0:00:02 > 0:00:10This programme contains some violent scenes
0:00:10 > 0:00:15The Parthenays came at my behest, my personal invitation.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18They drove their carriage on that road
0:00:18 > 0:00:21secure in the knowledge that they were guests of the King,
0:00:21 > 0:00:24with the unshakeable guarantee of the King's protection!
0:00:27 > 0:00:30If a child of France is not safe on royal lands,
0:00:30 > 0:00:32what chance is there for anyone else?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38An attack on my roads is an attack on me.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Until their killers are brought before me, I shall not sleep again.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46I will pay my respects. Where are they now?
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Sire, you are bleeding, you are injured.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50More than you can know.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Where are you going?
0:01:05 > 0:01:08The siege is broken. We've won this battle.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10The price is paid.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13The camp lies this way.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17I promised our mother we'd bring them home.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Cold lotion, sire.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Made up of egg yolk, oil of roses, and turpentine
0:01:31 > 0:01:33to permit drainage.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Why not simply close the skin?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Permissible for battlefield injuries, sire,
0:01:39 > 0:01:40but I'm not a tailor.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44May I enquire as to the cause of the injury, sire?
0:01:44 > 0:01:45A hunting accident.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52"We report with joy the success of the King's infantry
0:01:52 > 0:01:54"against the troops of the Spanish.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58"Siege is now laid to the town of Cambrai."
0:01:58 > 0:02:00At last, some good news.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04"Most remarkable of all heroes present in the King's name
0:02:04 > 0:02:06"is His Majesty's own brother,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09"Prince Philippe, the Duke of Orleans,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11"who has shown bravery on the battlefield."
0:02:11 > 0:02:13That's enough news for now.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16"A true and everlasting hero..."
0:02:16 > 0:02:17I said enough!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28# I'm the king of my own land
0:02:33 > 0:02:37# Facing tempests of dust
0:02:37 > 0:02:41# I'll fight until it's the end
0:02:45 > 0:02:51# Creatures of my dreams, raise up and dance with me
0:02:59 > 0:03:03# Now and forever
0:03:03 > 0:03:11# I'm your king. #
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Let me see Francoise.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19He bled, yet she did not.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I believe he was shot with a pistol, sire
0:04:22 > 0:04:24and she was shot with a musket,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26and those shot with muskets do not bleed so much.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27Why?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Well, that is the way the wounds behave, sire.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35The wounds themselves are large...
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Which would surely produce more blood, not less.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Indeed, sire, but, um, the, er...
0:04:41 > 0:04:44What I believe my father is saying is
0:04:44 > 0:04:47that the musket shot tends to fragment.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49It makes channels twice as large
0:04:49 > 0:04:52but also crushes the flesh around the entry wound
0:04:52 > 0:04:56so it seals the blood where it sits, and it cannot flow.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00I see. Thank you, Masson.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- And Charlotte?- Charlotte?
0:05:13 > 0:05:17The Parthenays had two children, and Charlotte is my goddaughter.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Find Fabien!- At once, sire.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52GUNSHOT
0:06:08 > 0:06:10BIRDS CAW
0:06:42 > 0:06:44HE SIGHS
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Can you help...me?
0:06:58 > 0:06:59How?
0:07:02 > 0:07:03I'm sorry.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08But you will not be alone.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I saw angels.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32THUNDER ROLLS
0:07:40 > 0:07:41SNORING
0:07:43 > 0:07:45You came in so drunk last night,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49you emptied the contents of your bladder all over my kitchen.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52So consider this merely the repayment of that loan.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53GUN CLICKS
0:07:53 > 0:07:54HE PANTS
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Where is my share? - I have it right here.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Is that enough, or would you like some more?
0:08:04 > 0:08:09You murder a noble family on the road and then come to my house.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11She recognised my voice.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13How is that even possible?
