

Episode 3
Season 2 Episode 3 | 46m 23sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
A challenge from the Pamunkey leads to heartache.
A challenge from the Pamunkey leads to heartache for the Sharrows and tests Yeardley’s ability to defuse the conflict. Maria’s behavior comes under scrutiny by Temperance, while Christopher joins in the town’s political games to impress Jocelyn.
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Episode 3
Season 2 Episode 3 | 46m 23sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
A challenge from the Pamunkey leads to heartache for the Sharrows and tests Yeardley’s ability to defuse the conflict. Maria’s behavior comes under scrutiny by Temperance, while Christopher joins in the town’s political games to impress Jocelyn.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[OPECHANCANOUGH SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] [SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] UH-HUH.
[GASPS] JUST LEAVE US ALONE.
HOW MANY WAYS HAVE WE HELPED YOU?
I GAVE MY TRUST AND LOVE TO SILAS.
SILAS SHARROW HAS LEFT ME IN SHAME.
TELL ME, HOW WILL I WIN THE RESPECT OF MY PEOPLE BACK?
WHY DO YOU ASK ME?
IF SILAS WILL NOT GIVE ME WHAT I ASK IN ORDER TO ANSWER THE EFFORTS OPECHANCANOUGH MADE ON HIS BEHALF IN THE MOUNTAINS, THEN HE BRINGS HUMILIATION UPON ME.
I MUST HAVE MY HONOR BACK.
AS YOU PREDICTED, GOVERNOR, DR. PRIESTLY DID NAME A SUSPECT HE CONSIDERS A SPANISH SPY-- SECRETARY FARLOW, A MAN SO RIDDLED WITH DEBTS HE MIGHT BE BOUGHT BY THE FIRST BIDDER.
JOCELYN, YOU DO SO VEHEMENTLY WISH IT TO BE THE SECRETARY, DO YOU NOT?
SIR, THE SAME MAN HAS SO HASTILY BOARDED A SHIP TO BERMUDA AS IF HE'S RUN AWAY.
I HAVE GOOD REASON TO WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR ATTENTIONS ON THE DOCTOR, JOCELYN.
HAVE YOU ENCOURAGED HIM TO PURSUE YOU?
I BELIEVE CHRISTOPHER WANTS TO MARRY ME ONCE SUFFICIENT TIME HAS ELAPSED.
LET HIM ENJOY YOUR FULLEST ATTENTIONS AND AFFECTIONS SO THAT NO MAN EXISTS IN YOUR EYES BUT HE.
THE SHARROWS HAVE PICKED A HOT DAY FOR HARD WORK!
THEY TAN THE HIDES WITH ANIMAL BRAINS.
IT MAKES FOR EXCEPTIONALLY SOFT PELTS.
SHARROWS HAVE NEVER BEEN SHY OF ADVANCEMENT, HAVE THEY, GOVERNOR?
NOW THEY PROFIT LIKE NO OTHER BY THEIR ALLIANCE WITH THE NATURALS.
IT'S A WONDER THAT YOU LET THEM, GOVERNOR.
EH?
SIR, ISN'T IT PLEASING THAT THE BROTHERS TRADE SO WELL?
PLEASING FOR THEIR OWN POCKETS, YES.
WELL, THEN, DEAR GOVERNOR, YOU MUST SHOW MASSINGER THAT YOU ARE MASTER HERE BY TAKING A SHARE OF THE SHARROWS' PROFITS.
IF A LICENSE WERE REQUIRED FOR ANY ENGLISHMAN TO CONDUCT TRADE WITH THE NATIVES... A WARRANT GRANTED BY OUR GOVERNOR... AT A FINE COST.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH THE SHARROWS, JOCELYN.
I AM...TO ALICE.
BUT TODAY, I AM A WIDOW IN NEED OF POSITION HERE IN JAMESTOWN, AND YOUR FAVOR IS THE MERIT BY WHICH EVERYTHING I REQUIRE IS GAINED.
