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00:21We'll be there, Artemis.
00:23I don't know why we have to do this.
00:26Because we like to eat.
00:27But we only pay pennies.
00:29Things that keep our family from dire straits.
00:31I do not enjoy washing the neighbourhood's laundry any more than you do,
00:34but being upset about it won't change our situation.
00:37Ah.
00:51Open the door, sweetheart.
00:52I have had an attraction today.
00:54Now I have to open the door.
00:56I'm sorry you've suffered so much.
00:58I fear you'll simply have to continue in your wretched state a bit longer.
01:02I will open the door, but do not be surprised if I lie in the floor and die.
01:06I will be many things if that happens, my sweet little Artemis, but above all I will not be surprised.
01:13She has died far less than this in the past.
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02:09Now I will come back to the hotel.
02:15learned today? It's ever so interesting and terribly useful. Cannot wait. Thank you, Persephone. Call
02:22Stephanie.
02:33You did say this might happen. Yes, I did. And what has brought you to such a horrible end this
02:38time?
02:39My suffering is too great. No words can possibly describe it. Is this because I could not buy you
02:44sweet from the confectionery shop? That was tragic. But not the reason you're expiring on the floor.
02:48I didn't see my friend. I watched for him and he didn't come. He hasn't ever so long and it's
02:55deeply
02:55devastating. Is this the friend I can't see? The friend you don't see. Ah. Do you think your friend
03:03would visit you again if we had bread pudding tonight? Bread pudding? I have a bit of stale bread
03:08and Mrs Sanford gave me some cream. I think we should have bread pudding tonight. It's not even
03:13my birthday bread pudding is quite possibly my favourite thing in all the world. Of course,
03:20if you are dead on the floor you won't be able to have any. I'm all better. It is a
03:25miracle.
03:26Thank you, thank you, thank you. You're very welcome my darling little otteress.
03:36How do you like the latest fashions?
03:38These are not the latest. Mrs Upton gave me these because she received the most recent version but
03:43they are very nearly the latest.
03:47That is gorgeous. Isn't it? I've added it to my list of dreams.
03:51That must be quite the list by now. Isn't that what dreaming is for? Believing in those things you
03:56feel you'll never have and want to continue hoping are possible. Like having money enough and happiness,
04:03falling in love. I want you to have all of those things Athena.
04:07You must have dreams too. Certainly I do. Artemis's spirits not being dampened by the heaviness of life.
04:14Daphne finding a friend who helps to feel seen and cared about. Evander and Linus returning home to us whole.
04:22Far from guarantee for too much shipment in the navy during all time. I should have done more to keep
04:27them home and safe.
04:28There's nothing more you could have done. I could have taken in more laundry or reduced my
04:32portions at mealtimes. I could have gone without fires in my room.
04:34And it likely still would not have been enough.
04:38I suppose that is my version of hoping for impossible things.
04:43None of the hopes that you've mentioned have been a dream for yourself.
04:47Seeing this family happy is dream enough for me.
04:52Fetch Daphne and Artemis and take them to the kitchen. I do not know how frustrating he might be this
04:57time.
05:02Have you received a letter?
05:07We have a very significant problem.
05:11What has happened, Papa? Evander? Linus?
05:14Oh no, I haven't heard anything about your brothers.
05:21I have, however, received the most befuddling letter.
05:31You, my dear, have received an offer of marriage.
05:35A what?
05:36An offer from an incredibly wealthy gentleman with an old and prestigious title.
05:53Good heavens!
05:57What I cannot fathom is why the Duke has settled on you.
06:02Though he cannot even be remotely acquainted with our family.
06:06The Duke?
06:07Of course, dear. The Duke of Kilda!
06:10The Duke of Kilda has asked for my hand in marriage.
06:14Quite specifically.
06:18I do not believe a word of it. After all, I do not know his grace. Or any grace for
06:24that matter.
06:33Mr Lancaster, I am requesting a hand of your eldest daughter in marriage.
06:39I am prepared to settle upon your three remaining daughters, 20,000 each for their dowries and
06:4550,000 upon yourself for the sake of your sons.
06:49The ceremony will take place October the 1st at the Fulston Chapel.
06:53Please reply as to your intentions.
06:57Yours, etc.
07:00Kilda.
07:02It is certainly not the most romantic nor flattering of proposals, to be sure.
07:07The ceremony will take place.
07:09There is not the slightest acknowledgement. The unforeseen offer might be declined.
