1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,520 'I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:03,555 --> 00:00:06,920 'Lady Aethelflaed has followed her father's wishes and married 3 00:00:06,955 --> 00:00:09,320 'Aethelred, the Lord of Mercia. 4 00:00:09,355 --> 00:00:13,040 'Bringing King Alfred's dream of an England ever closer.' 5 00:00:13,075 --> 00:00:15,680 Lord, love should be gentle and kind. 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,880 'In a happier union, Father Beocca has married my sister, Thyra.' 7 00:00:21,915 --> 00:00:23,840 Excuse me, Lord Uhtred. I am Osferth. 8 00:00:23,875 --> 00:00:26,280 You are Alfred's bastard son. 9 00:00:26,315 --> 00:00:28,880 'After failing to convince me to join them, 10 00:00:28,915 --> 00:00:31,480 'the Northmen brothers, Erik and Sigefrid, 11 00:00:31,515 --> 00:00:33,360 'have taken the city of Lunden.' 12 00:00:33,395 --> 00:00:37,040 You say you are sworn, yet you float into Daneland and back again. 13 00:00:37,075 --> 00:00:38,760 How am I to trust you? 14 00:00:38,795 --> 00:00:41,960 'Alfred put Aethelred in command of his armies...' 15 00:00:41,995 --> 00:00:44,240 Tomorrow we ride. I would like you to travel with me. 16 00:00:44,275 --> 00:00:45,280 To battle? 17 00:00:45,315 --> 00:00:49,960 '..and we were sent to take back the city but found not a soul.' 18 00:00:49,995 --> 00:00:53,160 If we wish, there is a way to raise the greatest army these shores 19 00:00:53,195 --> 00:00:54,320 have ever seen. 20 00:00:54,355 --> 00:00:58,320 - Lord! - It's a signal that can be seen from a mile or more. 21 00:00:58,355 --> 00:01:03,840 - Thyra! - Death is coming. The forest! The forest! 22 00:01:03,875 --> 00:01:06,160 'It's a trick, I know it. 23 00:01:06,195 --> 00:01:09,600 'And I fear terrible consequences. 24 00:01:09,635 --> 00:01:11,080 'Destiny is all.' 25 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:19,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 26 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,000 No, no. Please, God, 27 00:02:26,035 --> 00:02:28,600 let this not be true. 28 00:02:28,635 --> 00:02:30,360 Thyra! 29 00:02:30,395 --> 00:02:31,680 Lady Aethelflaed! 30 00:02:31,715 --> 00:02:32,720 Thyra! 31 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,200 Thyra! 32 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:39,600 Please be alive, please be alive, please be alive. 33 00:02:39,635 --> 00:02:45,000 - Lady Aethelflaed! - Thyra! Thyra, please! 34 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,040 Thyra! 35 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,800 Lady Aethelflaed! 36 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,120 Not a single man left living. 37 00:02:57,155 --> 00:02:58,360 Nor woman. 38 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,280 She is the daughter of King Alfred, they would not kill her. They... 39 00:03:03,315 --> 00:03:04,960 They would not. 40 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,520 Thyra! 41 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:20,600 Please. 42 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,440 Beocca! 43 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:32,320 Beocca! 44 00:03:32,355 --> 00:03:34,720 Thyra! 45 00:03:34,755 --> 00:03:36,680 Beocca! 46 00:03:36,715 --> 00:03:38,160 Thyra! 47 00:03:38,195 --> 00:03:39,680 Beocca! 48 00:03:39,715 --> 00:03:41,600 Thyra! 49 00:03:41,635 --> 00:03:42,920 Beocca! 50 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,200 I thought you were dead and I wanted to die! 51 00:03:47,235 --> 00:03:50,520 I thought you were dead. I thought you were dead! 52 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,160 Thyra? Thyra? 53 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,360 Thyra, where is Aethelflaed? 54 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,000 You will answer! 55 00:04:06,035 --> 00:04:07,360 Of course she will answer! 56 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:12,680 I do not know. 57 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,800 Did they take her?! 58 00:04:16,835 --> 00:04:18,880 We ran and... 59 00:04:18,915 --> 00:04:21,720 then she was...gone. 60 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,080 We will continue the search, Lord. 61 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,080 They've taken her, they must have. Why else abandon the city, 62 00:04:33,115 --> 00:04:34,520 why raid the camp? 63 00:04:34,555 --> 00:04:36,440 She is the daughter of the King. 64 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:38,840 They wouldn't dare. 65 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,480 We will scour the camp and beyond! 66 00:04:45,515 --> 00:04:47,560 We are looking for the Lady Aethelflaed! 67 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,760 Where are you taking me? 68 00:05:00,795 --> 00:05:04,840 You have found your voice. We're headed to Beamfleot. 69 00:05:04,875 --> 00:05:06,960 And then? A ship? 70 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,880 A cage? 71 00:05:09,915 --> 00:05:13,360 I'm still to decide. I have given up Lunden for you. 72 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,120 Erik! How does she feel? Warm? 73 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:22,520 Rich. 74 00:05:22,555 --> 00:05:26,120 As she should. She is our pathway to glory. 75 00:05:26,155 --> 00:05:28,720 THEY LAUGH 76 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,000 What will you say to Alfred? 77 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,600 What can I tell him but the truth? 78 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,000 He will ask why she was with you. She should never have been there. 79 00:05:52,035 --> 00:05:53,400 I am aware of that. 80 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,320 You say she insisted, begged. 81 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,400 You're so enthralled by your bride that you could not deny her. 82 00:06:03,435 --> 00:06:05,840 And make myself appear weak? 83 00:06:05,875 --> 00:06:10,000 It is a choice, Lord, between appearing love-sick, or foolish. 84 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,480 Uhtred? 85 00:06:12,515 --> 00:06:14,440 Uhtred, where are you going? 86 00:06:14,475 --> 00:06:17,200 I'm going home to Coccham, where Alfred has asked me to remain! 87 00:06:17,235 --> 00:06:19,520 And where I left my wife. 88 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,520 But the King, he may need you. 89 00:06:23,555 --> 00:06:27,160 The King, in his wisdom, has all but banished him, Father Beocca. 90 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,800 You should also raise the question of how the Northmen came to know 91 00:06:32,835 --> 00:06:36,240 of Aethelflaed's situation, of where she would be. 92 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,440 If you believe her to be alive, you will not abandon her. 93 00:07:00,475 --> 00:07:02,280 You will not. That is a fact. 94 00:07:02,315 --> 00:07:05,120 So, what is the real reason we're travelling home to Coccham 95 00:07:05,155 --> 00:07:06,840 and not to Winchester? 96 00:07:06,875 --> 00:07:09,520 There's nothing to be said in Winchester. 97 00:07:09,555 --> 00:07:11,760 I won't be part of a whispering court. 98 00:07:11,795 --> 00:07:15,440 We will go when I have something to say, not before. 