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** The Duchess of Richmond. It's Edmund's connection to her that gets the Trenchards invited to her ball before Waterloo, and later on Anne stops her teacup from falling to the floor, starting a conversation overheard by the Duchess' sister Lady Brockenhurst, who later initiates her own conversation with Anne about their dead children. ''This'' one prompts the guilt-ridden Anne to reveal Charles Pope to Lady Brockenhurst and the rest of the story commences from there.
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** The Duchess of Richmond. It's Edmund's connection to her that gets the Trenchards invited to her ball before Waterloo, and later on Anne stops her teacup from falling to the floor, starting a conversation overheard by the Duchess' sister Lady Brockenhurst, who later initiates her own conversation with Anne about their dead children. ''This'' one talk prompts the guilt-ridden Anne to reveal Charles Pope to Lady Brockenhurst and the rest of the story commences from there.there.
** Schmidt, the moneylender Stephen is indebted to, only appears once and in flashback, but the debts from that particular gambling round fuel Stephen and John's efforts to blackmail Lady Brockenhurst about Charles Pope.
** Schmidt, the moneylender Stephen is indebted to, only appears once and in flashback, but the debts from that particular gambling round fuel Stephen and John's efforts to blackmail Lady Brockenhurst about Charles Pope.
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* UptownGirl: Maria Grey for Charles Pope. She's the daughter of an Earl, he's the son of a clergyman and a businessman by trade. This winds up subverted because [[spoiler:Charles Pope is the heir of an Earl.]]
-->'''Corinne Grey''': Mr. Pope, there is no "Maria and I". It is an absurd concept. My daughter is a jewel, as far above you as the stars. For your own sake as much as hers, forget her. If you have a ''shred'' of honor in you.
-->'''Corinne Grey''': Mr. Pope, there is no "Maria and I". It is an absurd concept. My daughter is a jewel, as far above you as the stars. For your own sake as much as hers, forget her. If you have a ''shred'' of honor in you.
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* UptownGirl: Maria Grey for Charles Pope. She's the daughter of an Earl, he's the son of a clergyman and a businessman by trade. This winds up subverted because [[spoiler:Charles Pope is the heir of an Earl.]]
-->'''Corinne Grey''': Mr. Pope, there is no "Maria and I". It is an absurd concept. My daughter is a jewel, as far above you as the stars. For your own sake as much as hers, forget her. If you have a ''shred'' of honor in you.
-->'''Corinne Grey''': Mr. Pope, there is no "Maria and I". It is an absurd concept. My daughter is a jewel, as far above you as the stars. For your own sake as much as hers, forget her. If you have a ''shred'' of honor in you.
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* RedRightHand: Schmidt, the moneylender Stephen is in debt to, has a prominent indentation on his head due to being struck in the face with a hammer as a child.
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* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: In the second-to-last scene of the miniseries with [[spoiler:the exiled John Bellasis]], the landlord of an inn says "Il pleut" in French, then says "It is raining" in English.
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* RegencyEngland: The first chapter takes place in 1815, just before the Battle of Waterloo.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: The army officer who meets with John Bellasis has no name in the miniseries (named Hugo Wentworth in the novel) and only one scene, but he informs John Bellasis that [[spoiler:Richard Bouverie was an ''actual'' clergyman]], meaning that Edmund and Sophia were legitimately married.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: SmallRoleBigImpact:
** The Duchess of Richmond. It's Edmund's connection to her that gets the Trenchards invited to her ball before Waterloo, and later on Anne stops her teacup from falling to the floor, starting a conversation overheard by the Duchess' sister Lady Brockenhurst, who later initiates her own conversation with Anne about their dead children. ''This'' one prompts the guilt-ridden Anne to reveal Charles Pope to Lady Brockenhurst and the rest of the story commences from there.
** The army officer who meets with John Bellasis has no name in the miniseries (named Hugo Wentworth in the novel) and only one scene, but he informs John Bellasis that [[spoiler:Richard Bouverie was an ''actual'' clergyman]], meaning that Edmund and Sophia were legitimately married.
