Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

This is for today. It must print before noon.

-Gregory, you… -[indistinct chatter]

I do not think so, Mama.

whatever makes you think she will accept your suit?

[Lady Danbury] Hmm.

My horses do not.

Or perhaps this author

I have no relation to them whatsoever, in fact.

Uh, I'm afraid I must pass. Too many calls on my funds today.

spending all day in the sun?

Have fun with your pretty pictures, Brother.

Yes, they are, quite.

Apparently not. Have you found a wife yet?

Mama tells us you host the first ball of every season, Lady Danbury.

But if my children are to be of good stock,

It is his mind and spirit that will court yours.

You shall certainly need it this season.

Are the young ladies of London truly so easily won

Do you think she will return?

My eldest, Lady Danbury. Miss Kate Sharma.

After such a long mourning period.

For the most part.

Now, wipe your hands, lest someone should think you a commoner.

My task this season cannot be exceptionally difficult.

Any suitable gentleman will require some persuading,

And I do say so,

Would you like me to prepare some potatoes for the ladies downstairs, ma'am?

Six and twenty, ma'am.

cannot hide her character.

Why are we always eating potatoes?

-To the new heir? Is he here yet? -No.

The new Lord Featherington is off somewhere,

this unsettled business of your daughter's dowry?

-She seems to, in fact, like me. I don't-- -Eloise, you must calm down.

Now is your chance.

Though let me assure you, Lady Danbury, I am not here for selfish reasons.

Daphne provided me a list of recommendations

-Good day, sir. -[horse snorts]

Have you yet met my new incomparable?

to claim the Featherington estate, we shall be at his mercy.

I thought the heir was old.

But I'm afraid the same cannot be said for you.

Now that the season has started,

Three children is what I have always wanted, my lord.

At least she did not see fit to dress you as a sunflower.

and smiles rather exquisitely.

Everyone will still have questions.

We have come to London to find your husband, not mine.

Exceptional posture.

And then… heaven help us all.

We have heard nary a peep from Lady Whistledown

Do you wish to appear like a befreckled beggar

She is who I shall marry.

You're new to this arrangement, so I'll say this only once.

It is quite all right. You must mean my father.

[Eloise groans softly]

Colin Bridgerton is no more your friend than I am the next Catherine the Great.

[Lady Whistledown] Though, of the many purportedly well-trained

I worry about meeting strange men in parks at dawn

How very sensible.

to talk in the right way, to play the pianoforte just so.

And your Greek?

I am merely following my sister's valuable advice.

Teaching her twice as much and watching her work twice as hard as anyone else.

She is on our side.

I found a small smile worked best to appear open and approachable,

With pleasure, Lady Bridgerton.

He will speak in a manner that only your heart can hear.

Might our queen finally

Perhaps now you might stop spending time with insipid wallflowers all evening

and I hear Miss Goodrum is very accomplished in her needlework.