1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:03,754 I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:03,879 --> 00:00:06,974 Lady Aethelflaed has followed her father's wishes 3 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:10,094 and married Aethelred, the lord of Mercia, 4 00:00:10,219 --> 00:00:14,725 bringing King Alfred's dream of an England ever closer. 5 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:17,317 Lord, love should be gentle and kind. 6 00:00:18,977 --> 00:00:23,699 In a happier union, Father Beocca has married my sister, Thyra. 7 00:00:23,815 --> 00:00:25,943 Excuse me, Lord Uhtred. Lam Osferth. 8 00:00:26,068 --> 00:00:27,285 You are Alfred's bastard. 9 00:00:27,402 --> 00:00:30,702 After failing to convince me to join them, 10 00:00:30,822 --> 00:00:33,075 the Northmen brothers, Erik and Sigefrid, 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,578 have taken the city of Lundene. 12 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:39,502 You say you are sworn, yet you float into Daneland and back again. 13 00:00:39,623 --> 00:00:41,250 How am I to trust you? 14 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:44,379 Alfred put Aethelred in command of his armies... 15 00:00:44,503 --> 00:00:46,676 Tomorrow we ride. I would like you to travel with me. 16 00:00:46,797 --> 00:00:47,844 To battle? 17 00:00:47,965 --> 00:00:50,844 Wand we were sent to take back the city 18 00:00:50,968 --> 00:00:52,595 but found not a soul. 19 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:54,187 If we wish, there is a way 20 00:00:54,304 --> 00:00:57,148 to raise the greatest army these shores have ever seen. 21 00:00:57,266 --> 00:01:01,021 Lord, it's a signal that can be seen from a mile or more. 22 00:01:01,144 --> 00:01:04,990 - Thyra. - Death is coming! 23 00:01:05,107 --> 00:01:09,032 - The forest! The forest! - It's a trick, I know it. 24 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:13,415 And I fear terrible consequences. 25 00:01:13,532 --> 00:01:15,205 Destiny is all. 26 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:23,074 -== [ www.OpenSubtitles.org ] ==- 27 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:35,748 No, no. Please God, let this not be true. 28 00:02:36,740 --> 00:02:38,993 - Thyra! - Lady Aethelflaed! 29 00:02:39,117 --> 00:02:40,494 Thyra! 30 00:02:42,579 --> 00:02:45,298 Thyra! 31 00:02:45,415 --> 00:02:49,215 - Please be alive, please be alive. - Lady Aethelflaed! 32 00:02:49,336 --> 00:02:51,213 Thyra! 33 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,716 Thyra, please! 34 00:02:56,134 --> 00:02:58,762 Thyra! 35 00:02:58,887 --> 00:03:01,515 Lady Aethelflaed! 36 00:03:03,475 --> 00:03:07,275 - Not a single man left living. - Nor woman. 37 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,279 She is the daughter of King Alfred. They would not kill her. 38 00:03:12,401 --> 00:03:14,324 They would not. 39 00:03:15,987 --> 00:03:17,955 Thyra! 40 00:03:28,959 --> 00:03:30,302 Please. 41 00:03:35,924 --> 00:03:37,892 Beocca! 42 00:03:40,679 --> 00:03:44,309 - Beocca! - Thyra! 43 00:03:45,016 --> 00:03:48,520 - Beocca! - Thyra! 44 00:03:48,645 --> 00:03:51,865 - Beocca! - Thyra! 45 00:03:51,982 --> 00:03:53,950 Beocca! 46 00:03:55,444 --> 00:04:00,245 I thought you were dead and I wanted to die! 47 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:08,090 Thyra. Thyra. 48 00:04:08,957 --> 00:04:13,133 Thyra... where is Aethelflaed? 49 00:04:16,131 --> 00:04:18,805 - You will answer. - Of course she will answer! 50 00:04:22,679 --> 00:04:24,556 I do not know. 51 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:30,279 - Did they take her? - We ran and... 52 00:04:31,396 --> 00:04:34,240 Then she was... gone. 53 00:04:37,861 --> 00:04:39,488 We will continue the search, lord. 54 00:04:41,323 --> 00:04:44,167 They've taken her, they must have. 55 00:04:44,284 --> 00:04:47,208 Why else abandon the city, why raid the camp? 56 00:04:47,329 --> 00:04:51,630 She is the daughter of the king. They wouldn't dare. 57 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:58,386 We will scour the camp and beyond! 58 00:04:58,507 --> 00:05:01,056 We are looking for the Lady Aethelflaed! 59 00:05:12,187 --> 00:05:16,738 - Where are you taking me? - You have found your voice. 60 00:05:16,858 --> 00:05:20,112 - We're headed to Beamfleot. - And then? 61 00:05:20,237 --> 00:05:25,960 - A ship? A cage? - I'm still to decide. 62 00:05:26,076 --> 00:05:28,454 I have given up Lundene for you. 63 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:34,134 Erik, how does she feel? 64 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:36,925 - Warm? - Rich. 65 00:05:37,045 --> 00:05:41,471 As she should. She is our pathway to glory. 66 00:05:57,107 --> 00:05:59,201 What will you say to Alfred? 67 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,489 What can I tell him but the truth? 68 00:06:03,613 --> 00:06:08,084 He will ask why she was with you. She should never have been there. 69 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:10,249 I am aware of that. 70 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,425 You say she insisted, begged. 71 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:19,797 You're so enthralled by your bride that you could not deny her. 72 00:06:19,921 --> 00:06:22,549 Make myself appear weak? 73 00:06:22,674 --> 00:06:27,646 It is a choice, lord, between appearing love-sick or foolish. 74 00:06:27,762 --> 00:06:29,264 Uhtred? 75 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:31,187 Uhtred, where are you going? 76 00:06:31,308 --> 00:06:34,778 I'm going home to Coccham where Alfred has asked me to remain. 77 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:36,772 And where I left my wife. 78 00:06:38,523 --> 00:06:40,696 But the king, he may need you. 79 00:06:40,817 --> 00:06:45,448 The king, in his wisdom, has all but banished him, Father Beocca. 80 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:48,784 You should also raise the question 81 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:53,255 of how the Northmen came to know of Aethelflaed's situation, 82 00:06:53,371 --> 00:06:54,918 of where she would be. 83 00:06:55,790 --> 00:06:57,007 Move on. 84 00:07:15,226 --> 00:07:19,572 If you believe her to be alive, you will not abandon her. 85 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:20,861 You will not. That is a fact. 86 00:07:20,982 --> 00:07:22,950 So what is the real reason 87 00:07:23,068 --> 00:07:25,787 we're travelling home to Coccham and not to Winchester? 