** The Duchess of Richmond. It's Edmund's connection to her that gets the Trenchards invited to her ball before Waterloo, and later on Anne stops her teacup from falling to the floor, starting a conversation overheard by the Duchess' sister Lady Brockenhurst, who later initiates her own conversation with Anne about their dead children. ''This'' one prompts the guilt-ridden Anne to reveal Charles Pope to Lady Brockenhurst and the rest of the story commences from there.
** The army officer who meets with John Bellasis has no name in the miniseries (named Hugo Wentworth in the novel) and only one scene, but he informs John Bellasis that [[spoiler:Richard Bouverie was an ''actual'' clergyman]], meaning that Edmund and Sophia were legitimately married.
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** Charles to Oliver. Essentially, Charles is everything that James wished for in a son: hard-working, always looking to improve, willing to do everything that's legal to get what he wants. And with almost no input from James... at first.
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** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cubitt_(politician) William Cubitt]], the brother of famous builder Thomas Cubitt, appears talking business with James Trenchard.
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** Lady Brockenhurst's maid Dawson to Ellis. Both are lady's maids by profession but Dawson is content with the life she's led and is open to trying new things while Ellis is bitter about being a servant.
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** Lady Brockenhurst's maid Dawson to Ellis. Lord Brockenhurst and James Trenchard. Both are lady's maids by profession but Dawson is content with Charles' grandfathers who see their legacies as disappointments on opposite sides of the life she's led aristocracy and trade; Peregrine because he has no living son and everything is open fated to trying new things pass to his worthless brother while Ellis James is bitter about being a servant.disappointed in his living son's laziness, but has reason to hope seeing Charles as his future.
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* MamaBear: Despite their children being dead for over 25 years, Lady Brockenhurst and Anne Trenchard are willing to argue with each other over how their children conducted themselves.
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* MamaBear: Despite their children being dead for over 25 years, Lady Brockenhurst and Anne Trenchard are willing to argue with each other lock horns over how their children conducted themselves.each child acted towards the other, Anne accusing Viscount Bellasis of being a lecher who duped Sophia into a false marriage while Lady Brockenhurst does the same by accusing Sophia of being a GoldDigger scheming to advance her family beyond her father's wildest dreams.
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** Jenkins, the Brockenhursts' aged butler, has served them for almost all his life, having started at the age of 13. According to Lord Brockenhurst Jenkins knows more about the family than he does.
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** Jenkins, the Brockenhursts' aged butler, has served them for almost all his life, having started at the age of 13.13 as a hall boy. According to Lord Brockenhurst Jenkins knows more about the family than he does.
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* TheButlerDidIt: Invoked when Stephen suggests getting information on the Trenchards through their servants. John goes to Speer who knows who he is and points him in the direction of two servants, one of whom is the butler.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: Subverted; James badly wants to tell Charles that he's his grandfather rather than have it whispered wherever he goes.
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* CallBack: The first line of the book, "The past is a foreign country", is repeated as a chapter title for Chapter 9 when Sophia's former maid meets with Mrs. Trenchard to hand over some documents from Sophia's ill-fated marriage to Viscount Bellasis.
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** Ellis talking with Stan about Princess Feodora and how the Upstairs aren't much different from the Downstairs.
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* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: Mr. and Mrs. Pope, Charles' foster parents. The Reverend Pope's portrait shows him to be lean while Mrs. Pope is plump.
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** Mr. and Mrs. Pope, Charles' foster parents. The Reverend Pope's portrait shows him to be lean while Mrs. Pope isplump.plump.
** Inverted with the Trenchards. James is consistently described as portly while Anne is regarded as relatively pretty; when Lady Brockenhurst recalls her sister describing James and Anne's daughter Sophia, she immediately deduces that she got her looks from her mother after meeting James for the first time.
** Mr. and Mrs. Pope, Charles' foster parents. The Reverend Pope's portrait shows him to be lean while Mrs. Pope is
** Inverted with the Trenchards. James is consistently described as portly while Anne is regarded as relatively pretty; when Lady Brockenhurst recalls her sister describing James and Anne's daughter Sophia, she immediately deduces that she got her looks from her mother after meeting James for the first time.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Oliver points out that [[spoiler:his parents should have told him Charles was his nephew and therefore he wouldn't have been so foolish as to slander him.]]
