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00:01Dear Persephone, we've been home for two days now and I am nearly dead with boredom.
00:06Athena spends all her time practicing country dances.
00:10I do not think she will find a husband dancing like she does.
00:13No gentleman would want to marry someone who dances like a cow.
00:17I am running around like a heathen and terrorizing the neighborhood.
00:21It's lovely. I wish you were here so we could be heathens together.
00:26When can I come explore your towers? You did promise.
00:30I will have my birthday in London, Daphne says. I will invite you.
00:35If the Duke wants to come, he can too, even if he never did talk to me once while I
00:39was at his castle.
00:41Please write to me. Be sure to put the guinea under the seal.
00:45Your sister, Artemis.
00:51You seem in good spirits this afternoon.
00:54I've been reading a letter from my youngest sister, Mr. Windover.
00:58We are practically brother and sister. We needn't be on such formal towns.
01:04Do you miss your family, Harry? Being here as long as you have been?
01:09I consider Adam my brother. Being here is being with family.
01:17How is it that the two of you are so close? He is so hostile towards you.
01:23Adam is hostile towards everyone. It is just the way he is.
01:28Does he never show any tenderness of feeling?
01:34Not in the two decades I've known him.
01:37And you forged a friendship with someone who was already adversarial?
01:43Adam saved my skin.
01:46I was something of a runt.
01:48And the other boys at Harrow found their grounds for torturing me.
01:53Adam would have stopped that.
01:55They took orders from him?
01:57They were afraid of him.
01:59They still are.
02:01Everyone is.
02:04But he would have only been seven or eight years old.
02:07Seven.
02:08He was a force to be reckoned with.
02:11By the time he was a shell, he ran Harrow.
02:15Shell?
02:15The youngest, yeah.
02:17Some of the boys now grown gentlemen, of course, still whimper when they see him.
02:22To be so utterly terrifying when he was only a child.
02:26It wasn't that, exactly.
02:29He was...
02:31Still is remarkably intelligent.
02:35And he is authoritative.
02:37Kind of man few people question.
02:39Even at seven he was very much that way.
02:42And he is utterly unafraid.
02:46There is nothing that frightens him.
02:49Nothing that intimidates him.
02:58Why won't he ever look at me?
03:03What do you mean?
03:05Never mind.
03:10He never looked at you.
03:14Huh.
03:17That is out of character for him.
03:19Adam usually faces problems directly.
03:22I'm a problem, then?
03:23A poor choice of words on my part.
03:28A great deal has changed lately.
03:30Adam does tend to get more...
03:32I don't know.
03:36Quickly, when he has a lot in his mind.
03:39So you're saying I shouldn't give up yet?
03:42If I had given up on Adam for being grumpy, we wouldn't be friends.
03:47How long did it take for him to stop being prickly with you?
03:51He still is.
03:54Adam would never admit it.
03:56But he knows I refuse to be bullied.
03:59And I think he respects that.
04:01He keeps trying, but I think he hopes it'll never work.
04:05So he doesn't like people who are intimidated by him?
04:09He doesn't respect them.
04:11That is a little different.
04:13It is a great deal different to Adam.
04:15Adam likes his mother.
04:17But he doesn't respect her.
04:19Mother Harriet, I've called her that since I was a boy,
04:23has made something of a hobby out of pitying Adam.
04:27And he doesn't like that?
04:28Frustrates them.
04:32Frustrates him.
04:36If Adam does not like people to be afraid of him,
04:39why does he go to such lengths to make certain they are?
04:45I have my theories.
04:47But Adam's motivations are not a topic I am willing to discuss.
04:52I am attempting to find my place here,
04:55and claim a degree of equanimity with my new husband.
05:00I need help if I am to have any hope of understanding Adam.
05:05Most people do not even try.
05:07But he is worth sorting out Persephone.
05:11I promise you.
05:14He is.
05:21He really never looks at you.