88 00:07:25,904 --> 00:07:28,248 There's nothing to be said in Winchester. 89 00:07:28,365 --> 00:07:30,993 I won't be part of a whispering court. 90 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:34,997 We will go when I have something to say, not before. 91 00:07:39,084 --> 00:07:41,132 - Sihtric. - Lord? 92 00:07:44,005 --> 00:07:45,882 Take Ry pare there and go to Beamfleot. 93 00:07:46,007 --> 00:07:50,057 That is where Erik and Sigefrid's fleet lie. That is where they'll be. 94 00:07:50,178 --> 00:07:52,055 We are to spy? 95 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:55,480 You're to confirm Lady Aethelflaed is alive and how they're treating her. 96 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,853 Send Rypere back to me at Coccham. 97 00:07:57,978 --> 00:08:00,322 You will remain there and yes, you are to spy. 98 00:08:00,438 --> 00:08:03,487 Sihtric, I will need to know every part of Beamfleot, 99 00:08:03,608 --> 00:08:06,703 every blade of grass that surrounds their fortress. 100 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:08,868 Yes, lord. 101 00:08:19,124 --> 00:08:23,675 See this? Warriors join us by the day. 102 00:08:23,795 --> 00:08:27,470 With word of your capture, there will be more. 103 00:08:27,590 --> 00:08:29,809 All waiting for war. 104 00:08:29,926 --> 00:08:32,224 You have my thanks, lady. 105 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:36,396 There will be many men inside. 106 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,816 They will want to get close to you, look you in the eye. 107 00:08:39,936 --> 00:08:43,782 - They'll want to frighten me. - They will. 108 00:09:08,465 --> 00:09:11,810 What did I say? 109 00:09:11,926 --> 00:09:16,397 I told you I would invite King Alfred's daughter, 110 00:09:16,514 --> 00:09:18,357 and she is here! 111 00:09:21,269 --> 00:09:26,992 I swear to the gods that this prize 112 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:29,987 will not be sold cheaply. 113 00:09:30,111 --> 00:09:35,709 There will be wealth and glory for every man here! 114 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:40,831 Yeah! 115 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:57,522 It is the best we have. 116 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,985 These are my own men, they will watch you. 117 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:06,699 You will have a guard at all times. You will be safe here. 118 00:10:06,815 --> 00:10:11,036 And my companions? My servants from the camp? 119 00:10:12,403 --> 00:10:16,408 Any woman who is not Aethelflaed will have been killed or claimed. 120 00:10:23,206 --> 00:10:25,174 Claimed is most likely. 121 00:10:26,251 --> 00:10:28,470 There's a bucket in the comer. 122 00:10:28,586 --> 00:10:32,341 A royal bucket, no splinters. 123 00:10:57,782 --> 00:11:04,085 Aethelred, I was expecting a messenger, and not for days. 124 00:11:05,790 --> 00:11:08,543 My news is too important to trust to a messenger. 125 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:18,224 - Lundene has been reclaimed. - Oh, praise God. 126 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:22,019 Not a single Northman has been left alive in the city 127 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:28,238 but... this great victory has come at a significant cost. 128 00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:31,699 It is the way of battle. 129 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:37,076 It concerns Aethelflaed, lord. 130 00:11:39,115 --> 00:11:40,742 What of her? 131 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:47,211 We fear that she has been... taken. 132 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:52,595 - We pray that is the outcome, lord. - By the Northmen? 133 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:56,512 - Aethelflaed was with you? - All the things they will do to her. 134 00:11:56,633 --> 00:11:57,805 She was there? 135 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:05,692 - You took my daughter into battle? - There was no battle, lord. 136 00:12:05,808 --> 00:12:08,607 She was not part of the attacking army, lord, of course not. 137 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:12,028 - She was a good distance away. - But clearly not a safe distance. 138 00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:16,278 Admittedly, I was weak, but she is headstrong and eager. 139 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:19,872 - She asked to travel a part of the way. - You are her husband! 140 00:12:20,448 --> 00:12:22,450 She makes it difficult for me to refuse her. 141 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:25,044 Is she alive? Have you seen her alive? Answer me that. 142 00:12:25,161 --> 00:12:29,507 She must be alive, lord. What reason would they have to kill her? 143 00:12:29,624 --> 00:12:31,217 But you do not know for certain? 144 00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:34,800 No. 145 00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:40,059 How they knew she was with us, we do not know. 146 00:12:42,011 --> 00:12:45,185 Uhtred believes they may have returned to Beamfleot. 147 00:12:45,306 --> 00:12:48,480 - He knows them well. - Uhtred has returned to Coccham, lord. 148 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:51,150 He was following your earlier instructions, lord. 149 00:12:58,194 --> 00:13:03,291 After hearing of events and... excuses... 150 00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:07,078 what I now require are facts. 151 00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:09,710 I have men across the land. 152 00:13:09,831 --> 00:13:14,553 I will send word and ask for word. That is all I can do. 153 00:13:18,339 --> 00:13:21,434 That is all we can do. My dear. 154 00:13:22,885 --> 00:13:26,685 Lord, you have my word! I shall recover her. 155 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:32,065 Do you know what you've done? 156 00:13:33,604 --> 00:13:38,075 Possibly not, as you are as useless as you are arrogant. 157 00:13:39,193 --> 00:13:41,366 I have done nothing but carry out the king's orders. 158 00:13:41,487 --> 00:13:45,458 You have put at risk the entire kingdom. 159 00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:47,577 All kingdoms! 160 00:13:48,870 --> 00:13:51,419 You're a toad. A fool. 161 00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:54,543 An idiot with ambition far above your capability. 