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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, Harry's.
02:46And who is responsible for such lively conversation?
02:50Hmm.
02:51Mrs. Pointer.
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. Pointer'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 Pointer'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.
04:07When in the fifteen years that you have served as vicar, has Faustin Castle ever received visitors?
04:11Not once, Your Grace.
04:13What has led you to believe that that has changed?
04:17Wishful thinking?
04:18There will be no callers at Faustin Castle.
04:21Not today.
04:22Not 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.
04:48Happiness 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, but it is the ending of the tale according to you that matters most.
05:00You might as well stay and 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, will owe Mrs. Pointer a visit.
06:09I understand she entertains half the county on a regular basis.
06:13I could...
06:15meet the neighbors that way then.
06:17If you want to.
06:24If 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, so 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 Admiral.
07:15Do you relate to me your inquiries regarding two midshipmen aboard the HMS Triumphant?
07:22Evander Lancaster, as you have been informed, succumbed to entry, sustained to work on us.
07:26The most lost at that time has been buried in a cemetery untroupled or alongside his fallen shipmates.
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 that outboard.
07:58The other missive is from Linus.
08:02Linus.
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.
08:49I just kissed Persephone.
08:52Hmm.
08:53I 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 we were 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.
10:23.
10:23.
10:23.
10:49What's happening?
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
12:00you're too stiff to come down for dinner you'll disagree
12:03careful
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
13:54it is too blasted quiet in here
13:55ridiculous it 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
14:43when they first started
14:44come in
14:45and curled up on the bed wrapped up in that blanket
14:49you knew
14:51i
14:53i thought you were asleep
14:55asleep
14:56oh i can't sleep
14:58you've ruined the room for me
14:59what do you mean i've ruined it
15:01my bedchamber used to be quiet
15:02and then you started coming in
15:04and making all those noises while you're sleeping
15:07i make noises
15:08and you move constantly
15:10loud noises
15:11but no
15:12no like a puppy
15:17little noises
15:19and that doesn't bother you
15:21i've grown used to it
15:23i don't want
15:24to 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
16:15why did you decide to get married
16:23at the time
16:24it
16:25seemed like a good idea
16:30does it now
16:39mrs adcock said you would
16:42said 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
17:15happened to ask lady hedersham 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 bridegroom
17:27in 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
17:40i thought mrs adcock's tea would come flying out her ears she looked so livid
17:45will you compare her to a horse
17:49i doubt even i could produce such a cutting retort
17:52i have not pulled caps with anyone in years
17:56i'm not ashamed to admit that i enjoyed it
18:00i 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 the
18:13vicarage
18:14i would be the terror of the neighborhood
18:19well if it comes to full combat let me know
18:22i'm rather handy with a crossbow
18:24maybe harry could be our page if we could go conquer adcock manna
18:27well harry would make an abysmal page
18:31you might be trusted with a battle axe though
18:36we would make a wonderfully fearsome team
18:41you see adam marriage to me might not be such a terrible thing for you after all
19:13like the vicarage
19:13i don't look at me
19:14it's enough to say
19:15okay
19:25Are you wishing a ride today, Your Grace?
19:27His alibi is still unhappy.
19:29You said he doesn't like the cold?
19:31No, it's not just the cold.
19:33He was treated badly before.
19:35Doesn'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.
19:43No, it doesn't matter.
19:45They'll not give you a chance to...
19:47I'll fight you till holy perdition, that one.
19:51Seems like a lost cause.
19:54Why keep trying?
19:55There's no lost causes, Your Grace.
19:58Every creature needs someone who can save them.
20:01If they'll only try.
20:03There's many hope when you're the sort who tries.
20:08This...
20:09Poor creature...
20:10Seems so angry.
20:13You're more afraid than furious.
20:16Been afraid for years.
20:19Why?
20:22What happened?
20:24Got torn apart and left behind.
20:28Decided to bite before anyone bit first.
