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Seeking Persephone - Season 1 - Episode 04: Part 4
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00:00This gentleman is clearly ill.
00:03I run in a charity, Gough.
00:05Here's hoping we can do business again in the future.
00:08We will.
00:09Adam, why did you decide to get married?
00:12At the time, it seemed like a good idea.
00:15I just kissed Persephone.
00:17I noticed.
00:18She is lonely in this empty castle.
00:22I heard them, Adam! The walls, they're inside Falston!
00:24They are not inside the castle walls, Persephone.
00:27I want to know why you've stayed around all these years.
00:31We're friends, Adam.
00:32All of the balls you held for mother weren't enough to keep her here,
00:36so why the blasted blazes am I trying the same approach?
00:39I have promised you that your brother will visit you here,
00:42and that Falston Castle will host a ball,
00:44and no one, not Harry, not anyone else,
00:47will browbeat me into going back on that promise to you.
00:51I want to believe that.
01:01Do the right.
01:07Bye.
01:11Bye-bye.
01:25John, please have Atlas saddled. I wish to ride to the vicarage.
01:30First ride outside the castle gate.
01:32I'm ready.
01:34Very good, Your Grace.
01:52I'm ready.
02:17Oh, it means it's getting cold.
02:23Zeus.
02:24Steady, Zeus.
02:27Oh.
02:28Have you found her?
02:30Her?
02:31Her, Grace.
02:32We were riding to the vicarage and Atlas bolted without warning.
02:36She's not that good a rider yet and I'm afraid she might have become unseated.
02:40And what with that pack sound so close and angry?
02:42Ms. Stephanie!
02:43She's not answering.
03:09We need to find the pack.
03:11Now, figure that meself, Your Grace.
03:26Whoa.
03:27Steady, Zeus.
03:28Steady.
03:29Steady.
03:31I heard that too, Your Grace.
03:33We're getting closer.
03:38Let's go.
04:31Oh, my God.
04:52To me, Persephone!
04:55Adam!
04:56Stay next to me. Stay next to me.
05:04John, interrupt to me.
05:07Take Atlas back if you can.
05:09We'll be quick about it. The pack won't stay spooked for long.
05:13Is that me?
05:14Arms around me.
05:15Hold fast. When we reach the road, we are going to run.
05:18Come on.
05:39Everyone has to be armed. The pack's within the eyes of the castle.
05:43When John Henley is through that gate, they have to be closed immediately.
05:46Yes, you've heard me. I'm so dizzy.
05:47Can you walk?
05:48I think so.
05:56She was thrown from a horse out in the forest.
05:58There's a possibility she's broken her ankle.
06:00Should I have a surgeon sent for?
06:02No. The wolves are prowling just outside the gate.
06:04It isn't safe for anyone to go in or out.
06:06They have never done that before.
06:08Persephone?
06:09Where is Mother?
06:11Drawing room, I think.
06:12Send her up to Persephone's room.
06:26Are we safe now?
06:28Yes.
06:30I was afraid no one would find me.
06:36That's all it is.
06:37Mother, I need your help.
06:38There's blood on her riding habit.
06:42Mother?
06:44Help her to a seat, Harry.
06:48Adam?
06:51Can you take my boot off?
06:54It's too tight.
07:04Adam, she needs a surgeon.
07:05I know.
07:08Bring me boiling water.
07:10And the strongest brandy Barton can find.
07:12Go.
07:13Help me, Harry.
07:18You'll have to cut it.
07:19Mother, could you find me some scissors?
07:30Hold her still.
07:31I don't want to accidentally cut her.
07:35Mother, I don't want to be careful.
07:38No.
07:48I don't want to be careful.
07:53No, I'm sorry, Persephone.
07:55I'm trying to be gentle.
08:03Oh, my God.
08:28Oh, my God.
08:56Oh, my God.
09:00Adam?
09:13Yes, dear?
09:17Please stay with me.