162 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,669 And if I can see this, be sure Alfred can see it. 163 00:13:56,794 --> 00:13:59,217 You have made your position clear, Lord Odda. 164 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:02,388 - We will forgive your insolence. - You will forgive me? 165 00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:04,681 You will not address my lord in that manner. 166 00:14:05,762 --> 00:14:10,108 May I suggest that you take a wander for yet another cup of wine? 167 00:14:14,896 --> 00:14:17,149 Father Beocca, Steapa, come with me. 168 00:14:17,273 --> 00:14:20,652 You will tell me every detail from the moment you left Winchester. 169 00:14:20,777 --> 00:14:23,701 - With me! - Yes, lord. 170 00:14:28,493 --> 00:14:30,040 "Lundene has been reclaimed 171 00:14:30,161 --> 00:14:34,211 and not a single Northman has been left alive in the city." 172 00:14:35,833 --> 00:14:38,211 You began so well. 173 00:14:38,336 --> 00:14:42,432 I will be reminding the king who it was who travelled into Daneland. 174 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:43,720 I will be reminding the king 175 00:14:43,841 --> 00:14:48,472 that your friend Uhtred has been called king of Mercia 176 00:14:48,596 --> 00:14:52,146 and I shall remind him how fond you are of his seat. 177 00:14:54,685 --> 00:14:56,153 Do that. 178 00:14:57,522 --> 00:15:00,241 But allow me to remind you of this. 179 00:15:00,358 --> 00:15:04,534 The only man capable of cleaning up this puddle of shit 180 00:15:04,654 --> 00:15:07,498 is the man you are desperate to blame. 181 00:15:08,282 --> 00:15:12,913 Uhtred, king of Mercia. 182 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,105 What is on your mind? 183 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:36,523 I am thinking of Aethelflaed. 184 00:15:37,478 --> 00:15:41,028 If she lives, you will be her hope. 185 00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:47,822 Alfred is her father. 186 00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:54,083 You will be her hope, Uhtred of Bebbenberg. 187 00:15:55,621 --> 00:16:00,878 It should not be for you to resolve, but you will do it. 188 00:16:01,002 --> 00:16:04,097 By sending Sihtric, you have already begun. 189 00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:07,934 - Stay with me. - No, I am hungry. 190 00:16:09,677 --> 00:16:13,352 - I will help you. - No, I'm doing it! 191 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:16,773 I think I have something. Supper at last! 192 00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:18,941 He's a sea monster. 193 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:26,699 Lord. You said I should find you. 194 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:30,323 - Who are you? - He's Alfred's bastard. 195 00:16:32,950 --> 00:16:37,877 I am called Osferth, lady. I am simply called Osferth. 196 00:16:44,545 --> 00:16:47,594 Every person in every town has been instructed to pray 197 00:16:47,715 --> 00:16:49,934 that she is alive and kept well. 198 00:16:50,051 --> 00:16:53,726 Then she will surely be alive, kept well, and will be free in no time. 199 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:55,940 Alright, say goodnight. 200 00:16:56,807 --> 00:17:00,437 - You do not believe, lord? - Oh, I believe. 201 00:17:00,561 --> 00:17:03,906 But in the true gods. 202 00:17:05,316 --> 00:17:06,533 And in fate. 203 00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:13,116 - You wish to serve a heathen, Osferth? - God is in all good men, lady. 204 00:17:13,241 --> 00:17:17,621 And my Uncle Leofric told me often that your husband is a good man. 205 00:17:19,163 --> 00:17:22,713 - A great man. - He said that? 206 00:17:23,668 --> 00:17:25,011 Yes, he did, lord. 207 00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:31,852 And yet this good man here will let you join him for one reason only. 208 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:35,642 To embarrass Alfred. 209 00:17:39,350 --> 00:17:41,273 It's true. 210 00:17:43,229 --> 00:17:46,529 That may be the reason you allow me to join you, lord, 211 00:17:46,649 --> 00:17:48,822 but I will give you reason to let me stay. 212 00:17:52,363 --> 00:17:54,661 You have been brought here by fate, Osferth. 213 00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:57,376 If all they have in Winchester is prayer, 214 00:17:57,493 --> 00:18:00,872 then they will need something more. 215 00:18:00,997 --> 00:18:03,671 - We will go to Winchester. - We will not. 216 00:18:03,791 --> 00:18:07,841 This is what you want to do, so why be childish about it? 217 00:18:07,962 --> 00:18:13,844 We will go when I have news. From Beamfleot. 218 00:18:40,661 --> 00:18:43,631 My men tell me you are refusing to eat. 219 00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:49,638 - I am. I would like to wash. - You have a bowl, you have water. 220 00:18:49,754 --> 00:18:53,634 I would like to bathe. I would like to breathe cool air. 221 00:18:53,758 --> 00:18:55,351 I am beginning to feel sickly. 222 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:59,814 My brother suggested you bathe inside a barrel in full view of all men. 223 00:19:23,287 --> 00:19:24,584 Lady. 224 00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:30,796 I will arrange for you to bathe with privacy. 225 00:19:32,088 --> 00:19:35,763 But in return you must eat the food we provide. 226 00:19:39,929 --> 00:19:41,226 Very well. 227 00:19:44,392 --> 00:19:46,065 Agreed. 228 00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:50,940 Thank you. 229 00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:16,053 I feel she is alive, in my heart. 230 00:20:16,966 --> 00:20:19,094 But what might they do to her? 231 00:20:30,104 --> 00:20:32,573 She has her mother's courage 232 00:20:32,690 --> 00:20:37,070 and that is the very reason that she will survive this ordeal. 233 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:44,748 Lord King. 234 00:20:44,869 --> 00:20:50,626 Although I would usually prefer him miles away at Coccham, 235 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:56,132 would it now be appropriate to recall Uhtred to Winchester? 236 00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:59,304 - I accept he will never know God... - I cannot. 237 00:20:59,425 --> 00:21:02,474 But if you sent him to Beamfleot, if she saw him... 238 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,973 - You know I cannot. - Perhaps her spirits would rise. 239 00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:10,604 - She believes in him. - Our belief is in God. In prayer. 