20:31If nobody gets close...
20:35Nobody can hurt him.
20:51Welcome back.
20:52Good morning to you, Persephone.
20:54Good morning.
20:56Good morning, Adam.
20:58Good morning.
20:59Are you wanting to ride?
21:00I was thinking about it.
21:02If you do, I fear we'll be forced to postpone our siege.
21:06You two are planning a siege.
21:12Why do I get the feeling my presence is not particularly appreciated just now?
21:16I would think, Harry, that you would feel that way often.
21:20If you go now, you'll have plenty of time to pack.
21:22But you'll miss me.
21:23I never miss anyone.
21:28Hmm.
21:49Your name is on the lips of every member of the tomb.
21:53Some are saying that Persephone has left you already.
21:56Thank you, Mother.
22:00Madam?
22:02May I talk with you for a moment?
22:09Mrs. Smithson skipped this room when she gave me my tour.
22:13I 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.
22:43You 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.
23:04I noticed that when I first saw the two of you together.
23:10My father.
23:11Are you like him in other ways?
23:13My father?
23:15My 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.
23:38Isn'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,
23:53which would mean going back when the Triumphant sets out again.
23:57You cannot go.
24:03Please, Adam.
24:06It would only be a few days.
24:08I...
24:10I need to see him for myself.
24:12I need to know that he is well and whole.
24:16To have even a moment with the only brother I have left.
24:18But 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 Fauston 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.
24:50I'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?
25:33Or of an intellectual discussion?
25:34Intellectual discussion.
25:39Why do I never leave?
25:43Because I like Fauston.
25:44Why?
25:44Free food.
25:45I'm in earnest.
25:46I need you to be as well.
25:47The food is nothing to disregard.
25:48Cook is a miracle worker.
25:54Aside from that,
25:57Fauston 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.
26:04And you've come with me to Kent a few times.
26:07This is a pointed interrogation, isn't it?
26:11Look, if you were trying to tell me to make myself scarce
26:13now that you're married, I completely understand.
26:14No, it's not that at all.
26:19Then what is it?
26:24I want to know
26:26why you've stayed around all these years.
26:29We're friends, Adam.
26:32Friends don't just jump ship.
26:34I think your answer about the food was 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, oh.
26:52You may have started that way.
26:54You saved my skin.
26:57So I worshipped you for a while.
27:00You're like an idol.
27:01You could ward off evil spirits, I suppose.
27:05But then,
27:08then 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
27:20we came here.
27:23In those two weeks of our expulsion,
27:25I met
27:28Adam Boyce.
27:29The Duke of Kilda.
27:31Oh.
27:32Still scared the guts out of me.
27:35But Adam Boyce
27:36was just a boy.
27:38Like me.
27:42Why the sudden interest
27:44in our colorful childhood?
27:47I don't know.
27:53I don't know.
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 her warm.
28:27The fact of my suggestion confuses you.
28:30It does not bode well.
28:33My friend.
28:36It didn't...
28:40It didn't confuse me.
28:57She is lonely
28:58in this empty castle.
29:03Just as Mother was.
29:10It's empty.
29:15I heard them out of the walls.
29:17They're inside Falston.
29:18They are still outside the castle.
29:19They're so loud.
29:20They sound so much closer.
29:22They are not inside the castle walls,
29:24Persephone.
29:25Are you certain?
29:27Absolutely.
29:30I have tea sent up to my book room.
29:32Yes, your grace.
29:43I know I shouldn't be so afraid of them,
29:46but the howling
29:48sends chills through me.
29:51I will have my steward check on the pack
29:53so you can breathe more easily.
29:55I had always been told
29:56that there were no more wolves in England.
30:00Our pack is descended
30:01from the last of the wolves
30:02that roamed the area
30:04and the wild dogs
30:06that called the forest home.
30:07Are they
30:09less vicious than true wolves, then?