09:26If you'll stay with me.
09:47I know it ain't seemly me talking to you in here, but...
09:53Well, I think I know...
09:56I have an idea why the pack attacked Atlas, and I thought you might want to know sooner than later,
10:02even if telling you means overstepping myself a bit.
10:04You aren't overstepping.
10:06What have you discovered?
10:08While we were cleaning Atlas' wounds, we couldn't help but notice that she smelled strongly of bacon.
10:16Of bacon?
10:17It might be why the wolves attacked Atlas, but weren't so intent on getting a mate on my horse or
10:22at Ewan's house.
10:25Her grace might have picked up some of that smell. That'd be why they were hunting her.
10:33Talk with your staff. See what you can find out. If it played any role in this attack, any, I
10:41do not want the same mistake to occur again.
10:43Yes, you, Chris.
10:46John?
11:04Adam?
11:08May I speak with you, please?
11:14Perhaps you should sit down.
11:16I'm so sorry, Adam.
11:19I know you wished me to help with Persephone. You must be so disappointed.
11:23Sit down, Mother.
11:28Sometimes you're so like your father.
11:31Dear man.
11:33Are you unwell?
11:36I'm so mortified.
11:40You see, I've always been hopeless in a sick room.
11:44Even as a child, when anyone in the household would get so much as a cold, I would fret our
11:49dear nurse into a fit of nerves.
11:52And my mother always told me it would be different when I was a mother.
12:01You must be so ashamed of me.
12:05Being so utterly useless when you were depending on me.
12:08There was a great deal of blood earlier with Persephone. I do not blame you for not being up to
12:14the task.
12:17Well, I'm certain I only made the situation worse.
12:21I always did.
12:25The second surgeon actually sent me to the Vicarage for two days.
12:30Banished.
12:31From my own home.
12:34From my poor boy.
12:36Banished? The second surgeon?
12:38I'm certain I made it worse.
12:41I was so nervous, so concerned through the first one.
12:46The first surgery.
12:46And I didn't get better.
12:49Worse, in fact.
12:52The next you surgeons insisted I be gone before they even arrived.
12:55You are referring to the surgeons who did this.
13:00And I was grateful to go.
13:04Happy to.
13:08What kind of an unnatural mother wishes to leave her child at such a time?
13:25Persephone is asking for you.
13:27She seems anxious.
13:51What is it, Persephone?
13:54I've been thinking back on my ride.
13:57Well, surely that can wait until you're more fully rested.
14:00What happened today, I don't believe, was an accident.
14:07What has led you to that suspicion?
14:10John didn't help me mount.
14:14Usually the stable hand waits for him, but this time he didn't.
14:18And the stable hand who helped me smelled like...
14:22Bacon?
14:24How did you know?
14:26Was it a faint aroma?
14:28No.
14:29At...
14:29At first I thought perhaps he'd been helping in the curing house or...
14:34Had slipped in a lard spill in the kitchen, the scent was so strong I could still smell it.
14:39While you were riding.
14:43Exactly.
14:45The groom who helps you mount, does he assist you often?
14:49Occasionally.
14:50Do you know his name?
14:51Um...
14:53He wears a green handkerchief round his neck.
14:55None of the others do.
14:58John Henley will know who it is.
15:00You're going to talk to him?
15:02That groom, I mean?
15:03If he had any hand in this, I plan to do far more than just talk.
15:10What's the name of the groom who has a green handkerchief round his neck?
15:13Uh, Jimmy.
15:14He's a newer one.
15:15Quiet lake.
15:16Keeps to himself.
15:16Any idea where I might find this Jimmy?
15:19Last I saw out of him, he was at the back of the stable.
15:21Where he helped at Grace Mount this morning.
15:23She said he reeked of bacon more than could have been accidental.
15:25What on purpose then?
15:26That's what I mean to find out.
15:28Oh, there he is.
15:29Jimmy!
