Reign (2013–2017): Season 2, Episode 19 - Abandoned - full transcript

Previously on reign...

I wanted a different life,

Things you could
never give me.

Then there is no reason
for me to be here.

I have a feeling
I've just begun to learn

The extent of your skills.

General renaude.

General... Is it?

Catherine, I care about you.

2,000 french soldiers
to scotland

Means fewer soldiers
facing England,



Less on our borders
with navarre,

The italian
and german territories.

And those are just
our foreign threats.

How can I betray my husband's
wishes, endanger his country?

I have ordered
2,000 french troops

To sail to scotland.
France can withstand

A temporary absence of troops.

I can't leave now, louis.
What do you see now?

An affair under your husband's
roof and nothing more?

That's all I can offer you.

Louis, you're back.

I was starting to worry
you'd given up on us.

I went home to my region.

I needed time and distance
from you to think.



I know I promised you
so much more

When we were going to scotland,
but I can't leave.

Not when francis has
sent so many troops

To defend my country, my throne.

Oh, you had
to protect your crown, mary.

You did the right thing.

And what about you?

Did I do right by you?

You offered me an affair
in the home of your husband.

I'm offering you me... My love.

These last few weeks
without you...

I felt as though I was dying.

Louis...

Did you come here
to say good-bye?

Or did you hope
that I would?

Because that's not what I want.

I love you.

And I want us to be together.

Riding again?

So soon after your injury?

I've healed quickly.

It brings me peace,

Being out in the woods.

You mean, being alone.

I know that this has been
hard on you, too,

Our separation,
but to see you flee

An entire castle just
to avoid being around me...

You needn't worry.
But I do.

I don't want to see you
suffer on my account.

I'm fine, really.

Recovering in all ways.

Well, then, why are you spending
all of your days in the woods?

There's a friend that I've
been passing time with...

Fishing, hunting.

But you don't have any friends.

You have people
you're bound to...

Your brother, me...

Who is this friend?

It's no one you know.

Well, does this friend
have a name?

Breasts? A vagina?

Stop! Yes. Yes, to both.

None of your business,

As your doings
are none of mine.

My lord,

We need you immediately.

Protestant rebels
have seized

The benedictine monastery
outside angers.

There are at least a dozen
of them, heavily armed.

They've rounded up
the children,

Killed all the guards
and the monks.

Oh, my god.

Save two who managed to escape.

I just heard.

How many are dead?

At least 40. 19 hostages.

If the boys are still alive.

Francis:
Children.

What are these radicals doing?

Ransoming them, or do they plan

To slaughter them, as well?

It's further retaliation for

Sending our troops
into scotland.

For supporting me,
a catholic queen.

I knew that there would be
consequences.

France had
to honor its alliance.

Francis, the parents,
some of the local nobles

Are beginning to gather
to meet with us.

Has general savoy
and his men returned?

He's still in scotland
doing another advance sweep,

In the borderlands.

We'll put together
a team from the castle,

As many soldiers
as we can spare.

These men aren't trained
for that type of mission.

Extracting children
from an armed assault.

The boys could die in the melee.

Prepare them anyway,
as a last resort.

What are you doing
to save our sons?

We are sending envoys to
negotiate their release,

And if that fails,
we will secure

The safest possible
route to rescue them.

This scum would
never have dared

To take our sons hostage,

Or kill men of god,
if our army were here.

count, watch your tongue.

I know that you fear
for the life of your son,

But you are addressing
your sovereign king.

These rebels will be
captured and hanged,

And I will do everything
in this nation's power

To return your sons
to you safely.

Mary:
We know there is nothing

More precious to you
than your children,

And we will defend them
as if they were our own.

Come, let us leave the king
to attend to your sons.

What's wrong?

Those poor boys
must be terrified,

Trapped by violent men,

Not knowing if they're
going to die.

You can't even imagine, francis.

We will save them.

And you are safe...
Here with me.

Man
Welcome back, my lord!

Conde:
Follow me. I...