IF OUR GOVERNOR REQUIRED HIS OWN COUNSEL... YOU MAY BE MY COUNSELOR, WIDOW CASTELL, AND THE WORLD NEED NEVER KNOW IT.
SILAS: A LICENSE?
WHY?
SO THAT THEY MAY ROB US OF OUR PROFITS.
YOU THINK MY AMBITION SO SMALL, HENRY?
NO.
THE TRADE OF HIDES AND FURS IS A WORTHWHILE ENTERPRISE ONLY WHILE THE NATURALS OCCUPY THE LAND WHERE THE BEASTS ARE CAUGHT.
GOVERNOR, ARE YOU SAYING THAT IT IS OUR INTENTION TO SWEEP THE PAMUNKEY FROM THEIR OWN TERRITORIES?
THE SHIPS KEEP COMING, BRINGING MEN WHO SEEK TO FARM.
WE MUST EXPAND.
SILAS: BUT WE MADE A PROMISE TO THE PAMUNKEY THAT WE WOULD HONOR THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE AGREED WITH THEM.
WE LIE EVERY DAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
SILAS: WHEN ENGLISHMEN FIRST CAME HERE, THEY GORGED THEMSELVES WITH NO THOUGHT OF TOMORROW, OR NEXT WEEK OR NEXT YEAR.
THEY EXPECTED THEIR NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED FOR AS IF THEY WALLOWED IN ENGLAND'S PLENTY.
MILITARY MEN HAD US DO BATTLE WITH THE NATIVES THAT WE MIGHT SUBDUE THEM.
BUT WHEN THE FOOD WAS GONE AND THE WINTER CAME AND THERE WAS NO SHELTERS BUILT, IT WAS FARM LABORERS, COWHANDS, CARPENTERS WHO BEGGED THE PAMUNKEY TO FEED US.
THEY GAVE US CORN, THEY SHOWED US HOW TO MAKE MEDICINES.
YEARDLEY: AND YET, WHO IS OUR LOYALTY TO?
THE HEATHENS WHO SIT ON THE LAND WE NEED?
OR ENGLISHMEN WHO COME HERE TO CREATE A NEW WORLD?
I REQUIRE EVERY BURGESS PRESENT TO MAKE AN OATH THAT WHAT IS SPOKEN HERE, REMAINS HERE.
SILAS SHARROW.
[LAUGHS] AHH!
[LAUGHS] YESTERDAY, YOU LAUGHED ONCE.
TODAY, YOU LAUGH TWICE.
IN ONE YEAR, YOU WILL LOVE ME.
♪ WHEN THE BEE'S COME TO YOUR HOUSE ♪ ♪ LET HIM HAVE BEER ♪ ♪ YOU MAY WANT TO VISIT ♪ ♪ THE BEE'S HOUSE SOMEDAY ♪ [INDISTINCT CHATTER] YOU HAVE A SKIP BACK IN YOUR STEP, MERCY.
THAT'S BECAUSE, MUM, GOD DID NOT MAKE SORROW LIKE A ROCK.
HE MADE IT LIKE RAIN.
THE SKY GOES BLACK, IT POURS UPON US, THEN IT PASSES.
JAMES READ WILL LIKELY BE AT CHURCH GIVING THANKS FOR HIS HAPPINESS, MUM.
OH?
WHY'S THAT?
HE IS TO HAVE A WIFE COME HERE, MUM.
CORINA.
THAT'S HER NAME.
IS THAT SO?
ALL: ♪ OR IF I STRAY, HE DOTH CONVERT ♪ ♪ AND BRING MY MIND IN FRAME ♪ ♪ AND ALL THIS NOT FOR MY DESSERT ♪ ♪ BUT FOR HIS HOLY NAME ♪ CHRISTOPHER: THE BLACKSMITH HAS HIS EYES FASTENED UPON YOU LIKE A MOPING DOG.