15:32Smith!
15:32Do not let him get past the gate!
15:35Stop it!
16:02This vermin is Mr. Smith, who tried to kill my wife!
16:09You took the only thing that mattered to me.
16:12You're just trying to repay the favour, Gov.
16:15You'll hang for this!
16:16Oh no.
16:17I have a better idea.
16:21Put him in the gibbet.
16:23What?
16:25You can't do that!
16:27You have to consult the law!
16:28I am the Duke of Kilda!
16:31I am the law!
17:20Dukes aren't supposed to need people, Persephone.
17:23Dukes aren't supposed to need people, Persephone.
17:50No!
17:51No!
17:52No!
18:17I like Boston.
18:19So do I, Linus.
18:22Then why don't you look happy?
18:25Probably because I'm in pain.
18:28I had no idea how long a few simple cuts could take to heal.
18:32I understand they weren't simple at all.
18:35Considering it might have befallen me, I think of my injuries as comparatively simple.
18:43It is so good to have you here.
18:49I am happy to see you again.
18:53Though I already missed a C.
18:58Evander only ever missed home.
19:06I believe he is home now.
19:09And he is within the world.
19:20Midshipman Lancaster, if I had known that your intention in visiting here was to make your sister cry, I would
19:27not have invited you.
19:28You guessed why Divus flocked with alarming precision, Your Grace.
19:32Every young navy man wishes to bring their female relatives into varying states of hysteria on every possible occasion.
19:39And apparently you are also intent on bringing Persephone down to her deathbed.
19:44Alas, it is true. Though I have momentarily forgotten how I intend to do this.
19:50By keeping her out of doors, and in the cold, instead of inside, warm and off her feet.
19:57Ah yes, I remember now. But I suppose, since you have guessed my plot, I shall have to abandon my
20:03ill-fated scheme.
20:03It was inevitable.
20:13Oh, thank you.
20:22I will see you inside, Linus.
20:29You seem pleased.
20:31I've missed my brother.
20:34He's not at all what I expected.
20:37Your description was of an infant.
20:40Imagine my shock when he walked out of the carriage.
20:43No leading strings on nursemaids in sight.
20:46Adam Boyce, are you teasing me?
20:48I never tease.
20:50You also, apparently, never host balls.
20:54Yet you are doing exactly that tomorrow.
20:57Clearly I have begun a descent into senility.
21:01You are in the oddest mood this evening.
21:07You have no idea.
21:09For example.
21:30That's how we can turn around.
21:31Saturday, Monday, Saturday.
21:31The right Ilix nächsten was damaged all around the cage.
21:47Persephone seems to be wondering where you are.
21:50Has she asked after me?
21:54Just her look on her face.
21:56We could always tell growing up when she was worrying about one of us.
22:01She must have worried a lot.
22:04Persephone held the family together after Mama died.
22:08How old was she?
22:11Twelve.
22:13She very suddenly lost what was left of her childhood.
22:17You did as well.
22:19Her life these past eight years has been one unending sacrifice for the sake of the family.
22:27Including her marriage?
22:32Do you know why?
22:34My papa named Persephone as he did.
22:36Obsession with all things Greek.
22:38Other than that, the story of Persephone is his favourite.
22:45Seems an odd favourite to me.
22:48Not when you look at it as he does.
22:50Mark counts himself amongst the scholars of the classics who believe that Haley didn't trick Persephone at all.
22:56And that they both decided together that she'd eat the pomegranate seeds.
23:00Because it meant that nothing could prevent Persephone from returning to him.
23:07Why would she return?
23:08It was the reason for her return.
23:10That indeed the goddess of my father.
23:14The seeds?
23:15The seeds are symbolic.
23:17Symbolic of what?
23:32I know disappearing balls is one of your particular talents.
23:36But it does not reflect well on your wife.
23:39You really ought to go and sit beside her.