Man
To your chambers, my lord?

I was coming to
tell you that

CondA? had returned to court.

He was gone for weeks.

I'm sorry
if you thought it was over.

Well... You were planning

To abandon our marriage,
flee France

And run off
with my cousin, so...

...I no longer
care what you do.

?a they all need something

?a to hold on to,
they all mean well ?a

?a you could never
feel my story ?a

?a it's all you know... Oh!

?a

Francis... He's under
so much pressure.

Those poor boys
at the monastery,

Shortage of troops,

And now condA? has returned.

How that bourbon continues
to keep his head, I don't know.

The way that he has
taken advantage of mary

At such a vulnerable time.

Vulnerable? How?

It doesn't matter.

Every time I see him

I want to tear him to pieces,

I want to crush him in my fist.

You... Are so frustrated.

Oh...

Well, not the least of which
because I have to endure

A freezing carriage every
time I crave your touch.

Well... It won't be long

Before I am slipping

Into your warm, royal bed.

I have a few ideas

About my return
to court already.

Do you never stop calculating?

No.
Hmm?

Never.
Mm.

General renaude can help us

With one plan.

And the other...

Could dispatch

The prince of condA?
permanently.

How?

Are you just teasing me?

It does come
with a caveat.

A few men would have to die.

Men die every day in France.

I'm listening.

I'll tell you after.

I don't want you
satisfied that quickly.

I can't believe bash
has already moved on.

He could fall in love with
a mushroom if he had to.

In love?

She sounds more like
a hunting chum.

She's not.

You were ready
to leave bash for antoine.

Do you want him back?
No.

We'd still have the same
problems between us.

You know, he wouldn't spend
a moment at home with me,

Yet he would happily
die for a stranger,

If it were for a noble cause.

At least you no longer have
to feel guilty for leaving him.

There is that.

And besides,
I really shouldn't complain.

Look at us... we have all
the luxuries imaginable,

And yet poor greer is
living god knows where.

Oh, I know.

The money we're taking her
should help a little bit.

Whatever her new place
looks like, don't say a word.

It's bound
to be ghastly.

Right this way.

greer, how can
you afford this?

And who are your
new housemates?

They're not my housemates,

Though, uh, they do...

Live here with me.

They are my workers.

Working girls.

I am a madam.

A what?
Uh...

I suppose you could say
I fell into it.

And as it turns out,

I'm quite good at it.

I think you're being modest.

It's not the ideal vocation,
I'll admit.

But it pays well,

And I'm in charge of my life
for the very first time.

I hope you won't judge me
too harshly for it.

Greer, we love you.

We want you
to be happy

And taken care of.

I am happy, most days.

Though,
just this morning,

I tried to buy damask
for some drapes

And the proprietor
nearly threw me out.

It turns out her husband
is a frequent visitor.

Lola:
Oh, no.

That's horrible.
On the other hand,

My new profession does require

That I have champagne
at the ready

At all times.

You know what I just realized?

We're all basically

Fallen women... an unwed
mother, a divorcA?e...

Eventually, and now a madam.

So I say to hell with
what people think.

Do it.

You should be able to place them
without being seen.

Complete with condA?'s seal.

No one watches the dead.

The scouts have reported back.

The hostages are scattered
throughout the monastery,

Making it impossible

For us to rescue
all the boys at once.

And there are still no demands?

The radicals refuse
to make contact.

That's not
the worst of it.

These men have gunpowder...

At least 30 barrels of it,

From what our scouts could see.

No, they can't...

They're going to kill
themselves and the boys.

If they have no demands,
what are they waiting for?

They're waiting
for word to spread.

The longer we fear

For those boys, the stronger

And more powerful
that fear becomes.

Once they feel
the terror's taken hold,

They'll ignite the gunpowder.

Making a name for themselves,

And their cause,
that we will never forget.

All this because I sent troops
to scotland for you.

I honored our alliance
and our marriage

After what you planned
to do... abandon me

And France to run away
with your lover.

