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00:02Harry was as impertinent as ever when I saw him an hour or so ago.
00:06I think that is an indication that he is recovering.
00:12I received a letter from my sister today.
00:15Which one?
00:17Artemis.
00:18Youngest?
00:20Yes.
00:24She dislikes a governess, not for any legitimate reason.
00:29She feels weighed down by the continued state of mourning around the house.
00:33And she has asked, again, to be able to come here to visit.
00:43I suggested spring or summer.
00:50Of course nothing has actually been planned.
00:55We will have to go to London in the spring.
00:58After enduring society in the season, we get to return here, where it's quiet.
01:07Yes.
01:10It is decidedly quiet.
01:30How are you feeling?
01:32Hmm.
01:34Much improved.
01:36Being away from the boar and dagger has contributed greatly to my welfare.
01:40And you'll be pleased to know it will not be a source of misery any longer.
01:44It is to be shuttered.
01:45Immediately.
01:50Shuttered?
01:50Hmm.
01:52A closer look at Smith's history and practice has made closing the place absolutely necessary.
01:56Any man who would withhold food, warmth, medical aid, and the ability to send for help when a person is
02:01in distress, and has done so, time and again, ought not be running an inn.
02:07Hmm.
02:10First you rush to my rescue.
02:14Then you vanquish the villain who tortured me.
02:18Watch yourself, Adam.
02:23People will begin to think you care.
02:25Shut up, Harry.
02:26Ha!
02:29Ha!
02:36Barton!
02:39What is that infernal noise?
02:43I believe that would be described as lively conversation, Hullies.
02:46And who is responsible for such lively conversation?
02:50Hmm.
02:51Mrs. Poynter.
02:53No doubt the vicar is here as well.
02:54No doubt.
02:56Are you feeling quite yourself today, Barton?
02:59I hear you.
02:59I feel better than I have in years, Your Grace.
03:02It sounds as though Faustin is infested with birds.
03:09A full tea!
03:11I believe Cook was exceptionally excited at the prospect of preparing a tea tree once more.
03:17It's been a while here, Grace.
03:20How is it, Barton, that the vicar and his wife came to be in my drawing room?
03:24I do not recall altering the requirement that all guests be informed that I am not at home.
03:30The vicar was quite specific about seeing her, Grace.
03:34When I presented the Duchess with Mr. Poynter's card, I thought she'd actually run down the stairs.
03:40She was so pleased to have call us.
03:43How long have the Poynter's been here?
03:45Only a few minutes, Your Grace.
03:47Well, a few minutes is more than most get.
03:55Of course.
03:56Would you like a cup of tea, Adam?
03:58No.
03:59It is a pleasure to see you again, Your Grace.
04:01I doubt that.
04:02What precisely is the reason for your visit here?
04:05Social call, of course.
04:06Of course.
04:07When in the fifteen years that you have served as vicar, has Faustin Castle ever received visitors?
04:11Not once, Your Grace.
04:13Not once.
04:14What has led you to believe that that has changed?
04:17Wishful thinking?
04:18There will be no callers at Faustin Castle.
04:21Not today, not in the future.
04:24Faustin Castle is not receiving Your Grace, or you are not receiving.
04:30It is the same.
04:32Forgive me.
04:32It is not.
04:34Thank you for your hospitality, Your Grace.
04:39Do you come again?
04:44I will see you on Sunday.
04:47Do not lose hope.
04:49Happiness can be found even in dark times.
04:51Persephone doesn't get to be happy.
04:53That is the ending of the myth according to my youngest sister.
04:56Ah.
04:57But it is the ending of the tale according to you that matters most.
05:00You might as well stay.
05:03And finish your tea.
05:06Cook will be offended if the tray is sent back untouched.
05:10Do sit, dear.
05:11Do try the lemon cake.
05:16Pardon?
05:20Are you sure you wouldn't care for some tea?
05:26I didn't know I was supposed to turn them away.
05:30They might as well finish their tea.
05:33I thought no one wanted to meet me.
05:35I doubt anyone in the neighborhood even made the attempt.
05:39So I could visit the neighbors?
05:41No.
05:43No.
05:45They may attempt to return the favor.
05:48But I...
05:48I will not have Fauston Castle overrun with people.
05:54Of course not.
05:57Thank you for allowing the pointers to remain.