07:15This offer amounts to more than a hundred thousand pounds.
07:28What is the Duke of Kilda like?
07:31Like?
07:34Well, I couldn't say I have not met the current Duke.
07:38What was his father like?
07:43Dull as dishwater.
07:47But his mother is an active soul.
08:06One hundred thousand pounds!
08:08I can hardly comprehend such a sum.
08:12It is more than five hundred years worth our current income.
08:16It is more than five times the income of the Duke of Sussex and he is son of the King.
08:20Good heavens!
08:21We would have food enough to eat.
08:23We would not need to wash laundry for pennies.
08:27The boys could soon leave the Navy and return home.
08:31All of your impossible dreams would suddenly be entirely possible.
08:35This would not merely save our family. It would save generations of our family.
08:40Duke of Kilda might be prone to anger or unkindness.
08:44What if he mistreats you? What if being married to him makes you miserable for the rest of your life?
08:48It is also possible he will be kind and considerate.
08:52You don't know anything about him?
08:55Only that he clearly has a tremendous amount of money and wishes to marry me. He gave no indication why.
09:00You needn't simply accept this offer. One may yet come from someone that you at least know won't treat you
09:05abominably.
09:06There will be no other offers.
09:08If I do not accept this one, our family will sink further.
09:12Even the simple hopes we currently have will be out of reach.
09:15Then all of your hopes will be snatched away.
09:17This family's happiness is worth every sacrifice.
09:20Isn't your happiness worth something as well?
09:23Artemis has always told the tale of Hades and Persephone quite accurately.
09:27Persephone doesn't get to be happy.
09:30And you mean to accept the Duke's offer?
09:53Who invited all of these people?
09:56I did.
09:57It is not every day my poor boy takes a bride.
10:01This was supposed to be a quiet ceremony.
10:04I do not believe Miss Lancaster has invited anyone beyond her own immediate family.
10:09I did not intend to cause awkwardness, Adam.
10:12I only wish to celebrate.
10:27I wonder if the chit will actually turn off.
10:29Try to resist the urge to run through any of the wedding guests.
10:39The devil is she.
10:41Another five minutes and I'll go retrieve for myself.
10:58When is this going to start?
11:00I'm hungry.
11:01I hate Artemis.
11:02It's my god.
11:03It'll be fine.
11:11It's starting to come after all.
11:18Here we go.
11:30Here we go.
11:52Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together in the sight of God and the face of this
11:58congregation to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, an honorable
12:05estate instituted of God in the time of man's innocence, signifying unto us the mystical
12:11union betwixt Christ and his church.
12:14Therefore, if any man can show any just cause why they should not lawfully be joined together,
12:21let him speak, or else hereafter forever hold his peace.
12:28Do you ship lost in my kingdom?
12:34Go on.
12:36Who giveth this woman to be married to this man?
12:49Apparently I give it myself.
12:55Take her right hand in yours.
13:04I, Adam Richard Boyce, Duke of Kilda, Marquess of Faustin, Earl of Faustin, Vicampinus, Baron Faustin,
13:08Baron Whiteley, take thee to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward,
13:12for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish
13:16till death to his part according to God's holy ordinance, and thereto I plight thee my troth.
13:27I, Persephone, I...
13:28Ridiculous.
13:35Lancaster, do take thee to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better,
13:47for worse,
13:49for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, to love and to cherish till death do us part,
13:56according to God's holy ordinance, and thereto I give thee my troth.
14:02He had everything.
14:03Not usually.
14:05Can it be?
14:06I suppose all the truly essential bits have been seen to.
14:11Those whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
14:17To the castle, then.
15:09Is your name really Persephone?
15:12It is.
15:14Did you not think to ask?
15:18What were your parents thinking, choosing a name like that?
15:23My father is a scholar.
15:25He's particularly fond of Greek mythology.
15:27Entirely too fond, don't it seem.
15:30Are the rest of your siblings similarly afflicted?
15:32In what way afflicted?
15:34What absurd names did your parents assign the other members of your family?
15:38Athena is just younger than I.
15:40Bander is 14, Linus 13.
15:43Daphne will be 12 toward the end of the year.
15:45The youngest is Artemis.
15:47Fate save us from short-sighted scholars.
15:50Do you have a middle name?
15:52I do.
15:53I suppose it is entirely too much to hope that it is something common.
15:58Iphigenia.
16:01Persephone Iphigenia.
