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Clips from Taboo - Episode #1.3 (S01E01)

"so that when the time is right and the Company has fallen"
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"we can leave."
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"I am accruing a band of loyal servants,"
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"none of whom have any value to me"
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"beyond the facilitation of this greater good."
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"When I left England, I was just a boy."
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"Now I am back, much has changed."
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"Your leaving England was the click of the hypnotist's fingers."
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"I woke from a trance and realised the depth of our sin."
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"I have found forgiveness in God and in my husband,"
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"and I want no part in your plans or your future."
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"But we are the future."
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"Your husband is already passed"
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"and you can see that by the way that he follows you."
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"You should let him go, poor soul."
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"You torture him."
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"There is enough treachery already surrounding us"
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"that there is no need for us to add to it."
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"My husband is harsh and is a Christian. I welcome it."
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"I deserve it."
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"Your husband is also a fool."
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"He cannot see all that you are."
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"I have sailed to places where there is no damnation."
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"We used to talk to each other without words in dark corners."
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"Your curiosity and hunger for all that is possible out there"
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"could never be tethered by base religious morality,"
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"ship insurance and new china."
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"Please understand that from this moment I will burn your letters"
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"without opening them."
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"Then I will visit you in your dreams, my love."
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"Please. I'm your sister."
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"There is a woman here to see you and I swear the only way"
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"I could have stopped her would have been to use the pistol you gave me"
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"and don't think I would be loathe to use it because she's mad"
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"- and she claims she is my mistress. - Your mistress?"
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"She says she owns this house."
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"Right."
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"I have engaged the services of the best lawyer in London."
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"Is that your lawyer?"
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"My lawyer assures me that, as Horace Delaney's widow,"
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"by natural law of the land, this house is therefore half mine."
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"- It's a copy. - It's now kindling."
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"Your servant is also now half mine."
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"You actually burnt a letter of intent."
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"Oh! And what do you intend to do..."
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"with my house?"
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"Firstly to change those awful boards."
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"- Miss Bow... - Mrs. Delaney!"
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"Miss Bow, do you know why there are boards on the windows of this house?"
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"So the fortunate people outside"
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"No, because there are wicked men out there who would wish me dead."
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"However, neither the East India or the King will kill you"
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"because of your will."
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"The only people who would benefit from your death are the Americans,"
Taboo
"but you're already in negotiations with the Americans,"
Taboo
"so surely once the boards have gone we could put curtains up."
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"You seem to know such a lot for somebody who knows so very little."
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"You should know that I am a very dangerous man."
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"I was told that, too."
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"I was told the details of your situation by a representative"
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"of his Majesty The King, George."
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"And indirectly it was the King who financed the drawing up of"
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"that very expensive piece of paper, which you just burnt."
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"As a rule, the King's council very rarely makes business"
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"with an actress unless it's up the back alley of Maiden Lane."
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"The piece of paper you just burnt also states that,"
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"as Horace Delaney's widow,"
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"and to the King."
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"So, as you can see, it's a very simple swap, Mr. Delaney."
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"Your half of the house for my half of a piece of land"
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"that I have no interest in or use for."
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"I also have a trunk full of your father's belongings,"
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"letters to you, to your father from your mother."
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"Paintings of Nootka, drawings..."
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"Brace!"
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"Brace!"
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"Do I fetch the pistol?"
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"No. Make this woman a room up right now."
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"- I'd like a river view. - Granted."
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"Go on now. Make her a fire in my mother's old room immediately."
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"If you are in contact with the King"
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"You may stay here whilst we work out our business."
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"Good evening, Miss Bow."
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"I was passing,"
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"from Greenwich."
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"I have business."
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"Hm."
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"I see in the Gazette you now have a ship."
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"Mm-hm."
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"At 7:00 AM every day I read the Gazette."
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"My wife eats toast."
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"I look for newly purchased ships."
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"- I underwrite for Lloyds. - Coffee?"
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"No."
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"I'm willing to take care of the insurance of your ship."
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"I can make sure the hull is tarred properly--"
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"they don't miss a layer and pocket the change."
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"Ah, but my business is not in Africa, it's out west."
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"That letter there is from my carpenter."
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"In my profession, we believe in luck."
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"In the business of ship insurance, luck is the Goddess of Profit."
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"Your luck, Mr. Delaney, is poor."
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"You sink ships."
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"You're as good as a hole in the hull."
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"I did check the records."
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"You were aboard a ship that sank off Africa."
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"A slave ship?"
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"I believe that a man is capable of change..."
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"And whilst you're here,"
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"this document will show you..."
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"that my ship is already insured by an insurance broker"
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"by the name of Cope."
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"you will probably recognise my handwriting."
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"I wonder, does the offer of coffee still stand?"
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"Mm."
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"the thought of it..."
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"when I realise the woman beneath me..."
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"is capable of what she did."
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"She can seem so cold,"
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"Now I know the secret in her head."
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