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Seeking Persephone Ep 4 (2026)
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00:25John, please have Atlas saddled, I wish to ride to the vicarage.
00:30First ride outside the castle gates.
00:32I'm ready.
00:33Very good, Ugris.
01:14Oh, this is getting cold.
01:19Zeus, steady Zeus.
01:24Oh, have you found her?
01:26Oh, Ugris, we're riding to the vicarage and Atlas bolted without warning.
01:32She's not that good a rider yet, and I'm afraid she might have become unseated.
01:36And what with that pack sound so close and angry?
01:39Missephanie!
01:39She's not answering.
01:43Missephanie!
02:04We need to find the pack.
02:06Now, stick it on myself, Ugris.
02:24I heard that to you, Ugris.
02:27We're getting closer.
02:57I heard that to you, Ugris.
02:58I heard that to you, Ugris.
03:42To me, Persephone!
03:45Adam!
03:45Stay next to me. Stay next to me.
03:54John, interrupt to me.
03:56Take Atlas back if you can.
03:58We'll be quick about it. The pack wants to spook for long.
04:02Seven, arms around me.
04:04Hold fast. When we reach the road, we are going to run.
04:33I'm so dizzy.
04:35Can you walk?
04:35I think so.
04:43She was thrown from a horse out in the forest.
04:45There's a possibility she's broken her ankle.
04:47We should have a surgeon set for.
04:48No. The wolves are prowling just outside the gate.
04:50It isn't safe for anyone to go in a row.
04:52They've never done that before.
04:54Persephone?
04:56Where is Martha?
04:57Drawing room.
04:57Okay.
04:58Send her up to Persephone's room.
05:11Are we safe now?
05:13Yes.
05:15I was afraid no one would find me.
05:21That's what happens.
05:22Mother, I need your help.
05:23There's blood on her.
05:25Writing her bed.
05:26Mother?
05:28Help her to a seat, Harry.
05:32Adam?
05:35Can you take my boot off?
05:38It's too tight.
05:47Adam, she needs a surgeon.
05:49I know.
05:51Bring me boiling water.
05:53I'm the strongest brandy Barton can find.
05:55Go.
05:56Help me hurry.
06:00You'll have to cut it.
06:02Brother, could you find me some scissors?
06:04Look.
06:12Hold her still, I don't want to accidentally cut her.
06:29Here.
06:34I'm sorry, I'm trying to be gentle.
07:23I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
07:30I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
08:27I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
08:31I have an idea why the pack attacked Atlas, and I thought you might want to know sooner than later,
08:37even if telling you means overstepping yourself a bit.
08:39You aren't overstepping. What have you discovered?
08:43While we were cleaning Atlas' wounds, we couldn't help but notice that she smelled strongly of bacon.
08:50Of bacon?
08:51That might be why the wolves attacked Atlas, but weren't so intent on getting the meat on my horse or
08:56at Ewan's house.
08:59Grace might have picked up some of that smell. That'd be why they were hunting her.
09:06Talk with your staff. See where you can find out. If it played any role in this attack, any, I
09:14do not want the same mistake to occur again.
09:16Yes, you could.
09:17Chris.
09:19John?
09:37Adam?
09:40May I speak with you, please?
09:45Perhaps you should sit down.
09:47I'm so sorry, Adam. I know you wished me to help with Persephone. You must be so disappointed.
09:54Sit down, mother.
09:59Sometimes you're so like your father. Dear man.
10:04Are you unwell?
10:07I'm so mortified.
10:10You see, I've always been hopeless in a sick room.
10:14Even as a child, when anyone in the household would get so much as a cold, I would fret our
10:18dear nurse into a fit of nerves.
10:22And my mother always told me it would be different when I was a mother.
10:30You must be so ashamed of me.
10:35Being so utterly useless when you were depending on me.
10:38There was a great deal of blood earlier with Persephone.
10:40I do not blame you for not being up to the task.
10:46Well, I'm certain I only made the situation worse.
10:50I always did.
10:53The second surgeon actually sent me to the vicarage for two days.
10:58Banished.
10:59From my own home.
11:02From my poor boy.
11:03You banished.
11:04The second surgeon.
11:06I'm certain I made it worse.
11:08I was so nervous, so concerned through the first one.
11:13The first surgery.
11:14And I didn't get better.
11:16Worse, in fact.
11:19The next few surgeons insisted I be gone before they even arrived.
11:22You are referring to the surgeons who did this.
11:27And I was grateful to go.
11:31Happy to.
11:34What kind of an unnatural mother wishes to leave her child at such a time?
11:50Persephone is asking for you.
11:52She seems anxious.
11:56She seems anxious.
12:15What is it, Persephone?