23:41What I really ought to do is hang you out your bedchamber windows by a bedsheet wrapped around your ankles.
23:48Welcome back, old friend.
23:50You've been shockingly soft lately.
23:52Oh, shut up, Harry.
23:54Harry.
24:08What do you think about you?
24:24What do the pomegranate seeds symbolize?
24:27What?
24:28In the Persephone myth, Linus said the seeds are symbols.
24:33Has he been waxing philosophical?
24:36That is the one trait he inherited from afar.
24:41What do they symbolize?
24:44According to Papa, the seeds are symbolic of love.
24:48Hades' love for Persephone, her love for him.
24:52How could she love someone who kept her prisoner?
24:57Papa always believed she came to know him beyond his fearsome demeanor and came to love him.
25:02Hades fell in love with Persephone as well. She was his match.
25:08But if they were so in love, then why did she leave at all?
25:13If she had eaten all the seeds, she would have stayed forever.
25:17Hades did not force her to remain because her family needed her.
25:22Hades never let anyone leave his realm.
25:26Hades loved Persephone.
25:33He let her go because he loved her.
25:37She returned because she loved him.
26:05Hades' love for Persephone.
26:22Thank you for the ball, Adam.
26:26It was wonderful.
26:29And you were happy?
26:32You weren't disappointed?
26:36What?
26:40What more were you hoping for?
26:45I've never danced at a ball, though I've often imagined doing so.
26:52I had no intention of asking you to do yet another unpleasant thing today, and yet...
27:00I would enjoy dancing with you.
27:04You would endure it, I'm certain.
27:20I want to dance with you.
27:23The musicians have all left.
27:26We don't need them.
27:34My leg is still too weak to hold me for long.
27:41Then allow me to hold you?
27:44You're welcome together.
28:08Oh, my God.
28:11Thanks for leaving me.
28:11You're welcome.
28:13Take care.
28:25Linus leaves for Shropshire in the morning to visit your family.
28:31Yes, I know.
28:33You will be leaving with him.
28:35That was not the plan.
28:36It should have been.
28:38It should always have been.
28:41The two of you can depart immediately following breakfast in the morning.
28:47Will you be journeying with us?
28:52I belong at Falston Castle.
29:00And where do I belong?
29:11Your family needs you.
29:14And what about you, Adam?
29:21Dukes don't need people.
29:50Now you're chilly.
30:03You'd best not keep the horses standing, Mother.
30:06It'll only take a moment, and it is more important than me making a timely departure.
30:14Your father and I had an arranged marriage.
30:19No accounting was made for the differences in our dispositions.
30:23I was raised in town, among society.
30:30London, the tonne, it's what I knew and needed.
30:35Your father was raised here, in quiet and solitude.
30:42We wanted very different things in life.
30:48We tried to compromise.
30:52To blend our preferences.
30:56But he begrudged the balls and gatherings held here, and came to rather despise my need for company.
31:04He wouldn't have-
31:05I will admit, I likewise began to view my relationship to Fulston, and by extension him, through a lens of
31:17bitterness.
31:18I do not wish to hear this.
31:20Resentment grows quickly, Adam.
31:25Your father was a good man, despite his implagableness.
31:31I held out hope for so long, in my foolishly romantic heart, that he would come for me while I
31:40was away.
31:42He never did.
31:45Did you tell him that that was what you were hoping for?
31:50I was so young.
31:52Only seventeen when we married.
31:55In my naivete, I believed that if he truly cared, he would meet me part way.
32:06You are more willing to compromise than your father ever was.
32:11And Persephone is more suited to quiet and solitude than I ever will be.
32:18She is your match, Adam.
32:22Do not throw away this chance by making her guess at your feelings.
32:53She has a point, you know.
32:57Every other guest has left the castle, Harry.
33:00I am here to be your conscience.
33:07To save you from yourself.
33:14She will come back.
33:18When Linus returns to his ship, Persephone will return to Fulston.