Mary:
I was leaving

To reclaim my country
and my throne.

You would've done the same.

We can't predict

When their madness
will decide to end this.

Those boys could die
at any minute.

Well, we can't wait any longer.

Take your men,

And free them now.

I will carry out your word.

And if need be, I will gladly

Lay down my life
for those children.

But you should know...

The men we have are not right

For this mission.

May god be with us.

Archers ready?

It'll be any moment now.

All clear.

Let's go.

Bash:
Something's wrong.

Stop!

Fall back now!

Fall back!

I cannot begin to fathom

The hatred of someone
willing to hurt children.

And their hatred
only incites more.

Not just against the radicals,
but against all protestants.

And louis; the timing for
his return couldn't be worse.

What about the timing
for you and francis?

Francis and I?

CondA? left so abruptly.

And you said yourself
you weren't sure

Where you stood with him,

Now that you're
not going to scotland.

You're here. In France.

With francis.

Francis tolerates me
in my duty as queen.

But there is nothing left
of our marriage to salvage.

Do you honestly believe there's
still hope for you and condA??

We knew that being together
wasn't going to be easy.

But louis has risked
so much for me.

Mary, I understand
what he has done for you.

He has helped you through

A terrible, painful time.

Is it possible you might

Be confusing
gratitude with love?

I'm not going to abandon him.

Bash:
The scouts reported

There were only two rebels
in the eastern grounds.

But after the raid, they
admitted they hadn't been sure.

Those boys' lives
are still at risk

Because your men weren't sure?

These men trained
for conflicts so large

That a few men would never
turn the tides of battle.

These are good soldiers, but
they were the wrong soldiers,

And now three of them
are dead because of it.

We knew this was a risk.
Mary: The rebels have

Now been alerted.
They'll be quick

To light that gunpowder
if we try again.

Bash:
Yes. No one in that monastery

Will survive our next mistake.

Francis, general renaude
has men at the ready.

They are trained
for this type of warfare.

And loyal to narcisse.

I wish that I
could trust narcisse.

But everything that he touches
just spills more blood.

I only know renaude
by reputation.

He's mercenary
and ambitious,

But he's good, very good.

Take the offer.

Bash is right.

No matter
what narcisse's motives,

If renaude can get
those boys out safe...

He's our only option.

Do it.

And bring them back.

Ready my horse.

And send word
to general renaude.

Be careful.

I don't trust narcisse,
and least of all,

When he's doing the right thing.

I will.

I saw something
at the monastery

You need to know about.

Bodies of some
of the radicals

That died in the initial assault

Were laying on the ground
just outside the gate.

Some of them bore condA?'s crest.

Word that condA?'s a traitor

Would spread like
wildfire, but...

Why align himself
with these fanatics?

He's accepted at court,
he has mary's protection,

He has everything that he wants.

I don't know.

But while condA? was away,
he met with protestant leaders

Who were furious with you
for sending troops to scotland.

And our spies
tell us that even once

Moderate protestants speak of
rebellion behind closed doors.

You think condA? is with them?
And it's possible that,

In rebellion,
condA? sees a path to power.

If condA? had anything
to do with this,

Nothing will keep him safe.

What do we know, joubert?

General renaude,
we disabled the water pumps,

Forcing the radicals
to use the stream.

We captured two of them,
and through interrogation,

We confirmed their numbers...
24 armed men.

What of the boys?

The gunpowder and
most of the boys

Are being held at the chapel.

Other hostages are being held

In the dormitories.

Good work, lieutenant.

Bash and I will take the chapel.

Joubert, the dormitories.

Move out.

Several men:
Yes, sir!

Man:
Move out!

Man:
They're here!

Stop him!

The gunpowder!

Take up defensive positions.
Others may be on their way.

I'm going to check
on the dormitories.

Go. We'll take it from here.

Bash:
It's all right.

You're safe.

Any news of the raid?
No, your grace.

Lord condA? for you.

Thank you for meeting
with me, lord condA?.