240 00:21:15,858 --> 00:21:17,531 It is. 241 00:21:21,906 --> 00:21:24,409 I will leave you to your letters. 242 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:56,942 We have our proof, Rypere. You will go to Uhtred. Now. 243 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:11,836 Why so many guards? Are you afraid of me? 244 00:22:11,956 --> 00:22:16,132 You're a prize, lady. Even when unwashed. 245 00:22:36,272 --> 00:22:39,822 She's the daughter of a king. You will all turn away. 246 00:22:39,942 --> 00:22:44,448 - Show her the backs of your heads. - Lord, where is the harm in looking? 247 00:22:44,572 --> 00:22:46,574 The back of your heads! 248 00:23:22,818 --> 00:23:24,786 You were right, lord. 249 00:23:27,364 --> 00:23:29,492 - She has beauty. - She does. 250 00:23:29,617 --> 00:23:33,997 More than that, she's worth ten times her weight in gold and silver. 251 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,508 I'm thinking we should fatten her. 252 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,610 - Does this game have a name? - Stones. 253 00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:04,405 And why's it called that? 254 00:24:07,488 --> 00:24:09,035 It's Rypere. 255 00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:12,330 He must have news from Beamfleot. 256 00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,169 I'll go and tell Uhtred. 257 00:24:15,829 --> 00:24:17,376 Uhtred! 258 00:24:17,498 --> 00:24:19,796 Uhtred! 259 00:24:19,917 --> 00:24:21,134 Uhtred? 260 00:24:37,893 --> 00:24:39,816 Lord, if the Northmen from Beamfleot 261 00:24:39,937 --> 00:24:42,031 are now raiding into Mercia to feed their army, 262 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:43,990 how long before they come to Wessex? 263 00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:47,203 Is it not time to consider raising the fyrds? 264 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:51,495 Aethelwold, as you have no estate, it is not your place to talk of raising fyrds. 265 00:24:54,201 --> 00:24:56,670 As for the ealdormen with estate, 266 00:24:56,787 --> 00:24:58,881 for each of you, there is a harvest to be gathered. 267 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:01,547 This must be done quickly and stored within the nearest burh. 268 00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:02,714 It must be protected. 269 00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:04,633 Should they raid, we shall not be overrun 270 00:25:04,753 --> 00:25:08,428 and importantly, we shall not feed them so much as a single grain. 271 00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:11,302 Wessex is fortified. 272 00:25:12,011 --> 00:25:13,263 Once the harvest is gathered, 273 00:25:13,387 --> 00:25:15,765 the fighting men of the fyrds shall be free of labor, 274 00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:17,391 should they be required. 275 00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:22,238 Should they be required, lord? Mercia requires them now! 276 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:24,402 The heathen must be dealt with! 277 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:27,777 The heathen hold a hostage, Lord Selwine. 278 00:25:27,901 --> 00:25:29,778 Would you have the Lady Aethelflaed killed? 279 00:25:29,903 --> 00:25:33,658 Lord King, I do not wish to cause distress, 280 00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:36,831 but if the lady was in fact alive, 281 00:25:36,952 --> 00:25:39,831 surely they would have made clear their demands? 282 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:42,925 They want us supplicant, Selwine. They want us afraid. 283 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:45,215 They do not know of our faith, lord. 284 00:25:51,467 --> 00:25:52,810 Father Pyrlig? 285 00:25:54,303 --> 00:25:58,649 Excuse me, lord, but Uhtred of this parish is here. 286 00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:00,689 He is asking to attend. 287 00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:05,360 Can he be trusted? 288 00:26:06,899 --> 00:26:10,119 Lord, are we sure of Uhtred's position? 289 00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:13,409 Lord Uhtred's position is that of an ealdorman of Wessex. 290 00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:15,532 Lord, it is my own view he should be admitted. 291 00:26:15,657 --> 00:26:18,331 - And mine. - Allow him in. 292 00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:20,830 Lord King. 293 00:26:29,213 --> 00:26:31,181 The Ealdorman Uhtred may join the Witan. 294 00:26:31,298 --> 00:26:33,096 Yes, lord. 295 00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:39,523 Lord. 296 00:26:48,482 --> 00:26:49,859 Lady Aelswith. 297 00:26:52,361 --> 00:26:56,082 - I am here with news of Aethelflaed. - From the Northmen? 298 00:26:56,198 --> 00:26:59,919 From my own spies who sleep within the walls of Beamfleot. 299 00:27:00,035 --> 00:27:02,333 Lord, Aethelflaed is alive. 300 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:05,253 My men have seen her with their own eyes. 301 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:09,670 - Praise Him. - Praise Him to the heavens. 302 00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:12,389 Then why have they not made clear their demands? 303 00:27:12,506 --> 00:27:15,100 They've been spreading news of their hostage, lord. 304 00:27:15,217 --> 00:27:18,312 Boasting? About seizing a woman? 305 00:27:18,428 --> 00:27:20,726 Boasting of the army they will raise with the ransom. 306 00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:22,475 This is what I fear, lord. 307 00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:26,562 No man in this hall should be in any doubt. 308 00:27:26,687 --> 00:27:30,817 When their demands arrive, they will be considerable. 309 00:27:30,941 --> 00:27:32,534 As will be the consequences. 310 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:34,574 Of course they will make outrageous demands. 311 00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:36,447 That is the purpose of strong negotiation, 312 00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:39,075 to ensure there is agreement. 313 00:27:39,199 --> 00:27:45,502 - You intend to negotiate, lord? - I intend to recover my daughter. 314 00:27:45,622 --> 00:27:47,966 Regardless of the price, lord? 315 00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:51,428 Mercia is not a land of plenty. Far from it. 316 00:27:51,545 --> 00:27:55,140 Wessex shall pay its share of silver and if necessary, its share of blood. 