TAKE YOUR PEASANT SMELL AND YOUR GREASLY STARE AWAY FROM ME, SIR.
I MEANT NO OFFENSE, MA'AM.
SAVE YOUR CROOKED MANNERS.
I'D RATHER NOT SUFFER YOUR SWEAT-STAINED BREATH.
JOCELYN: IS THERE ANYTHING MORE SUFFOCATINGLY UGLY THAN THE ENVY OF A LOWLY DRUDGE?
VERITY: I IN'T NEVER SEEN MISTRESS CASTELL SPEAK DOWN TO JAMES READ LIKE THAT BEFORE.
WHY'S SHE TAKEN AGAINST HIM SO?
I THOUGHT SHE LIKED THE BLACKSMITH.
SHE DO SEEM TO SEEK HIM OUT EVERY DAY.
SHE DO SEEM DISAPPOINTED WHEN HE IN'T THERE.
REDWICK: MIGHT I...
HOLD THE BABE?
SHH, SHH, SHH, SHH.
I HAD A BABE DIED.
ONE WEEK OLD.
THE MOTHER PASSED 3 DAYS BEFORE.
I KNEW HE WOULDN'T SURVIVE.
I'VE MET DEATH'S CLAW PLENTY.
THAT TINY CHILD BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES.
SEE, THIS WORLD ONLY PRETENDS TO BE KIND.
THAT'S THE TRICK IT PLAYS UPON US...
IF WE LET IT.
[WINCES] GOUT.
HIPPOCRATES CALLED IT "THE UNWALKABLE DISEASE."
I CAN'T SO MUCH AS REST ME FOOT ON THE GROUND, SIR.
I'VE NEVER KNOWN A WOMAN TO HAVE IT.
ONLY MEN.
USUALLY DRINKING MEN.
WELL, YOU'RE MISTAKEN THERE, SIR.
FOR I FIND SHOULD I DRINK GREAT AMOUNTS, THE SUFFERING GOES.
SO, THE ALE AND THE MEAD, DOCTOR, ARE THE CURE, NOT THE CAUSE.
I SEE THE SORROW IN YOUR FACE, SIR.
YEAH.
YOU MUST MISS YOUR DEAR COMPANION RECORDER CASTELL.
IT'S A SORRY LOSS.
A SORRY LOSS INDEED.
AND A SORE MYSTERY AS TO WHY HE WAS ON THAT RIVER AT SUCH AN HOUR.
MYSTERIES ARE ONLY MYSTERIES TO THEM THAT ARE IGNORANT.
AM I TO TAKE IT THAT YOU ARE NOT BLIND IN THIS MATTER?
I CAN SAY NOTHING.
THE INFLAMMATION WILL GROW WORSE.
IT WILL TURN RAW, SO THAT YOU CANNOT LEAVE YOUR BED.
IF YOU PROMISE NOT TO UTTER NOR MUTTER A WORD, I MIGHT CONFIDE IN WHAT I WITNESSED.
MAKE A TEA OF CHERRY LEAVES AND ADD THIS.
TEA, SIR?
TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW, MEREDITH.
UH... MM... [CHUCKLES] HMM... MM... [EXHALES] [GASPING] NO.
UH... NO!
SILAS!
NO!
TEMPERANCE: AND ALL THE DAYS OF METHUSELAH WERE 960 AND 9 YEARS, AND HE DIED.
AND LAMECH LIVED AN HUNDRED, 80, AND TWO YEARS AND BEGAT A SON, AND HE CALLED HIS NAME NOAH, SAYING THIS NOAH SHALL COMFORT US CONCERNING OUR WORK AND TOIL OF OUR HANDS, BECAUSE OF THE GROUND WHICH THE LORD HATH CURSED.
NOAH WAS A TRUE HERO OF THE BIBLE.
HIS FAITH IN GOD LED HIM.
PEDRO WAS A HERO.
TELL THE MISTRESS THE TALES YOU TOLD TO ME, PEDRO.
YES.