Please inform me when you
receive news from angers.

Why did you come to me
so openly?

Is something wrong?

One of my footmen
just informed me

That some of my men
were found dead

Amongst the radicals who
overtook the monastery.

Louis, I'm sorry
to ask this but...

I had no part in
this attack, mary.

I'm not a traitor.

Those bodies were planted
there to blame me.

Francis can't
accuse me of treason

Without also condemning you.

He'll find another
way to be rid of me.

Despite his personal feelings,

Francis would never fabricate
evidence against you.

You know I don't share
your trust in him.

But even if you are right,

It doesn't change anything.

My enemies in court
multiply by the day.

Francis and catherine hate me
for being with you.

The rest hate me
for being protestant.

They want my head, mary!

Francis will protect you.

He will see through
these false accusations.

If I were francis,
I'd want me dead.

But even if he's too good
a man to see it through,

Then there's catherine
and her new lapdog narcisse.

They'll find a way.

If not this time, the next.

I have to leave court.

Maybe even France.

Come with me to scotland.

It's our last chance,

The only way we can
be together, mary.

I love you.

But you know I can't go.

Then that's it, then.

I'm so sorry!

I thought that our love would...

Would be enough?

No, you didn't.

You warned me

And warned me...
That you are queen.

Louis, whatever you do,
you can't run.

Stay until we have reclaimed
the monastery.

And I will talk to francis.

You gave me back my life.

Now, let me save yours.

All right.

We cleared out
the rest of the monastery.

16 men, including the chapel.

Eight in the dormitories.

So all the radicals
are accounted for.

They killed two of the boys
in the commoners' dormitory

Before we could stop them.

Where's your
lieutenant joubert?

Dead.

Knife to the chest.

You heard the rumors
about condA?.

He had no part
of the attack.

The nobles are already
calling for his head.

Now that the children are safe,
I'll summon him for questioning.

Those men were planted
there to implicate him.

I know you are angry with me,
and you have every right to be.

But don't let that
cloud your judgment.

CondA? is innocent!

You cannot know that.

Two boys were killed
in the monastery.

Now, I swore that I would
protect you being with condA?,

But I will not turn a blind eye
to evidence of his involvement.

I understand why you
no longer trust me,

But trust what
you know of him.

What I know of him?

He took advantage of you

When you were
at your most vulnerable.

He knew the horrors that you had
endured and saw an opportunity.

He stole my wife.

The affair isn't condA?'s fault.

It's mine.

I turned to him
so many times.

I turned to him because
I couldn't turn to you.

Because the thought of coming
back to this room again,

Where those men
assaulted me, I...

Because the love in
your eyes made it feel

Like I was drowning
in those memories,

And I couldn't...

I couldn't do that,
I had to survive.

I cannot abandon him because
I led him down this path.

CondA? is still the man
you thought he was.

He deserves your trust,
even if I do not.

I'll speak to the nobles.

Contempt alone is not enough
to condemn a man.

Even the contempt of a king.

Thank you, francis.

Thank you.

Lord condA?.

I don't believe
we're acquainted.

We have mutual friends.

I'm lord akers.

Elizabeth's envoy.
You've received my messages.

I nearly believed that
you cared more for your status

At the french court
than a marriage to elizabeth.

No, I-I'm still interested,

But as a prince of the blood,

Marrying without the consent
of my king is treason.

With the discovery of your men
among the monastery radicals,

Your life is
already at risk.

My men were left there to stir
catholic prejudice against me.

Prejudice may fan
the flames,

But I believe your relationship
with queen mary is the spark.

Or are you innocent
of that, as well?

If you think
there's truth to it,

Then why entertain
my marriage offer?

Because it doesn't matter.

Elizabeth will not hold
this dalliance against you.

Regardless, my queen's
interest is firm,

So the decision is yours...
face your fate in France,

Or seek elizabeth's
hand in marriage.

In France, the only fate
left for me is a noose.

I can leave
for England immediately

So that elizabeth
may make her decision.