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Unlikely, but I could not take the risk.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21In any case, you wanted chaos.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22Now you have it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25You butchered them where they stood. Every single one.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Not quite.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29A young girl escaped.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- She ran into the woods.- Wounded.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- You didn't think to follow her? - I didn't think it safe to linger.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Well, return and finish what you started.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41My Lord, think a moment.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Noble blood is spilled on the road to Versailles.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Who would follow the Parthenays now?
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Soon the King will tire of the project and move back to Paris.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54And then we shall own our country again.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04He only sketches when he is upset.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Who else delays?
0:09:30 > 0:09:3314 families in all.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38All wait for assurance of their safety before venturing on the road.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41So the nobles of the south stay quiet, the east remain cowards
0:09:41 > 0:09:42and the north...
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Er, without Cassel, there will be no more cooperation from the north.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48He's a man of great influence in the region.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Perception of influence. Nothing more.- Which is just as dangerous.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Why is it that we are laying siege to Cambrai
0:09:53 > 0:09:56and yet it is we who feel surrounded? DOOR OPENS
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Monsieur Marchal is here, sire.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03DOOR CLOSES
0:10:19 > 0:10:21You've failed me, Monsieur Marchal.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Just as you have failed my friends, the Parthenays.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Had your patrols been on the road, they would have arrived safely.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Instead, their deaths will send a message
0:10:29 > 0:10:32to the world that travelling to Versailles is not safe.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Your continued presence in this court
0:10:34 > 0:10:36demands nothing less than absolution.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39You will bring me the men responsible!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42May I speak, sire?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I believe a noble may be accountable for this act.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49How would you know such a thing?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53The musket shot that killed her was fired from horseback.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56The angle of the wound tells me that the horse was many hands high.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Almost impossible for the untrained rider.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Only a nobleman, an equerry, perhaps,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05a cavalryman could be capable of such a feat.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08But most of our men are at the front.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Which leaves suspicion firmly where I say it does, with a noble.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Whoever it is, bring them to me.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17I want to see their face.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33WHISTLES
0:11:38 > 0:11:41SHE MOUTHS Sophie! Listen to me.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43What have I done?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Do not make eyes at boys like that.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47You only have eyes for the King.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Even if I succeed in marrying you off to a noble,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52men in court are to be regarded as a stepping stone -
0:11:52 > 0:11:54nothing more and nothing less.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Men like that are the pond scum over which you are walking.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Do you comprehend at all?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I do not think you are telling me everything.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Oh, you are still young. You can be sure of it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Say it.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Your plan was ill-conceived and badly executed.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16A force of 200 would have secured the road.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Drawn from where? Our soldiers are at the front.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20And there is your problem.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24MY problem? It is a problem we all face and a threat to the King.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Or indeed it may be a solution.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29A solution?
0:12:29 > 0:12:30I do not yet know.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33But one thing we can be sure of, these men will strike again.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47PANTING, WHIMPERING
0:12:54 > 0:12:55GUNSHOT
0:13:02 > 0:13:05But if the court knows she is dead, they can mourn.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08They already think she died with them.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11The Parthenay family were murdered on the road.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Everyone's talking about it.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Her body was not found there.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Only three people know this information.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Me, you, and the man who meant to kill her.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27He will know his shot missed its mark.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30And he might yet use that knowledge to make a mistake.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Forgive me.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Um, sire, it's no matter.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02You are ill, perhaps?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05No, if I feel anything, I feel nervous about this war.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08The glory will soon be ours.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12You are already glorious, sire, if I may be so bold.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19You may, Madame.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Be well.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Majesty!
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Lisette told me she begged her husband not to come.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53After what happened to the Parthenays, how can you blame her?
0:14:53 > 0:14:56But she said with the King's new edict, he told her they had to,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58that they must find a sponsor or be doomed.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01I heard the real reason was that they can't find their papers.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04They had a flood a few years back, if you recall.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07What if they washed away? Poor lambs.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09There will be a remedy, I'm sure.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12That is yet to be seen, is it not?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Not everyone can have such credit with the Chevalier.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18As much credit as he is inclined to give is as much as I have.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Well, should your coffers empty,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I'm sure your daughter can offer you some security.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Beauty unlocks many doors.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27You of all people should know that first-hand, Madame.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30And beauty without wit is merely vanity.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Hm!