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Oliver points out that [[spoiler:his parents should have told him Charles was his nephew and therefore he wouldn't have been so foolish as to slander him.]]
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* {{Foil}}: Charles Pope and John Bellasis. Both grew up as the sons of clergymen and are suitors for Maria Grey's hand. However, Charles is ambitious, humble, kind-hearted, and loves Maria while John is fine with how things are, pompous, callous, and doesn't care about her.
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** Charles Pope and John Bellasis. Both grew up as the sons of clergymen and are suitors for Maria Grey's hand. However, Charles is ambitious, humble, kind-hearted, and loves Maria while John is fine with how things are, pompous, callous, and doesn't care abouther.her.
** Lady Brockenhurst's maid Dawson to Ellis. Both are lady's maids by profession but Dawson is content with the life she's led and is open to trying new things while Ellis is bitter about being a servant.
** Charles Pope and John Bellasis. Both grew up as the sons of clergymen and are suitors for Maria Grey's hand. However, Charles is ambitious, humble, kind-hearted, and loves Maria while John is fine with how things are, pompous, callous, and doesn't care about
** Lady Brockenhurst's maid Dawson to Ellis. Both are lady's maids by profession but Dawson is content with the life she's led and is open to trying new things while Ellis is bitter about being a servant.
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* DeceptiveLegacy: Charles Pope knows he's an orphan adopted by the Popes; his mother died in childbirth and his father killed at Waterloo. Just ''who'' his birth parents are and how that secret is revealed forms the crux of the main plot.
-->'''Anne''': James, when we put the child away from us and turned our backs, we chose a life of lies. Now those lies have returned to haunt us and we must manage the best we can.
-->'''Anne''': James, when we put the child away from us and turned our backs, we chose a life of lies. Now those lies have returned to haunt us and we must manage the best we can.
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** Reversed with Richard Bouverie and Reggie Grey where their names are mentioned in dialogue but they are credited by their jobs.
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* HeirClubForMen: It's mentioned that the Brockenhurst estates and title are entailed, so they will pass to the Earl's nephew John Bellasis eventually if his father Stephen predeceases his uncle Lord Brockenhurst. Stephen attempts to use this to force Caroline to give him money but to no avail.
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* HeirClubForMen: It's mentioned that the Brockenhurst estates and title are entailed, so they will pass to the Earl's nephew John Bellasis eventually if his father Stephen predeceases his uncle Lord Brockenhurst. Stephen attempts to use this to force Caroline to give him money in the miniseries but to no avail.
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* NatureVsNurture: Discussed, where James wonders if Charles' humble upbringing by the Popes has made him the kind young man he is.
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* NatureVsNurture: Discussed, where James wonders if Charles' humble upbringing by the Popes [[UpbringingMakesTheHero has made him the kind young man he is.is]].
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Oliver points out that [[spoiler:his parents should have told him Charles was his nephew and therefore he wouldn't have been so foolish as to slander him.]]
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* MyOwnPrivateIDo: Viscount Bellasis and Sophia Trenchard had a secret wedding in Brussels just before the Battle of Waterloo. However, the parson who married them was ''also'' a soldier, making Sophia believe she'd been duped into a false marriage.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The last episode and last two chapters are one long one for John Bellasis when he realizes that [[spoiler:he's no longer the heir to the earldom of Brockenhurst. It culminates in attempt to murder Charles; when that fails, he goes on the run.]]
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* WidowWoman:
** Lady Templemore's husband died from falling from a horse and smashing his head against a rock.
** Charles Pope's foster mother Mrs. Pope lost her husband the Reverend Pope to illness a year before the story's main events.
** Lady Templemore's husband died from falling from a horse and smashing his head against a rock.
** Charles Pope's foster mother Mrs. Pope lost her husband the Reverend Pope to illness a year before the story's main events.
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* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Several major characters are introduced in the second episode corresponding with chapters 3 and 4: Charles Pope, Lord Peregrine Bellasis, Stephen Bellasis, Grace Bellasis, John Bellasis, Lady Maria Grey, and Lady Corinne Grey.
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* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: SecondEpisodeIntroduction:
** Several major characters are introduced in the second episode corresponding with chapters 3 and 4: Charles Pope, Lord Peregrine Bellasis, Stephen Bellasis, Grace Bellasis, John Bellasis, Lady Maria Grey, and Lady CorinneGrey.Grey.