99 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,640 - Sihtric. - Lord? 100 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,360 Take Rypere there and go to Beamfleot. 101 00:07:26,395 --> 00:07:29,880 That is where Erik and Sigefrid's fleet lie, that is where they'll be. 102 00:07:29,915 --> 00:07:31,160 We are to spy? 103 00:07:31,195 --> 00:07:33,960 You're to confirm that Lady Aethelflaed is alive and how 104 00:07:33,995 --> 00:07:37,200 they're treating her. Send Rypere back to me at Coccham. 105 00:07:37,235 --> 00:07:40,400 You will remain there and, yes, you are to spy. 106 00:07:40,435 --> 00:07:43,520 Sihtric, I will need to know every part of Beamfleot. 107 00:07:43,555 --> 00:07:46,200 Every blade of grass that surrounds their fortress. 108 00:07:46,235 --> 00:07:47,920 Yes, Lord. 109 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,280 See this? Warriors join us by the day. 110 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,640 With word of your capture, there will be more. 111 00:08:05,675 --> 00:08:09,600 All waiting for war. You have my thanks, Lady. 112 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,440 There will be many men inside. 113 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,960 They will want to get close to you, look you in the eye. 114 00:08:17,995 --> 00:08:19,440 They'll want to frighten me. 115 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,080 They will. 116 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:28,360 CHEERING 117 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,520 SHE GASPS AND GRUNTS 118 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,080 What did I say?! 119 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,480 I told you I would invite 120 00:08:50,515 --> 00:08:54,840 King Alfred's daughter, and she is here! 121 00:08:54,875 --> 00:08:56,240 THEY CHEER 122 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,160 I swear to the gods... 123 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:05,680 ..that this prize will not be sold cheaply. 124 00:09:05,715 --> 00:09:10,440 There will be wealth and glory for every man here. 125 00:09:10,475 --> 00:09:12,600 THEY CHEER 126 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,240 It is the best we have. 127 00:09:33,275 --> 00:09:36,440 These are my own men, they will watch you. 128 00:09:36,475 --> 00:09:39,200 You will have a guard at all times. 129 00:09:39,235 --> 00:09:41,200 You will be safe here. 130 00:09:41,235 --> 00:09:44,200 And my companions, my servants, from the camp? 131 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,880 Any woman who is not Aethelflaed will have been killed or claimed. 132 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:00,760 Claimed is most likely. There's a bucket in the corner. 133 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,080 A royal bucket, no splinters. 134 00:10:05,115 --> 00:10:07,600 CHUCKLING 135 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,000 DOOR LOCKS 136 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:35,480 Aethelred. I was expecting a messenger, and not for days. 137 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,120 My news is too important to trust to a messenger. 138 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,680 Lunden has been reclaimed. 139 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:49,880 Praise God. 140 00:10:49,915 --> 00:10:55,960 Not a single Northman has been left alive in the city...but 141 00:10:55,995 --> 00:10:58,840 this great victory has come at a significant cost. 142 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:01,800 It is the way of battle. 143 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,640 It concerns Aethelflaed, Lord. 144 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:10,960 What of her? 145 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,760 We fear that she has been...taken. 146 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,400 We pray that is the outcome, Lord. 147 00:11:21,435 --> 00:11:22,640 By the Northmen? 148 00:11:22,675 --> 00:11:24,400 Aethelflaed was with you? 149 00:11:24,435 --> 00:11:26,440 All the things they will do to her... 150 00:11:26,475 --> 00:11:27,480 She was there? 151 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,840 You took my daughter into battle? 152 00:11:33,875 --> 00:11:35,200 There was no battle, Lord. 153 00:11:35,235 --> 00:11:38,040 She was not part of the attacking army, Lord, of course not. 154 00:11:38,075 --> 00:11:41,240 - She was a good distance away. - But clearly not a safe distance. 155 00:11:41,275 --> 00:11:45,280 Admittedly, I was weak, but she is headstrong and eager. 156 00:11:45,315 --> 00:11:47,360 She asked to travel a part of the way... 157 00:11:47,395 --> 00:11:49,120 You are her husband. 158 00:11:49,155 --> 00:11:51,000 She makes it difficult for me to refuse her. 159 00:11:51,035 --> 00:11:53,720 Is she alive? Have you seen her alive? Answer me that. 160 00:11:53,755 --> 00:11:58,120 She must be alive, Lord. What reason would they have to kill her? 161 00:11:58,155 --> 00:11:59,720 But you do not know for certain? 162 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:02,840 No. 163 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:08,000 How they knew she was with us, we do not know. 164 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,880 Uhtred believes they may have returned to Beamfleot. 165 00:12:12,915 --> 00:12:15,760 - He knows them well. - Uhtred has returned to Coccham, Lord. 166 00:12:15,795 --> 00:12:18,520 He was following your earlier instructions, Lord. 167 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,920 After hearing of events and excuses... 168 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,480 ..what I now require are facts. 169 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,600 I have men across the land. I will send word and ask for word. 170 00:12:39,635 --> 00:12:41,600 That is all I can do. 171 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,040 That is all we can do. My dear. 172 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,520 Lord, you have my word! I shall recover her! 173 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,040 Do you know what you've done? 174 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:03,360 Possibly not, as you are as useless as you are arrogant. 175 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,360 I have done nothing but carry out the King's orders. 176 00:13:07,395 --> 00:13:12,280 You have put at risk the entire kingdom! All kingdoms! 177 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,160 You're a toad, a fool, an idiot 178 00:13:17,195 --> 00:13:19,400 with ambition far above your capability. 179 00:13:19,435 --> 00:13:21,600 And if I can see this, be sure Alfred can see it. 180 00:13:21,635 --> 00:13:23,840 You have made your position clear, Lord Odda. 181 00:13:23,875 --> 00:13:25,880 We will forgive your insolence just this one... 182 00:13:25,915 --> 00:13:29,840 - You will forgive me?! - You will not address my lord in that manner! 