The Scandalous Lady W Page #7

- prior to the elopement?

- No, none at all, my lord.

He remained quite in

the dark as did we all.

Captain Bisset is a deceitful scoundrel

and myself and Mrs Leversuch are

entirely innocent of any knowledge

or involvement in this

most sordid elopement.

My lord,

far from being ignorant of Lady

Worsley's intimate friendship

with Captain Bisset,

Sir Richard Worsley openly

encouraged it, indeed, my lord,

intimate relations between a great

many gentlemen and ladies of rank

in the Southampshire Militia

were common knowledge.

Sir...

are you truthfully giving

evidence to this court

that you had no indication at all

that Lady Worsley and Captain

Bisset were, shall we say,

intimate friends?

No, sir.

And if I may say, my lord, I

was and remain deeply shocked

and alarmed by this whole affair

and if I may also say, my lord,

Sir Richard and Lady Worsley

were very happily married

and until she made the

acquaintance of Captain Bisset,

she always did her husband's bidding.

Thank you, Captain Leversuch,

that will be all.

How is it just that Richard

can paint such a false picture

of our marriage?

- Something must be done.

- Madam, what is to be done?

Captain Bisset is plainly proven

to be guilty of adultery.

We have put doubt in the

jury's mind as to whether

Sir Richard knew that the

relations between you were

established before the

elopement and perhaps...

the compensation could be

reduced, by half, to 10,000.

We have no means to pay

such compensation, sir.

10,000 and George still

ends up in the fleet.

And I... will never see my love again.

Where the adultery is proven,

the defendant cooperates fully

in all of society, that

is what is expected.

Now, the scandal is reduced by default.

Why can I not tell the whole truth?

Madam?

I am not worth 20,000.

- No, Lady Worsley...

- What if he may prove that

I was not worth 20,000 long

before I met Captain Bisset?

George would need not confess to anything.

But you would.

How so, madam?

I know what you're considering doing.

Seymour, you have already lost much.

As a consequence of your love

affair and your elopement,

you have lost your means,

your place in society...

You will never see your daughter

again, of that I'm certain.

If you choose this path, you may

not win. But whatever the outcome...

.. you will be shamed forevermore.

I do not want to lose George.

It will not touch my love for you.

I must have time to think.

What else may I do?

Go to Sir Richard.

Reason with him.

Lady Worsley is here.

What does she want of me?

She wishes to see the child, and

if you wished it, speak with you,

Sir Richard.

Richard, do you not think

it wise to hear her?

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