317 00:27:55,257 --> 00:27:56,884 I will do what needs to be done. 318 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:59,307 If that means negotiation, then I will negotiate. 319 00:27:59,428 --> 00:28:02,978 Lord, I would advise that you don't attend the negotiations. 320 00:28:03,098 --> 00:28:07,319 The presence of the king and father would only increase their price. 321 00:28:07,436 --> 00:28:12,658 But if not the king, then who? 322 00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:15,903 There will be silence! 323 00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:20,908 Aethelred. 324 00:28:25,579 --> 00:28:28,378 - Yes, lord? - It must be you. 325 00:28:29,291 --> 00:28:32,135 This is for Mercia to resolve. You must go to Beamfleot. 326 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:38,392 - Of course, lord. - And a representative of Wessex, lord. 327 00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:43,730 As the burden of your daughter is to be shared between the two kingdoms. 328 00:28:49,436 --> 00:28:53,532 I will suggest that the Lord Uhtred represents Wessex. 329 00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:55,868 Agreed. 330 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:13,507 Forgive me, lord, but I do believe he is your only choice. 331 00:29:20,801 --> 00:29:21,973 Lord? 332 00:29:31,979 --> 00:29:37,236 - Uhtred, you will accompany Aethelred. - I will do all I can, lord. 333 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:40,825 Lady. 334 00:29:55,210 --> 00:29:57,463 Uhtred! 335 00:30:02,134 --> 00:30:04,387 Uhtred, forgive me, 336 00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:08,732 but I have asked the king to excuse me from this journey to Beamfleot. 337 00:30:10,350 --> 00:30:13,820 For my sins, God has always placed me at your side 338 00:30:13,937 --> 00:30:18,613 and I feel... shame for abandoning you. 339 00:30:18,734 --> 00:30:21,658 No, Beocca, your place is in Winchester with Thyra. 340 00:30:21,778 --> 00:30:23,621 Bless you. 341 00:30:24,406 --> 00:30:26,079 Uhtred, you have given me so much, 342 00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:28,873 but giving me the courage to approach Thyra, 343 00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:31,914 that was your greatest gift. 344 00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:37,170 - I will be in your prayers, no doubt? - Perhaps. 345 00:30:37,294 --> 00:30:38,967 Always. 346 00:30:52,642 --> 00:30:56,317 My men are restless. Hunting is not enough. 347 00:30:56,438 --> 00:30:59,533 I may go across the river, spill a little blood. 348 00:30:59,649 --> 00:31:01,151 Across the river is Wessex. 349 00:31:01,276 --> 00:31:06,032 Then if I see Alfred, I will tell him that my brother is humping his daughter. 350 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:14,624 - I can see that you like her. - I would like to ride her, yes. 351 00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:21,047 Then ride her. One tiny cock isn't going to hurt her. 352 00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:35,937 - Haesten, what are you doing? - Shut your mouth, Dagfinn. 353 00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:37,859 You saw nothing. 354 00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:51,285 What do you want? 355 00:31:51,410 --> 00:31:53,959 What do I want? 356 00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:58,835 I'm here to remind you that you're a woman and a hostage. 357 00:32:02,212 --> 00:32:04,965 I like the paleness of your skin. 358 00:32:06,508 --> 00:32:09,011 Show me. Take off your clothes. 359 00:32:09,136 --> 00:32:11,434 Does the Lord Erik know that you're here? 360 00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:15,313 It was the Lord Erik that sent me here. 361 00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:21,573 Now remove your clothes or I will rip them from you. 362 00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:31,875 Dagfinn, hold her! 363 00:32:35,704 --> 00:32:38,332 Get up. Get up! 364 00:32:38,457 --> 00:32:39,925 Lord, she's a hostage! 365 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:46,348 - Get up onto your feet! - She is... a hostage! 366 00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:48,593 She is precious! 367 00:32:52,846 --> 00:32:54,268 She's of value! 368 00:32:56,391 --> 00:32:58,018 Release her. 369 00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:02,238 Leave us. 370 00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:10,865 All of you. 371 00:33:43,522 --> 00:33:49,074 This should not have happened and it will not happen again. 372 00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:50,867 MY apologies. 373 00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:57,627 MY apologies. 374 00:33:58,245 --> 00:34:01,215 It is not the first time a man has mistreated me. 375 00:34:03,917 --> 00:34:05,043 Who else? 376 00:34:06,628 --> 00:34:07,971 Not here. 377 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,765 Before here. 378 00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:16,434 Now I know what to do should it happen again. 379 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:22,028 I... I will use my night bucket and a knife. 380 00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:25,567 You should. 381 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,817 You are precious, lady. 382 00:34:32,779 --> 00:34:34,406 Sleep well. 383 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,742 Safely. 384 00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:11,572 Odda. 385 00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:19,292 It is late. I was about to sit, contemplate. 386 00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:21,787 As is your habit, lord. I have been waiting for you. 387 00:35:25,332 --> 00:35:28,552 Lord, I hope you will forgive me for what I'm about to say. 388 00:35:28,668 --> 00:35:32,844 My intentions are for Wessex, for the hope of an England. 389 00:35:35,759 --> 00:35:40,390 You spoke of paying for Aethelflaed's release in one of two ways. 390 00:35:40,513 --> 00:35:44,484 - Silver or with blood. - I did. 391 00:35:44,601 --> 00:35:46,524 There is a third way. 392 00:35:47,270 --> 00:35:49,489 Should the ransom be too great, 393 00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:52,155 should the likely loss of men be too great, 394 00:35:52,275 --> 00:35:57,702 should Wessex wish to emerge with honor, lord, and greater strength... 