12:18I've been thinking back on my ride.
12:20I'm sure that can wait until you're more fully rested.
12:23What happened today, I don't believe, was an accident.
12:30What has led you to that suspicion?
12:34John didn't help me mount.
12:37Usually the stable hand waits for him, but this time he didn't.
12:41And the stable hand who helped me smelled like...
12:45Bacon?
12:46How did you know?
12:49Was it a faint aroma?
12:51No.
12:52At first I thought perhaps he'd been helping in the curing house,
12:56or had slipped in a lard spiel in the kitchen.
12:58The scent was so strong I could still smell it.
13:01While you were riding.
13:04Exactly.
13:07The groom who helps you mount, does he assist you often?
13:10Occasionally.
13:11Do you know his name?
13:12Um, he wears a green handkerchief round his neck.
13:16None of the others do.
13:19John Henley will know who it is.
13:21You're going to talk to him?
13:22That groom, I mean?
13:24If he had any hand in this, I plan to do far more than just talk.
13:30What's the name of the groom who has a green handkerchief round his neck?
13:33Jimmy.
13:34He's a new one.
13:35Quiet lake.
13:36Keeps to himself.
13:36Any idea where I might find this Jimmy?
13:38Last I saw out of him, he was at the back of the stable.
13:41Where he helped to craze him out this morning.
13:43He said he reeked of bacon more than could have been accidental.
13:45What on purpose then?
13:46That's what I mean to find out.
13:47Oh, there he is.
13:49Jimmy!
13:51Smith!
13:52Do not let him get past the gate!
13:54Stop it!
13:56Stop it!
13:57Stop it!
13:57Stop it!
13:58Stop it!
14:03Stop it!
14:04Stop it!
14:06Stop it!
14:06Stop it!
14:08Stop it!
14:09Stop it!
14:10Stop it!
14:20This woman is Mr. Smith, who tried to kill my wife.
14:26You took the only thing that mattered to me.
14:29Just trying to repay the favor, Gav.
14:32You'll answer this?
14:33Oh, no.
14:33I have a better idea.
14:38Put him in the gibbet.
14:40What?
14:42You can't do that!
14:43You have to consult the law!
14:45I am the Duke of Kilda!
14:47I am the law!
14:49I am the Board of Kilda!
15:34Dukes aren't supposed to need people for suffering.
16:17Dukes aren't supposed to need people for suffering.
16:28Dukes aren't supposed to need people for suffering.
16:29I like Faustin.
16:31So do I, Linus.
16:33Then why don't you look happy?
16:36Probably because I'm in pain.
16:39I had no idea how long a few simple cuts could take to heal.
16:42I understand they weren't simple at all.
16:46Considering it might have befallen me, I think of my injuries as comparatively simple.
16:53It is so good to have you here.
16:59I'm happy to see you again.
17:01Don't...
17:03I already miss a sea.
17:07If I don't ever miss time...
17:15I believe he is home now.
17:17And he is within the wall.
17:28Midshipman Lancaster.
17:30If I had known that your intention in visiting here was to make your sister cry...
17:34I would not have invited you.
17:36You guessed why devious thoughts were the alarming precision, Your Grace.
17:40Every young navy man wishes to bring their female relatives into varying states of hysteria on every possible occasion.
17:47And apparently you are also intent on bringing Persephone down to her deathbed.
17:51Alas, it is true.
17:54Though I have momentarily forgotten how I intend to do this.
17:57By keeping her out of doors, and in the cold, instead of inside, warm and off her feet.
18:03Oh yes, I remember now.
18:05Well I suppose, since you have guessed my plot, I shall have to abandon my ill-fated scheme.
18:10It was inevitable.
18:19Oh, thank you.
18:28I will see you inside, Linus.
18:34You seem pleased.
18:36I've missed my brother.
18:39He's not at all what I expected.
18:42Your description was of an infant.
18:44Imagine my shock when he walked out of the carriage.
18:47No leading strings on nursemaids in sight.
18:50Adam Boyce, are you teasing me?
18:53I never tease.
18:54You also, apparently, never host walls.
18:58Yet you are doing exactly that tomorrow.
19:01Clearly I have begun a descent into senulity.
19:05You are in the oddest mood this evening.
19:10You have no idea.
19:35You used at院unus points in you.
19:36You won't be είναι.
19:36You were long as you are wearing it your朝…
19:40You think it were worth the oddest mood
19:41Are you sniffing your eyes.
19:41Then, please feel free to move this around the outside.
19:49Persephone seems to be wondering where you are.
19:51Has she asked after me?
19:55Just the look on her face.
19:57We could always tell growing up when she was worrying about one of us.