30:13They are more wolf
30:15than anything else,
30:16but they always give the castle
30:17a 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
30:42in the castle.
30:46Every bride
30:48should have a ball.
30:51We are still in mourning.
30:55I think a wedding ball
30:57would be permissible.
31:01Do you mean...
31:07You don't say things
31:08you don't mean.
31:11No.
31:15No, I don't.
31:19Yes, Adam.
31:21We should host a ball
31:23at Fauston.
31:27Adam suggested it.
31:29Adam
31:31is in the Adam I know.
31:33I am as surprised
31:34as you are.
31:36He's been doing a lot
31:37of uncharacteristic things lately.
31:39Barton says
31:40Cook is in tears.
31:41What did you do to her?
31:43I didn't do anything to her.
31:44She's informed
31:45about the upcoming ball.
31:46She's that upset about it.
31:47She's that pleased about it.
31:48She's been reduced
31:49to weeping
31:50at the kitchen work table.
31:51How has the rest
31:52of the staff reacted?
31:54Mrs. Smithson
31:54is rushing about
31:55as though the ball
31:56is this evening
31:56instead of three weeks
31:57from now,
31:58and Barton
31:58has simply begun grinning
32:00when he thinks
32:00I'm not looking.
32:01Three weeks from now?
32:02But Adam Linus
32:03is coming in three weeks' time.
32:05Please tell me
32:06you haven't changed
32:06your mind about his visit.
32:07Of course not, Persephone.
32:10He can be here
32:11for the ball.
32:14Why the sudden urge
32:15to entertain, Adam?
32:17First,
32:18you invite Persephone's brother.
32:20And the ball
32:20will bring every family
32:22of consequence
32:22in the northern half of England
32:23to Falston
32:24at the same time.
32:26That is precisely
32:27the sort of thing
32:28that makes you miserable.
32:29I don't want you
32:30to be miserable.
32:31I will not be miserable.
32:32You will simply make
32:33the rest of us miserable.
32:35Perhaps you should
32:35put an end
32:36to the entire thing
32:36and save us the suffering.
32:38Shut up, Harry.
32:42Harry
32:43is not nearly
32:44persuasive enough
32:44to convince me
32:45to cancel Linus' visit.
32:47There is no need
32:48to worry over that.
32:49But there is.
32:50You tell me to trust you
32:52but I don't know
32:52that I can.
32:54There is so much
32:55I don't know
32:56about you, Adam,
32:57so much I don't understand
32:58and that frightens me.
33:02I frighten you?
33:03That isn't what I said.
33:05It really isn't.
33:05Shut up, Harry!
33:09I am happy to see
33:10I am a unifying force.
33:11At the moment,
33:12Harry Windover,
33:13you are a frustrating force.
33:14Harry, now would be
33:15a perfect opportunity
33:16for a timely exit.
33:17In taken.
33:24I have faults, Persephone.
33:27Like any other man.
33:29But I am not a liar.
33:33I was raised by a man
33:34who valued honesty
33:36and loyalty
33:37and keeping one's word.
33:41Now I have promised you
33:42that your brother
33:43will visit you here
33:43and that Fauston Castle
33:45will host a ball
33:46and no one,
33:47not Harry,
33:47not anyone else,
33:49will browbeat me
33:50into going back
33:50on that promise to you.
33:53On any promise to you.
33:57I want to believe that.
33:59And your happiness
34:00does matter.
34:02You should believe that, too.
34:06I'm beginning to.
34:28Good afternoon.
34:30You look a bit unwell,
34:32poor boy.
34:34I'm fine.
34:35I was just telling Persephone
34:38of all the wonderful balls
34:39we used to have
34:40here at the castle.
34:41Even the London papers
34:43were full of every detail
34:44of the evening.
34:45Who attended,
34:47the decorations,
34:49the menu.
34:51Fauston balls
34:52were positively legendary.
34:55I'm certain our ball
34:56will be far less elaborate.
