Restoration

00:34:52,808 --> 00:34:55,775 No. I'll... 473 00:34:55,811 --> 00:34:59,179 And let the garden room be my private habitation... 474 00:34:59,214 --> 00:35:03,817 where I shall, perhaps, from time to time, invite you. 475 00:35:05,721 --> 00:35:07,487 Um... 476 00:35:07,522 --> 00:35:09,723 I find much of the decoration here rather disturbing. 477 00:35:09,791 --> 00:35:13,560 Yes, certain of the servants regularly complain of it. 478 00:35:13,629 --> 00:35:17,497 Merivel, forgive me if I spoke before of matters that do not regard me. 479 00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:21,301 We live in an age where many are made fools and many are deceived. 480 00:35:21,336 --> 00:35:25,205 I, in my faith for the king's love, am probably as foolish as you. 481 00:35:37,819 --> 00:35:40,487 Ahem. 482 00:35:43,692 --> 00:35:46,760 Oh, it's from my old friend Mr. Pearce. 483 00:35:46,828 --> 00:35:52,065 It seems he is now working in a hospital with his Quakers. 484 00:35:54,770 --> 00:35:57,337 Will, will you sit down? 485 00:35:57,372 --> 00:35:58,505 Please. 486 00:36:07,516 --> 00:36:09,249 Is there a Mrs. Gates? 487 00:36:09,284 --> 00:36:12,085 Oh, no, sir. 488 00:36:15,924 --> 00:36:18,091 The messy constellations I see through my telescope 489 00:36:18,126 --> 00:36:20,226 offer me no clue to my destiny. 490 00:36:20,262 --> 00:36:24,431 There is, I fear, a great deal about the world and my role in it, 491 00:36:24,466 --> 00:36:27,934 which, despite all my early learning, I utterly failed to understand. 492 00:36:31,973 --> 00:36:33,773 I must restrain my farts 493 00:36:33,809 --> 00:36:36,042 and do something altogether more constructive. 494 00:36:36,078 --> 00:36:38,111 What is the matter, sir? 495 00:36:38,146 --> 00:36:41,781 I've done the one thing forbidden by the king. 496 00:36:41,817 --> 00:36:43,083 I've fallen in love with my wife. 497 00:36:44,986 --> 00:36:48,154 <i> ( oboe)</i> 498 00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:56,963 <i> (knock at door)</i> 499 00:37:01,837 --> 00:37:03,503 Merivel. 500 00:37:03,572 --> 00:37:09,109 There is someone to see you. This is Mr. Finn, a painter. 501 00:37:09,144 --> 00:37:11,144 A painter? 502 00:37:11,179 --> 00:37:12,779 A painter? 503 00:37:12,814 --> 00:37:15,949 Welcome! A painter! 504 00:37:15,984 --> 00:37:18,818 Most excellent. Did I send for a painter? 505 00:37:18,854 --> 00:37:19,786 No, sir. 506 00:37:19,821 --> 00:37:21,955 Never mind. 507 00:37:21,990 --> 00:37:23,990 I'm a keen painter myself. 508 00:37:34,002 --> 00:37:37,804 I call it<i> Le Matin de Merivel,</i> <i> L'Automne.</i> 509 00:37:40,876 --> 00:37:43,209 What do you make of it, honestly? 510 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,882 It is an excrescence. 511 00:37:48,950 --> 00:37:52,152 Ah. Perhaps that is the word for it, 512 00:37:52,187 --> 00:37:54,988 but to me, it's a rather memorable rendering 513 00:37:55,023 --> 00:37:59,392 of all the colors I have in my park. 514 00:37:59,461 --> 00:38:01,461 You must not show this painting to anyone. 515 00:38:01,496 --> 00:38:03,963 You must, I think, burn it. 516 00:38:03,999 --> 00:38:05,965 Merivel, Mr. Finn has arrived with a commission. 517 00:38:06,001 --> 00:38:09,169 A commission? From whom? 518 00:38:11,807 --> 00:38:13,206 Robin Hood? <i> (snickers)</i> 519 00:38:13,241 --> 00:38:14,174 Robin Hood... 520 00:38:15,877 --> 00:38:18,144 Oh, yes. My Lincoln green. 521 00:38:18,180 --> 00:38:19,979 <i> (sarcastic laughter)</i> How funny. 522 00:38:20,015 --> 00:38:22,182 Now, if I may - 523 00:38:22,217 --> 00:38:25,885 "This letter commands the following commission by one Elias Finn, myself, 524 00:38:25,921 --> 00:38:28,822 "a noble and beautiful portrait of Lady Merivel. 525 00:38:28,857 --> 00:38:32,859 An excellent painting will earn Mr. Finn a small place at court." 526 00:38:32,894 --> 00:38:36,162 So you see, not Robin Hood, the king. 527 00:38:36,198 --> 00:38:39,165 Shall we go? 528 00:38:39,201 --> 00:38:43,236 My imprisonment is over. The king means me to return. 529 00:38:52,881 --> 00:38:55,048 Ah, cherubs. Uh-huh. 530 00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:58,918 The king has often told me he cannot abide the cherub. 531 00:38:58,954 --> 00:39:01,788 I would not depend upon this for your future, either of you. 532 00:39:01,857 --> 00:39:03,189 Why not, Merivel? 533 00:39:03,225 --> 00:39:04,891 It is a commission from the king. 534 00:39:04,926 --> 00:39:06,926 My dear Flynn, no, Finch... 535 00:39:06,962 --> 00:39:09,896 Ah... Finn. 536 00:39:09,931 --> 00:39:12,065 Many portraits are commissioned by the king, 537 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:16,603 and most of the poor artists are still waiting to be paid. 538 00:39:16,638 --> 00:39:19,239 Yes, well, we shall have to make the painting too beautiful to be resisted. 539 00:39:19,274 --> 00:39:20,907 And, Celia, 540 00:39:20,942 --> 00:39:23,643 there seems to be no mention of your returning to court. 541 00:39:23,712 --> 00:39:25,945 But why else would he ask for a portrait