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Mother, that was unkind.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Have you been paying any attention at all?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41When you pass through the doors in this court,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44you are not walking into a room, you're entering a marketplace.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48And transactions mean contacts. Contacts mean credit.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Credit means power. And power means everything!
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Look at Madame de Montespan.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Do you think that attention happens by chance?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- I thought you didn't like her. - Will you keep your voice down?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I saw the King look at her today.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05A deep and lingering gaze.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Now, just think what that might be worth!
0:16:08 > 0:16:10And what does all this matter to us?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- We have our papers and our lineage. - Not yet!
0:16:13 > 0:16:16What can happen to a piece of paper coming from Pau?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Ask the Parthenays!
0:16:27 > 0:16:29LAUGHTER
0:16:29 > 0:16:33That was when she had the bows in her hair! Do I remember correctly?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Yes, the picnic. Midsummer.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- I was angry at you. - Francoise chose me,
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- yet she only had eyes for you. - To make me jealous!
0:16:42 > 0:16:43And she was successful.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45THEY LAUGH
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Thank you, friend, I needed this.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51We should celebrate her tonight.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53And every night after that.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I shall tie a bow on the next beautiful woman I see
0:16:56 > 0:16:57and I shall call her Francoise.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05- What about her? - Her, you do not touch.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Shame!
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I had a position in mind for you. I was rather hoping you might take it.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24The answer is yes. What is it?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27As you know, the stables are finished and the hunt needs
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- a new master. - I know just the man.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32I was hoping you did.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- It would be my pleasure. - Then, please, send me his name
0:17:35 > 0:17:38because I need to put him in place while you go to war.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40War?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43As our war continues, I find that my brother is foremost in my mind.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Of course.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I wish you to go to the front. Be my brother's shadow.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50See that no harm comes to him.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I think I understand you.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Well, we have known each other long enough.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00I will do as you ask.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10That's the Rohan I remember.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25You know, misery suits you. You wear it so very well.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27What do you want?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Did you read the Gazette? Your husband is glorious.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- It is the King's glory. - Not from what I read.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Here, I will leave you my copy to peruse at your leisure,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40as you pine for your absent husband.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43How delighted you will be when he returns to claim his prize.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Angelique, could you put in another ribbon?
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Angelique, I've been meaning to return this to you.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50A chambermaid found it in your drawer and removed it by accident.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I'll make sure she's disciplined.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56My necklace!
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Did you say YOUR necklace?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Yes, it is very dear to me. I thought it lost.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Angelique?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Come now, the maid thought this was yours.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11So what was your mistress's necklace doing in your room?
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- It was not in my room. - Of course it was, I just told you.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17What was it doing in your room?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Madame, I did not take your necklace.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Tut.- Absolutely, I did not.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- Be quiet!- Madame, please.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Your lady's a thief, Madam. That much is clear.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27And I doubt you're in the habit
0:19:27 > 0:19:30of employing pickpockets in your household.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33You may be sure you have not heard the last of it.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I wish to make peace with God.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01A convent near Marly will take me. They've already given their consent.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05I beg you, sire, please, release me to God's care.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Have I not given you everything?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I used to think I was a person of quality,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13living under God's grace.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18The gifts he bestowed upon me, upon both of us.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Now I do not know myself or my place.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25I wish only to serve my God.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26I love your piety.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30I love your spirit in the service of purity.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34And I wish to go before you tire of me.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38My Lady...
0:20:44 > 0:20:46I already see it.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50I will soon be gone in your eyes, and I see who is to come after me.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54I do not wish to bear witness for myself.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- God wishes us to be together. - Sire, please...