34:57Well, that's why
34:58I've rushed back.
34:59It could be extraordinary.
35:02A few changes to the menu,
35:03perhaps a more dramatic
35:05decorating scheme.
35:07It is enough
35:07that there will be people here.
35:09That should be plenty
35:10to fill the London papers
35:11with pages
35:12of shocked commentary.
35:15The castle's always been
35:17more pleasant
35:18when it's been festive.
35:20Mrs. Smithson and I
35:21have discussed the menu
35:22and the preparations.
35:23I am quite satisfied
35:24with what we've chosen.
35:26Hmm.
35:27Satisfied
35:27and pleased
35:28are not the same thing.
35:31You'll be desperate
35:32to leave before long
35:33if something's not done
35:34to liven the place.
35:35We are holding a ball,
35:36Mother.
35:37There has always been
35:38enough festiveness
35:38for you to return to Fauston.
35:42It sounds to me
35:43like it's hardly a ball.
35:47I...
35:49I suppose
35:49the arrangements
35:50could be made
35:51a bit more
35:53extensive.
35:54Oh, I sound just like father.
35:56I assure you both
35:57I am satisfied
35:59and pleased
36:00with our current arrangements.
36:01They suit my preferences.
36:03You really must
36:04let me help
36:05with future entertainments.
36:07We could hold
36:08ever so many,
36:09both here and in London.
36:10You'll have far too much
36:12fun to be unhappy.
36:16If you'll please
36:17excuse me.
36:26All of the balls
36:27you held for Mother
36:28weren't enough
36:28to keep her here
36:29so why the blasted blazes
36:30am I trying
36:31the same approach?
36:33Dukes don't need people,
36:34you said.
36:35We're better off
36:36without her.
36:38Persephone will leave too
36:39in the end.
36:40Everyone does.
36:47You will hurt your hand
36:48if you keep doing that.
36:52Go at your dinner,
36:53Persephone.
36:55I intend to.
36:59On the desk
37:00we'll be fine.
37:04I'm not hungry.
37:06Perhaps not,
37:07but I am.
37:16Mother...
37:17Is taking her meal
37:17with Harry.
37:19I am eating here.
37:21No one eats
37:22in this room.
37:23You would rather
37:24I starve?
37:25If you are truly
37:26on the verge
37:26of expiring
37:27then by all means
37:30take some nourishment.
37:42Blast it.
37:44Does smell good,
37:44doesn't it?
37:45What a shame
37:45you aren't hungry.
37:46Is that a hint,
37:48Persephone?
37:49A hint?
37:51You are trying
37:52to convince me
37:52to join you.
37:54This is for me.
37:55If you want something
37:55you will have to send
37:56to the kitchen
37:56for it yourself.
38:01You plan to eat
38:02an entire chicken?
38:03It is not
38:04an entire chicken.
38:05I'm not such a very
38:06large one at that.
38:07In fact,
38:07it is a very good thing.
38:09There is plenty
38:10to go with it.
38:11Otherwise,
38:11I would be in very real
38:12danger of wasting away.
38:23You didn't expect
38:24me to eat
38:25an entire chicken,
38:26did you?
38:38Thank you
38:39for the dinner,
38:40Persephone.
38:42Thank you
38:43for allowing the ball,
38:45for inviting Linus
38:46to visit.
38:48It is nice
38:49having something
38:50to look forward to.
39:06Would you like
39:07having more balls
39:09and entertainments?
39:12I would
39:12now and then.
39:16But I miss my family
39:17more than I miss company.
39:20They are so very far away
39:22it sometimes feels
39:23as though
39:24I'll never see them again.
39:28They may very well
39:29go to London
39:30for the season.
39:31You could see them there.
39:33You could see
39:34a lot of people there.
39:36That should tide you
39:37over for a while.
39:40I would have to get
39:41my fill then,
39:41I suppose.
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