05:59I have been enjoying their visit.
06:05You, of course,
06:07will owe Mrs. Pointer a visit.
06:09I understand she entertains half the county on a regular basis.
06:13I could...
06:14meet the neighbors that way then.
06:19If you want to.
06:50Who else was at the vicarage?
06:52Mrs. Milston and her daughter.
06:53Lady Hedisham.
06:55Miss Greenborough.
06:57What did you think of our residence, Minster?
06:59She was very quiet,
07:00so I was not able to form much of an opinion of her.
07:03Persephone?
07:07It's for me.
07:09You should read it.
07:13Your Grace, Lord, your Empress Lord of the Avril.
07:15Do you relate to me your inquiries regarding two midshipmen aboard the HMS Triumphant?
07:22Evander Lancaster, as you have been informed,
07:24succumbed to enter his sustainability of our gruners.
07:27The most lost at that time has been buried in a cemetery untroupled
07:29or alongside his fallen shipmates.
07:31What?
07:33Go on, Persephone.
07:35There's no bad news.
07:39Midshipman Linus Lancaster.
07:43Sustained only minor wounds in that battle and remains aboard the Triumphant.
07:50He will as requested be granted shortly when we return the help board.
07:58The other message is from Linus.
08:02Linus has written to me.
08:07I don't know how you managed this, Adam.
08:10You needed answers.
08:12I simply ensured you received them.
08:15This is by far the kindest thing any person has ever done for me, Adam.
08:18Thank you so, so much.
08:37You did that very well.
08:38You did that very well.
08:40You did that very well.
08:49I just kissed Persephone.
08:52Hm.
08:54I noticed.
08:56And, um...
09:00I think Persephone noticed as well.
09:03Which is a good thing, really.
09:05If she hadn't even realized who was kissing her, one would begin to wonder about your technique.
09:10Oh, sh-
09:10I know.
09:12Shut up, Harry.
09:25They're getting louder.
09:34Thank you for my letter, Adam.
09:39Linus sounds happy.
09:41He didn't mention Evander, which worries me a little.
09:45It was always his way to avoid topics that were upsetting.
09:51But he did promise to keep writing.
09:59You don't like it when I thank you for the things that you do.
10:06But I really am grateful.
10:11If only you could do something about the wolves.
10:27If only you could do something about the wolves.
10:49If only you could do something about the wolves.
10:57Persephone?
10:58Persephone?
11:04what happened you were thrown from a horse are you hurt can you sit up i don't know
11:15let me help you
11:24does anything hurt you asked me that already a person can be killed being thrown from a horse
11:30until i'm certain you are not hurt i'm going to keep asking you questions
11:38what happened i can't explain it you chris it's almost like something spoke the horse
11:44we're fortunate she didn't come to serious harm yes you chris
11:52your abigail can have a hot bath prepared that should help with any stiffness
11:56really is no need for this much fuss when you're too stiff to come down for dinner
12:01you'll disagree careful there you are
12:09that's very kind of you adam you're thrown from a horse persephone
12:14any decent gentleman would be concerned
12:21i can have the kitchen send up a tray if you would rather not come down for dinner
12:25i really am feeling fine already i think i was more startled than anything else
12:33when i'm a little more sure of myself might i come riding with you and harry
12:41atlas can't keep pace with zeus
12:43couldn't you rein zeus in a little or let me join you at the end of your ride once you
12:48slow down
12:52zeus is impatient he might make atlas nervous
12:57couldn't i at least try
13:02i would rather you not take that chance
13:06but you would be there
13:09yes but that is no guarantee
13:26i'm sorry
13:30adam
13:55it is too blasted quiet in here
14:20so you are awake adam are you stiff from your fall
14:24does it hurt to walk
14:29they are loud tonight
14:34how long do you plan to sit at that window and worry about wolves
14:37until they stop
14:41you should have come in when they first started
14:44come in and curled up on the bed wrapped up in that blanket
14:49you knew
14:51i thought you were asleep asleep
14:56oh i can't sleep you've ruined the room for me
14:59what do you mean i've ruined it
15:01my bedchamber used to be quiet and then you started coming in and making all those noises while you're sleeping
15:07i make noises and you move constantly loud noises
15:11but no
15:12no like a puppy
15:17little noises
15:19and that doesn't bother you
15:22i've grown used to it
15:23i don't want
15:25to bother you
15:27you won't
15:31the wolves don't worry me as much in your bedchamber
15:37like wiser and his
15:40no
15:42the way i forget it
15:43if the pack ever actually makes it into the castle they'll eat you first