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Not as my king, but as the father of my children
0:21:00 > 0:21:02and the one yet to be born.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Let me atone for my life.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- Enough. - What if I am to burn for eternity?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11What if it is too late for me?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18SHE CRIES
0:21:22 > 0:21:24CHATTER AND MUSIC
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Cousin! You seem in a very good mood.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31How can I not be joyful with such gifts around me?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33And such beauty!
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Talking of which, Henriette's entourage was looking rather tired
0:21:37 > 0:21:40so I have made an opportunity for my darling girl.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- With Henriette? - I do not care for your tone.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Should Sophie consign herself to her when Madame de Montespan
0:21:48 > 0:21:49grows in stature day by day?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- I confess I saw a gaze from the King...- My decision is made.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56And I'm the head of this household.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Unless you've somehow forgotten, cousin.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02When will this position become available?
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Soon. I hear one of her ladies is rather fond of pilfering.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Come, child! To me.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13It is time you learned what to do with those appalling flippers
0:22:13 > 0:22:14you appear to call feet!
0:22:17 > 0:22:19HE CLAPS
0:22:19 > 0:22:20MUSIC BEGINS
0:22:28 > 0:22:32A dance is a formalised conversation, my dear Sophie.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Full of rules, restrictions.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38It's like that dress you are wearing.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Do you like it?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Can't you tell?- Oh!
0:22:41 > 0:22:43HE GIGGLES
0:22:52 > 0:22:54I never asked you, but I'd wager
0:22:54 > 0:22:56it's rather important for your time at court.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Are you still...intact?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Intact?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Have your fingers ever been curious?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I don't know what you're talking about.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11You will.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19Ahh...
0:23:22 > 0:23:26When we skimmed stones at the water in Saint-Germain, do you remember?
0:23:28 > 0:23:32I declared to everyone that you would make yours bounce five times.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36You all laughed that I might declare it so confidently.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39And yet, when you launched the stone...
0:23:39 > 0:23:40There it was!
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Five times.- My lucky number.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02I want to do this every night so I'll know you'll keep me safe.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Do I not already protect you?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Sadly, where the Chevalier is concerned,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09I cannot see how anyone can.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20He has caused my lady Angelique great pain.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Is it not enough that I protect you,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24that I must now also protect your ladies?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27He made up a terrible story and put a problem in my lap.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32And now you're sad.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35You are perceptive, Madame.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Francoise Parthenay was very dear to you, I know.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43I was even jealous of her for a silly minute.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I'm going to war, where it is safe.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- I do not understand. - And you are coming with me.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Why? - You wish to be somewhere else?
0:24:57 > 0:25:01- A new day is coming. - Goodnight, then!
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Goodbye.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07DOOR CLOSES
0:25:12 > 0:25:14I'm a little early for my lesson.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18CHEVALIER PANTS
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Don't say a word.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26PANTING
0:25:26 > 0:25:27SLICING, GROANING
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- Oh, my God!- Quiet!
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Be quiet!
0:25:33 > 0:25:37You're an easy man to find, since your infidelity is so constant.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41From this moment on, I will tell you what to do.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Deny us, and you will die!
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Apply yourself, and your lover will be king.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50And you will have the power.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55The future is yours, as long as you do exactly what we tell you.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59We will talk again.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Maman?
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Go back to sleep.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33What are you doing?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Writing letters.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Rest, child.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22MUSIC PLAYS
0:27:30 > 0:27:33The monk from Perignon has brought more wine.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35And I am still hungry.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Will you join me?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Always room for one more.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49I commend you, Madame, on your excellent appetite.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50SHE LAUGHS
0:27:50 > 0:27:55Sire, you hardly know me or the scope of my needs.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59I know this.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02You're still hungry.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07How many have you had?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09I do not recall.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12In which case, why would one more make any difference?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Hard to say without partaking.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Why is that?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Surely, after a certain time, it's just a number, is it not?