183 00:13:29,875 --> 00:13:33,760 May I suggest that you take a wander for yet another cup of wine? 184 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,080 Father Beocca, Steapa, come with me. 185 00:13:41,115 --> 00:13:43,000 You will tell me every detail from 186 00:13:43,035 --> 00:13:45,400 the moment you left Winchester. With me! 187 00:13:45,435 --> 00:13:47,040 Yes, Lord. 188 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,120 "Lunden has been reclaimed and not a single Northman 189 00:13:55,155 --> 00:13:57,000 "has been left alive in the city." 190 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:00,400 You began so well. 191 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,640 I will be reminding the King who it was who travelled into Daneland. 192 00:14:05,675 --> 00:14:08,080 I will be reminding the King that your friend Uhtred 193 00:14:08,115 --> 00:14:13,600 has been called King of Mercia, and I shall remind him how fond you are 194 00:14:13,635 --> 00:14:15,000 of his seat. 195 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:18,360 Do that. 196 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,280 But allow me to remind you of this - the only man capable of 197 00:14:24,315 --> 00:14:26,760 cleaning up this puddle of shit 198 00:14:26,795 --> 00:14:29,760 is the man you are desperate to blame. 199 00:14:29,795 --> 00:14:31,240 Uhtred... 200 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,760 ..King of Mercia. 201 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,120 WATER LAPS 202 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:51,840 What is on your mind? 203 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:56,640 I am thinking of Aethelflaed. 204 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,000 If she lives, you will be her hope. 205 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,520 Alfred is her father. 206 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,800 YOU will be her hope, Uhtred of Bebbenberg. 207 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,440 It should not be for you to resolve, but you will do it. 208 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,120 By sending Sihtric, you have already begun. 209 00:15:24,155 --> 00:15:25,640 Stay with me. 210 00:15:25,675 --> 00:15:26,960 No, I am hungry! 211 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,440 I will help you. 212 00:15:30,475 --> 00:15:34,280 No, I'm doing it! I think I have something! 213 00:15:34,315 --> 00:15:36,240 Supper at last! 214 00:15:36,275 --> 00:15:37,640 Oh! He's a sea monster! 215 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,480 Lord. You said I should find you. 216 00:15:45,515 --> 00:15:48,640 - Who are you? - He's Alfred's bastard. 217 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,680 I am called Osferth, Lady. I am simply called Osferth. 218 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,920 Every person in every town has been instructed to pray, 219 00:16:05,955 --> 00:16:07,720 that she is alive and kept well. 220 00:16:07,755 --> 00:16:11,600 Then, she will surely be alive, kept well, and will be free in no time. 221 00:16:11,635 --> 00:16:13,200 All right, say goodnight. 222 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,520 You do not believe, Lord? 223 00:16:16,555 --> 00:16:18,840 Oh, I believe... 224 00:16:18,875 --> 00:16:20,400 but in the true gods. 225 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,760 And in fate. 226 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,560 You wish to serve a heathen, Osferth? 227 00:16:28,595 --> 00:16:30,560 God is in all good men, Lady. 228 00:16:30,595 --> 00:16:33,880 And my Uncle Leofric told me often that your husband is a good man. 229 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:36,720 A great man. 230 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,520 He said that? 231 00:16:39,555 --> 00:16:41,120 Yes, he did, Lord. 232 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:47,400 And yet this good man here will let you join him for one reason only. 233 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:51,520 To embarrass Alfred. 234 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:56,320 It's true. 235 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,880 That may be the reason you allow me to join you, Lord, 236 00:17:01,915 --> 00:17:04,240 but I will give you reason to let me stay. 237 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,200 You have been brought here by fate, Osferth. 238 00:17:10,235 --> 00:17:12,480 If all they have in Winchester is prayer, 239 00:17:12,515 --> 00:17:14,320 then they will need something more. 240 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:19,560 - We will go to Winchester. - We will not. 241 00:17:19,595 --> 00:17:22,400 This is what you want to do, so why be childish about it? 242 00:17:22,435 --> 00:17:24,120 We will go when I have news... 243 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,160 ..from Beamfleot. 244 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,400 YELLING 245 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,400 THEY LAUGH 246 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,720 DOOR OPENS 247 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,080 My men tell me you are refusing to eat. 248 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,520 I am. I would like to wash. 249 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,360 You have a bowl, you have water. 250 00:18:03,395 --> 00:18:04,600 I would like to bathe! 251 00:18:04,635 --> 00:18:08,000 I would like to breathe cool air. I am beginning to feel sickly. 252 00:18:08,035 --> 00:18:10,640 My brother suggested you bathe inside a barrel 253 00:18:10,675 --> 00:18:12,640 in full view of all men. 254 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,160 DOOR SHUTS 255 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:35,680 Lady... 256 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:43,720 ..I will arrange for you to bathe with privacy, but in return 257 00:18:43,755 --> 00:18:46,400 you must eat the food we provide. 258 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:51,880 Very well. 259 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,200 Agreed. 260 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,120 Thank you. 261 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:27,560 I feel she is alive, in my heart, but what might they do to her? 262 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,960 She has her mother's courage, and that is the very reason that 263 00:19:42,995 --> 00:19:44,960 she will survive this ordeal. 264 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:56,520 Lord King, although I would usually prefer him miles away at Coccham... 265 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:04,200 ..would it now be appropriate to recall Uhtred to Winchester? 266 00:20:04,235 --> 00:20:06,880 - I accept that he will never know God... - I cannot. 267 00:20:06,915 --> 00:20:09,880 But if you would send him to Beamfleot, if she saw him... 268 00:20:09,915 --> 00:20:11,200 You know that I cannot. 269 00:20:11,235 --> 00:20:13,360 ..perhaps her spirit would rise. She believes in him. 270 00:20:13,395 --> 00:20:17,120 Our belief is in God, in prayer. 271 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:23,680 It is. 272 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,200 I will leave you to your letters. 273 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,520 We have our proof, Rypere, you will go to Uhtred. 