** In the novel, Lady Brockenhurst is introduced in the second chapter, as is Oliver's wife Susan.
** Several major characters are introduced in the second episode corresponding with chapters 3 and 4: Charles Pope, Lord Peregrine Bellasis, Stephen Bellasis, Grace Bellasis, John Bellasis, Lady Maria Grey, and Lady Corinne
** In the novel, Lady Brockenhurst is introduced in the second chapter, as is Oliver's wife Susan.
* ASharedSuffering: Anne Trenchard and Lady Brockenhurst originally converse over the fact that each of them has lost a child.
-->'''Lady Brockenhurst''': Everyone claims to understand what you're going through, but I do. And I've learned that it never goes away.
-->'''Anne''': Oddly, I find that comforting. They say misery loves company. And perhaps it does.
* SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty: The book/miniseries juxtaposes the more wealthy neighborhoods of London like Belgravia with seedier parts like the East End or Bishopsgate. The scenes in Manchester take things a step further, where the cotton mills are decidedly gritty.
-->'''Lady Brockenhurst''': Everyone claims to understand what you're going through, but I do. And I've learned that it never goes away.
-->'''Anne''': Oddly, I find that comforting. They say misery loves company. And perhaps it does.
* SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty: The book/miniseries juxtaposes the more wealthy neighborhoods of London like Belgravia with seedier parts like the East End or Bishopsgate. The scenes in Manchester take things a step further, where the cotton mills are decidedly gritty.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: The army officer who meets with John Bellasis has no name (named Hugo Wentworth in the novel) and only one scene, but he informs John Bellasis that [[spoiler:Richard Bouverie was an ''actual'' clergyman]], meaning that Edmund and Sophia were legitimately married.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: The army officer who meets with John Bellasis has no name in the miniseries (named Hugo Wentworth in the novel) and only one scene, but he informs John Bellasis that [[spoiler:Richard Bouverie was an ''actual'' clergyman]], meaning that Edmund and Sophia were legitimately married.
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** John having dinner with his mother Grace, where she tells him about the silver she's hidden from his father.
** John having dinner with Lady Templemore and Maria, where John notes that Lady Templemore is really pushing for the match between him and Maria by contriving them to be alone.
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* BlackmailBackfire: Stephen and John Bellasis' attempts to extort money from Lady Brockenhurst blow up in their faces, particularly in the adaptation; Stephen's attempt is outright rejected while John's discoveries reveal [[spoiler:he won't inherit anything.]]
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* BlackmailBackfire: Stephen and John Bellasis' attempts to extort money from Lady Brockenhurst blow up in their faces, particularly in the adaptation; Stephen's attempt is outright rejected because Lady Brockenhurst can out-leverage him until her husband dies while John's discoveries reveal [[spoiler:he won't inherit anything.]]]]
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* PullTheThread: James figures out that the allegations against Charles Pope are MaliciousSlander because the accusers lie about the amount of money Pope offered.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: In-universe, Maria can't really recall what she saw in John Bellasis that made her accept his marriage proposal. [[RiddleForTheAges Neither does the audience]].
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** Oliver and Susan's marriage has been described as dull for a number of reasons, not helped by the fact that they don't have children, which greatly distresses Susan.
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** Richard Goulding, Adam James, and Nicholas Rowe all appeared in the original Almeida and West End productions of ''Theatre/KingCharlesIII''; Goulding as Prince Harry, James as the Prime Minister, and Rowe as Stevens, the leader of the Opposition.
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** Richard Goulding, Adam James, and Nicholas Rowe all appeared in the original Almeida and West End productions of ''Theatre/KingCharlesIII''; ''Theatre/KingCharlesIII'': Goulding as Prince Harry, James as the Prime Minister, and Rowe as Stevens, the leader of the Opposition.
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* CompositeCharacter: A footman who informs Lady Brockenhurst that Lady Templemore will wait for her daughter is replaced by the Brockenhursts' butler Jenkins.
* ContrivedCoincidence: At the same moment John Bellasis is discussing the lack of information about his wedding with his parents, his fiancee Maria is arguing about the same topic with her mother.