16:04Did no one ever call you anything else?
16:06Only Miss Lancaster.
16:08I cannot call you that.
16:10I suppose I will have to consign myself to Persephone.
16:13It would seem so.
16:18You, of course, will call me Kilda.
16:20I will not call you Kilda.
16:21Everyone calls me Kilda.
16:22Kilda?
16:23It sounds as though I am accusing you of a crime.
16:28You would no doubt prefer Agamemnon, or Apollo, or something along that vein.
16:33My papa certainly would.
16:36Would you propose to call me, then?
16:38Adam?
16:39No one calls me Adam.
16:41No one?
16:42Certainly your family and closest friends would.
16:47Harry does.
16:48Who is Harry?
16:49A friend.
16:51One who allows himself far too much freedom.
16:57Who is Harry?
17:57Calling me Adam will be fine.
18:00It's happening.
18:14This is Barton, the butler.
18:17Mrs. Smithson, the housekeeper.
18:20Duchess of Kilden.
18:41Mr. Smithson, we'll see to whatever you need.
19:05I'm likely meant to be shown all of the castle, but I would very much like to rest.
19:11Perhaps you could simply point out the rooms I need to know today and save the rest for tomorrow.
19:15Of course, Your Grace.
19:23The Drawn Room.
19:25A favourite of Queen Elizabeth when she stayed at Fauston Castle in 1580.
19:34Do members of the royal family still visit Fauston?
19:38Heavens no!
19:40They wouldn't dare.
19:42This is the Grand Banquet Hall, which has hosted feasts for some of the most significant and influential people in
19:50the kingdom over the past 500 years.
19:54I believe your family will be dining in here this evening.
20:00Is that a gibbet?
20:03Unstocks.
20:05Was there no room in the dark foreboding dungeon?
20:07There's ample room, Your Grace, but the Duke says displayin' weapons makes them more effective.
20:19All of the family bedchambers are on this floor.
20:23This is your bedchamber, Your Grace.
20:27Is there anything else you wish for me to do, Your Grace?
20:30Not for a moment.
20:31The bell pull is beside the fireplace, should you require anything.
21:24This is never going to work.
21:33This is never going to work.
21:42I just saw your man of business leaving the castle.
21:46What did you do to him?
21:48I fired him.
21:50Again?
21:52How many times have you fired poor man?
21:54Six.
21:56Seven.
21:57Every time he sulks away like a lily-livered coward.
22:03You didn't pull your pistol on him this time, did you?
22:06I have never pulled a pistol on Josiah Jones.
22:10I may have held an ebbe to his throat once or twice, but he's never in any real danger.
22:15Well, perhaps his fear has something to do with your less than pristine reputation, Adam.
22:19Rumor has it.
22:20You've run through a few men in your time.
22:22Rumor has it I've done quite a few things.
22:26And you wonder why Jones thinks the worst whenever you're angry with him.
22:28I always reinstate his employment, and he never makes the same mistake twice.
22:39Sir.
22:40What was his transgression this time?
22:43No, no.
22:43Don't tell me.
22:45Smiled too much while discussing the estate investments.
22:49No.
22:51Did not include enough threats in the business correspondence he sent on your behalf.
22:55He recommended a means of preventing my distant cousin from one day inheriting Fauston.
23:01Ah.
23:02Jones was the one who suggested you marry.
23:05He knew of a penniless family in Shropshire with an eldest daughter of the appropriate age who had no other
23:12prospects.
23:13His enthusiastic recommendation has proven intolerably stupid.
23:19The stupidest sitting in one's bookroom with one's friend on one's wedding night.
23:24Because that, Adam, is a level of idiocy far and above ordinary stupidity.
23:29I stood through the wedding and just spent an interminable dinner with my flock of new sisters-in-law.
23:37Did they stare at you?
23:40It would have been understandable, you know, having not been warned.
23:43I ought to have written then.
23:44Hmm?
23:45Perhaps I could have included a postscript with the proposal.
23:48By the way, I have a mutilated face you'll be forced to look at day in and day out for
23:54the rest of your life.
23:55Hope that's not a problem.
24:01Perhaps not those precise words.
24:03She wasn't exactly forthcoming either.
24:06I will have you know.
24:07I forgot to mention something important.
24:09Another husband, perhaps.
24:12Extraneous limb.
24:13Her name.
24:16Is Persephone.
24:18A man ought to know a thing like that about his future wife.
