE WHIMPERS AND PANTS

0:43:40 > 0:43:42GUNSHOT

0:44:11 > 0:44:12MAN KNOCKS ON DOOR

0:44:47 > 0:44:49- MAN:- Hey, we have to move!

0:44:49 > 0:44:51Montcourt, come on!

0:44:51 > 0:44:53- It will be dark soon!- She's gone.

0:44:53 > 0:44:55She'll die! Let's go!

0:45:20 > 0:45:22Why are we here?

0:45:29 > 0:45:31The Dutch do have money, but no power.

0:45:32 > 0:45:34We have both.

0:45:34 > 0:45:36BABY COOS

0:45:41 > 0:45:43Why have you brought me here?

0:45:43 > 0:45:44To finish our negotiation.

0:45:44 > 0:45:47- We have not even started yet. - Aniaba, we have been negotiating

0:45:47 > 0:45:49since the moment you stepped off your coach.

0:45:55 > 0:45:57You leave me little choice.

0:45:57 > 0:46:00I offer you security and a fair stake in revenue.

0:46:01 > 0:46:04I also offer you a gunboat to secure your port.

0:46:04 > 0:46:06You've been away from home for a long time

0:46:06 > 0:46:08and your enemies are moving on your capital.

0:46:08 > 0:46:09My father will deal with them.

0:46:09 > 0:46:11BABY COOS

0:46:13 > 0:46:16Do you see this loud little life before you?

0:46:18 > 0:46:20A close friend told me that God himself

0:46:20 > 0:46:22brought this child to me for a reason.

0:46:23 > 0:46:25Only now do I understand.

0:46:29 > 0:46:32Her very existence begs a question because, in any other country,

0:46:32 > 0:46:35in England, Spain, the Republics of the Dutch,

0:46:35 > 0:46:38she would be long dead and her mother, too.

0:46:40 > 0:46:42And yet, here she is.

0:46:42 > 0:46:44And here you are.

0:46:45 > 0:46:46You can be sure of one thing.

0:46:46 > 0:46:49You may make a deal with the Dutch, the English, the Spanish.

0:46:49 > 0:46:51Rest assured, they will smile and agree.

0:46:51 > 0:46:54Then they will bring their armies, burn your lands,

0:46:54 > 0:46:56kill your families

0:46:56 > 0:47:00and take everything you hold dear. Of that, you can be sure.

0:47:00 > 0:47:02- You would do the same.- Not I.

0:47:02 > 0:47:04And I suggest you decide quickly.

0:47:04 > 0:47:07A country with no king will eat itself in war.

0:47:08 > 0:47:09King?

0:47:09 > 0:47:12BABY STARTS TO CRY

0:47:13 > 0:47:16We received word that your father is dead.

0:47:16 > 0:47:18You are king now.

0:47:22 > 0:47:24My condolences, Your Majesty.

0:47:24 > 0:47:27BABY CRIES LOUDLY

0:47:38 > 0:47:41BABY CONTINUES TO CRY

0:47:48 > 0:47:49Majesty...

0:47:54 > 0:47:57Bless me, father, for I have sinned.

0:48:01 > 0:48:04BABY CRIES

0:48:37 > 0:48:40We're going.

0:49:13 > 0:49:17The Venetians have been working hard on a new glass, sire.

0:49:17 > 0:49:19They hope this one will be more to your liking.

0:49:31 > 0:49:32Better.

0:49:40 > 0:49:43FIRE SPITS AND CRACKLES

0:49:48 > 0:49:49HE CLICKS HIS FINGERS

0:49:50 > 0:49:52Burn him.