274 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,160 Now! 275 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,480 Why so many guards? Are you afraid of me? 276 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,600 You're a prize, Lady. Even when unwashed. 277 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,600 She's the daughter of a King, you will all turn away! 278 00:21:43,635 --> 00:21:45,160 Show her the backs of your heads! 279 00:21:45,195 --> 00:21:47,840 Lord, where is the harm in looking? 280 00:21:47,875 --> 00:21:49,160 The back of your heads! 281 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,560 You were right, Lord... 282 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,040 -..she has beauty. - She does. 283 00:22:31,075 --> 00:22:34,880 More than that, she's worth ten times her weight in gold and silver. 284 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,280 I'm thinking we should fatten her. 285 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,120 Does this game have a name? 286 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:00,640 Stones. 287 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,040 And why's it called that 288 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:08,920 It's Rypere. 289 00:23:08,955 --> 00:23:13,200 He must have news from Beamfleot. I'll go and tell Uhtred. 290 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,360 - Uhtred! - Uhtred! 291 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:20,520 Uhtred! 292 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,800 Lord, if the Northmen from Beamfleot are now raiding into 293 00:23:39,835 --> 00:23:42,440 Mercia to feed their army, how long before they come to Wessex? 294 00:23:42,475 --> 00:23:45,280 Is it not time to consider raising the fyrds? 295 00:23:45,315 --> 00:23:46,600 Aethelwold, as you have 296 00:23:46,635 --> 00:23:49,320 no estate, it is not your place to talk of raising fyrds. 297 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,000 As for the ealdormen with estate... 298 00:23:55,035 --> 00:23:57,000 for each of you there is a harvest to be gathered. 299 00:23:57,035 --> 00:23:59,520 This must be done quickly and stored within the nearest burh, 300 00:23:59,555 --> 00:24:00,600 it must be protected. 301 00:24:00,635 --> 00:24:03,160 Should they raid, we shall not be overrun and importantly 302 00:24:03,195 --> 00:24:06,200 we shall not feed them so much as a single grain. 303 00:24:06,235 --> 00:24:07,960 Wessex is fortified. 304 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,560 Once the harvest is gathered, the fighting men of the fyrds 305 00:24:11,595 --> 00:24:14,400 shall be free of labour, should they be required. 306 00:24:14,435 --> 00:24:19,160 Should they be required, Lord?! Mercia requires them now. 307 00:24:19,195 --> 00:24:21,560 The heathen must be dealt with! 308 00:24:21,595 --> 00:24:24,400 The heathen hold a hostage, Lord Selwine. 309 00:24:24,435 --> 00:24:27,040 Would you have the Lady Aethelflaed killed? 310 00:24:27,075 --> 00:24:31,920 Lord King, I do not wish to cause distress, but if the lady was 311 00:24:31,955 --> 00:24:36,000 in fact alive, surely they would have made clear their demands? 312 00:24:36,035 --> 00:24:38,840 They want us supplicant, Selwine, they want us afraid. 313 00:24:38,875 --> 00:24:41,520 They do not know of our faith, Lord. 314 00:24:41,555 --> 00:24:42,920 DOOR OPENS 315 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,440 Father Pyrlig? 316 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,920 Excuse me, Lord, but Uhtred of this parish is here. 317 00:24:53,955 --> 00:24:55,360 He is asking to attend. 318 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,120 Can he be trusted? 319 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,240 Lord? Are we sure of Uhtred's position? 320 00:25:05,275 --> 00:25:08,040 Lord Uhtred's position is that of an ealdorman of Wessex. 321 00:25:08,075 --> 00:25:10,440 Lord, it is my own view that he should be admitted. 322 00:25:10,475 --> 00:25:13,400 - And mine. - Allow him in. 323 00:25:13,435 --> 00:25:14,800 Lord King? 324 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,600 - The Ealdorman Uhtred may join the Witan. - Yes, Lord. 325 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,160 Lord. 326 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,040 Lady Aelswith. 327 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,760 I am here with news of Aethelflaed. 328 00:25:47,795 --> 00:25:49,000 From the Northmen? 329 00:25:49,035 --> 00:25:52,520 From my own spies, who sleep within the walls of Beamfleot. 330 00:25:52,555 --> 00:25:54,880 Lord, Aethelflaed is alive. 331 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,880 My men have seen her with their own eyes. 332 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,040 - Praise Him. - Praise Him to the heavens. 333 00:26:02,075 --> 00:26:04,800 Then, why have they not made clear their demands? 334 00:26:04,835 --> 00:26:07,440 They've been spreading news of their hostage, Lord. 335 00:26:07,475 --> 00:26:10,120 Boasting? About seizing a woman? 336 00:26:10,155 --> 00:26:12,640 Boasting of the great army they will raise with the ransom. 337 00:26:12,675 --> 00:26:14,360 This is what I fear, Lord. 338 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,320 No man in this hall should be in any doubt, 339 00:26:18,355 --> 00:26:21,160 when their demands arrive, they will be considerable. 340 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,000 As will be the consequences. 341 00:26:24,035 --> 00:26:25,920 Of course, they will make outrageous demands. 342 00:26:25,955 --> 00:26:28,000 That is the purpose of strong negotiation - 343 00:26:28,035 --> 00:26:29,480 to ensure there is agreement. 344 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,360 You intend to negotiate, Lord? 345 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,520 I intend to recover my daughter. 346 00:26:36,555 --> 00:26:39,040 Regardless of the price, Lord? 347 00:26:39,075 --> 00:26:42,120 Mercia is not a land of plenty - far from it. 348 00:26:42,155 --> 00:26:44,800 Wessex shall pay its share of silver and, if necessary, 349 00:26:44,835 --> 00:26:47,200 its share of blood! I will do what needs to be done. 350 00:26:47,235 --> 00:26:49,960 If that means negotiation, then I will negotiate. 351 00:26:49,995 --> 00:26:53,800 Lord, I would advise that you don't attend the negotiations. 352 00:26:53,835 --> 00:26:56,520 The presence of the King and father would only serve to increase 353 00:26:56,555 --> 00:27:00,160 - their price. - But if not the King, then who? 354 00:27:00,195 --> 00:27:02,160 LOUD MURMURINGS 355 00:27:02,195 --> 00:27:03,760 There will be silence! 356 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,360 Aethelred? 357 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:19,640 - Yes, Lord? - It must be you. This is for Mercia to resolve. 358 00:27:19,675 --> 00:27:20,920 You must go to Beamfleot. 359 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:24,560 Of course, Lord. 360 00:27:24,595 --> 00:27:27,440 And a representative of Wessex, Lord, 361 00:27:27,475 --> 00:27:31,920 as the burden of your daughter is to be shared between the two kingdoms. 362 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,800 I will suggest that the Lord Uhtred represents Wessex. 363 00:27:41,835 --> 00:27:43,200 Agreed. 