0:28:25 > 0:28:27It depends on the number.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57You received my message?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02I've been praying for your lost child every day, Your Majesty.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03You are constantly in my thoughts.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06You are kind to say such a thing. Bring a chair.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11For the child inside you.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25'Tis warm. Take off your shawl.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Take it off.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45My words to you were not kind.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48I said them in a moment, clouded by my own feelings.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50I would like us to be friends.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Not because I do not still resent every stolen moment
0:29:54 > 0:29:56you have taken away from my husband and me,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00but because I sense something in your soul.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01I can feel the pain you hold.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Yes.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14My concern is not as such for you. You understand?
0:30:14 > 0:30:17But the innocent life inside you can feel this pain.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22I will join a community of prayer, Majesty, when time permits.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25- Do you love the King?- I love God.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26But it's not an answer.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29I also love the King.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33But the price is too much.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35What have you done to yourself?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Do you think God will forgive me?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Did you solve the problem?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57There are plenty of men on the road with questions.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00I would rather not provide them with answers.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Meanwhile, the King gains territory.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Claims the lands of Spain in kind for his unpaid dowry.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10It's pretext, naturally, but victory for him is more than land.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13It's confidence and power. He must be stopped.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17In a few days from now, the roads will be ours again.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21- So you're ready to work? - I'm at your service.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Protocol does not permit us to own or run a business.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25I administer my affairs by proxy.
0:31:25 > 0:31:2930 companies run under my control.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34My most trusted man has a brother in a royal depot in Paris.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36He told me about a shipment that will soon make its way
0:31:36 > 0:31:38to Versailles. It'll be heavily guarded
0:31:38 > 0:31:41and, from what I know, they will fight to the end to defend it.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43You raised me from the dead, my Lord,
0:31:43 > 0:31:45I will lay down my life for you.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46Good.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Because, from what I hear, this is a cargo worth dying for.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01I would speak with the King.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Perhaps your hearing is suspect.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09The King is not to be disturbed. He's in private conference.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13With whom?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19The House of Hapsburg has tried to remain indifferent
0:32:19 > 0:32:22to your war in the Spanish Netherlands,
0:32:22 > 0:32:24but the Spanish grow impatient and wish us to intervene.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28You have claim by inheritance. We have claim by law.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30We need not fight each other for the prize.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Though many in your counsel might benefit from war, I'm sure.
0:32:33 > 0:32:34Circles are divided.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38But if our present discussions were to establish a policy between us...
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Your Prince Hapsburg might yet find his cardinal's hat.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Indeed, Majesty.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Let us move, then, in secret, to a treaty between the kingdoms
0:32:46 > 0:32:48of France and the House of Hapsburg.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51To divide the territory on the death of the Spanish king.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54The health of the ruler is paramount to the security of state.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Your Majesty.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58Your face.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09Get a doctor. Quickly!
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Did you not hear me, man?!
0:33:17 > 0:33:18I will fetch Masson.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Not that doctor. The other one.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27So, we are agreed?
0:33:29 > 0:33:30I believe so.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40No-one must enter.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Come, quickly.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05Not you. Her.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Your father's mess.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Fix it!
0:34:23 > 0:34:24Please.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31It will have to be stitched.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33The hot needle and thread.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35It will hurt.
0:34:36 > 0:34:37Good.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42You may go.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I will bring you glory. I vow it.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01We are far inside the line.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03We're in great danger here.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- I promised your brother. - Promised him what?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07That I would ensure your safety.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15DISTANT GUNFIRE
0:35:58 > 0:36:00What a surprise to find you here.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03I wanted to talk to you, away from the usual ears.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Very well.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10What the Chevalier did to poor Angelique -
0:36:10 > 0:36:12he is beyond reproach.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15He is being himself, unfortunately. Now I have a new lady.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19Ah, the new girl. Mademoiselle Clermont.
0:36:19 > 0:36:20Sophie. She's pleasant enough.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Well, I have a scheme that will bring delicious revenge
0:36:23 > 0:36:26on the Chevalier. Might you consider it?
0:36:26 > 0:36:27No, thank you.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Might I ask why?