24:22Persephone Iphigenia.
24:24What an inexcusably ridiculous thing to call a child.
24:37I had the chance to speak briefly with your new bride, Adam.
24:41She was...
24:44Delightful.
24:46Perhaps a little quiet.
24:48But that is to be expected considering the upheaval in her life.
24:52I'll confess.
24:54I had expected someone rather long in the tooth.
24:58Rather long in the face.
25:01In all honesty.
25:02So had I.
25:04So had I.
25:04But she's a fetching thing.
25:07Young and...
25:09Quite pretty.
25:16You expected someone desperate.
25:21And ugly.
25:24And undesirable.
25:27Instead, your bride turned out to be a vast deal more than possible.
25:32Not quite what you'd bargain for, I guess.
25:36A lady who was too intolerable to have any other options would be content with her curmudgeon in a drafty
25:41castle in the wilds of Northumberland.
25:43And now, because she is young and fine-looking, seems to be good-natured and potentially enjoyable company,
25:53The poor girl is upstairs, alone, probably wondering what she's done wrong, while you are down here brooding.
26:05Adam, you are completely bacon-brained.
26:08I should call you out for that.
26:10Do.
26:12Come out tonight.
26:13I'm tired.
26:18Call me out tomorrow, would you?
26:20I ought to lock you in the dungeon.
26:22You should.
26:23No point having a dungeon if no one's ever consigned to suffering it.
26:28Good night, Adam.
26:29Good night.
26:30Your song shows loud.
26:35And Adam.
26:36What?
26:38Give the poor girl a chance.
26:40It's not her fault you've ended up with every man's idea of a perfect wife.
27:06Give the poor girl a chance.
27:35Are you going to be lonely without us, Persephone?
27:37I will miss you terribly.
27:42But you will have each other.
27:44So you are unlikely to be lonely.
27:47I do not know that anyone will remember to talk to me when you're not here.
27:52I'm certain everything will be fine.
27:54You don't need to worry about us.
27:59Write and tell me about all the things you're reading.
28:09I love you.
28:10I love you too.
28:15I do not want to go.
28:16Let me speak with her.
28:23Oh, my dear girl, you're crying.
28:26He did not make you stay here.
28:28No one is making me stay here, dearest.
28:31Folsom Castle is my home now.
28:33I will send you letters.
28:35Perhaps with the gimme under the seal, you could come here.
28:39We could explore the castle together.
28:41He won't let me.
28:43Of course, you know.
28:44We will have grand adventures.
28:48Perhaps there is a tower room where we can imagine all sorts of wonderful stories,
28:53the way we always did at home.
28:55Do you promise?
28:56I promise.
28:58You will take care of me when you're gone.
29:01The car will engage a governess for both you and Daphne.
29:05A companion for Athena when you're all in town.
29:09Will you visit us there?
29:11Of course.
29:12Stephanie.
29:13Yes, my dear?
29:15We will take care of you.
29:17Will you be happy even though we're gone?
29:24I will.
29:28When have you known me to be unhappy?
29:31Then I will be happy too, but if I don't leave now, I will cry again and I do not
29:35want to cry anymore.
29:37Then let us promise each other not to cry.
29:41Yes.
29:43Good.
29:43I will see you soon.
29:45Be good for Papa.
29:46I will.
29:47I love you, dearest.
29:49I love you too, Persephone.
29:51You're the best mama I've ever had.
29:53I will.
30:21You're the best mama I've ever had.
30:29I thought you weren't supposed to cry.
30:33Artemis is crying as well, I'm certain of it.
30:36Then why make the promise?
30:38To lessen her pain.
30:42If my sister knew I was crying, it would break her heart.
30:47But you know she is crying.
30:51I know her better than she knows me.
31:00Best mom she ever had.
31:20I know her better than she knows me.
31:21No.
31:21I don't know.
32:0924 hours into this ill-conceived marriage, and my wife is already in the back of a garden sobbing.
32:27How long until your marriage did mother start crying?
32:37And when did that stop making you feel like a monster?
32:39No.
32:41No.
32:42No.
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33:32No.
33:37Good evening.
33:39Are you feeling well, child?
33:42I...
33:42am excessively tired.
33:45Do not fret yourself over dinner, dear.
33:48I'll have a tray sent to your room.
33:50You rest.
34:08You're welcome.
34:14You're welcome.
34:15Just let's give a second.
34:18I'm out of here.
34:19I'm out of here.