15:57good night adam
16:00good night posefne
16:11adam
16:12yes
16:16why did you decide to get married
16:23at the time it seemed like a good idea
16:30does it now
16:39mrs adcock said you would
16:42you said i would what
16:43regret
16:44marrying me
16:53when i visited the vicarage several days ago
16:58mrs adcock said that most gentlemen who pay for a wife regret the purchase in the end
17:04it was blatantly obvious she was referring to our marriage settlement
17:09mrs adcock had mentioned her sizable dowry at least a dozen times so i
17:16happened to ask lady headersham loudly enough for mrs adcock to hear
17:21whether or not it seemed odd that some ladies found it necessary to offer money to prospective
17:26bridegroom in order to bring him up to scratch
17:31no gentleman would accept a horse so ill-recommended that he had to be bribed to accept it
17:39i thought mrs adcock's tea would come flying out her ears she looked so livid
17:46will you compare her to a horse
17:49i don't even i could produce such a cutting retort on for something i have not pulled caps with
17:55anyone in years i'm not ashamed to admit that i enjoyed it i felt like a regular warrior
18:04perhaps before i next call at the vicarage i should try on one of the suits of armor for size
18:08i could check the armory for a jousting lance and simply unseat my adversary as she rides up to
18:13the vicarage i would be the terror of the neighborhood
18:19well if it comes to full combat let me know i'm rather handy with a crossbow maybe harry could be
18:25our page if we could go conquer adcock manor well harry would make an abysmal page you might be trusted
18:32with a battle axe though we would make a wonderfully fearsome team you see adam marriage to me might not
18:43be such a terrible thing for you after all
19:25you're wishing a ride today your grace his alibi is still unhappy you said he doesn't like the cold
19:31that's not just the cold he was treated badly before doesn't trust people
19:38because they treated him bad before they'll treat him bad again
19:41but no one here would ever hurt him no it doesn't matter they'll not give you a chance to
19:47not fight it till holy petition that one seems like a lost cause why keep trying there's no
19:56lost causes you grace every creature needs someone who can save them if they'll only try
20:03as many hope when you're the sort who tries
20:08this poor creature seems so angry they're more afraid than furious been afraid for years why
20:21what happened
20:24got torn apart and left behind
20:28decided to bite before anyone bit first if nobody gets close
20:35nobody can hurt him
20:51welcome back
20:52welcome back good morning to you persephone good morning
20:56good morning adam good morning are you wanting to ride i was thinking about it if you do i fear
21:03we'll be
21:03be forced to postpone our siege you two are planning a siege
21:12why do i get the feeling my presence is not particularly appreciated just now i would think
21:17harry that you would feel that way often if you go now you'll have plenty of time to pack
21:22but you'll miss me i never miss anyone
21:48your name is on the lips of every member of the tom
21:53some are saying that persephone has left you already thank you mother
22:00madam
22:03may i talk with you for a moment
22:09mrs smithson skipped this room when she gave me my tour
22:14i haven't ever been in here
22:17no one ever comes into this room
22:20i am overstepping myself
22:21no
22:22no
22:23no
22:36who is this you're standing beside adam
22:39my father
22:41i thought he must be you look very much like him
22:46do i
22:47you have the same eyes
22:50and there is something similar about your mouth and the shape of your face
22:54and of course you both have dark hair
22:57i suppose there is a resemblance
23:02your nose is your mother's
23:04your nose is your mother's
23:04i noticed that when i first saw the two of you together
23:11are you like him in other ways
23:13my father
23:19i hope so
23:28you wanted to speak to me about something
23:32the triumphant will make port the last week of november
23:36linus will be granted three weeks surely isn't that wonderful
23:40the triumphant will be docking at newcastle
23:42i could be there and see him before he departs for shropshire
23:46be there
23:48in newcastle
23:49i wouldn't be gone more than a day or two
23:51of course i would want to see him off as well which would mean going back when the
23:54triumphant sets out again
23:57you cannot go
24:03please adam
24:06it would only be a few days i
24:10i need to see him for myself i need to know that he is well and whole
24:15to have even a moment with the only brother i have left this is important to me adam
24:22things of importance to me should matter