33:24And I know you well enough to predict that you will act as though you couldn't care less whether she
33:28is here or not.
33:31Do you really want her to wonder about that?
33:34This is none of your concern, Harry.
33:43You miss her.
33:45And she deserves to know that.
33:49She is happy with her family.
33:51Then go be part of her family.
33:54Go to Shropshire.
33:55That isn't how it works.
33:57How it works.
34:02Persephone receives her reprieve.
34:05And Hades stays in the underworld waiting to see if the seeds work.
34:10Obviously you were sleeping during that lecture at Harrow.
34:16Hades did not sit back and wait for Persephone.
34:20When the time came, Hades slipped past the hellhounds and ventured into the realm of the living to reclaim his
34:27bride.
34:29I did not remember that.
34:32Hmm.
34:34Hades was no Pamsey Fribble, Adam.
34:37And I'd better pony his Persephone
34:41knew exactly how her husband felt about her.
34:59My heart grabbed his hands and sang,
34:59and he was all alone.
34:59I'm just gonna make it.
35:00How was he saying?
35:01How was he doing?
35:10I'm supposed to go after this dream.
35:11How did he get it?
35:12I'm gonna make it because I'm going to be part of the tree.
35:24Are you sure you're warm enough?
35:27I'm dressed as warmly as I am at home.
35:29It is far colder there.
35:31You speak very fondly of Fullstone Castle.
35:34I've come to love it, Athena.
35:37More than just the castle.
35:41I hope I'm not that of lying and saying that
35:44you seem to miss the castle.
35:50I do.
35:52Then why do you seem so sad whenever anyone mentions you going back?
35:55Do you not merely think it is because you'll miss us?
35:59Probably because I'm not entirely certain what I will find when I return.
36:06You could always just stay here.
36:10My heart is there.
36:13I hope the castle knows how fortunate he is.
36:39Adam.
36:44Have you come to take me home?
36:47When you're ready.
36:50But I...
36:51I wanted to see Shropshire.
36:56To see where you grew up.
36:58You did?
37:01And...
37:03And get to know your family.
37:12Hades always went off to Persephone.
37:17Yes.
37:18He did.
37:22He waited as long as he had to.
37:26And then he left his kingdom and he did not come back until he found her.
37:31I think Hades must have missed his wife.
37:36I think he knew to the very minute how long she'd been gone.
37:41But was Persephone as anxious to return as he was to have her with him again?
37:46Yes.
37:47She was.
38:02Why did Hades go after her?
38:08He must have loved her.
38:09Oh, he did.
38:12He did more than he could even express.
38:15Yes.
38:16Yes.
38:16Yes.
38:17Yes.
38:20But...
38:23But did Persephone love him?
38:26In spite of his flaws.
38:28In spite of deserving so much better than he could ever offer.
38:33Oh, Adam.
38:34Am I too late?
38:37Is there nothing that I can...
38:38You said you belong at Fauston.
38:42Only at Fauston.
38:45I belong with you.
39:08I do love you, Adam.
39:09Oh.
39:20The Tom would not believe it even if they heard you say that.
39:25We shall have to convince them.
39:28I may enjoy London yet.
39:31Does this mean I can come to your castle?
39:35Our castle is in need of a good exploration.
39:41Perhaps if you have no other plans for Christmas, you could undertake one then.
39:48Athena!
39:49Daphne!
39:51You realize she will bring the rest of the family, and Fauston will be overrun with people.
40:00Well, and there is probably a chance I will be in a foul mood from time to time.
40:09You may once again have to save me from myself.
40:15You have done that, do you know?
40:18Saved you.
40:21Oh.
40:23Oh, my Persephone.
40:26Do you know that I would have come for you?
40:30No matter how far you'd gone.
40:34Hades always came for Persephone.
40:41And she always returned home.
40:46Always.
40:49Oh.
40:52Oh, my God.
40:56Oh, my God.
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