#fullmovie #engsub #tvseries #trending2026 #dramaseries #romancemovies #fullhd #Seeking Persephone S01E01 (2026)
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00:21We're with Anna Bartimaeus!
00:23I don't know why we have to do this.
00:26Because we like to eat.
00:27But we only pay pennies.
00:29Pennies that keep our family from dire straits.
00:32I do not enjoy washing the neighbourhood's laundry any more than you do,
00:34but being upset about it won't change our situation.
00:51Open the door, sweetheart.
00:52I have had an atrocious day. Now 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.
01:07I will be many things if that happens, my sweet little Artemis.
01:09But above all, I will not be surprised.
01:14She has died far less than this in the past.
01:32It's Father Wondering again.
01:43It's Father Wondering again.
01:55Daphne.
01:56Daphne.
01:57Daphne, you're home!
01:58Was Father Wondering again?
02:00It's Father Wondering again.
02:01Until the letter came, then he went back up to his study.
02:04Did he say where the letter was from?
02:06You know Father doesn't usually talk to me.
02:08Well, once I've cleared the clutter he's spread, sorted the laundry and started our meal,
02:13then I very much wish to talk with you about whatever you've learned today.
02:16It's ever so interesting and terribly useful.
02:19Cannot wait.
02:21Thank you, Stephanie.
02:22Of course, Stephanie.
02:33You did say this might happen.
02:35Yes, I did.
02:36And what has brought you to such a horrible end this time?
02:39My suffering is too great.
02:40No words can possibly describe it.
02:42Is this because I could not buy you a suite from the confectionery shop?
02:45That was tragic.
02:47But not the reason you're expiring on the floor.
02:48I didn't see my friend.
02:50I watched for him and he didn't come.
02:53He hasn't ever so long and it's deeply devastating.
02:57Is this the friend I can't see?
02:58The friend you don't see.
03:00Ah.
03:01Do you think your friend would visit you again if we had bread pudding tonight?
03:06Bread pudding?
03:07I have a bit of stale bread and Mrs. Sanford gave me some cream.
03:11I think we should have bread pudding tonight.
03:13It's not even my birthday.
03:14Bread pudding is quite possibly my favourite thing in all the world.
03:19Of course, if you are dead on the floor, you won't be able to have any.
03:23I'm all better.
03:24It is a miracle.
03:27Thank you, thank you, thank you.
03:29You're very welcome, my darling little Arduas.
03:36How do you like the latest fashions?
03:38These are not the latest.
03:40Mrs. Upton gave me these because she received the most recent version.
03:43But they are very nearly the latest.
03:47That is gorgeous.
03:49Isn't it?
03:49I've added it to my list of dreams.
03:51That must be quite the list by now.
03:53Isn't that what dreaming is for?
03:55Believing in those things you feel you'll never have and want to continue hoping are possible.
03:59Like having money enough and happiness, falling in love.
04:05I want you to have all of those things, Athena.
04:07You must have dreams too.
04:08Certainly, I do.
04:11Artemis's spirit's not being dampened by the heaviness of life.
04:14Daphne finding a friend who hopes to feel seen and cared about.
04:18Evander and Linus returning home to us whole.
04:23Far from guarantee for too much shipment in the Navy during all time.
04:26I should have done more to keep them home than safe.
04:28There's nothing more you could have done.
04:30I could have taken in more laundry or reduced my portions at mealtimes.
04:33I 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 to yourself.
04:47Seeing this family happy is dream enough for me.
04:52Fetch Daphne and Artemis and take him to the kitchen.
04:55I do not know how frustrating he might be this time.
05:02Have you received a letter?
05:08We have a very significant problem.
05:11What has happened, Papa?
05:13Evander?
05:14Linus?
05:15Oh no, I haven't heard anything about you brothers.
05:22I 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.
05:52Good heavens.
05:54Yeah.
05:57What I cannot fathom is why the Duke is settled on you.
06:02Though he cannot even be remotely acquainted with our family.
06:06The Duke?
06:07Of course, dear.
06:09The 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.
06:20After all, I do not know his grace.
06:22Or any grace for that matter.
06:33Mr. Lancaster.
06:35I am requesting the hand of your eldest daughter in marriage.
06:39I am prepared to settle upon your three remaining daughters,
06:4220,000 each for their dowries,
06:44and 50,000 upon yourself for the sake of your sons.
06:49The ceremony will take place October the 1st at the Fulston Chapel.
06:52Or please 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.
07:11The unforeseen offer might be declined.
07:15This offer amounts to more than a hundred thousand pounds.
07:28What is the Duke of Kilda like?
07:35What is the Duke of Kilda like?
07:47Like?
07:47But his mother is likely to sue.
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,
08:19and he is son of the king.