* ContrivedCoincidence: At the same moment John Bellasis is discussing the lack of information about his wedding with his parents, his fiancee Maria is arguing about the same topic with her mother.
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* ChurchMilitant: Trope name-dropped in the novel when Hugo Wentworth describes Richard Bouverie's status as a minister while also being a soldier at Waterloo.
* CompositeCharacter:A footman In the miniseries several footmen who informs Lady Brockenhurst that Lady Templemore will wait for her daughter is replaced by declare the presence of various characters in the Brockenhursts' house are taken by their butler Jenkins.
* ContrivedCoincidence: At the same moment John Bellasis is discussing the lack of information about his wedding with his parents, his fiancee Maria is arguing about the same topic with her mother. This is lampshaded in the novel.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster for the miniseries appears to imply Oliver Trenchard is a member of the Brockenhurst family, which he isn't.
* CompositeCharacter:
* ContrivedCoincidence: At the same moment John Bellasis is discussing the lack of information about his wedding with his parents, his fiancee Maria is arguing about the same topic with her mother. This is lampshaded in the novel.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster for the miniseries appears to imply Oliver Trenchard is a member of the Brockenhurst family, which he isn't.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: Subverted. John Bellasis orders [[spoiler:Ellis to take Jane Croft's papers so he can burn them as proof of Charles Pope's parentage, but the maid is unable to get to the papers before Jane shows them to Anne.]]
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* AwfulWeddedLife:
** Stephen and Grace Bellasis; Stephen is a gambler and womanizer (in the novel) who has plunged them into debt while Grace is powerless to stop him. While less elaborated on in the miniseries, John is fully aware his parents are unhappy together; when Stephen says that John could grow to like Maria, John replies that he doesn't set a good example.
-->'''Stephen''': Well, you'll grow to like her.
-->'''John''': Really? The same way you like Mama?
** Lady Templemore's husband was in a constant state of anger (he even died angry) and [[ImpoverishedPatrician had no head for money]], which fuels her efforts to force Maria to marry John so she can spend her remaining years in comfort.
** Stephen and Grace Bellasis; Stephen is a gambler and womanizer (in the novel) who has plunged them into debt while Grace is powerless to stop him. While less elaborated on in the miniseries, John is fully aware his parents are unhappy together; when Stephen says that John could grow to like Maria, John replies that he doesn't set a good example.
-->'''Stephen''': Well, you'll grow to like her.
-->'''John''': Really? The same way you like Mama?
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* HairTriggerTemper:
** The late Lord Templemore was apparently in a constant state of rage from his widow's accounts; he even died angry when he whipped his horse too much and it threw him.
** Oliver Trenchard; according to Susan he can always find a reason to be angry at something.
** The late Lord Templemore was apparently in a constant state of rage from his widow's accounts; he even died angry when he whipped his horse too much and it threw him.
** Oliver Trenchard; according to Susan he can always find a reason to be angry at something.
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* BigWhat: John does this twice in the miniseries, first when Stephen mentions that John's aunt is financing Charles Pope and again when Turton fleeces him for more money.
* FlatWhat: Maria Grey in the miniseries when Lady Brockenhurst reveals the truth about Charles to her; the audience isn't able to see more of her reaction because it cuts away to John receiving information about Richard Bouverie.
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* HeirClubForMen: It's mentioned that the Brockenhurst estates and title are entailed, so they will pass to the Earl's nephew John Bellasis eventually. John's father attempts to use this to force Caroline to give him money but to no avail.
* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: Caroline Bellasis, Countess of Brockenhurst, is a fictional younger sister of the Duchess of Richmond.
* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: Caroline Bellasis, Countess of Brockenhurst, is a fictional younger sister of the Duchess of Richmond.
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* HeirClubForMen: It's mentioned that the Brockenhurst estates and title are entailed, so they will pass to the Earl's nephew John Bellasis eventually. John's eventually if his father Stephen predeceases his uncle Lord Brockenhurst. Stephen attempts to use this to force Caroline to give him money but to no avail.
* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: Caroline Bellasis, Countess of Brockenhurst, is a fictional younger sister of the Duchess of Richmond. The same holds true for her son Edmund as the Duchess' nephew.
* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: Caroline Bellasis, Countess of Brockenhurst, is a fictional younger sister of the Duchess of Richmond. The same holds true for her son Edmund as the Duchess' nephew.
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* RiddleForTheAges: It's isn't really explained how and why John Bellasis entered into an ArrangedMarriage with Lady Maria Grey. Not even Maria remembers how it happened (and John doesn't care to).
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* RiddleForTheAges: It's It isn't really explained how and why John Bellasis entered into an ArrangedMarriage with Lady Maria Grey.Grey, outside of John deciding to marry ''somebody''. Not even Maria remembers how it happened (and John doesn't care to).
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the miniseries Reggie Grey is much more dismissive of Charles Pope than he is in the book where he supports Maria's choice off the bat (it helps that he dislikes John Bellasis' character).
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the miniseries Reggie Grey is much more dismissive of Charles Pope than he is in the book where he supports Maria's choice off the bat (it helps that he dislikes John Bellasis' character).character); he threatens to bring her back to Ireland with him and show her that a life removed from her current station in London isn't what it's cracked up to be.
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The story begins at the Duchess of Richmond's ball on June 15, 1815, three days before the climactic battle of Waterloo where UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte was defeated. At the ball, Sophia Trenchard, the daughter of businessman James Trenchard, caught the eye of Viscount Bellasis, nephew of the Duchess of Richmond. 26 years later, the consequences of that night play out in the newly developed area of London named Belgravia.
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The story begins at the Duchess of Richmond's ball on June 15, 1815, three days before the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars climactic battle of Waterloo Waterloo]] where UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte was defeated. At the ball, Sophia Trenchard, the daughter of businessman James Trenchard, caught the eye of Viscount Bellasis, nephew of the Duchess of Richmond. 26 years later, the consequences of that night play out in the newly developed area of London named Belgravia.
* DarkSecret: Several.
** The most plot-relevant is that Viscount Bellasis and Sophia Trenchard had a child together, named Charles Pope. Anne revealing this to Lady Brockenhurst is the direct catalyst for many of the story's events.
** Stephen Bellasis' gambling debts; apparently Lady Brockenhurst's friend Lady Templemore has no idea of this issue.
** The Trenchards' butler Turton runs a BlackMarketProduce business.
** [[spoiler:Susan's child is sired by John Bellasis.]]
** The most plot-relevant is that Viscount Bellasis and Sophia Trenchard had a child together, named Charles Pope. Anne revealing this to Lady Brockenhurst is the direct catalyst for many of the story's events.
** Stephen Bellasis' gambling debts; apparently Lady Brockenhurst's friend Lady Templemore has no idea of this issue.
** The Trenchards' butler Turton runs a BlackMarketProduce business.
** [[spoiler:Susan's child is sired by John Bellasis.]]
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* EveryScarHasAStory: Early in episode 3, Stephen is shown cleaning a cut on his nose. While Stephen begs Peregrine for money, it flashes back to the night before and shows how Stephen got that cut.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Charles Pope lost both his parents early on; his father Viscount Bellasis was killed at Waterloo and his mother Sophia died giving birth to him.
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** Stephen's son John is a decidedly more malevolent version. On the one hand most of his money goes towards tailor's bills, harmless enough. On the other hand he [[spoiler:tries to murder Charles to get his status as heir back.]]
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** Stephen's son John is a decidedly more malevolent version. On the one hand most of his money goes towards tailor's bills, bills and apartments, harmless enough. On the other hand he attempts to blackmail his aunt and [[spoiler:tries to murder Charles to get his status as heir back.]]
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** William Brent and Jacob Astley, the two businessmen who accuse Charles of cheating Mrs. Girton. Brent is heavyset, Astley is lean. They also form a BigThinShort trio with Joseph Riley, a mill worker who resents Pope for allegedly snubbing him for a job.
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** William Brent and Jacob Astley, the two businessmen who accuse Charles of cheating Mrs. Girton. Brent is heavyset, Astley is lean. They also form a BigThinShort trio BigThinShortTrio with Joseph Riley, a mill worker who resents Pope for allegedly snubbing him for a job.management.
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* HeirClubForMen: In the adaptation, Stephen mentions that the earldom of Brockenhurst is entailed (and is probably true in the novel as well even if unmentioned), as an attempt to cajole Caroline into giving him money.
