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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!
02:35Barton!
02:38What is that infernal noise?
02:42I believe that would be described as lively conversation, Harry's.
02:46And who is responsible for such lively conversation?
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.
04:06Of 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.
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?
05:40No.
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.
05:56Thank you for allowing the pointers to remain.
05:59I mean I 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.
06:14I 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.
07:00So I was not able to form much of an opinion of her.
07:03Ms. Stephanie?
07:07It's for me.
07:09You should read it.
07:13Your grace, Lord.
07:14Your 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 to come to entry, sustained to our gruners.
07:27You have most lost at that time.
07:28He's been buried in a cemetery untroupled or 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.
07:50It 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.
08:09You 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.
08:55And, 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.
09:33They'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.
10:38what happened?
10:38Sir, I'm so sorry.
10:44Besides you.
10:58Persephone.
10:59Persephone.
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 to 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
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
14:19are 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
14:47wrapped up in that blanket
14:49you knew
14:51i 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
15:13loud 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 in here
15:40no
15:42the way i forget it
15:43if the pack ever actually makes it into the castle
15:45they'll eat you first
15:58goodnight adam
16:00goodnight posefne
16:11adam
16:13yes
16:16why 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 marrying me
16:52when i visited the vicarage several days ago
16:58mrs adcock said that most gentlemen who pay for a wife
17:01regret 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 headisham loudly enough for mrs adcock to hear whether or not it seemed odd that some
17:23ladies found it necessary to offer money to prospective bridegroom in order to bring him up to scratch
17:37mrs adcock's
17:41mrs 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 cunning retort on for something
17:53i have not
17:55i have not pulled caps with anyone in years i'm not ashamed to admit that i enjoyed it
18:00i felt like a regular warrior perhaps before i next call at the vicarage i should try on one of
18:07the suits of armor for size i could check the armory for a jousting lance and simply unseat my adversary
18:12as she rides up to the 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
18:24maybe harry could be our page if we could go conquer adcock manor
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
18:56you
19:00you
19:02you
19:24Are you wishing a ride to do you, Gris?
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.
19:45He'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, you, Gris.
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.
20:13No 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.
22:36Who 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 nose.
23:03I noticed that when I first saw the two of you together.
23:11Are you like him in other ways?
23:13My father?
23:15Hmm.
23:27You 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, which would mean going back when the Triumphant sets
23:55out 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.
24:15To 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 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?
24:55Linus might make a great addition to our siege.
24:58Harry would probably faint dead away at the first battle cry.
25:06Thank you, Adam.
25:11Thank you, Adam.
25:21Why do you never leave?
25:24Good afternoon to you, too.
25:28Answer the question.
25:30Is this a pointed interrogation?
25:32Or 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're trying to tell me to make myself scarce now 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 why 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 is more honest.
26:37Did it ever occur to you that I sincerely consider you a friend?
26:45My best 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.
27:06But then...
27:08Then you landed me a face of the same thing 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,
27:27I met...
27:28Adam Boyce.
27:29The Duke of Kilda?
27:31Ha!
27:32Still scared the guts out of me.
27:35But Adam Boyce.
27:37It's 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...
28:59In this empty castle.
29:03Just as Mother was.
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, Persephone.
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 sends 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 from the last of the wolves
30:02that 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.
30:16But 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.
30:46Every bride should have a ball.
30:51We are still in mourning.
30:55I think a wedding ball would be permissible.
31:01Do you mean...
31:07You don't say things you don't mean.
31:11No.
31:15No, I don't.
31:19Yes, Adam.
31:21We should host a ball at Fauston.
31:27Adam suggested it.
31:29Adam!
31:31Is in the Adam I know.
31:33I am as 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?
31:43I didn't do anything to her.
31:44She was 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
31:56instead of three weeks from now.
31:58And Barton has simply begun grinning when he thinks I'm not looking.
32:01Three 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.
32:10He can be here for the ball.
32:14Why the sudden urge to entertain, Adam?
32:17First, you invite Persephone's brother.
32:20And the ball will bring every family of consequence
32:22in the northern half of England to Fauston at the same time.
32:26That is precisely the sort of thing that makes you miserable.
32:29I don't want you to be miserable.
32:31I will not be miserable.
32:32You will 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' 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.
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 I am a unifying force.
33:11At the moment, Harry Windover, you are a frustrating force.
33:14Harry, now would be a perfect opportunity for a timely exit.
33:17In taken.
33:24I have faults, Persephone.
33:26Like any other man.
33:28But I am not a liar.
33:32I 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.
33:44And that Fauston Castle will host a ball.
33:46And no one, not Harry, not anyone else, will browbeat me into going back on that promise to you.
33:53On any promise to you.
33:57I want to believe that.
33:59And your happiness does matter.
34:02You should believe that, too.
34:06I'm beginning to.
34:28Good 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.
34:41Even the London papers were full of every detail of the evening.
34:45Who attended, the decorations, the menu.
34:51Fauston 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.
35:04Perhaps a more dramatic decorating scheme.
35:07It 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.
35:20Mrs. Smithson and I have discussed the menu and the preparations.
35:23I am quite satisfied with what we've chosen.
35:26Hmm.
35:27Satisfied 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.
35:37That has always been enough festiveness for you to return to Fauston.
35:41It sounds to me like it's hardly a ball.
35:48I suppose the arrangements could be made a bit more extensive.
35:54Oh, is that just my father?
35:56I 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.
36:16If you'll please excuse me.
36:26All of the balls you held for Mother weren't enough to keep her here,
36:29so by the blasted blazes am I trying the same approach?
36:33Dukes don't need people, you said.
36:35We're better off without her.
36:38Persephone will leave too.
36:39In the end, everyone does.
36:47You will hurt your hand if you keep doing that.
36:52Go at 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.
37:16Mother...
37:17...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...
37:30...take some nourishment.
37:42Blast it.
37:44Does smell good, doesn't it?
37:45What 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.
37:55If 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.
38:07In fact, it is a very good thing.
38:09There is plenty to go with it.
38:11Otherwise, I would be in very real danger of wasting away.
38:23You didn't expect me to eat an entire chicken, did you?
38:38Thank you for the dinner, Persephone.
38:42Thank you for allowing the ball.
38:45For inviting Linus to visit.
38:48It is nice having something to look forward to.
39:06Would you like having more balls?
39:08And entertainments?
39:12I would, now and then.
39:15But 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.
39:33You 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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