364 00:27:55,360 --> 00:28:00,120 Forgive me, Lord, but I do believe he is your only choice. 365 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,000 Lord? 366 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,600 Uhtred, you will accompany Aethelred. 367 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,280 I will do all I can, Lord. 368 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:27,560 Lady. 369 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:42,120 Uhtred. 370 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,440 Uhtred, forgive me, but I have asked the King to excuse me 371 00:28:51,475 --> 00:28:53,520 from this journey to Beamfleot. 372 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,840 For my sins, God has always placed me at your side. 373 00:28:58,875 --> 00:29:03,680 And I feel shame for abandoning you. 374 00:29:03,715 --> 00:29:06,160 No, Beocca, your place is in Winchester with Thyra. 375 00:29:06,195 --> 00:29:07,600 Bless you. 376 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,000 Uhtred, you have given me so much, but giving me the courage 377 00:29:12,035 --> 00:29:16,040 to approach Thyra - that was your greatest gift. 378 00:29:16,075 --> 00:29:18,600 I will be in your prayers, no doubt. 379 00:29:18,635 --> 00:29:19,960 Perhaps. 380 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,480 Always. 381 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,200 Say it's mine! 382 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,360 My men are restless. Hunting is not enough. 383 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,440 I may go across the river, spill a little blood. 384 00:29:42,475 --> 00:29:44,440 Across the river is Wessex. 385 00:29:44,475 --> 00:29:47,320 Then, if I see Alfred, I will tell him that my brother is humping 386 00:29:47,355 --> 00:29:48,360 his daughter. 387 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,000 I can see that you like her. 388 00:29:55,035 --> 00:29:56,760 I would like to ride her, yes. 389 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,240 Then, ride her. One tiny cock isn't going to hurt her. 390 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,080 Haesten, what are you doing? 391 00:30:15,115 --> 00:30:18,800 Shut your mouth, Dagfinn. You saw nothing. 392 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,120 What do you want? 393 00:30:32,155 --> 00:30:33,560 What do I want? 394 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,640 I'm here to remind you that you're a woman 395 00:30:37,675 --> 00:30:39,200 and a hostage. 396 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,760 I like the paleness of your skin. 397 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,120 Show me. Take off your clothes. 398 00:30:49,155 --> 00:30:51,600 Does the Lord Erik know that you're here? 399 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,000 It was the Lord Erik that sent me. 400 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:02,440 Now, remove your clothes or I will rip them from you! 401 00:31:02,475 --> 00:31:04,640 SHE YELLS OUT 402 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,320 Dagfinn, hold her! 403 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,240 Get up! GET UP! 404 00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:22,000 - Lord, she's a hostage! - Get up onto your feet. 405 00:31:22,035 --> 00:31:27,280 - She is a hostage. - She is precious. 406 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,400 She's of value! 407 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,840 Release her. 408 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,240 Leave us! 409 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:47,640 All of you! 410 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,160 This should not have happened, and it will not happen again. 411 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,200 My apologies. 412 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,640 My apologies. 413 00:32:33,675 --> 00:32:36,200 It is not the first time a man has mistreated me. 414 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:40,440 Who else? 415 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,280 Not here. Before here. 416 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,800 Now I know what to do should it happen again. 417 00:32:51,835 --> 00:32:56,280 I will use my night bucket and a knife. 418 00:32:58,480 --> 00:32:59,840 You should. 419 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,560 You are precious, Lady. 420 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,040 Sleep well. Safely. 421 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,000 DISTANT YELLING AND SWORDS ECHO 422 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:43,600 Odda. 423 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,640 It is late. I was about to sit, contemplate. 424 00:33:51,675 --> 00:33:54,200 As is your habit, Lord. I have been waiting for you. 425 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,560 Lord, I hope you will forgive me for what I'm about to say. 426 00:34:00,595 --> 00:34:03,800 My intentions are for Wessex, for the hope of an England. 427 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:11,040 You spoke of paying for Aethelflaed's release 428 00:34:11,075 --> 00:34:14,520 in one of two ways - with silver, or with blood. 429 00:34:14,555 --> 00:34:15,800 I did. 430 00:34:15,835 --> 00:34:17,800 There is a third way. 431 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,920 Should the ransom be too great, should the likely loss of men 432 00:34:21,955 --> 00:34:25,200 be too great, should Wessex wish to emerge with honour, 433 00:34:25,235 --> 00:34:27,760 Lord, and greater strength... 434 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:34,920 ..then should she not be encouraged to take her own life? 435 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,040 For the good of the kingdom. 436 00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:45,160 Some might say it would mean martyrdom. 437 00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:50,440 I hear you, Odda. 438 00:34:50,475 --> 00:34:52,760 I'm glad you feel able to proffer this advice. 439 00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:57,360 Now, I wish to sit. You will leave me. 440 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,040 Lord... 441 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:06,920 Look around you, see the sacrifice that has been made. 442 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:10,720 Hundreds upon hundreds of men, 443 00:35:10,755 --> 00:35:15,160 women and children have given their lives for what we now have... 444 00:35:15,195 --> 00:35:18,520 They have GIVEN their lives, Odda, they did not TAKE their lives. 445 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,320 And there will be reward in heaven for each and every soul, 446 00:35:22,355 --> 00:35:23,880 that is what we believe, is it not? 447 00:35:23,915 --> 00:35:30,600 That is what I say, Lord, there will be reward enough, in heaven. 448 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,480 You are a king before you are a father. 449 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,840 I know my place! 