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You're the last.

Mom, do you know how

crazy this all sounds?

Grace. Lovely to see you!

Thomas George.

The others won't feel that way, I think.

It just happened. I mean, I didn't do anything,

but then, whoosh... there I was...

and there was a carriage

and a lady in a bonnet...

and some apples she was carrying with her,

oh, and she called me a thief...

Shhhhh...

Is that really true, Gwendolyn?

Your Ruby is right here!

Hm. That's impossible!

Charlotte is the gene carrier.

Newton said her birth date

was pre-ordained.

Gwendolyn was born on the

exact same day as Charlotte.

Really!

Your dad and I we... bribed the midwife

to falsify the birth certificate.

Ah, Ha...

Does this lady expect us to trust a

single word of anything she says?

She helped Lucy and Paul to

escape in case you forgot!

Wait a second! You faked my birth certificate?

What's that got to do with Lucy?

We hoped the one who inherited

the gene was actually Charlotte.

This is just ridiculous!

Gwendolyn was born with two left feet

and her intelligence isn't there!

It's quite clear that my sister is trying to

put herself at the middle of everything again.

Believe me, I'd be happy to let

Charlotte remain a guinea pig here

for these new-age

pseudo-scientists.

That was completely irresponsible.

I hope your conscience will

be able to bare it.

It's bad enough that you chose

to go off with that loser.

Still a little jealous Falk?

After all these years?

Grace. You still don't get it, do you?

How carelessly you set those...

pleasures of yours

above our ideals.

And, was it worth it?

Protect Gwendolyn from uncontrolled

time travel, or else she might get hurt.

That's all I ask.

If she's telling the truth,

it'll happen again soon,

and we need to get ready, I'd say.

Keep an eye on her.

Can't I just go see my doctor?

Mom.

Gwendolyn, Go with them.

Unfortunately, they're the

only ones who can help you.

I'll wait at the reception.

Where the air's fresher.

Don't worry, my dear,

the new-age "pseudo-scientists"

don't actually bite.

I'm won't take part in any weird experiments,

in case you were wondering!

Your grandfather once told me

that even as a little child you were

actually quite strong-willed.

That impressed him.

Ah... He was a good friend. His

absence here is still extremely painful.

Who's the little boy?

Little boy?

Here?

Come. I'll introduce you to Gideon now.

Oh... Ah...

Gideon. This is Gwendolyn Shepherd.

Gwendolyn. This is Gideon de Villiers.

Ya... we've met, ah... already.

And my suit is still at the cleaners.

Oh, so you have to wear jeans now?

So sorry!

It's possible that Gwendolyn

is the new Charlotte.

That's a joke, right?

It's complicated, you see.

It's best you go into Dragon Hall and

they'll give you the details there.

Gwendolyn. This gene induces journeys

back to indeterminate points in history.

You could fall off a high-rise building

directly into the middle of a war, you realize,

or even be burned at the stake.

But, you're safe in this room here,

regardless of the time you're in.

Here, this is our insignia,

just in case you should meet one of us.

When will it happen again?

That's very hard to say. You see,

time travellers are all quite unique.

The Count of Saint-Germain was the

fifth of the twelve time travellers.

It is said that as a young man he made

up to seven journeys back per day.

You could imagine how

dangerous it could be.

You must be kidding? That's terrible.

I mean, I can't be like that?

Well, if you are the Ruby, then you'll be

able to elapse with the chronograph.

Elapse what?

Elapse, yes. We have a way to control

the unplanned time travel...

and send you to a fixed point

in the past for a few hours.

Now, to get started we'll just need

to take a few drops of your blood.

A time machine that runs on blood?

You could call it that, but it's

based on sound science, I assure you.

But if Lucy and Paul

stole the chronograph,

how can it be here?

Good question.

Well, there's a second chronograph. Luckily

we were able to get it in working order.

Any other questions?

When I went back in time

at St Lennox's, um...

I... I saw myself there...

there were two of me.

Yes. So in the future you

returned there...

I mean you're going to travel

there once again.

Such things do occur, although

we do our best to avoid it.

It makes things complicated.

On your journeys, it's often dark.

Another cookie, with orange filling?

Charlotte. Wait a minute!

"Phantom symptoms"?!

It's just so humiliating.

I mean, not that you even care at all!

No. Of course I do! It's just that

I'm worried about your cousin and

what could happen to her.

You're worried now?

We have been planning this and trainning

for years. She doesn't have a clue.

And now I'm in the middle of it.

Oh, Ya, poor Gwendolyn!

She's in real danger now.

But, think of the opportunities

you'll have, without this.

But this was all I've ever wanted!

With you.

Grandpa Lucas...

"Blood opens the lock

and you shall find...

...all that is written about you.

Trust in your magic."

That was almost 45 minutes.

Gwendolyn, is everything alright?

Were you by chance seen?

Ya, I'm okay. There was no

one there, except a rat.

Well! All of our plans.

It's all for nothing!

Gwendolyn can't catch up

on everything she's missed.

Etiquette, French, fencing,

dancing, history...

I'll have to finish the

mission on my own.

In history I was pretty good.

I'm sure that Miss Gwendolyn

will surprise us.

Really?

Who ruled England after George the First?

George the... Second?

Which royal house succeeded

the Stuarts in 1702 and why?

It was, a... give me a second.

You hear that? She can't even speak properly.

Charlotte is my partner. We trained together.

This girl is just a child!

Gwendolyn is the Ruby.

She deserves the Order's

care and protection.

Explain it again:

You need my blood so the

chronograph can read it?

To prevent uncontrolled time travel

and to regulate your journeys.

So then, with this machine

I can travel whenever I want?

The Order will be the ones to

make the decision as to

the date and length

of your journeys.

If I don't do it?

You'll be flung around in time, I'm

afraid, and you won't survive very long.

Shall I fetch Mr. George

and have him explain the details?

Now, hold still...

Where is the chronograph?

The last girl to ask me that question

was your charming cousin.

And... shortly thereafter she stole it.

Ya, why would she do that?

I mean, everyone's so nice here!

Unfortunately, your cousin didn't

follow the rules.

Ow... What was that?

You don't want to know.

H... Hello?

Welcome! I'm Madame Rossini.

I'm responsible for your wardrobe.

We can't have you

running around in the past

in that... dreadful... how do you say...

uniform, n'est-ce pas?

Quarante cinq, and now the hips.

You're like a young foal.

We'll be able to use a lot of the things

I prepared for the other one.

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