Elizabeth's decision
is already made.

She faces fierce and
immediate threats

From those who want
a man on the throne.

To stem these threats,

Elizabeth intends to marry
as soon as possible.

She desires
a foothold in France.

Queen elizabeth accepts your
offer of marriage, prince condA?.

You will be
king consort of England.

?a all right, come close...

You must be
the new girls.

You're just in time...
it's a full house tonight.

You better change
your clothes.

No john will open his purse
if he can't see the goods.

No, um, we're not...

What term is your preference?
Term?

For your profession.

Harlot. Whore.

Courtesan has a nice ring
to it, fancy-like.

Well, then we are
not courtesans.

We're actually here to see
your mistress, greer.

I'll fetch her.

?a want to take a chance?

?a want to sip this smooth air?

?a kick it in the sand...

I'm sure greer will love
this damask we've bought her.

Perhaps we should
leave it here, and go.

He's here.

Who?

That general
I met, renaude.

You go ahead, and I'll
give greer the fabric.

And leave you eyeing
a man in a whorehouse?

Does that sound
like a good idea?

I'm not gonna do anything.

Go ahead, I-I'll just be
with you in a moment.

?a I can't take this place

?a no, I can't take this place

?a I just want to go

?a where I can get
some space... ?a

Lady lola.

I thought I recognized you,
but I assumed I was mistaken.

What reason could
a court lady have

For visiting a
known whorehouse?

The mind vibrates with
the possibilities.

I don't have to explain
my comings and goings to you,

But if you must know,

I was delivering
some cloth to a friend.

Your fallen friend,
lady greer.

I hear that she
is the proprietor

Of this establishment...
industrious girl.

Women often have to be,
in order to survive.

They also need
to be careful.

Even making
friendly deliveries.

Tongues less discreet
than my own will wag.

Even for the mother of
the king's only child.

You mean especially for a woman
known as the king's mistress.

Word of your loyalty
to mary has spread.

You have risen above

Any negative speculation
there was about you.

Your son is esteemed.

Do not let anything
diminish this position

That you have earned.

Why do you care?

I don't know.

But I do.

I would escort you back if
I were still welcome at court,

But, sadly, I'm not.

Good night, lola.

Greer: Thank you
for the beautiful fabric.

Kenna:
Of course.

Did that man just put on...
A collar, yes.

He likes to be led around.

Death and perversion are
the two great equalizers.

Men from all walks
of life have

Their own desires
and predilections.

And as long as they don't cause
harm, I cater to all of them.

And, uh, what about him?

What's his pleasure?

General renaude?

It's the first time
he's come in.

He and his men overtook
the rebels at the monastery.

Now he's treating them
to the best champagne

And women money can buy.

Generous.

It's the least
he could do.

My girls overheard
his men grumbling.

His right-hand man was killed,
some say unnecessarily.

They blame him.
Why?

There were two groups
of boys that needed saving.

He chose the riskier path
to save the son

Of a very rich noble.

His man died as a result.

If I were you, I'd keep
my distance from him.

You seem troubled.

Not at all.

I'm only surprised at how fast
things are progressing.

There'll be time
for a celebration later.

As I said, queen elizabeth
desires an expeditious union.

Look alive.

It's not every day a man
gets to marry a queen.

?a I knock the ice
from my boots ?a

?a try not to feel the cold

?a caught in the thought

?a of that time

?a that everything was fine

?a everything was mine...

Take this to lord condA?'s
apartments in the village.

Do not make any stops
on your way.

And deliver it directly
to his hands.

?a all the king's horses
and all the king's men... ?a

We are gathered here to marry
prince louis of condA?

To her royal majesty,
queen elizabeth of England

As represented
by her appointed proxy.

Despite the great distance

Between the groom
and the bride,

These rites and vows
will be as binding

As if you were standing
side-by-side.

?a oh, oh, oh...

?a there is a reason

?a I'm still standing

?a and I never knew

?a if I'd be landing

?a and I will run fast

?a outlast everyone...