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* HeirClubForMen: In the adaptation, Stephen mentions It's mentioned that the earldom of Brockenhurst is entailed (and is probably true in estates and title are entailed, so they will pass to the novel as well even if unmentioned), as an attempt Earl's nephew John Bellasis eventually. John's father attempts to cajole use this to force Caroline into giving to give him money.money but to no avail.
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* ChubbyMamaSkinnyPapa: Mr. and Mrs. Pope, Charles' foster parents. The Reverend Pope's portrait shows him to be lean while Mrs. Pope is plump.
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-->"Would you have to be bullied and terrified into taking an offer of four hundred percent? I know I wouldn't."
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-->"Would you have to be bullied and terrified into taking an offer increase of four hundred percent? I know I wouldn't.""
* RaceForYourLove: Late in the story, Charles receives a message to meet with Maria before her mother forces her to marry John, wherein he rushes to a bookshop in Piccadilly to meet with her.
* RaceForYourLove: Late in the story, Charles receives a message to meet with Maria before her mother forces her to marry John, wherein he rushes to a bookshop in Piccadilly to meet with her.
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* FatAndSkinny: Peregrine and Stephen in the novel. Peregrine is a tall, lean man, Stephen is considerably shorter and heavyset.
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* FatAndSkinny: FatAndSkinny:
** Peregrine and Stephen in the novel. Peregrine is a tall, lean man, Stephen is considerably shorter andheavyset.heavyset.
** William Brent and Jacob Astley, the two businessmen who accuse Charles of cheating Mrs. Girton. Brent is heavyset, Astley is lean. They also form a BigThinShort trio with Joseph Riley, a mill worker who resents Pope for allegedly snubbing him for a job.
** Peregrine and Stephen in the novel. Peregrine is a tall, lean man, Stephen is considerably shorter and
** William Brent and Jacob Astley, the two businessmen who accuse Charles of cheating Mrs. Girton. Brent is heavyset, Astley is lean. They also form a BigThinShort trio with Joseph Riley, a mill worker who resents Pope for allegedly snubbing him for a job.
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** Susan and Speer going to meet John Bellasis in Kensington Gardens where they decide to have their first tryst. This is accompanied by a scene where Susan suggests going to Isleworth (where John's apartment is) and offers Oliver the chance to accompany her. He refuses, so she goes with Speer and starts the affair.
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** Susan and Speer going to meet John Bellasis in Kensington Gardens where they decide to have their first tryst. This is accompanied by a scene where Susan suggests going to Isleworth (where John's apartment is) and offers Oliver the chance to accompany her. He refuses, so she goes with Speer and starts the affair. All these scenes are only discussed in flashback in the novel after John and Susan sleep together for the first time.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the book Anne's visit to discuss Charles' future with Lady Brockenhurst after Oliver's slander coincides with Lady Templemore's visit to grill Lady Brockenhurst about Charles. In the miniseries the order of scenes is flipped around where the discussion about Charles is later in the episode so Anne's visit looks like it was for no apparent reason.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the book Anne's visit to discuss Charles' future with Lady Brockenhurst after Oliver's slander coincides with Lady Templemore's visit to grill Lady Brockenhurst about Charles. In the miniseries the order of scenes is flipped around where the discussion about decision to acknowledge Charles is later in the episode so Anne's visit looks like it was for no apparent reason.
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%%* BigFancyHouse: Lymington Park.
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* BlueBlood:
** The Bellasis family are the Earls of Brockenhurst and according to John can trace their history as far back as the Crusades.
** The Greys are the Earls of Templemore in Ireland.
** The Bellasis family are the Earls of Brockenhurst and according to John can trace their history as far back as the Crusades.
** The Greys are the Earls of Templemore in Ireland.
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* BlueBlood:
** The Bellasis familyBlueBlood: There are the Earls of Brockenhurst and according to John can trace their history as far back as the Crusades.
** The Greys are the Earls of Templemore in Ireland.a few ranks depicted.
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** The Bellasis family are the Earls of Brockenhurst and according to John can trace their history as far back as the Crusades. Lord Brockenhurst's deceased son Edmund was styled Viscount Bellasis from birth.