450 00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:47,240 Now you will leave me. 451 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:52,720 Lord. 452 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,720 - I thought you'd like to breathe the night's air. - Thank you. 453 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,800 I was born on a night of a whole moon. 454 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,200 My father wanted to call me Mani, after the moon god. 455 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,480 But Mani is chased each night across the sky by Hati the wolf. 456 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,640 My mother did not want me to be chased by wolves. 457 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,800 I saw the moon, the clear sky and I wanted to share it. 458 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:06,040 I'm glad you thought of me. 459 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:09,640 It was either share it with you or with my brother. 460 00:37:09,675 --> 00:37:12,400 THEY LAUGH The choice was difficult, I admit! 461 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,080 I have never seen a face like this before. 462 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:36,040 Now I see it, even when I close my eyes. 463 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,560 Your husband is a fortunate man. 464 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,560 My husband does not see me. 465 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,880 Then, he's blind or stupid. 466 00:37:48,915 --> 00:37:50,720 He is not blind. 467 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,040 And he is not gentle, I would guess. 468 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,040 He is the one who mistreats you? 469 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,800 He is not the man I would choose to be with. 470 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:42,840 You. You! 471 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:45,240 Aethelwold. 472 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,160 Odda, you are drunk. 473 00:38:49,195 --> 00:38:51,440 I sincerely hope so, I can barely see. 474 00:38:51,475 --> 00:38:53,240 At your age, it is not good for you. 475 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,120 What is your opinion on paying a ransom for Aethelflaed? 476 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,120 Do you have an opinion? 477 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,120 Not one I am prepared to say aloud. 478 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,920 Is there much, or any, of your father in you? 479 00:39:12,955 --> 00:39:16,360 - The king past? - I'm disappointed you need to ask. 480 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,480 I have both my father's blood and spirit, the Danes know it. 481 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:24,440 Even the dead know it. 482 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,200 THUNDER RUMBLES 483 00:39:28,235 --> 00:39:32,800 I am becoming more like him by the day - observe the clean tunic. 484 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:38,080 He was a great man. 485 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:45,320 He was my great friend. 486 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:53,560 If you are indeed his son, I may need you. 487 00:39:53,595 --> 00:39:54,960 You may need me for what? 488 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:04,720 I believe you need your bed, Lord. 489 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:07,960 And a pillow. 490 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:27,560 You should employ a craftsman to fit a spoon in place of the blade. 491 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:30,800 The leaves are falling. 492 00:40:30,835 --> 00:40:34,920 I want the ransom paid in full by winter, an army by spring. 493 00:40:34,955 --> 00:40:36,520 A king's crown by summer. 494 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,800 They will want the same, answers by winter. 495 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:45,920 How does she ride? 496 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,280 Oh, you wouldn't like her - she's bony and she squeals. 497 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,120 She passes the time. 498 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,240 And if you put a pup in her belly? 499 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,240 Then, Alfred will get two for the price of one. 500 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,600 THEY LAUGH 501 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,840 And Viking blood to strengthen his line, eh? 502 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,280 What will happen when we reach Beamfleot? 503 00:41:27,315 --> 00:41:30,600 Will there be a ritual, a toast, a meal? 504 00:41:30,635 --> 00:41:32,560 There will be a heathen sacrifice - 505 00:41:32,595 --> 00:41:36,600 the youngest member of the visiting party will be split with an axe. 506 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,640 They will want to humiliate us. 507 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,120 In what way? 508 00:41:43,155 --> 00:41:45,600 An insult, a challenge. 509 00:41:45,635 --> 00:41:47,760 - Why? - Because they can. 510 00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:04,360 Haesten. We're travelling to Beamfleot. 511 00:42:04,395 --> 00:42:05,880 For Alfred? 512 00:42:05,915 --> 00:42:07,160 For Alfred, yes. 513 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:12,520 I am here to take you on to the fortress, Lord. You and two others. 514 00:42:12,555 --> 00:42:14,640 I will travel with half my number, no less. 515 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:21,800 Agreed. 516 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,280 The Lady Aethelflaed? She is well? 517 00:42:25,315 --> 00:42:27,920 There'll be no negotiation until I have seen her! 518 00:42:27,955 --> 00:42:29,560 She is well. 519 00:42:29,595 --> 00:42:34,200 My Lord Erik sees that she is most content, Lord. 520 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:40,240 - Ride on and we'll follow. - Oh, you will not be needing horses. 521 00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,400 Lord, I have a question. 522 00:42:59,435 --> 00:43:02,320 What is it we want from this meeting? 523 00:43:02,355 --> 00:43:07,240 You have to ask? What we want is to free Aethelflaed. 524 00:43:07,275 --> 00:43:10,320 And if instead, what transpired was war - what then? 525 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,640 It is a question, Lord, that is all. 526 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:19,440 I would be without a wife, no doubt, as that would be the cause of war. 527 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,400 War will occur regardless, that is certain. 528 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:29,000 The only change that there can be is the size of the army 529 00:43:29,035 --> 00:43:30,760 that we will face across the field. 530 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:33,840 We will be ready. 531 00:43:33,875 --> 00:43:36,400 But what is it we want? 532 00:43:36,435 --> 00:43:39,880 Alfred wants his daughter, that is plain, 533 00:43:39,915 --> 00:43:44,800 but is that best for Mercia? Is that best for Aethelred, 534 00:43:44,835 --> 00:43:48,360 Lord of Mercia, and Lunden, and more, perhaps? 