05:27Something about you has ruffled him.
05:29Nothing ruffles at him.
05:56Nothing ruffles at him.
06:04I just saw your grace, he is a bit skittish this morning,
06:06it being so cold and all.
06:08Haven't you a horse that isn't skittish about cold?
06:10What?
06:11Atlas behaves in the cold.
06:13Who named the horse Atlas?
06:15His grace did.
06:17And his grace does not think it a ridiculous name?
06:20It being Greek and mythological.
06:23He named his own Mount Zeus.
06:25That would be one of them heathen gods and all.
06:28Such names are not ridiculous for horses.
06:33Then I had best search the forest for a sorceress,
06:36to transform me into a horse,
06:38lest I spend the rest of my life doomed to a constant state of ridiculousness.
06:42You would make an atrocious horse, Persephone.
06:44On that we can agree.
06:54What brings you out of the silly?
06:56I was hoping to attempt to ride again.
06:58How long have you been out of the saddle?
07:00Ten years.
07:04Ten years?
07:05And you're going to attempt to ride alibi?
07:07I know your grace.
07:08The Duchess was just asking if you were ailing or upset.
07:12I was thinking Atlas would be good for a grace.
07:16It's a good choice.
07:20Are you really going to try riding again?
07:22To be perfectly honest, I'm not certain one could accurately call my previous experience riding.
07:28Our neighbours, the Uptons, allowed me to ride a pony of theirs on occasion as a child.
07:32If memory serves, it was aged and did little more than shift its weight.
07:38Stand, stand.
07:40She's calm and steady, Chris.
07:42She'll not hurt you.
07:44May I feed her a carrot?
07:46The Uptons pony was swanned of carrots.
07:48Well, perhaps the poor thing waddled so much because he was overfed.
07:53That's it.
07:54That's it.
08:01If she and Atlas Pot Company see to it that Joan has her brought up to the castle.
08:06Don't you want to even see her try?
08:07I've seen enough people quit in my lifetime without witnessing the same thing again.
08:11I think she'll surprise you.
08:22Hey.
08:23I guess I'll know they're wrong.
08:24Abner?
08:25Yeah.
08:25I'm sorry.
08:44I'm sorry.
08:48Alright.
09:09You've had quite a few writing lessons now.
09:11Are you feeling more confident in some?
09:13Quite a bit more.
09:15Tomorrow I intend to attempt to jump the castle wall.
09:18Atlas doesn't know yet.
09:19Yeah.
09:22Just my luck, I'll miss that.
09:24Miss it?
09:25I am for Hoyk in the morning.
09:28You're certain you couldn't leave tonight?
09:32Do you go to Scotland often?
09:34I have an aunt and uncle in Hoyk.
09:36They're always asking me to come for a visit.
09:38And I'm always asking you to leave.
09:40How is it that their requests are adhered to and mine are ignored?
09:44Because I know you do not actually want me to go.
09:54I've never been to Scotland.
09:56You live a stone's throw from it now?
09:58Perhaps you and Adam could gad about Hadrian's Wall sometime.
10:00I do not gad about.
10:03I have not ever been to Shropshire.
10:04Though I hear it is beautiful.
10:07I admit to being very biased on the matter.
10:10But I think it is the most beautiful area of England.
10:13All my family does.
10:15Athena waxes poetic about it quite often.
10:17And Evander's letters regularly mention Missing Shropshire.
10:22Have you heard from either of your young Navy brothers recently?
10:26The last letter I had from Evander indicated the triumphant the ship they are serving on was not far from
10:31Spain.
10:35A great deal of activity in that part of the world just now.
10:41I worry over the boys almost constantly.
10:45And I worry about my sisters and my father.
10:50About quite a few people, truth be told.
10:55Well, rest assured, Persephone, you needn't worry about me while I am away.
11:00My aunt and uncle will fuss over me more than sufficiently, leaving you ample energy for gadding about with Adam.