20:02She must have worried a lot.
20:05Persephone held with the family together after Muammar died.
20:09How old was she?
20:11Twelve.
20:13She very suddenly lost what was left of her childhood.
20:17You did as well.
20:19Her life these past eight years has been one unending sacrifice for the sake of the family.
20:26Including her marriage?
20:31Do you know why my papa named Persephone as he did?
20:35Obsession with all things Greek.
20:37Other than that.
20:39The story of Persephone is his favourite.
20:43Seems an odd favourite to me.
20:46Not when you look at it as he does.
20:49The part counts himself amongst the scholars of the classics who believe that Hades didn't
20:52trick Persephone at all.
20:54And that they both decided together that she'd eat the pomegranate seeds.
20:58Because it meant that nothing could prevent Persephone from returning to him.
21:04But why would she return?
21:06But why would she return?
21:06It was the reason for her return.
21:08That indeed the goddess of my father.
21:11The seeds?
21:12The seeds were symbolic.
21:14Symbolic of what?
21:28I know disappearing balls is one of your particular talents, but it does not reflect well on your wife.
21:35You really ought to go and sit beside her.
21:37What I really ought to do is hang you out your bedchamber windows by a bedsheet wrapped around your ankles.
21:44Welcome back, old friend.
21:46You've been shockingly soft lately.
21:48Oh, shut up.
21:49Harry?
22:18What do the pomegranate seeds symbolize?
22:21What?
22:22In the Persephone myth, Linus said the seeds are symbols.
22:27Has he been waxing philosophical?
22:29That is the one trait he inherited from Papa.
22:34What do they symbolize?
22:37According to Papa, the seeds are symbolic of love.
22:41Hades' love for Persephone, her love for him.
22:45How could she love someone who kept her prisoner?
22:49Papa always believed she came to know him beyond his fearsome demeanor and came to love him.
22:54Hades fell in love with Persephone as well. She was his match.
23:00But if they were so in love, then why did she leave at all?
23:05If she had eaten all the seeds, she would have stayed forever.
23:09Hades did not force her to remain because her family needed her.
23:13Hades never let anyone leave his realm.
23:17Hades loved Persephone.
23:24He let her go because he loved her.
23:27She returned because she loved him.
23:32The Persephone had a good time.
23:35The Persephone has a good time.
23:40The Persephone herself.
23:44The Persephone icon.
23:45Jennifer Nelson.
23:45The Persephone.
24:11Thank you for the ball, Adam.
24:14It was wonderful.
24:17You were happy?
24:20You weren't disappointed?
24:24What?
24:27What more were you hoping for?
24:32I've never danced at a ball.
24:36I've often imagined doing so.
24:39I had no intention of asking you to do yet another unpleasant thing today.
24:44And yet...
24:47I would enjoy dancing with you.
24:51You would endure it, I'm certain.
25:05I want to dance with you.
25:09The musicians have all left.
25:11We don't need them.
25:19My leg is...
25:22It's still too weak to hold me for long.
25:25And allow me...
25:27To hold you.
25:28I want to dance with you.
25:42I'm so proud.
25:43Let me dance with you.
25:44Bye-bye.
25:45Hey.
25:51Bye-bye.
25:53I wanna do this...
25:57It has been messed up.
25:57I can do sun...
25:57Now I want to dance with you...
26:07Linus leaves for Stropfer in the morning to visit your family
26:13Yes, I know
26:15You will be leaving with him
26:17That was not the plan
26:18It should have been
26:20It should always have been
26:23The two of you can depart immediately following breakfast in the morning
26:28Will you be journeying with us?
26:33I belong at Fawston Castle
26:41And where do I belong?
26:51Your family needs you
26:55And what about you?
26:57Adam?
27:01Do you so need people?
27:09I can't wait there
27:10I can't wait there
27:12I can't wait there
27:21I can't wait there
27:25I can't wait there
27:28I'm going to take care
27:29I need to take care
27:32You're so happy
27:32I'll leave you at that
27:41You'd best not keep the horses standing, Mother.
27:44It'll only take a moment, and it is more important than me making a timely departure.
27:51Your father and I had an arranged marriage.
27:56No accounting was made for the differences in our dispositions.
28:00I was raised in town.
28:02Among society.
28:06London.
28:07Baton.
28:08It's what I knew and needed.
28:11Your father was raised here.
28:14In quiet and solitude.
28:18We wanted very different things in life.
28:24We tried to compromise.
28:27To blend our preferences.
28:31But he begrudged the balls and gatherings held here, and came to rather despise my need for company.
28:39He wouldn't have...
28:40I will admit...
28:42I likewise began to view my relationship to Hulsternan, by extension him, through a lens of bitterness.