0:36:32 > 0:36:35I already know what it is you want, and I cannot help you get it.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37I'm sure I do not know what you mean.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Think a while. You'll get there in the end.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46I suppose I will.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Take her to her family.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- Where did you find her? - In the woods near Chaville.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- Where is she now? - Buried with her family.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Without a sermon? Beneath dignity.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19A full sermon might attract attention.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21And what would be wrong with that?
0:37:21 > 0:37:25You let me live in hope, and then you break my heart again.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26Why did you hide this from me?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Hide HER from me?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Because you have armed me, sire.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Not just with weapons, but with choices.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36My choice was to protect the truth.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Which is that Charlotte Parthenay
0:37:39 > 0:37:42did not die with her family on the road.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46This knowledge gives us something her killers do not possess -
0:37:46 > 0:37:49certainty. Which means they will make a mistake.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53Did she suffer?
0:37:55 > 0:37:56A great deal.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00I hope it did not last too long.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06She was in considerable pain for an extended period.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09You do not seek my approval in any way, do you?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13I seek only to protect your life.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Your honesty is also a weapon, Monsieur Marchal.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26If you say so, sire.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30GUNSHOT
0:38:33 > 0:38:34GUNSHOT
0:38:40 > 0:38:42No, please!
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- It's your turn, Moncourt. - No, please, no!
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- I know you.- You USED to know me.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Nobles don't dig. I have a better idea.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03DOOR OPENS
0:39:06 > 0:39:07We are surrounded.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11By conspirators. By criticism.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14By wilderness and danger.
0:39:20 > 0:39:21Defence is no longer our option.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23We must break the siege, we must attack.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Arrange a force for the roads. - They're assembled, sire.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Make their clothing uniform, make their presence felt
0:39:28 > 0:39:31to deter and reassure as we now do in Paris.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Purge the road and police it. And contact every noble who defies me.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37I wish to understand their concerns.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40And they in turn shall be informed of our intent.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Their king is going to war.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Father!
0:40:08 > 0:40:09I'm making potage for supper.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Celery, carrots, potatoes, salt. Very simple.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14Father, please, let me.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Sit.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Rest.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22You've had a full day of it at work, after all.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26You are not saying what you mean, and I don't like it.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27Would you make a mockery of your father?
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- I don't know what you're talking about.- Where have you been?
0:40:33 > 0:40:34I am not at liberty to say.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Your silence speaks for you, then.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42My work is rushed - simplistic, too, perhaps. But my own daughter.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Of course, he would seek to ruin my reputation.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49- Your reputation...- In tatters now.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52..remains intact. Father, you are jealous.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55I'm scared, child.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Scared for you.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00This not a place of warmth and trust.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04This is a cold, venal, brutal circle of lies.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06They may use me and cast me aside.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08But while there is still breath in my lungs
0:41:08 > 0:41:11I will not permit them to do the same to you.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15The King has his favourites. And then one day he tires of them.
0:41:16 > 0:41:17And we don't see them any more.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23RAIN LASHES, THUNDER RUMBLES
0:41:41 > 0:41:43(Oh, Monsieur Fabien.)
0:41:43 > 0:41:47- Madame, what are you doing here? - I'm so scared.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52The war, the night. Would you walk with me to my apartment?
0:41:57 > 0:41:59The news must have come as a shock.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- The news?- Your friends.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- What about my friends? - The Parthenays.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10They lived close to your family, did they not, in Pau?
0:42:10 > 0:42:11Known to me, yes.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14A tragedy.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Can't bear to think of it.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Perhaps we can walk a while again in the garden during the day,
0:42:20 > 0:42:22and talk about dear things.
0:42:23 > 0:42:24I'd like that very much.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43SNORING
0:42:43 > 0:42:45DOOR OPENS
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54What is your reconciliation?
0:42:56 > 0:42:59The mortal sins of envy and wrath.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Remember, sire, some transgressions by the state are necessary.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07- Whereas if committed by man... - Do not address me so!