TELL US, PEDRO.
WE KONGOS HAD CIVIL WARS MANY TIMES, FROM WHEN I WAS A BOY.
SUCH BATTLES.
THE NDONGOS FIRED POISONED ARROWS AT US, AND THEY CARRIED SUCH AXES.
WE USED SWORDS AND SHIELDS.
I WAS PROUD TO FIGHT.
UNTIL THE DAY MY FATHER'S HEAD WAS CUT OFF.
BUT I FOUGHT ON.
I WAS CALLED PEDRO MVEMBA THEN.
I SHOWED THE WORLD MY BRAVERY.
I NOTICE THAT WHEN MARIA SPEAKS, SHE CONTINUES TO WORK.
WHEN YOU SPEAK, PEDRO, YOU FORGO YOUR LABORS.
BUT YOU WERE BAPTIZED, PEDRO.
MARIA: OH, YES, HE BURNED ALL OF HIS IDOLS.
DIDN'T YOU, NOBLE PEDRO?
PEDRO: WHEN MY ANCESTORS BECAME CHRISTIANS, THEY DID NOT HAVE TO THROW OUT THEIR IDOLS.
A MAN MUST LOVE HIS ANCESTORS, EVEN WHEN HE IS A CHRISTIAN.
SILAS!
SILAS, SILAS, SILAS.
ALICE.
I FELL ASLEEP ON THE-- ON THE GROUND IN THE FIELD.
THE SUN WAS SO HOT.
I CAN'T BEAR TO TELL YOU.
WHERE'S THE BABY?
HE'S GONE.
CHACROW WAS HERE.
IN THE WOODS.
HE THREATENED ME.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING AT THE TIME, BUT HE WARNED ME, AND I FELL ASLEEP, AND I'M SORRY I FELL ASLEEP.
CHACROW TOOK THE BABY?
YES.
[CRYING] AAH!
[CRYING] IF THEY TOOK THE BABE TO ADOPT HIM, THEN WE MUST BARGAIN WITH 'EM.
IF IT WAS DONE AS AN INSULT, TO PROVOKE US, THEN WE MUST FIGHT.
CHACROW HELPED ME SEARCH FOR YOU IN THE MOUNTAINS.
OPECHANCANOUGH BELIEVES THAT I OWE THE PAMUNKEY A DEBT.
THEY WANT ME TO SERVE AS-- AS A SPY IN JAMESTOWN.
BUT I REFUSED.
I'M COMING WITH YOU, SILAS.
I IN'T GOING TO LET YOU LEAVE ME BEHIND.
I IN'T A BOY NO MORE.
I'M A SHARROW.
I WANNA PLAY MY PART AND FIGHT.
I IN'T LETTING YOU TELL ME NO.
OHH!
[GASPING] YOU IN'T READY, BOY.
WE NEED YOU TO LOOK AFTER ALICE, PEPPER.
I AM READY!
I IN'T A BOY!
HAVE YOU A REMEDY FOR WAKING?
I CANNOT SLEEP.
MY EYES CLOSE AND THEY MIGHT JUST AS WELL BE OPEN.
CHAMOMILE AND LAVENDER.
DO YOU BELIEVE, SIR, THAT THE SPANISH MIGHT SEEK TO INVADE US?
OUR GREAT MISTAKE, DOCTOR, IS THAT WE WAIT FOR THEM TO COME AT US.
I'VE WRITTEN TO THE COMPANY 9 TIMES ASKING THEM TO IMPLORE THE KING THAT WE USE JAMESTOWN AS A NAVAL BASE FROM WHERE WE SEND A FLEET TO CONQUER THE SPANISH REEKLINGS IN HAVANA.
DOES THE GOVERNOR SHARE YOUR DESIGN?
[SCOFFS] FIND ME AN ENGLISHMAN IN AUTHORITY WHOSE COURAGE IS NOT MADE OF TAFFETA.
BUT THE DAY'LL COME, THE DAY'LL SURELY COME.