I do.

?a lasted

?a no, oh, oh, oh, oh...

Long live his majesty,
king louis of England.

God save the king.

?a all the king's horses
and all the king's men... ?a

Must be hard to sleep
on one's first night as a king.

Lying next to a sharp
broadsword doesn't help either.

It's tradition.

We must sleep in the same bed
to consummate the marriage,

But the sword is there
to guard the proxy

From becoming
an actual wife.

Does the proxy have a name?

Annabelle breton.

You're lord
breton's daughter?

Your father's
a loyal french lord.

How does his daughter come to be
the proxy of an english queen?

My family is protestant.

I was raised
in english court,

But my heart has always
been with France.

It must have been hard,

Having to forsake
your home, your heart.

It was.

Will you be a good king?

Will you bring
England and France,

Catholic and protestant,
closer together?

So that my family,
and families like mine,

Can feel safe again in the land
that they were born to and love?

I will do all I can...

To be the king your family,

England and France deserve.

Are you eager
to meet her?

Your wife.

Elizabeth.

Would you like me
to tell you about her?

No. Not now.

Tonight, my head and my heart

Are on the life, the people

I leave behind.

Annabelle:
Will you miss France very much?

I will miss her
with all my heart.

Akers:
Dawn's first light

Offers us an advantage...

The road to the port
should be largely unoccupied.

I won't feel safe until
we're aboard that ship

And bound for England.
Understandably.

Queen elizabeth's
new king consort

Would be a prize captive
for any frenchman.

Whoa. Whoa.

Conde: A fire.
It's coming from the village.

The girl, annabelle...
she was still sleeping.

Your majesty,
let me go.

If it's the house, this may be
an attempt on your life.

Wait for me here.

General, your bravery
will not soon be forgotten.

We owe you a great
debt of gratitude.

Men and women: Cheers!
Man: Hear, hear!

Lady kenna.

I trust you enjoyed

Your evening
in the village?

I'm sorry?

A queen's lady...
In a brothel.

So you saw me.

I did.

I heard you were
enjoying your victory.

That's quite the feat,
rescuing all those boys.

Not all of them,
I'm afraid.

One of my own men was lost,
as well.

In the efforts to save
a very rich boy.

I hope it was worth it.

There was a choice
to be made,

Between saving
the nobles' sons

And the common boys.

Either way,
someone would have died.

And you chose...
The money.

And the gratitude
of a very powerful man.

I lost my son two years ago.

He was taken captive
by enemy forces, and now...

I wonder, every day:
Is he alive or dead?

I'm sorry.

Don't be.

These things, they provide
a level of protection

And I won't apologize

For assuring my spot
above the fray.

You're disappointed.

A lady likes to think

The protectors of the realm
are all willing

To sacrifice themselves for...
a lofty cause

Which has nothing
to do with them

Or the people they care about.

No.

I understand the
need for protection.

More so than most.

Your husband showed
great valor in the raid.

I invited him
to join us at the...

Celebration of my exploits.

But he mentioned a woman,

Someone waiting for him.

On the road back,

I watched him peel away
into the woods.

I was pleased
the woman wasn't you.

Why?

I may look out for myself,
lady kenna...

But I don't take things
that don't belong to me.

And it sounds like you

Don't belong to anyone.

Annabelle is dead.

The priest that
performed your wedding

Has been murdered.

And every last document
signifying your union

Has been destroyed.

It seems that someone
is out to erase

All evidence of your wedding,
prince condA?.

They've undone the wedding.

We can marry again.
Find another proxy.

I'm afraid that's not
a decision I can make

Without first
consulting my queen.

Who would do this?

Why?

An alliance
between England

And protestant France
threatens many.

I would look first
to the french crown

And then to any of
elizabeth's foes abroad.

This was a careful choice...

Killing the marriage
while saving me.

Well, only one of you needed
to die to sever the contract.

Annabelle is a woman,
while you are

Brother to the king of navarre.

A protestant king
with ties to England.