395 00:35:59,866 --> 00:36:04,872 then should she not be encouraged... to take her own life? 396 00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:08,921 For the good of the kingdom. 397 00:36:11,628 --> 00:36:15,678 Some might say it would mean martyrdom. 398 00:36:19,636 --> 00:36:24,267 I hear you, Odda. I'm glad you feel able to proffer this advice. 399 00:36:25,892 --> 00:36:27,815 Now, I wish to sit. You will leave me. 400 00:36:30,397 --> 00:36:31,819 Lord. 401 00:36:32,899 --> 00:36:38,201 Look around you. See the sacrifice that has been made. 402 00:36:39,739 --> 00:36:43,084 Hundreds upon hundreds of men, women and children 403 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:46,250 have given their lives for what we now have. 404 00:36:46,371 --> 00:36:50,376 They have given their lives, Odda, they did not take their lives. 405 00:36:51,292 --> 00:36:53,715 And there will be reward in Heaven for each and every soul. 406 00:36:53,837 --> 00:36:58,308 - That is what we believe, is it not? - That is what I say, lord. 407 00:36:58,425 --> 00:37:03,272 There will be reward enough, in Heaven. 408 00:37:05,348 --> 00:37:08,477 You are a king before you are a father. 409 00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:15,029 I know my place. 410 00:37:18,653 --> 00:37:20,246 Now you will leave me. 411 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:25,789 Lord. 412 00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:03,323 I thought you'd like to breathe the night's air. 413 00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:05,166 Thank you. 414 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:13,170 I was born on a night of a whole moon. 415 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:21,099 My father wanted to ca“ me Mint, after the moon god. 416 00:38:21,216 --> 00:38:27,269 But Mani is chased each night across the sky by Hati the wolf. 417 00:38:27,388 --> 00:38:30,642 My mother did not want me to be chased by wolves. 418 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:38,616 I saw the moon, the clear sky, and I wanted to share it. 419 00:38:40,068 --> 00:38:42,867 I'm glad you thought of me. 420 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:45,206 It was either share it with you or with my brother. 421 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:49,499 The choice was difficult, I admit. 422 00:39:03,299 --> 00:39:06,394 I have never seen a face like this before. 423 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:13,777 Now I see it, even when I close my eyes. 424 00:39:17,313 --> 00:39:22,410 - Your husband is a fortunate man. - My husband does not see me. 425 00:39:24,153 --> 00:39:26,576 Then he's blind or stupid. 426 00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:29,121 He is not blind. 427 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:35,874 And he is not gentle, I would guess. 428 00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:38,631 He is the one who mistreats you? 429 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,554 He is not the man I would choose to be with. 430 00:40:21,002 --> 00:40:23,471 You. You! 431 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:25,757 Aethelwold. 432 00:40:27,634 --> 00:40:28,806 Odda, you are drunk. 433 00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:31,555 I sincerely hope so, I can barely see. 434 00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:34,148 At your age, it is not good for you. 435 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,695 What is your opinion on paying a ransom for Aethelflaed? 436 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:45,652 Do you have an opinion? 437 00:40:48,321 --> 00:40:50,790 Not one I am prepared to say aloud. 438 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:54,294 Is there much, or any, of your father in you? 439 00:40:54,410 --> 00:40:59,291 - The king past? - I'm disappointed you need to ask. 440 00:40:59,415 --> 00:41:04,262 I have both my father's blood and spirit, the Danes know it. 441 00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:06,965 Even the dead know it. 442 00:41:10,176 --> 00:41:15,979 I am becoming more like him by the day. Observe the clean tunic. 443 00:41:19,394 --> 00:41:21,442 He was a great man. 444 00:41:26,859 --> 00:41:28,907 He was my great friend. 445 00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:36,412 If you are indeed his son, I may need you. 446 00:41:36,536 --> 00:41:39,005 You may need me for what? 447 00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:49,804 I believe you need your bed, lord. 448 00:41:50,591 --> 00:41:52,434 And a pillow. 449 00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:12,785 You should employ a craftsman to fit a spoon in place of the blade. 450 00:42:13,906 --> 00:42:18,036 The leaves are falling. I want the ransom paid in full by winter, 451 00:42:18,161 --> 00:42:19,538 an army by spring. 452 00:42:20,246 --> 00:42:23,500 A king's crown by summer. 453 00:42:23,624 --> 00:42:26,173 They will want the same: Answers by winter. 454 00:42:29,964 --> 00:42:31,432 How does she ride? 455 00:42:34,969 --> 00:42:39,440 Oh, you wouldn't like her, she's bony and she squeals. 456 00:42:40,433 --> 00:42:42,106 She passes the time. 457 00:42:45,605 --> 00:42:47,448 And if you put a pup in her belly? 458 00:42:50,026 --> 00:42:52,279 Then Alfred will get two for the price of one. 459 00:42:57,742 --> 00:43:00,461 And Viking blood to strengthen his line, eh? 460 00:43:11,881 --> 00:43:14,304 What will happen when we reach Beamfleot? 461 00:43:14,425 --> 00:43:18,271 Will there be a ritual? A toast, a meal? 462 00:43:18,387 --> 00:43:20,389 There will be a heathen sacrifice. 463 00:43:20,515 --> 00:43:25,442 The youngest member of the visiting party will be split with an axe. 464 00:43:25,561 --> 00:43:28,360 They will want to humiliate us. 465 00:43:28,481 --> 00:43:33,612 - In what way? - An insult, a challenge. 466 00:43:33,736 --> 00:43:35,738 - Why? - Because they can. 467 00:43:38,324 --> 00:43:40,122 Hey! 468 00:43:48,751 --> 00:43:52,801 Haesten. We're travelling to Beamfleot. 469 00:43:52,922 --> 00:43:56,847 - For Alfred? - For Alfred, yes. 470 00:43:56,968 --> 00:43:59,517 I am here to take you on to the fortress, lord. 471 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:01,435 You and two others. 472 00:44:01,556 --> 00:44:04,355 I will travel with half my number, no less. 473 00:44:10,064 --> 00:44:11,111 Agreed. 