24:31what if he came here
24:33but you don't allow visitors
24:35it makes more sense than you journeying to newcastle twice
24:38linus could come to foster before going to see your family
24:41do you mean it
24:43i don't say anything
24:44i don't mean
24:46it wouldn't be too much of an imposition
24:48no
24:50i'd very much like to meet the boy myself
24:53really
24:54linus might make a great addition to our siege
24:58harry would probably faint dead away at the first battle cry
25:06thank you adam
25:21why do you never leave
25:24good afternoon to you too
25:28answer the question
25:30is this a pointed interrogation
25:32more of an intellectual discussion
25:34intellectual discussion
25:39why do i never leave
25:43because i like faulston
25:44why free food
25:45i'm in earnest i need you to be as well
25:46the food is nothing to disregard cook is a miracle worker
25:54aside from that
25:57faulston is familiar
25:58it's comfortable
26:00so you feel the same way about the house in london
26:03you spend a lot of time there as well and you've come with me to kent a few times
26:07this is a pointed interrogation isn't it
26:11look if you're trying to tell me to make myself scarce now that you're married i completely understand
26:14no it's it's not that at all
26:19then what is it
26:23i want to know
26:26why you've stayed around all these years
26:30we're friends adam
26:32friends don't just jump ship
26:34i think your answer about the food is more honest
26:37did it ever occur to you that i sincerely consider you a friend
26:42my
26:45best friend in fact
26:49because of her
26:52may have started that way
26:54you saved my skin
26:57so i worshiped you for a while
26:59you're like an idol
27:01who could ward off evil spirits i suppose
27:05but then
27:06then you landed me a face of something stupid i did
27:12or said
27:13i remember that quite well but not what we were scuffling out
27:16and we were sent down
27:18my parents were away so
27:21we came here
27:23in those two weeks of our expulsion
27:26i met
27:28adam voice
27:30the duke of kilda
27:32still scared the guts out of me
27:34but adam voice
27:37it's just a boy
27:38like me
27:42why the sudden interest
27:45in our colorful childhood
28:11it looks frigid out there doesn't it
28:15it does
28:19persephone looks cold adam
28:21you should go and keep her warm
28:25keep up
28:27the fact of my suggestion confuses you
28:30does not bode well
28:33my friend
28:36it didn't
28:41didn't confuse me
28:57she is lonely
28:59in this empty castle
29:04just as mother was
29:15i heard them out of the walls they're inside falsten
29:18they are still outside the castle
29:19they're so loud they sound so much closer
29:21they are not inside the castle walls persephone
29:24are you certain
29:27absolutely
29:29i have tea sent up to my book room
29:31yes
29:32i know
29:44i shouldn't be so afraid of them but the howling
29:48sends chills through me
29:51i will have my steward check on the pack so you can breathe more easily
29:55i had always been told that there were no more wolves in england
30:00our pack is descended from the last of the wolves that roamed the area
30:04and the wild dogs that called the forest home
30:07are they less vicious than true wolves then
30:13they are more wolf than anything else but they always give the castle a wide berth
30:30i think
30:34i think we should hold a ball
30:36a ball
30:37unless you don't want to
30:38i assumed you wouldn't want to
30:40it would mean a lot of people in the castle
30:47every bride should have a ball
30:51we are still in mourning
30:55i think a wedding ball
30:58would be permissible
31:01do you mean
31:07you don't say things you don't mean
31:11no
31:15no
31:15no i don't
31:19yes adam
31:21we should host a ball at falsten
31:27adam suggested it
31:29adam
31:31is in the adam i know
31:33i am surprised as you are
31:36he's been doing a lot of uncharacteristic things lately
31:39barton says cook is in tears
31:41what did you do to her
31:42i didn't do anything to her
31:44she's informed about the upcoming ball
31:46she's not upset about it
31:47she's that pleased about it
31:48she's been reduced to weeping at the kitchen work table
31:51how has the rest of the staff reacted
31:54mrs smithson is rushing about as though the ball is this evening instead of three weeks from now
31:58and barton has simply begun grinning when he thinks i'm not looking three weeks from now
32:02but adam linus is coming in three weeks time
32:05please tell me you haven't changed your mind about his visit
32:08of course not persephone he can be here for the ball
32:14why the sudden urge to entertain adam
32:17first you invite persephone's brother
32:20and the bowl will bring every family of consequence in the northern half of england to falsten at the