** The Grey family are the Earls of Templemore in Ireland.
** The Grey family are the Earls of Templemore in Ireland.
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** Susan and Speer going to meet John Bellasis in Kensington Gardens where they decide to have their first tryst. This is accompanied by a scene where Susan suggests going to Isleworth (where John's apartment is) and offers Oliver the chance to accompany her. He refuses, so she goes with Speer and starts the affair.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the book Anne's visit to discuss Charles' future with Lady Brockenhurst after Oliver's slander coincides with Lady Templemore's visit to grill Lady Brockenhurst about Charles. In the miniseries the order of scenes is flipped around where the discussion about Charles is later in the episode so Anne's visit looks like it was for no apparent reason.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-universe, Lady Brockenhurst and Maria discuss the brief time between Edmund and Sophia, about whether or not Edmund was brave in going against the tide to MarryForLove or Sophia a GoldDigger as Lady Brockenhurst originally believed.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Anne remembers she was taken aback by Jane Croft's lack of surprise when she came home without Sophia. It turns out that [[spoiler:Jane knew why Anne and Sophia were going northward, having kept up correspondence with the latter until her death.]]
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* SlouchOfVillainy: Stephen lounges into a couch at Brockenhurst House while attempting to blackmail Lady Brockenhurst.
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* TheThreeFacesOfAdam: Three generations of Trenchards. Charles Pope is the Hunter, a young, bright, and ambitious HonestCorporateExecutive. His uncle Oliver is the Lord, albeit one with an emphasis on staying where he is in life. His grandfather James is the Prophet, a successful businessman who is determined to help his grandson in any way he can.
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* TheThreeFacesOfAdam: Three generations of Trenchards. Charles Pope is the Hunter, a young, bright, and ambitious HonestCorporateExecutive. entrepreneur. His uncle Oliver is the Lord, albeit one with an emphasis on staying where he is in life.life and uninterested in being anything more than a country gentleman. His grandfather James is the Prophet, a successful businessman who is determined to help his grandson in any way he can.
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* BlackmailBackfire: Stephen Bellasis attempts to blackmail his sister-in-law Lady Brockenhurst regarding Charles Pope in exchange for 1500 guineas. She counters by saying that should he go public with a wild story like that, there's no stopping her from locking the estate up so he won't get any money, forcing him to back down. Anyways she intends to reveal Charles' true nature, it's simply a matter of when.
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* BlackmailBackfire: Stephen Bellasis and John Bellasis' attempts to blackmail his sister-in-law extort money from Lady Brockenhurst regarding Charles Pope blow up in exchange for 1500 guineas. She counters by saying that should he go public with a wild story like that, there's no stopping her from locking their faces, particularly in the estate up so he adaptation; Stephen's attempt is outright rejected while John's discoveries reveal [[spoiler:he won't get any money, forcing him to back down. Anyways she intends to reveal Charles' true nature, it's simply a matter of when.inherit anything.]]
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* HeirClubForMen: In the adaptation, Stephen mentions that the earldom of Brockenhurst is entailed (and is probably true in the novel as well even if unmentioned), as an attempt to cajole Caroline into giving him money.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: At the same moment John Bellasis is discussing the lack of information about his wedding with his parents, his fiancee Maria is arguing about the same topic with her mother.
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* EveryScarHasAStory: Early in episode 3, Stephen is shown cleaning a cut on his nose. A scene later, it flashes back to how Stephen got that scar while asking for money from Peregrine.
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* EveryScarHasAStory: Early in episode 3, Stephen is shown cleaning a cut on his nose. A scene later, While Stephen begs Peregrine for money, it flashes back to the night before and shows how Stephen got that scar while asking for money from Peregrine.cut.
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%%* NouveauRiche: The Trenchards, who have recently moved into the affluent Belgravia as tradesmen (James Trenchard developed much of Belgravia alongside the Cubitts). His wife Anne is a lot better at hiding their background than James is.
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** Ellis has been the Trenchards' longest-employed servant, and the only one currently on-staff who served before 1815.
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** Ellis Ellis, Anne Trenchard's personal maid, has been the Trenchards' longest-employed servant, and the only one currently on-staff who served before 1815.