474 00:44:12,441 --> 00:44:14,864 The Lady Aethelflaed, she is well? 475 00:44:14,986 --> 00:44:17,535 There'll be no negotiation until I have seen her. 476 00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:24,288 She is well. My Lord Erik sees that she is... most content, lord. 477 00:44:27,415 --> 00:44:30,794 - Ride on and we'll follow. - Oh, you will not be needing horses. 478 00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:53,446 Lord, I have a question. What is it we want from this meeting? 479 00:44:53,566 --> 00:44:58,697 You have to ask? What we want is to free Aethelflaed. 480 00:44:58,821 --> 00:45:02,701 Yet instead, if what transpired was war, what then? 481 00:45:03,618 --> 00:45:05,837 It is a question, lord, that is all. 482 00:45:07,205 --> 00:45:12,837 I would be without a wife, no doubt. As that would be the cause of war. 483 00:45:13,586 --> 00:45:18,092 War will occur regardless, that is certain. 484 00:45:18,216 --> 00:45:21,095 The only change that there can be is the size of the army 485 00:45:21,219 --> 00:45:24,314 that we will face across the field. 486 00:45:24,430 --> 00:45:29,231 - We will be ready. - But what is it we want? 487 00:45:29,352 --> 00:45:32,572 Alfred wants his daughter, that is plain. 488 00:45:32,688 --> 00:45:35,191 But is that best for Mercia? 489 00:45:35,316 --> 00:45:40,117 Is that best for Aethelred, lord of Mercia and Lundene 490 00:45:40,238 --> 00:45:43,117 and more perhaps? 491 00:45:43,241 --> 00:45:47,712 My advice to you, lord, is rescue her, by all means, 492 00:45:47,828 --> 00:45:51,253 but not at a price that will cut our throats. 493 00:46:23,906 --> 00:46:27,661 - You will all kneel. - We will not. 494 00:46:27,785 --> 00:46:30,413 We have come here in peace and as equals. 495 00:46:30,538 --> 00:46:33,166 You've made us walk a good distance to meet you. 496 00:46:33,291 --> 00:46:34,508 That is respect enough. 497 00:46:38,296 --> 00:46:40,298 You should have joined me, Uhtred. 498 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:44,514 If you wished me to join you, why have a dead man tell a prophecy? 499 00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:49,857 - Why didn't you simply ask? - Me, you would refuse. But the gods? 500 00:46:53,185 --> 00:46:55,608 The king of Wessex sends his greetings. 501 00:46:56,647 --> 00:46:59,275 He hopes you have enjoyed the company of his daughter. 502 00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:03,405 Enjoyed her? 503 00:47:07,074 --> 00:47:08,826 Oh, she's not his favorite. 504 00:47:09,785 --> 00:47:14,040 Why else would he have allowed her to marry the pig's arse standing behind me? 505 00:47:14,165 --> 00:47:16,133 Before any negotiations take place, 506 00:47:16,250 --> 00:47:19,925 the pig's arse wishes to be certain that his wife is well. 507 00:47:20,588 --> 00:47:24,013 And if she's not well, what then? 508 00:47:24,133 --> 00:47:28,183 What will the pig's arse do? Fart? 509 00:47:33,768 --> 00:47:35,236 Will you fight me? 510 00:47:36,604 --> 00:47:40,984 - Will you fight my brother? - I would like that. 511 00:47:45,988 --> 00:47:49,993 - You alone will kneel. - I will not. 512 00:47:50,117 --> 00:47:53,712 Kneel! 513 00:48:00,002 --> 00:48:04,098 I have come to negotiate. I demand respect. 514 00:48:04,215 --> 00:48:07,936 If you do not wish to hear my price, then I will leave, happily. 515 00:48:09,845 --> 00:48:15,227 - Aethelflaed. - As you can see, she is well. 516 00:48:17,728 --> 00:48:20,402 - I would like to speak with her. - Then do it. 517 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:38,375 - They are treating you well? - They are. 518 00:48:38,499 --> 00:48:45,132 - You have not been... touched? - I have not. 519 00:48:51,220 --> 00:48:52,437 What I must now do 520 00:48:52,555 --> 00:48:55,650 is secure an acceptable price for your release. 521 00:48:55,766 --> 00:49:01,864 There will be word games played. Do not be alarmed by what I may say. 522 00:49:01,981 --> 00:49:04,575 I assure you, once this is over, 523 00:49:04,692 --> 00:49:06,945 they shall pay for what they have done to us all. 524 00:49:08,863 --> 00:49:10,331 Thank you, lord. 525 00:49:16,787 --> 00:49:20,758 What is your price? It must be fair or you can keep her. 526 00:49:20,875 --> 00:49:25,096 You talk of your woman like you do not care. 527 00:49:25,212 --> 00:49:27,715 She is important to me, of course, but she has a price, 528 00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:31,470 beyond which I cannot go. I will not go. 529 00:49:31,594 --> 00:49:35,224 Then name it. Name this price. 530 00:49:38,392 --> 00:49:40,770 One hundred pounds' weight of silver. 531 00:49:41,979 --> 00:49:44,357 My lands can afford no more. 532 00:49:51,739 --> 00:49:55,585 - Does this man speak for Alfred? - He does not. 533 00:49:57,578 --> 00:49:59,000 Hmm. 534 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:01,790 Weland! 535 00:50:01,916 --> 00:50:07,218 Wh-Where is Weland? I do not see him. Weland! 536 00:50:07,338 --> 00:50:09,261 Weland! 537 00:50:12,218 --> 00:50:14,186 Ah. Weland. 538 00:50:22,728 --> 00:50:25,447 This... man here. 539 00:50:27,525 --> 00:50:28,617 Hit him. 540 00:50:39,286 --> 00:50:41,630 She is a daughter, not a son. 541 00:50:42,414 --> 00:50:44,837 Unloved and, in truth, banished to Mercia 542 00:50:44,959 --> 00:50:50,011 to spend life being humped by a husband you have so generously put to bed. 543 00:50:50,130 --> 00:50:53,430 Like her husband, Alfred's not minded to pay a great sum. 544 00:50:53,551 --> 00:50:57,101 - Alfred's price is what? Say it. - I will. 545 00:50:57,221 --> 00:51:02,398 Separate from the 100 pounds' weight of silver offered by the husband, 546 00:51:02,518 --> 00:51:06,318 Alfred will add another 200 pounds' weight of silver. 547 00:51:07,481 --> 00:51:10,826 - Three hundred pounds in total. - A good price. 548 00:51:10,943 --> 00:51:14,698 The daughter of a Frankish king was once bargained for a similar price. Pyrlig? 549 00:51:14,822 --> 00:51:20,044 This is true, it is a good price. 550 00:51:22,496 --> 00:51:25,466 No. No, no, no, no, no, no. 551 00:51:25,583 --> 00:51:30,339 No, Alfred is not a Frankish king and it is not a good price. 552 00:51:30,462 --> 00:51:35,263 - I say it's a good price. - Like the pig's arse, you have farted. 553 00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:41,941 Yes! And it stinks. By the gods, does it stink! 554 00:51:42,057 --> 00:51:44,401 - Open the doors. - It is a good price? 