11:07I do not gad about.
11:09I do not gad about.
11:40I do not gad about.
11:41I do not gad about Judah.
11:55I do not gad that.
11:56I tried to say what you want.
11:58I do not gad about.
12:02I did not gad about maybe if I had to say that.
12:08I would fail.
12:08I did notηΊδ»ιΊΌ.
12:12Good afternoon, Adam.
12:14I will not intrude on your solitude, Phil.
12:17This has arrived, and I wish to explain.
12:20Please sit.
12:23I'm fine.
12:24I'm not asking for your comfort, but for my own.
12:27I have no desire to strain my neck looking up as you loom over me.
12:40Now, will you open the parcel?
12:42You said you wanted to explain?
12:43After you open it.
13:02You cannot ride without a proper riding habit.
13:05I ordered it because you need one, and I did not think you knew where to obtain it.
13:10You ordered this for me.
13:12I don't know that it is the color you would have chosen, but long blue seemed a good option.
13:18You'll need it when you ride, regardless of its color.
13:21You must have great faith in my abilities to learn to ride.
13:25Thus far, I am proving a very poor pupil.
13:30Quite a bit better yesterday.
13:31You watched me.
13:34With Harry gone, I have a lot of time on my hands.
13:37Your boots will take longer to arrive.
13:38Well, you've ordered boots for me as well.
13:40Oh, yeah.
13:40Slippers are highly appropriate for riding.
13:42I haven't been wearing slippers.
13:43Yes, I just want to be.
13:50I don't know what to say, Adam.
13:53It's not necessary for you to say anything.
13:55I only wish to explain.
13:58Thank you, Adam.
14:01This is probably the most beautiful thing I've ever owned.
14:04And it'll be warm.
14:06You chose a good color.
14:07I do like blue.
14:10Oh, I nearly forgot.
14:14This has arrived for you as well.
14:18I shall leave you to your letter.
14:36This has been a battle at sea.
14:44This has been a battle at sea.
14:45This has been a battle at sea.
14:47It's just a battle at sea.
14:48I am trying to sustain heavy losses.
14:53Your brothers?
14:56Linus' feet is unknown.
15:05Devendor is dead.
15:27No!
15:31No!
15:40She's in pain.
15:43And I can't do a blasted thing about her.
15:47Having the first idea where to stop.
15:52When Mother was distressed, she just left Faustin.
15:59Persephone hasn't left yet.
16:02So what do I do?
16:05I don't want her to be miserable. I need her...
16:13Dukes don't need people.
16:19Mother has always preferred being away from me.
16:24Persephone will as well.
16:28Where are they?
16:45How much do I do?
16:46I love you too.
16:48Er, there's no way to rescue me.
16:54You take a second, you take a second.
16:57I need to be free to bother me.
17:20Adam, I think I hear wolves.
17:50I'm trying to be brave, Adam.
18:20I'm trying to be brave.
18:55I'm trying to be brave.
19:11I need my family.
19:13I need my family.
19:17I need my family.
19:23I need my family.