Maybe it wasn't a foe at all,
but elizabeth herself.

Perhaps she simply

Changed her mind about
marrying me, and didn't want

To kill me and risk
her alliance with navarre.

If I'm wrong,
take me to England.

I will wed elizabeth,
standing by her side.

I can't do that.

Even if the valois
didn't set the fire,

They will find out
what I did soon.

Marrying elizabeth is treason.

You said yourself
it was a great risk.

I turned my back on mary!

Betrayed my allies in France!

All for elizabeth!

Certainly she owes me something!

I don't think her majesty

Would see it that way.

Narcisse:
Word of condA?'s involvement

With the radicals
has spread nicely.

But it appears that
I underestimated

The sway that mary

Still holds over your son.

I hear francis
is unconvinced

Of his guilt.
That doesn't matter anymore.

You won't believe
what condA?'s done.

Married the queen of England.

By proxy.

A girl known
to be a member

Of elizabeth's inner circle.

A broadsword was found in
the bed that they shared.

My god.

How do you know this?
There was a fire.

She died. Someone was trying
to erase all legal proof,

But there were
witnesses.

CondA? was identified
as one of the newlyweds

At a borrowed noble's house.

Were they successful?

Or is condA?
now the king of England?

I don't know.

He fled.

If condA? and
elizabeth are married,

Then she has essentially
laid claim to France.

She'll rally the
protestants here,

A french king at her side.

I am well aware.

Did you do this, catherine?

Learn of the wedding

And then have it undone?

No!

Did you,

In some way?

Oh, when tying condA?
to the assault

On the monastery wasn't enough?

Maybe you're asking me

To throw suspicion off yourself.

No. But this has a
breadth and a scope

That our plan did not.

This will ruin condA?
in France forever.

Is this how it's going to be
from now on?

Both of us constantly

Wondering what
the other is up to?

Yes.

You have met your match.

This is terrible news...

...But there is something

Marvelous in that,

Wouldn't you say?

Yeah.

What do you have to report?

Lord narcisse

Was seen in the village last night.
Hmm.

Outside a brothel.

Well, did he go inside?

He never entered
the establishment.

Hmm.
He was merely detained

By a conversation

With lady lola.

Lady lola?

Some time together in the past.

And their exchange this night?

Mere words.

A matter of minutes
and they moved on.

Did they meet again?

No.

And the tenor of their exchange?

Edmond?

Tell me this:

If lady lola were your wife

And you spied her

In an identical encounter

With lord narcisse,

How would you feel?

If it were my wife...

...I'd want him dead.

Thank you for your candor.

Married?

To elizabeth?

It's not true.
It is.

Or was, for however long

Their marriage
may have lasted.

No one knows if the arson
and murders undid their union,

Or if condA?

Fled France
king consort of England.

Louis was approached

By elizabeth's envoy
some weeks ago.

He told me so himself.

You knew about this?

That condA? was courting England?

Our greatest enemy...

Your greatest enemy?

He swore to me that he would
reject her proposal.

And you believed him.

If he did this,
it's only because

He felt he had no other choice.

I abandoned him.

I sent troops
to scotland for you...

To honor your needs,

Your nation's needs.

And still, you choose
to lie to me.

There were things
I could not share with you.

Or that condA?
couldn't share with me.

But he has done this, francis,
because I ended things.

It's over between us.

I honored
my loyalty to France.

I chose to stand by my husband.

As your queen, if not your wife.

An important distinction.

I came back to do
the right thing.

Just as I am trying to do now,

By telling you the truth
about condA?.

Am I supposed
to thank you for this?

Yes, you did do the right thing,
mary, politically.

Staying in France,

Staying with me,
secures the alliance

And your throne in scotland.

That's not the only reason...

Which makes you no
different from condA?.

He chose elizabeth
for the same reason:

To secure a political future.

And now we will suffer
the consequences.

If elizabeth has
a stronghold in France

And condA?'s claim
to the throne...

This may mean
the end of our reign.

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Oh, no.