0:43:07 > 0:43:09In this moment, I'm man alone, burdened by sin,
0:43:09 > 0:43:11doing my penance under God.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16I sent my own brother to war.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Now, how shall I repent?
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Acts of contrition may take many forms.
0:43:22 > 0:43:23One may atone in kind by practising
0:43:23 > 0:43:26the sins' corresponding virtues in their stead.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31The sin of envy, for example, mirrors virtue,
0:43:31 > 0:43:33of humanitas. Or kindness.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37The sin of wrath is mirrored by the virtue of patience.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40We are at war, where wrath has its station.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42And war is no place for kindness.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Bravo! The look is yours.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25- I believe you are mistaken, Madam. - You are upset.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27I cannot reach him.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31I feel like a sack of flour to him.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37- Can you help me?- With what?
0:44:37 > 0:44:39I am boring and you are funny.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42Perhaps when he returns you might put him in a good mood for me.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Talk to him, make him laugh.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47If he's in a good humour, I might just have a chance.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50- Would you do that? - I suppose I could try.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52CROWD CHEER
0:44:59 > 0:45:02- Do you miss England?- I miss you.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07The summer of our lives has been full of blossom.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10But the nights are drawing in.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12And in the growing darkness we must remind ourselves
0:45:12 > 0:45:15that life is more than love.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18And marriage more than duty.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35My plan is very simple.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Here, if we were simply to pull our line into this valley...
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Then they would follow our retreat.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44Allowing our cavalry to ride in from the east. Closing the circle.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48- They would have nowhere to run. - MAN: The King!
0:45:55 > 0:45:59- Brother, wonderful news. - Indeed, the war is over.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04Negotiations for a ceasefire will begin this day at Tournois.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08We've battled hard for this moment. Many men have died to attain it.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10We will maintain our line but no more.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13In a day, perhaps two, hostilities will cease.
0:46:16 > 0:46:17For what?
0:46:19 > 0:46:22We can win, brother. Here. Today.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24The odds are not with us.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26We have lost too much to stop now!
0:46:26 > 0:46:27I would speak with my brother.
0:46:35 > 0:46:36Alone.
0:46:42 > 0:46:46- I'm here to bring you home. - And I came here to fight.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50This ceasefire, I was wondering...
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Will it just so happen to be announced upon your return?
0:46:53 > 0:46:57All hail, King Louis, who went to war and won the peace!
0:46:59 > 0:47:02Our spies report there is a price on your head.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04The Spanish have engaged a battalion of mercenaries
0:47:04 > 0:47:06to seek you out on the field.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09They wish to make an example of you, to use you against me.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12- I will not countenance the risk. - This is about the porridge.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18You remember, don't you? I can't recall where we were.
0:47:18 > 0:47:19Saint-Germain, I expect.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23You flicked some porridge at me over breakfast,
0:47:23 > 0:47:24I threw some back at you.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28Soon we were at each other. You tipped the bowl over my head
0:47:28 > 0:47:30so I pissed on you. You pissed right back.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32There we are, rolling on the floor, pissing on one another.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Well, you started it!
0:47:34 > 0:47:36You flicked the porridge.
0:47:38 > 0:47:39But guess who got the blame.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44You pissed on your brother.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47But I pissed on the King!
0:47:48 > 0:47:52- You will come with me! - Without me, those men may die!
0:47:52 > 0:47:55This will be the last battle, I will not have it be your last act.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01On a field there are no kings. No nobles, no peasants.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Every man is equal, fighting to survive another day.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06Tomorrow I will have more in common with the enemy
0:48:06 > 0:48:08than with my own brother!
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Henriette! Where is my wife!
0:48:14 > 0:48:15I envy your brotherhood.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18For me there is only solitude, the likes of which you have never known.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Tomorrow, I will be with my brothers.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26They mean to seek you out and kill you.
0:48:27 > 0:48:28Well, then.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32I'd better wear something fun
0:48:32 > 0:48:34or they might not know who I am.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Miss you, my darling.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29YELLING