19:34you'll contract an inflammation of the lungs
19:37everyone in london will accuse me of poisoning you
19:43you'll be warmer inside
19:52if harry's still gone the castle would be quiet
19:55and you'd find a private spot to go and
19:59and do whatever it is you do or do you cry
20:05i usually sleep
20:09and wake up with a headache
20:12that was awful
20:17generally i can't help myself
20:23it's falling off
20:24you're a wolf you're just blood in it
20:31you really don't want me to be cold
20:38i don't want you to be miserable
20:55adam
21:05adam
21:06i don't want you to be
21:37you've missed your riding lesson this morning
21:39i'm afraid i overslept
21:42and how was your head
21:43my head
21:45you said last night that your head hurts after you've been crying
21:50does ache a little
21:53there is an apothecary in sift and he's quite competent
21:57i could send one of the grooms for some powders
22:02don't need any powders just now but thank you
22:09john has indicated
22:11that atlas can be saddled whenever you would like to have your riding lesson today
22:16i'm not sure i'm up for a ride
22:20are you certain you do not wish for some powders
22:23i could have some here before the weather changes
22:28rest is what i need most
22:29but again thank you for offering
22:55urgent message for your grace
23:07tell the stables to prepare my swiftest traveling coach
23:09and send someone to sift in for mr johns
23:11yes sir grace
23:11are you leaving adam
23:12almost on the instant
23:13tell mrs smithson to prepare mr windover's usual room
23:16is something the matter with harry
23:17he's taken exceedingly ill as an in between here and hoick
23:19what are you intending to do
23:20go retrieve him of course
23:22if the stables will ever send my carriage that is
23:26it looks like it might snow
23:27that's precisely why i wish to make an immediate start
23:29but is it safe
23:30if the weather worsens you might become stuck on the road
23:32i can reach the inn before then
23:34how will i know you're safe
23:35if i do not return tonight
23:37you can assume that i am waiting out the weather
23:39at whatever flea infested hostelry harry's decided to take ill in
23:42i will assume no such thing
23:44simply not returning will tell me nothing
23:45you could just as easily be half frozen on the side of some road
23:49or devoured by wolves or ill yourself
23:51i've driven these roads for years
23:52i've never once broken down
23:55you must promise me
23:56you will be careful
23:57if you do not i will worry
24:03why would you worry about me
24:06why wouldn't i
24:11no one worries about me because of me
24:15someone does now
24:19don't
24:21afraid i can't help it
24:22like crying
24:28worrying will probably give you a headache as well
24:31then spare me the headache and promise me you will be cautious
24:44i will be cautious
24:46i promise
24:48i promise
25:40where's the owner of this establishment
25:45where's the owner of this establishment
25:54what can i do for you governor
25:56what can i do for you governor
25:56there is a gentleman staying at this inn mr window where is he
26:05how much is no one worth to you
26:08like your wave begging me pardon
26:10i beg no one's pardon where is he
26:14settle the kulf's bill
26:15and i'll tell you
26:18his bill will be settled in the usual manner upon departure
26:23i'll be adding to the bill then
26:25inconvenience you see
26:27if in your mind to toss a few extra pounds you might save yourself some blunt in the end
26:32a few extra pounds
26:34what do you feel you are currently holding
26:36what do you feel you are currently holding
26:37can't say really
26:38it goes higher all the time doesn't it
26:40i got a few shillings been added since we've been talking
26:48where's the gentleman who's staying here
26:50i'll call your accountant
26:52you
26:52i ain't got a shilling
26:57a half crown
26:59where is the gentleman who's staying here
27:01first door on your right governor
27:03step over
27:31if you are dead don't expect me to eulogize you
27:36you haven't determined to shut up one last time
27:41what instructions did the physician leave
27:45i haven't seen one
27:47was one not sinful
27:49i made repeated requests your grace but i was prevented at every turn
27:54why did you not allow a physician to be summoned
27:57this gentleman is clearly ill
27:59i run in a charity guff
28:01ain't nothing to pay a doctor with
28:03and his man said an ear is poorer than he is
28:06so you left him to grow more ill
28:09perhaps to the point of endangering his life
28:11people die all the time don't they
28:15how many have died in this inn
28:17waiting for help that was never going to come
28:20sick and dying don't fight back
28:22makes it easier to settle their bill
28:24by picking their pockets no doubt
28:27adam
28:30can i go back to the castle
