William Opens Up to Amaranthus - Outlander Season 8 - Love Love

Have I done something to offend you? I'm simply trying to enjoy my literature in solitude. Should you require company, perhaps Mrs Mackenzie will oblige you. Lady Grey, are you jealous? Don't be absurd. Though anyone with eyes can see that there's a history between the two of you. I suppose you're right. She is a person of some significance in my life. Please. I thought we... It doesn't matter. It's foolish. Mrs Mackenzie, Brianna is my sister. You told me you didn't have any siblings. I'm a bastard. Well, I'm not legally a bastard, since the 8th Earl of Ellesmere and my mother were married when I was born. But the 8th Earl was not my father. The man who sired me was... is... Brianna's father. Well, whoever he was, he must have been a... a very striking gentleman. He is. Has he acknowledged you? Not publicly, no. Nor do I want him to. He owes me nothing. I'm only telling you this because you asked. Because I enjoy your company. May I be so bold as to presume you enjoy mine? That is bold. Though perhaps not incorrect. Well, I think it's only fair one comprehends a person whose company one is enjoying. I am not the 9th Earl of Ellesmere. Not really. I never was. I've later found myself wishing I could renounce the damn title altogether. Though English law makes that all but impossible. Well, you may not be able to renounce it, but you can hand it on. Abdicate in favour of your heir, I mean. I don't have an heir. Well, you could marry me and give it to our firstborn. I'm a widow, after all. We could retire into private life and breed Daxons. I can't imagine anything more tiresome. Surely you don't mean to imply that being married to me would be tiresome, will you? I might just possibly enjoy it. Thank you, Emeralds, for not thinking less of me. As I've told you, I'm the daughter of F. Cowden, bookseller. That's all my father is to the world. I thought I would be a merchant's wife. Now I am Viscountess Grey. My son will be the Duke of Pardlow. While you may disagree, I believe a title is something you simply have. Not something you are. By law, you are the Earl of Ellesmere. That's all the world needs to know. But you're not only that, William. Not to me.