535 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,920 My advice to you, Lord, is rescue her by all means, 536 00:43:53,955 --> 00:43:56,840 but not at a price that will cut our throats. 537 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,400 You will all kneel. 538 00:44:30,435 --> 00:44:35,200 We will not. We have come here in peace and as equals. 539 00:44:35,235 --> 00:44:37,720 You've made us walk a good distance to meet you. 540 00:44:37,755 --> 00:44:39,120 That is respect enough. 541 00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:44,760 You should have joined me, Uhtred. 542 00:44:44,795 --> 00:44:48,920 If you wished me to join you, why have a dead man tell a prophecy? 543 00:44:48,955 --> 00:44:50,360 Why didn't you simply ask? 544 00:44:50,395 --> 00:44:52,800 Me, you would refuse, but the gods? 545 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,320 The King of Wessex sends his greetings. 546 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,320 He hopes you have enjoyed the company of his daughter. 547 00:45:03,355 --> 00:45:05,360 HE LAUGHS 548 00:45:05,395 --> 00:45:06,960 Enjoyed her? 549 00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:11,840 Oh, she's not his favourite. 550 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,800 Why else would he have allowed her to marry the pig's arse 551 00:45:15,835 --> 00:45:18,760 - standing behind me? - Before any negotiations take place, 552 00:45:18,795 --> 00:45:22,760 the pig's arse wishes to be certain that his wife is well. 553 00:45:22,795 --> 00:45:25,720 And if she's not well? What then? 554 00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:30,560 What will the pig's arse do? Fart? 555 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,600 Will you fight me? Will you fight my brother? 556 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:42,360 I would like that. 557 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:49,040 You alone will kneel. 558 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,960 - I will not. - Kneel! 559 00:45:52,995 --> 00:45:54,720 JEERING 560 00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:05,120 I have come to negotiate. I demand respect. 561 00:46:05,155 --> 00:46:08,560 If you do not wish to hear my price, then I will leave! Happily! 562 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:11,800 Aethelflaed. 563 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,080 As you can see, she is well. 564 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:20,920 - I would like to speak with her. - Then, do it. 565 00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:35,240 They are treating you well? 566 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,000 They are. 567 00:46:38,035 --> 00:46:40,480 You have not been...touched? 568 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,240 I have not. 569 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:53,680 What I must now do is secure an acceptable price for your release. 570 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:57,280 There will be word games played, 571 00:46:57,315 --> 00:47:02,400 do not be alarmed by what I may say. I assure you, 572 00:47:02,435 --> 00:47:05,680 once this is over, they shall pay for what they have done to us all. 573 00:47:07,240 --> 00:47:08,560 Thank you, Lord. 574 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:16,360 What is your price? 575 00:47:16,395 --> 00:47:18,560 It must be fair, or you can keep her. 576 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,080 You talk of your woman like you do not care. 577 00:47:23,115 --> 00:47:25,440 She is important to me, of course, but she has a price, 578 00:47:25,475 --> 00:47:29,000 beyond which I cannot go. I will not go. 579 00:47:29,035 --> 00:47:32,000 Then name it. Name this price. 580 00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:37,720 100lb weight of silver. 581 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:40,600 My lands can afford no more. 582 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,680 Does this man speak for Alfred? 583 00:47:50,715 --> 00:47:52,600 He does not. 584 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,120 Hmm. 585 00:47:56,840 --> 00:48:01,720 Weland! Where is Weland?! I do not see him. 586 00:48:01,755 --> 00:48:04,800 Weland! Weland! 587 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:09,960 Ah! Weland. 588 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:20,440 This man here... 589 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:23,920 Hit him. 590 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:36,680 She is a daughter, not a son. 591 00:48:36,715 --> 00:48:39,920 Unloved and, in truth, banished to Mercia to spend her life 592 00:48:39,955 --> 00:48:44,000 being humped by her husband, whom you have so generously put to bed. 593 00:48:44,035 --> 00:48:47,720 But like her husband, Alfred's not minded to pay a great sum. 594 00:48:47,755 --> 00:48:50,960 - Alfred's price is what? Say it! - I will. 595 00:48:50,995 --> 00:48:54,320 Separate from the 100lb weight of silver offered by 596 00:48:54,355 --> 00:48:56,000 her husband, 597 00:48:56,035 --> 00:48:59,480 Alfred will add another... 200lb weight of silver. 598 00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:03,200 300lb in total. 599 00:49:03,235 --> 00:49:04,480 A good price. 600 00:49:04,515 --> 00:49:07,520 The daughter of a Frankish king was once bargained for a similar price. 601 00:49:07,555 --> 00:49:10,240 - Pyrlig? - This is true, Lord, it is a good price. 602 00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,600 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 603 00:49:18,635 --> 00:49:23,320 No, Alfred is not a Frankish king and it is not a good price. 604 00:49:23,355 --> 00:49:25,000 I say it's a good price. 605 00:49:25,035 --> 00:49:27,320 Like the pig's arse, you have farted. 606 00:49:27,355 --> 00:49:29,280 HE BREAKS WIND, LAUGHTER 607 00:49:29,315 --> 00:49:35,280 Yes! And it stinks, by the gods does it stink. Open the doors. 608 00:49:35,315 --> 00:49:36,880 It is a good price? 609 00:49:36,915 --> 00:49:39,920 - I think it's a good price. - You insult me! 610 00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:45,400 If Alfred is minded to offer so little, then I am minded to 611 00:49:45,435 --> 00:49:49,160 bring her into this hall and allow each man here take his turn! 612 00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:57,760 I swear she will be tied to a cart and she will travel the kingdoms. 613 00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:01,760 Is that what you want, 614 00:50:01,795 --> 00:50:03,080 Saxon? 615 00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,880 Do not insult me. 616 00:50:06,915 --> 00:50:09,320 - I'm not insulting you. - Do not. 617 00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:23,240 The King has given me some discretion to increase the price. 618 00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:29,480 What a surprise! 619 00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,720 So, say it. 620 00:50:33,755 --> 00:50:37,400 Lord, if I may, and to save both time and ink, 621 00:50:37,435 --> 00:50:40,160 perhaps YOU might name a price? 