34:21I'm out of here.
34:22I'm out of here.
34:25I'm out of here.
34:27I'm out of here.
34:32We'll be at the next hour.
34:32I'm out of here.
34:32It's all over here.
34:38You told me you'd call me out today.
34:40Never did.
34:42I've decided to shoot you first thing in the morning.
34:45Go to sleep so I can load my pistols in peace.
34:49Your mother said the new Duchess was indisposed this evening.
34:53Any idea what you meant by that?
34:55As mother said, she was indisposed.
34:59She wouldn't be the first person to hide from you.
35:01She? You mean Persephone?
35:03Well, I certainly don't mean your mother.
35:05You could shoot a man dead in the drawing room and she'd just smile indulgently and say,
35:09My poor boy, yes. And the woman will still be calling me that when I'm 80.
35:12When you're 80, she'll be dead.
35:14Oh, shut up, Harry.
35:17Is there any chance Persephone's locked in the dungeon?
35:21I am not a monster. And she chose to accept me.
35:25Ah, yes. But without the benefit of the rather ingenious postscript you composed last night.
35:30I don't think she realized...
35:31You think I've made her miserable already?
35:34She took this morning's farewells particularly hard.
35:38You ought to have insisted her family stay longer.
35:41So I'm the villain, am I?
35:44I wouldn't be surprised if you never saw the poor woman again as long as you lived.
35:47In a place as enormous as this pile of rock.
35:51She could avoid you for years.
35:57Where are you going?
36:00My wife is indisposed.
36:02I'm going to see for myself that she is well.
36:05Adam.
36:06I am not going to hurt the blasted woman.
36:11You know me better than that.
36:13She's not a poor woman.
36:15Right?
36:24Yeah.
36:32I do.
36:41Look...
37:30Oh, forgive me, your grace. I'm attempting to find the breakfast room. Please tell me you know how to reach
37:36it from here.
37:37I got lost a few times when I first started working here. Fauston Castle is quite a big place. Enormous.
37:44New rivals really ought to be provided with a map. This way, your grace, and I'll not tell anyone you
37:50were lost. Thank you.
37:53Mother, explain to Harry that you're not leaving Fauston Castle because I forced you to do so. It seems to
37:58think that I drive every person who ever comes here away with a scythe in one hand and a flaming
38:02torch in the other.
38:04A regular one-person blood-dusty mob. That's what you are. You really ought to think about employing pitchforks when
38:11you...
38:13Stephanie, come. Break your fast, dear. Kidneys? Eggs? Yes, please. Harry, will you please?
38:22I will prepare a plate for her mother.
38:24You need an inconvenience yourself.
38:27Please.
38:53Should I sit somewhere else?
38:55No. You can stay where you are.
38:59Will you be coming to town at Christmas time?
39:01I never go to town until absolutely necessary.
39:04You must convince my poor boy of the delights of London.
39:08I have never been to London.
39:11Well, then you absolutely must come as soon as possible.
39:15I shall positively love taking you round town and introducing you to just everyone.
39:22I'm certain you can pack quickly, Adam, and I could delay my departure by a day or so and we
39:26could all...
39:27I shall be forced to take her in the spring as it is.
39:30Forced?
39:32The season is such fun.
39:34How can you say forced?
39:36I despise London.
39:38But the Queen will be vexed if Persephone is not presented and there is one bother I could do without.
39:42Thus, I shall be forced to town.
39:46Do not let him burden you with even the tiniest amount of guilt, Your Grace.
39:49By spring, he will have gone months without insulting members of the Cabinet or any of the Royal Family.
39:54And will be itching for the opportunity.
39:58That is good to know.
40:00I suppose, as a good friend of the family, I ought to remain here indefinitely.
40:03And offer my insights into your grumbly husband.
40:07That is simply the sort of selfless person I am.
40:11Even selfless people can be thrown from the south parapet.
40:17I am beginning to suspect, Adam, that you do not like me very much.
40:21I will simply have to ponder the sorrow of this realisation.
40:26Your Grace.
40:29Your Grace.
40:33Your Grace.
40:38This could be confusing.
40:40You really ought to think of names for the three of you.
40:45I will neveramientos.
40:45Too many years?
40:45I want to be convinced.
40:45Like, oh my god.
40:46My wife, my son.
40:46Your Grace.
40:47Hey Zamble.
40:47You never queria cosas.
40:47My son of which is healthy.
40:47See how many people deal?
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