28:52I do not wish to hear this.
28:54Resentment grows quickly, Adam.
28:59Your father was a good man, despite his implacableness.
29:05I held out hope for so long, in my foolishly romantic heart, that he would come for me while I
29:13was away.
29:15He never did.
29:18Did you tell him that that was what you were hoping for?
29:23I was so young.
29:25Only seventeen when we married.
29:27In my naivete, I believed that if he truly cared, he would meet me part way.
29:38You are more willing to compromise than your father ever was.
29:43And Persephone is more suited to quiet and solitude than I ever will be.
29:50She is your match, Adam.
29:53Do not throw away this chance by making her guess at your feelings.
30:22She has a point, you know.
30:27Every other guest has left the castle, Harry.
30:30I haven't you.
30:33I am here to be your conscience.
30:36To save you from yourself.
30:42She will come back.
30:47When Linus returns to his ship, Persephone will return to Vosla.
30:52And I know you well enough to predict that you will act as though you couldn't care less whether she
30:56is here or not.
30:59Do you really want her to wonder about that?
31:02This is none of your concern, Harry.
31:10You miss her.
31:13And she deserves to know that.
31:16She is happy with her family.
31:18I think I'll be part of her family.
31:21Who to stop shit?
31:22That isn't how it works.
31:24How it works.
31:29Persephone receives her reprieve.
31:31And Hades stays in the underworld, waiting to see if the seeds work.
31:36Obviously, you were sleeping during that lecture at Harrow.
31:42Hades did not sit back and wait for Persephone.
31:45When the time came, Hades slipped past the hellhounds and ventured into the realm of the living to reclaim his
31:52bride.
31:54I did not remember that.
31:58Hades was no Pamsi Fribble, Adam.
32:02And I'd bet if only his Persephone
32:05knew exactly how her husband felt about her.
32:09I did not remember that.
32:47Are you sure you're warm enough?
32:49I'm dressed as warmly as I am at home.
32:51It is far colder there.
32:54You speak very fondly of Fullstone Castle.
32:56I've come to love it, Athena.
32:59More than just the castle.
33:02I hope I'm not out of lying in saying that
33:06you seem to miss the castle.
33:11I do.
33:13Then why do you seem so sad whenever anyone mentions you going back?
33:16I do not nearly think it is because you'll miss us.
33:20Probably because I'm not entirely certain what I will find when I return.
33:26You could always just stay here.
33:30My heart is there.
33:34I hope the castle knows how fortunate he is.
33:36I hope the castle knows how fortunate he is.
33:40I hope the castle knows how close the castle has ever faced me.
33:58Ada.
34:02How have you come to take me home?
34:06When you're ready.
34:09But I...
34:10I wanted to see Shropshire.
34:14To see where you grew up.
34:16You did?
34:19And...
34:21And get to know your family.
34:25And I...
34:26I...
34:30Hades always went off to Persephone.
34:34Yes.
34:35He did.
34:39He waited as long as he had to.
34:43And then he left his kingdom and he did not come back until he found her.
34:48I think Hades must have missed his wife.
34:52I think he knew to the very minute how long she'd been gone.
34:57But was Persephone as anxious to return as he was to have her with him again?
35:02Yes.
35:03She was.
35:17Why did Hades go after her?
35:23He must have loved her.
35:24No.
35:25He did.
35:27He did more than he could even express.
35:35But...
35:37But did Persephone love him in spite of his flaws?
35:42In spite of deserving so much better than he could ever offer?
35:47Oh, Adam.
35:48Am I too late?
35:50Is there nothing that I can...
35:51You said you belong at Fauston.
35:55Only at Fauston.
35:58I belong with you.
36:19I do love you, Adam.
36:24I do love you.
36:32And the Tom will not believe it, even if they heard you say that.
36:36We shall have to convince them.
36:39I may enjoy London yet.
36:42Does this mean I can come to your castle?
36:46Our castle is in need of a good exploration.
36:52Perhaps if you have no other plans for Christmas, you could undertake one then.
36:58Athena!
36:59Daphne!
37:01You realize she will bring the rest of the family, and Fauston will be overrun with people.
37:10Well, there is probably a chance I will be in a foul mood from time to time.
37:18You may once again have to save me from myself.
37:24You have done that, do you know?
37:26Safety.
37:34Do you know that I would have come for you, no matter how far you've gone?
37:42Hades always came for Persephone.
37:49And she always returned home.
37:54Always.
37:55Always.
37:56Always.
37:57Always.
38:00Always.
38:03Always.
38:04Always.
38:06Always.
38:09Always.
38:09Always.
38:12Always.
38:12Always.
38:12Always.
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