555 00:51:44,518 --> 00:51:47,772 - I think it's a good price. - You insult me! 556 00:51:49,857 --> 00:51:52,701 If Alfred is minded to offer so little, 557 00:51:52,818 --> 00:51:55,196 then I am minded to bring her into this hall 558 00:51:55,321 --> 00:51:57,995 and allow each man here to take his turn. 559 00:52:00,868 --> 00:52:07,001 I swear, she will be tied to a cart and she will travel the kingdoms. 560 00:52:08,417 --> 00:52:12,513 Is that what you want... Saxon? 561 00:52:13,547 --> 00:52:17,472 - Do not insult me. - I'm not insulting you. 562 00:52:17,593 --> 00:52:20,267 Do not. 563 00:52:29,938 --> 00:52:33,238 The king has given me some discretion to increase the price. 564 00:52:36,570 --> 00:52:39,824 What a surprise. 565 00:52:41,075 --> 00:52:44,170 So, say it. 566 00:52:44,286 --> 00:52:48,541 Lord, if I may, and to save both time and ink, 567 00:52:48,666 --> 00:52:51,670 perhaps you might name a price. 568 00:52:51,835 --> 00:52:54,588 An acceptable price. Not an impossible price. 569 00:52:56,298 --> 00:52:57,424 Say it. 570 00:53:04,515 --> 00:53:06,313 Ten thousand pounds' weight of silver 571 00:53:06,433 --> 00:53:08,686 and one thousand pounds' weight of gold. 572 00:53:08,811 --> 00:53:13,112 - Delivered by Alfred himself. - Of course. 573 00:53:13,232 --> 00:53:17,533 And he shall arrive with a stoat upon his head and an apple in his mouth. 574 00:53:17,653 --> 00:53:19,075 With respect, Sigefrid, 575 00:53:19,196 --> 00:53:23,076 you fart louder and longer than the pig's arse and I together. 576 00:53:26,245 --> 00:53:28,668 I need to take a piss. It's going to be a long day. 577 00:54:34,897 --> 00:54:37,741 Aethelred, lord of Mercia! 578 00:54:37,858 --> 00:54:42,614 If your jaw is not broken, join us! Eat. 579 00:54:42,738 --> 00:54:47,335 Yes, I will. I would enjoy that. 580 00:54:47,451 --> 00:54:50,079 - Business is done. - Done? 581 00:54:50,204 --> 00:54:52,298 A bargain has been made and not a good one. 582 00:54:52,414 --> 00:54:53,506 Say nothing. 583 00:54:53,624 --> 00:54:57,674 Uhtred and Father Pyrlig have gone to see how your lady is, lord. 584 00:54:57,795 --> 00:55:02,096 - Then I will go to her. - Hm-mm, no. 585 00:55:02,216 --> 00:55:06,062 You will wait here. You will sit. 586 00:55:07,721 --> 00:55:09,268 With me. 587 00:55:21,527 --> 00:55:25,703 - To silver and gold. - And lots of it, lord. 588 00:55:25,823 --> 00:55:27,040 Drink. 589 00:55:32,329 --> 00:55:33,546 She's praying. 590 00:55:36,083 --> 00:55:38,677 Give her time with the priest and then you will see her. 591 00:55:41,213 --> 00:55:42,715 Twenty-six ships. 592 00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:48,392 By the next moon, there will be more. And more still the moon after. 593 00:55:49,012 --> 00:55:51,106 Alfred will pay for his own destruction. 594 00:55:51,223 --> 00:55:53,851 You should not underestimate Alfred of Wessex. 595 00:55:53,976 --> 00:55:58,982 Never. But he will pay what you have agreed? 596 00:55:59,982 --> 00:56:04,408 - He will. - Even for an unloved daughter? 597 00:56:05,571 --> 00:56:08,996 Alfred is suffering. He loves her dearly. 598 00:56:09,116 --> 00:56:11,369 Her husband does not. 599 00:56:11,493 --> 00:56:13,837 I was surprised at your anger towards Aethelred. 600 00:56:15,122 --> 00:56:20,049 - What purpose did it serve? - It was a mistake. 601 00:56:20,168 --> 00:56:25,049 It was. You made it clear that you care for her. 602 00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:34,775 I cannot let her go. 603 00:56:35,684 --> 00:56:37,357 I cannot give her up. 604 00:56:39,146 --> 00:56:43,242 We have just settled on a price. There is agreement. 605 00:56:43,358 --> 00:56:45,452 With my brother. 606 00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:03,003 - Lord Uhtred. - Lady. 607 00:57:04,546 --> 00:57:06,264 Your father sends his affection. 608 00:57:07,257 --> 00:57:10,602 He will be sleeping at the altar, I'm sure. 609 00:57:10,719 --> 00:57:14,599 I have arranged your release. You will soon be coming home. 610 00:57:15,933 --> 00:57:17,651 Have you spoken with Erik? 611 00:57:20,020 --> 00:57:21,613 I have. 612 00:57:22,898 --> 00:57:24,024 What has he told you? 613 00:57:27,653 --> 00:57:31,829 - Lady, he's a Northman and a pagan. - He is a pagan as you are a pagan. 614 00:57:31,949 --> 00:57:34,668 Any hope that you have of a life together is nonsense. 615 00:57:34,785 --> 00:57:36,753 - It will fail. - It will not. 616 00:57:36,870 --> 00:57:41,296 Merely because it's what you wish for? Lady, it can never happen. 617 00:57:41,416 --> 00:57:45,341 - Well, it must. - What of your husband? 618 00:57:45,462 --> 00:57:50,059 I will not talk of my husband. I... I do not care for him. 619 00:57:50,175 --> 00:57:52,428 - And I will never care for him. - He will not stand by. 620 00:57:52,552 --> 00:57:53,599 I do not care. 621 00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:57,566 Sigefrid will not stand by and your father will not stand by. 622 00:57:57,683 --> 00:58:01,233 - You will lose your entire family. - I will make a family. 623 00:58:01,353 --> 00:58:04,482 - We will make a family, Erik and I. - And they will die. 624 00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:07,780 As you will die. In a fire, at the tip of a sword. 625 00:58:07,901 --> 00:58:10,324 - Then I will die happily. - Aethelflaed, hear me. 626 00:58:10,445 --> 00:58:12,573 There will be no rest. None. 627 00:58:12,698 --> 00:58:15,326 A life with Erik is what I want. 628 00:58:15,450 --> 00:58:18,249 It is best for me and it is best for Wessex. 629 00:58:20,288 --> 00:58:24,088 I can say this to no one but you. 630 00:58:24,209 --> 00:58:27,804 I can... I can ask no one but you. 631 00:58:31,967 --> 00:58:34,015 Will you help us escape? 632 00:58:38,015 --> 00:58:40,814 Lady, I am sworn to your father. 633 00:58:40,934 --> 00:58:43,653 If I help you and succeed, he'll have me killed. 634 00:58:43,770 --> 00:58:46,774 But more than that, you are asking me to sanction your own death. 635 00:58:46,898 --> 00:58:50,402 No, what I am asking is for you to allow me to live. 636 00:58:51,528 --> 00:58:55,624 I will not be the treasure that builds an army against my father. 637 00:58:55,741 --> 00:58:59,666 That will not happen. Never. 638 00:58:59,786 --> 00:59:05,008 I will leave this place with Erik or I will not leave at all. 639 00:59:06,209 --> 00:59:10,055 Uhtred, I am asking you to save my life 640 00:59:10,213 --> 00:59:13,262 and with it, the nations of Wessex and Mercia. 641 00:59:16,553 --> 00:59:18,681 Will you help me? 642 00:59:19,931 --> 00:59:21,729 Please? 642 00:59:22,305 --> 01:00:22,194 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/75rtp Help other users to choose the best subtitles