I WISH YOU FATHOMS OF SLEEP, MARSHALL.
MARIA...I FOLLOWED YOU LAST NIGHT...
BUT I LOST SIGHT OF YOU.
WHERE DID YOU GO?
DID GOVERNOR YEARDLEY TELL YOU TO WATCH ME?
WHAT IS IN THE WOODS, MARIA?
OR WAS IT LADY TEMPERANCE?
SHE INSTRUCTS YOU WELL.
I HOPE YOU DO NOT PUT YOURSELF IN DANGER, MARIA.
[BIRD SQUAWKING] SILAS, SLOW DOWN.
YOU'LL SPEND YOURSELF.
[GASPING LOUDLY] IT'S THE MAN WHO ARRIVES WHO MATTERS.
RAGE IN'T WHAT WE NEED ON OUR SIDE TODAY.
A TRUE MIND WILL SERVE US BETTER.
VERITY: I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD TAKE YOUR BABY, ALICE.
THEY WANT PEACE.
THE SHARROWS ARE THE BEST OF ALLIES TO THE PAMUNKEY.
I CAN'T TELL YOU.
WHY NOT, ALICE?
I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR FACE.
THERE IS A REASON.
WE'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG.
I PROMISE YOU.
JOCELYN: WHEN THE GOVERNOR LEARNS OF THIS, THERE'LL BE WAR.
NO, THE GOVERNOR CANNOT BE TOLD OF THIS--YOU MUST PROMISE ME.
ALICE: SILAS WILL FIND HIM-- BRING HIM BACK.
SOMETHING IS WRONG, ALICE.
SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG IF YOU WANT TO KEEP HIDDEN THAT YOUR CHILD HAS BEEN STOLEN.
MERCY: IF HE IN'T FOUND SOON, THE BABE WILL SURELY STARVE TO DEATH.
PEPPER: MERCY!
DON'T SAY SUCH THINGS.
I NEVER BEEN SO ANGRY AT GOD!
IN'T ALICE SHARROW BEEN A GOOD CHURCH-GOING, GOD-LOVING BLESSING TO EVERY SOUL THAT LIVES HERE?
[CRYING] I IN'T NEVER BEEN SO BOILING!
UHH!
MERCY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
VERITY: SHE'S THROWING STONES AT GOD.
[GRUNTING] YOU--YOU BELIEVE THAT HE'S YOUR CHILD, DON'T YOU, HENRY?
DO YOU BELIEVE IT, SILAS?
THIS WILL ALWAYS BE BETWEEN US.
WE'RE HERE TO BRING ALICE'S BOY BACK TO HER.
LET THAT BE OUR ONLY BUSINESS HERE TODAY.
WON'T YOU EAT JUST A LITTLE, ALICE?
ALICE, QUICKLY, QUICKLY.
OH!
WOULD YOU DO THIS TO A MOTHER?
WHAT KIND OF MONSTER ARE YOU?
I WANT TO SPEAK WITH SILAS.
TELL ME WHERE MY BABY IS!
JOCELYN: YOU WILL BE KILLED FOR THIS.
YOU BELIEVE I TOOK THE CHILD?
TELL US.
TELL US WHERE HE IS!
OR I WILL BLOW YOUR LEGS OFF YOU.
HEY...I DID NOT TAKE YOUR BABY.
VERITY...
IT'S TRUE.
I BELIEVE HIM.
HE DIDN'T TAKE HIM.
OH, LORDY.
MARIA.
ALICE: MARIA!
MARIA, HAVE MERCY.
MARIA...PLEASE, I'M HERE TO BEG YOU-- GIVE ME BACK MY BABY.
WE--WE KNOW HOW YOU HAVE SUFFERED, MARIA.
WHAT IS THIS BUSINESS?
ALICE SHARROW'S BABY HAS BEEN STOLEN.
THEY BELIEVE, SIR, THAT MARIA HAS TAKEN THE CHILD.