32:24same time that is precisely the sort of thing that makes you miserable
32:29i don't want you to be miserable
32:30i will not be miserable
32:32you'll simply make the rest of us miserable
32:35perhaps you should put an end to the entire thing and save us the suffering
32:38shut up harry
32:42harry is not nearly persuasive enough to convince me to cancel linus's visit
32:47there is no need to worry over that
32:49but there is
32:50you tell me to trust you but i don't know that i can
32:54there is so much i don't know about you adam so much i don't understand and that frightens me
33:02i frighten you that isn't what i said
33:04it really isn't shut up harry
33:08i am happy to see i'm a unifying force at the moment harry windover you are a frustrating force
33:14harry now would be a perfect opportunity for a timely exit
33:17and taken
33:24i have faults persephone like any other man
33:28but i am not a liar
33:33i was raised by a man who valued honesty and loyalty and keeping one's word
33:41now i have promised you that your brother will visit you here and that faust and castle will host
33:45the ball and no one not harry not anyone else will browbeat me into going back on that promise to
33:51you
33:53on any promise to you
33:57i want to believe that
33:59and your happiness does matter
34:02you should believe that too
34:04i'm beginning to
34:27good afternoon
34:30you look a bit unwell poor boy
34:34i'm fine
34:36i was just telling persephone of all the wonderful balls we used to have here at the castle
34:42even the london papers were full of every detail of the evening
34:46who attended the decorations the menu
34:51falston balls were positively legendary
34:55i'm certain our ball will be far less elaborate
34:57well that's why i've rushed back
34:59it could be extraordinary
35:02a few changes to the menu perhaps a more dramatic decorating scheme
35:06it is enough that there will be people here
35:09that should be plenty to fill the london papers with pages of shocked commentary
35:15the castle's always been more pleasant when it's been festive
35:19mrs smithson and i have discussed the menu and the preparations
35:22i am quite satisfied with what we've chosen
35:25hmm satisfied and pleased are not the same thing
35:31you'll be desperate to leave before long if something's not done to liven the place
35:35we are holding a ball mother that has always been enough festiveness for you to return to falston
35:42it sounds to me like it's hardly a ball
35:48i i suppose the arrangements could be made a bit more extensive
35:55i assure you both i am satisfied and pleased with our current arrangements
36:01they suit my preferences
36:03you really must let me help with future entertainments
36:07we could hold ever so many both here and in london
36:11you'll have far too much fun to be unhappy
36:17please excuse me
36:26all of the balls you held for mother weren't enough to keep her here so why the blasted blazes am
36:31i trying the same approach
36:33dukes don't need people you said we're better off without her
36:38persephone will leave too in the end everyone does
36:47you will hurt your hand if you keep doing that
36:52go eat your dinner persephone
36:55i intend to
36:59on the desk we'll be fine
37:04i'm not hungry
37:06perhaps not but i am
37:10thank you
37:16mother is taking her meal with harry
37:19i am eating here
37:21no one eats in this room
37:23you would rather i starve
37:25if you are truly on the verge of expiring them by all means
37:30take some nourishment
37:42blast it
37:44does smell good doesn't it what a shame you aren't hungry
37:46is that a hint persephone
37:49a hint
37:51you are trying to convince me to join you
37:54this is for me if you want something you will have to send to the kitchen for it yourself
38:01you plan to eat an entire chicken
38:03it is not an entire chicken
38:05i'm not such a very large one at that in fact
38:07it is a very good thing there is plenty to go with it otherwise i would be in very real
38:12danger of wasting away
38:23you didn't expect me to eat an entire chicken
38:26you
38:27you
38:29you
38:30you
38:31you
38:32you
38:33you
38:35you
38:38thank you for the dinner persephone
38:42thank you for allowing the ball
38:45for inviting linus to visit
38:49it is nice having something to look forward to
39:06would you like having more balls
39:09and entertainments
39:12i would now and then
39:16but i miss my family more than i miss company
39:20they are so very far away it sometimes feels as though i'll never see them again
39:28they may very well go to london for the season
39:31you could see them there you could see a lot of people there
39:36that should tide you over for a while
39:40i would have to get my fill then i suppose
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