622 00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:43,720 An acceptable price, not an impossible price. 623 00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:46,360 Say it. 624 00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:56,480 10,000lb weight of silver and 1,000lb weight of gold. 625 00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,040 Delivered by Alfred himself. 626 00:51:00,075 --> 00:51:01,320 Of course. 627 00:51:01,355 --> 00:51:03,600 And he shall arrive with a stoat upon his head 628 00:51:03,635 --> 00:51:04,880 and an apple in his mouth. 629 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:07,520 With respect, Sigefrid, 630 00:51:07,555 --> 00:51:10,600 you fart louder and longer than the pig's arse and I together. 631 00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,360 I need to take a piss. It's going to be a long day. 632 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:21,400 HE CLEARS THROAT 633 00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:37,120 HE GROANS 634 00:51:37,155 --> 00:51:39,000 PIGS GRUNT 635 00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:43,520 HE GASPS 636 00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:57,800 LAUGHTER 637 00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,200 LAUGHTER 638 00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:26,160 Aethelred, Lord of Mercia! If your jaw is not broken, join us! 639 00:52:26,195 --> 00:52:27,440 Eat. 640 00:52:27,475 --> 00:52:31,640 Yes. I will. I would enjoy that. 641 00:52:31,675 --> 00:52:33,840 Business is done. 642 00:52:33,875 --> 00:52:38,000 - Done?! - A bargain has been made, and not a good one. Say nothing. 643 00:52:38,035 --> 00:52:42,320 Uhtred and Father Pyrlig have gone to see how your lady is, Lord. 644 00:52:42,355 --> 00:52:45,760 - Then I will go to her. - No! 645 00:52:45,795 --> 00:52:48,560 You will wait here. 646 00:52:48,595 --> 00:52:52,160 You will sit...with me. 647 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,240 To silver and gold. 648 00:53:06,275 --> 00:53:08,360 And lots of it, Lord. 649 00:53:08,395 --> 00:53:09,640 Drink. 650 00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:14,960 THUNDER RUMBLES 651 00:53:14,995 --> 00:53:16,360 She's praying. 652 00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:21,480 Give her time with the priest and then you will see her. 653 00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:25,640 26 ships. 654 00:53:25,675 --> 00:53:30,200 By the next moon there will be more. And more still, the moon after. 655 00:53:30,235 --> 00:53:33,120 Alfred will pay for his own destruction. 656 00:53:33,155 --> 00:53:36,000 You should not underestimate Alfred of Wessex. 657 00:53:36,035 --> 00:53:40,760 Never. But he will pay what you have agreed? 658 00:53:40,795 --> 00:53:42,480 He will. 659 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:45,320 Even for an unloved daughter? 660 00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:50,280 Alfred is suffering. He loves her dearly. 661 00:53:50,315 --> 00:53:52,120 Her husband does not. 662 00:53:52,155 --> 00:53:55,720 I was surprised at your anger towards Aethelred. 663 00:53:55,755 --> 00:53:57,240 What purpose did it serve? 664 00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:00,680 It was a mistake. 665 00:54:00,715 --> 00:54:03,080 It was. 666 00:54:03,115 --> 00:54:05,280 You made it clear that you care for her. 667 00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:15,520 I cannot let her go. 668 00:54:15,555 --> 00:54:17,040 I cannot give her up. 669 00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:23,560 We have just settled on a price, there is agreement. 670 00:54:23,595 --> 00:54:25,080 With my brother. 671 00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:35,920 DOOR OPENS 672 00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:41,840 - Lord Uhtred. - Lady. 673 00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:45,760 Your father sends his affection. 674 00:54:45,795 --> 00:54:47,920 He will be sleeping at the altar, I'm sure. 675 00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:52,720 I have arranged your release. You will soon be coming home. 676 00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:55,560 Have you spoken with Erik? 677 00:54:58,400 --> 00:54:59,440 I have. 678 00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:02,520 What has he told you? 679 00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:07,920 Lady, he's a Northman and a pagan. 680 00:55:07,955 --> 00:55:10,080 He is a pagan as YOU are a pagan. 681 00:55:10,115 --> 00:55:12,600 Any hope that you have of a life together is nonsense. 682 00:55:12,635 --> 00:55:14,360 - It will fail! - It will not. 683 00:55:14,395 --> 00:55:18,800 Merely because it's what you wish for? Lady, it can never happen. 684 00:55:18,835 --> 00:55:21,880 - Well, it must. - What of your husband? 685 00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:25,480 I will not talk of my husband. 686 00:55:25,515 --> 00:55:27,160 I do not care for him. 687 00:55:27,195 --> 00:55:29,360 - And I will never care for him. - But he will not stand by. 688 00:55:29,395 --> 00:55:30,720 I do not care. 689 00:55:30,755 --> 00:55:34,440 Sigefrid will not stand by, and your father will not stand by! 690 00:55:34,475 --> 00:55:37,960 - You will lose your entire family! - I will make a family. 691 00:55:37,995 --> 00:55:39,960 We will make a family, Erik and I. 692 00:55:39,995 --> 00:55:42,200 And they will die! As you will die. 693 00:55:42,235 --> 00:55:44,160 In a fire, at the tip of a sword... 694 00:55:44,195 --> 00:55:45,760 Then, I will die happily. 695 00:55:45,795 --> 00:55:48,280 Aethelflaed, hear me. There will be no rest. 696 00:55:48,315 --> 00:55:50,280 - None. - A life with Erik is what I want. 697 00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:54,240 It is best for me and it is best for Wessex. 698 00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:58,160 I can say this to no-one but you. 699 00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:02,400 I can ask no-one but you. 700 00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:08,440 Will you help us escape? 701 00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:17,040 Lady, I am sworn to your father. If I help you and succeed, 702 00:56:17,075 --> 00:56:19,360 he'll have me killed, but more than that, 703 00:56:19,395 --> 00:56:21,680 you are asking me to sanction your own death. 704 00:56:21,715 --> 00:56:24,280 No, what I am asking is for you to allow me to live! 705 00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:30,040 I will not be the treasure that builds an army against my father. 706 00:56:30,075 --> 00:56:31,800 That will not happen. 707 00:56:31,835 --> 00:56:33,920 Never. 708 00:56:33,955 --> 00:56:36,880 I will leave this place with Erik 709 00:56:36,915 --> 00:56:38,440 or I will not leave at all. 710 00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,840 Uhtred, I am asking you to save my life 711 00:56:43,875 --> 00:56:46,600 and with it the nations of Wessex and Mercia. 712 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,120 Will you help me? 713 00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:54,280 Please? 714 00:56:55,305 --> 00:57:55,243 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/etm4 Help other users to choose the best subtitles