I AM A MOTHER WHO LOST HER CHILDREN.
I WOULD NOT CUT THE HEART OF ANY WOMAN THE WAY MY HEART HAS BEEN CUT.
I WILL SWEAR ON YOUR BIBLE.
IF I LIE TO YOU, MAY EVERY SPIRIT I WORSHIP CURSE ME.
LET MY OWN CHILDREN NEVER KNOW PEACE.
YEARDLEY: I'LL WAGER THIS IS PAMUNKEY DOING.
IF OPECHANCANOUGH SEEKS TO PROVOKE ME, HE WILL TASTE VENGEANCE.
I WILL ASSEMBLE A MILITIA.
PEDRO: SIR, I AM A WARRIOR.
YOU WANT TO SERVE AS A MILITIAMAN, PEDRO?
YOU WILL BE PROUD OF ME.
I WANT TO SERVE OUR GOVERNOR.
[BABY CRYING] WE WAIT TILL IT'S DARK, THEN WE GO IN THERE AND WE TAKE THE BOY BACK.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER] YEARDLEY: ARE WE ALL TRUE PATRIOTS HERE?
[MEN CHEERING] IF THE NATURALS HAVE TAKEN THAT CHILD TO DISCOURAGE US, THEN THEY WILL LEARN THAT WHEN GOD PUTS A MUSKET INTO THE HANDS OF A MAN OF ALBION, HE MAKES A MIGHTY FOE!
[MEN CHEERING] MEREDITH: I WOULD MARCH WITH 'EM, ME FOOT'S GOT A FIRE IN IT LIKE THE DEVIL'S OWN TEETH!
REDWICK: I HAVE DREAMED OF A DAY SUCH AS THIS.
THE PAMUNKEY HAVE GIVEN US A PERFECT REASON TO BRING A WAR DOWN UPON THEM.
GOVERNOR, ARE WE TO TAKE THE NEGRO WITH US?
PEDRO IS A WARRIOR.
LET HIM PLAY HIS PART.
WHERE IS ALICE?
SHE'S INSIDE, RESTING ON MY BED.
I WITNESSED HER.
SHE WANDERED AWAY AND LEFT HER BABY OUTSIDE OF THE TAVERN.
JAMES READ HAD TO PICK IT UP AND... AND WAKE ALICE FROM WHAT LOOKED LIKE A WALKING DREAM.
SHE MAY HAVE DONE THE SAME THING IN THE WOODS, WITH NO ONE TO SEE HER.
WILL YOU SPEAK WITH HER?
WILL YOU ASK HER?
I WILL ASK HER.
IF IT WERE DIRT OR INFECTION WAS THE CAUSE, IT WOULD LIKELY AFFECT ONE EYE ONLY.
LIE BACK IF YOU WOULD, SIR.
I'VE HEARD TELL OF MEN, MASTER MASSINGER, MADE BLIND WITH RAGE.
WELL, MY CHOLER, DOCTOR, WILL SEE OTHER MEN EYELESS BEFORE HE SEES ME.
I TAKE IT YOU MEAN THE GOVERNOR?
A MAN RULED BY AVARICE.
HE IS A MOST DEVOTED SERVANT OF THE COLONY.
STRIP AWAY THAT MAN'S BUFF COAT, AND HIS SHIRT, AND HIS SKIN WILL NOT REVEAL ANY LOYALTY TO GOD, OR TO KING JAMES OR TO ENGLAND-- JUST AN ALLEGIANCE TO HIMSELF.
BUT, MASTER MASSINGER, IF THE POLITICIANS HAVE NO PATRIOTISM... THEN WHY MIGHT ANY MAN?
[BABY CRYING] [SIGH] IS THERE A REASON, JAMES READ, THAT YOU DID NOT MARCH WITH THE MEN TONIGHT, TO WIN BACK A STOLEN CHILD?
WHEN A MAN SETS OFF WITH A MUSKET IN HIS HAND, HE DON'T PREFER TO COME HOME UNLESS HE'S USED IT.