28:33in the looks of you you do better to go directly to a cemetery
28:36might be a good idea
28:38let's get mr windover to the carriage
28:40of course
28:46how much do you imagine you are owed by mr windover
28:48considering everything i'd settle up for five pounds
28:51five pounds
28:52nothing you have provided or could provide is worth a tenth of that
28:56i reckon you can afford it
28:57and do you demand such exorbitant sums from people who can't afford it
29:01someone will always walk away
29:03or a guff
29:04i'm just making certain it ain't never me
29:08no five pounds
29:12you're hoping we can do business again in the future
29:16we will
29:33you've taken evander
29:37please do not take my husband as well
29:57take him to his chambers
30:01is mr johns here
30:02yes your grace
30:14please do not be careful
30:16i suppose i should have believed you
30:20yes
30:23you should have
30:24you look cold
30:26but i'm freezing
30:29you should change into something warm and dry
30:32mr johns will see to hurry
30:35you are to be my voice of reason
30:41your hand is cold
30:44so i'm
30:47my apologies
30:49if you'll excuse me
30:50i've been told i ought to change out of this cold white cloth
30:55i'm glad you've returned adam
31:18does mr johns feel that mr windover will recover
31:22he does
31:23now that mr windover is here
31:26he had begun making a turn for the worst of that inn
31:29i
31:30i shudder to think of the outcome if his grace hadn't rescued him
31:34while his grace may have carried out the rescue
31:37your letter is the reason we knew it was necessary
31:40we are all indebted to you for that
31:43mr windover is
31:45a good man
31:48yes
31:49he is
31:55adam
31:58mr johns believes harry will recover
32:02i suspect harry is too stubborn not to
32:09what is he in need of
32:10the apothecary is providing powders and a tisane
32:14aside from that he says mr windover needs rest
32:17then we will allow you to see to his comfort
32:25i hadn't had a chance to check on harry myself
32:31bringing harry here
32:34it was the best thing you could have done
32:38allowing him to sleep
32:40will be the next best thing
32:46i suppose i should listen
32:47when offered such sage advice
32:54i agree
33:05you've been out in the cold all day adam
33:09you should get some rest as well
33:12you might very well end up as ill as harry
33:32i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
34:01i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
34:04i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
34:20oh adam you've married a coward
34:50i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
34:50i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
34:50i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
34:50i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
34:50i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
34:50i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
34:50i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
35:00At least she doesn't snore.
35:14Missephanie!
35:19Missephanie!
35:20Missephanie!
35:34Missephanie!
35:36Adam!
35:45What?
35:59I'm behaving like a ridiculous black wit
36:02Panicking over a dream
36:04Adam
36:05What?
36:11Harry seems a little better this morning
36:18I am glad he is improving
36:21So am I
36:25Are you planning on riding this morning?
36:28I am
36:29I would rather you didn't
36:30But I
36:31I would rather you didn't
36:36I won't if you really don't want me to
36:38Good, I think it would be best if you did not
36:43The blazes is wrong with me
36:56Hello, I'm not
37:30I get that a lot.
37:34We've been worried about you.
37:38It's all been a ploy to get attention.
37:46Why were you so displeased when you were looking in the mirror?
37:49Oh, it was nothing.
37:53That wasn't nothing.
38:00Do you think I'm ridiculous?
38:05Ah, you large buckets.
38:09Adam's been talking again, hasn't he?
38:13He looked me over, studying me very closely.
38:17Then he said, ridiculous.
38:19He once described St. James's palace as ridiculous.
38:24It's his favourite word.
38:28He is so confusing.
38:32All part of his charm, Persephone.
38:41How did he come to have such extensive scars?
38:51Adam was born with a stub, where his right ear was meant to be.
38:56A succession of surgeons came to the castle over the first few years of his life, attempting to find it.
39:03The scars, then, weren't the result of an accident?
39:07We were attempting to fix him.
39:11But, in the end, he still has no ear.
39:16His hearing is still a little novel down outside.
39:20And he's been left scarred.
39:23In more ways than one.
39:27You need to rest.
39:28I'm fine.
39:29And I won't keep you from it.
39:32If there is anything at all that he needs, do not hesitate to ask.
39:35Thank you, Chris.
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