IF THE NATIVES TOOK THE BABE, THEN THE SHARROWS ARE THE BEST CHOSEN TO RECLAIM IT.
PERHAPS YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PAMUNKEY HAVE THE INFANT.
YOU WITNESSED ALICE SHARROW LEAVE HER BABE OUTSIDE THE TAVERN, OBLIVIOUS.
NOW THAT CHILD HAS VANISHED.
YOU THINK SHE LOST IT?
I'M ASKING YOU TO CONFIRM WHAT YOU SAW.
I KNOW THIS.
IF ALICE MADE SUCH A TERRIBLE MISTAKE, SHE'D ADMIT IT.
SHE MIGHT IF HER MIND WERE HER OWN.
NO.
THE BABE WAS TAKEN.
SHE'S PERFECT TO YOU IN EVERY REGARD, ISN'T SHE?
IT MUST TORMENT YOU THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE HER.
WELL, WHEN A HUMAN SOUL IS DISEASED, IT SEES THE WHOLE WORLD IN THE SAME DARKNESS.
YOU DO NOT KNOW MY HEART, JAMES READ.
I WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED BY ANY MAN, NOT FOR ONE MORE DAY OF MY LIFE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
I WANT THE CHILD TO BE FOUND.
THAT IS WHAT MATTERS.
YOU WILL TELL ME THAT YOU APPRECIATE THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT, MA'AM.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT PAINS ME TO ASK YOU THIS, ALICE, BUT I MUST.
I IN'T NEVER LOVED A LIVING SOUL THE WAY I LOVE YOU.
NOT ME MA.
NOT ME SISTERS.
[SNIFFS] NOT ME HUSBAND.
ALICE, MIGHT YOU... IS IT--IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU LEFT YOUR BABE SOMEWHERE, THAT YOU JUST FORGOT ABOUT HIM?
TORMENTED MYSELF WITH THAT SAME QUESTION A THOUSAND TIMES.
VERITY, I PROMISE YOU, LITTLE SILAS WAS TAKEN.
[CRYING] I THOUGHT THE GREATEST PAIN A WOMAN MIGHT KNOW IS TO NEVER BEAR A CHILD OF HER OWN.
I WAS WRONG.
HENRY: WE THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR COMING ALL THIS WAY, BUT THIS IS SHARROW BUSINESS.
REDWICK: RELATIONS WITH THE HEATHENS, HENRY, ARE JAMESTOWN BUSINESS.
I WILL NOT LET YOU USE MY CHILD AS A REASON TO GO TO WAR WITH THE PAMUNKEY, MARSHALL.
I MAKE NO SECRET OF MY BELIEF THAT WE'LL NEVER ENJOY SUPREMACY HERE TILL THE SAVAGES KNOW THEY'RE CONQUERED, BUT I WILL GIVE MY LIFE TODAY TO PRESERVE THE BREATH OF A BABE.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE VILLAGE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE CHILD IS IN THERE.
[PAMUNKEY SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] IT SEEMS THEY ARE WELL ENOUGH AWARE THAT WE HAVE ARRIVED.
YEARDLEY: WE HOPE YOU CAN ASSIST US, OPECHANCANOUGH, TO FIND THE CHILD THAT WAS TAKEN.
[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] [SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] CHACROW: I CANNOT CONTROL EVERY MAN FROM EVERY VILLAGE.
[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] [LAUGHTER] I AM ONLY A KING.
[OPECHANCANOUGH SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] CHACROW: IF I CAN DISCOVER NEWS FOR YOU OF WHERE THE CHILD MIGHT BE, WHAT WILL YOU GIVE TO US?
YEARDLEY: WE KNOW THE KING LOVES ENGLISH GOODS.
[CHACROW SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] [SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] CHACROW: WE WISH FOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH.
[OPECHANCANOUGH SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] HOW MANY MORE WILL COME?
I PROMISE YOU... WE DO NOT KNOW THIS.
[CHACROW SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] [SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] WE KNOW MANY ENGLISH PROMISES... [SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] BUT THEY VANISH LIKE SMOKE.
WE ARE HERE TO RECLAIM A CHILD, AND THIS IS HOW YOU TREAT US?
[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] CHACROW: OUR PEOPLE GO AMONG THE ENGLISH, NEVER TO RETURN.
[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] CHACROW: YOU STOLE POCAHONTAS FROM US, AND HER CHILD REMAINS BEYOND THE SEA.
THIS IS NOT PEACE.
THIS IS NOT KINDNESS.
[CHACROW SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] YEARDLEY: SEE IN MY FACE, OPECHANCANOUGH, I WILL TAKE COUNSEL, I WILL SPEAK WITH THE SHARROWS, AND IF THAT CHILD IS NOT RETURNED, THEN WE WILL BE BACK, READY TO FIGHT.
[KNOCK ON DOOR] [DOOR OPENS] CHRISTOPHER.
JOCELYN.
I PROMISED YOU I WOULD SEEK OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT SAMUEL'S DEATH.
IT SEEMS THE REASON SAMUEL WAS ON THE RIVER AT DAWN... BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE GOVERNOR'S BUSINESS.
THE TAVERNER TOLD YOU.
I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN YOU'D BE AHEAD OF ME.
BUT WHAT WAS THE GOVERNOR UP TO?
THERE'S MORE.
MASTER MASSINGER IS SO BITTERLY WOUNDED THAT HE BELIEVES NO MAN OWES FEALTY TO COUNTRY, KING, OR PEOPLE.
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MASSINGER WOULD BETRAY HIS OWN SCURVIED SACK.
BUT WOULD HE BE SO DISAFFECTED THAT HE WOULD BETRAY THE COLONY?
YOU DO SEEM TO BE EXERCISED WITH THE NEED OF JUSTICE, CHRISTOPHER.
MARSHALL REDWICK HAS SUCH A FRANTIC HATRED OF THE SPANISH THAT HE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO INFLAME THE IDEA THAT WE ARE BESET WITH PAPIST ENEMIES HERE AMONGST US.
DID HE PLACE THE TOTEMS TO IMPLICATE YOU?
YOU'VE PROVIDED ME WITH A HOST OF SUSPECTS.
EVERYTHING I DO IS INSANELY INSPIRED BY HOW I FEEL FOR YOU.
HOW VALIANT.
[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] [SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN] [CRYING] NO.
NO.
NO.
I WILL SEARCH.
I WILL NEVER STOP LOOKING.
I WILL FIND HIM.
NO.
NO, NO...NO!
[CRYING] [BABY CRYING] THE BABY!
THE RIVER!
[BABY CRYING] [ALICE CRYING] MARIA: THE BABY!
THE BABY!
MISTRESS SHARROW!
MISTRESS SHARROW, I'VE SEEN THE BABY.
THE BABY...I'VE SEEN HIM.
COME QUICKLY!
MISTRESS SHARROW!
I FOUND THE BABY!
[MARIA SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] [BABY CRYING] MARIA: MISTRESS SHARROW, I SEE HIM.
I SEE HIM.
THE BABY!
THE BABY!
ALICE: THERE HE IS.
I SEE HIM!
[BABY CRYING] OH... OH, OH, OH, OH... COME ON.
[DOOR OPENS] SHOW ME.
SHOW ME WHAT IS IN THE WOODS.
[SPEAKING KIMBUNDU] [INDISTINCT CHATTER] DRINK YOUR TEA.
THE PROBLEM WITH TEA IS, IT TASTES LIKE TEA.
[BURPS] AHH.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MERCY?
I AM SAYING SORRY TO GOD.
HE DELIVERED THAT BABE IN A CANOE.
IT WAS A MIRACLE, PEPPER.
THERE IN'T NO OTHER WAY TO EXPLAIN IT.
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