08:20Good heavens!
08:22We would have food enough to eat.
08:24We 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,
08:37it would save generations of our family.
08:40Duke of Kilda,
08:41you might be prone to anger or unkindness.
08:44What if he mistreats you?
08:45What 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.
08:59He gave no indication why.
09:00You needn't simply accept this offer.
09:02One may yet come from someone that you at least know won't treat you abominably.
09:06There will be no other offers.
09:09If 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?
09:52Who 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.
10:30Try to resist the urge to run through any of the wedding guests.
10:39What the devil is she?
10:42Another five minutes and I'll go retrieve for myself.
10:58When is this going to start?
11:00I'm hungry.
11:01Hey, Artemis.
11:03It's okay.
11:03You'll be fine.
11:12It's time to come after all.
11:13It's time to come after all.
11:15You'll be fine.
11:52Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together in the sight of God and the face of this congregation
11:58to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, an honorable estate instituted
12:06of God in the time of man's innocence, signifying unto us the mystical union betwixt Christ and
12:13his church. Therefore, if any man can show any just cause why they should not lawfully be
12:21joined together, let him speak, or else hereafter forever hold his peace.
12:34Go on. Who 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 Fauston, Earl of Fauston, Vicampinus, Baron Fauston,
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.
13:26I, Persephone...
13:28Ridiculous.
13:33Lancaster, do...
13:37I think that's true.
13:37I think that's true.
13:37The man who can tell the man out of faith.
13:37I know if he can say, for example, your father is certain.
13:41To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer, for poorer,
13:50in sickness and health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part according to God's
13:58holy ordinance, and thereto I give thee my truth.
14:02Is that everything?
14:03Not usually.
14:05Can it be?
14:06I suppose all the truly essential bits have been seen to.
14:11Those whom God has joined together, let no man put asunder.
14:17To the castle, then.
15:09Is your name really Persephone?
15:13It 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, it don't 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?
15:39Athena is just younger than I.
15:41Founder 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.
16:03Did no one ever call you anything else?
16:06Only Miss Lancaster.
16:08I cannot call you that.
16:10I suppose I would love to consign myself to Persephone.
16:14It 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.
16:29You would no doubt prefer Agamemnon.
16:31Or Apollo.
16:32Or something along that vein.
16:34Magvapar certainly would.
16:36But 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.
16:53A friend.
17:03He will.
17:08All but you.
17:09It is.
17:23Let's say him.
17:57Calling me Adam will be fine.
18:00It's happening.
18:14Mrs. Barton, the butler.
18:17Mrs. Smithson, the housekeeper.
18:20Duchess of Kilden.
18:41Mrs. Smithson, we'll see to whatever you need.
19:06I'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.
19:26A favourite of Queen Elizabeth.
19:28When 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,
19:45which has hosted feasts for some of the most significant and influential people in the kingdom over the past 500
19:52years.
19:54I believe your family will be dining in here this evening.
20:00Is that a gibbet?
20:03Unstucks.
20:05Was there no room in the Dark Forboding Dungeon?
20:08There's ample room, Your Grace,
20:10but the Duke says display and 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.
20:32The bell pull is beside the fireplace,
20:33should you require anything.
21:24This is never going to work.
21:42I just saw your man of business leaving the castle.
21:46What did you do to him?
21:49I fired him.
21:50Again.
21:52How many times have you fired the 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,
22:12but 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.
22:40Sir, what was his transgression this time?
22:43No, no, no, don't tell me.
22:45Smiled too much while discussing the estate investments.
22:50No.
22:52Did 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 Faustin.
23:01Ah.
23:03Jones was the one who suggested you marry.
23:06He knew of a penniless family in Shropshire with an eldest daughter of the appropriate age
23:11who had no other prospects.
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?
23:41It 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.
23:51You'll be forced to look at day in and day out for the rest of your life.
23:55Hope that's not a problem.
23:59Hmm.
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, her name, is 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 delightful.
24:46Perhaps a little quiet, but that is to be expected considering the upheaval in her life.
24:53I'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.
25:04But she's a fetching thing.
25:07Young and quite pretty.
25:13Oh.
25:17You 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 a curmudgeon in a drafty
25:41castle in the wilds of Northumberland.
25:44And now, because she is young and fine-looking, seems to be good-natured and potentially enjoyable company,
25:53the poor girl is upstairs.
25:56Alone.
25:57Probably wondering what she's done wrong.
25:59While you are down here brooding.
26:04Adam.
26:06You are completely bacon-brained.
26:08I should call you out for that.
26:10Do.
26:12Come out tonight.
26:14I'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 suffer in 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.
26:52It's not her fault you've ended up with every man's idea of a perfect wife.
26:54Ha!
27:23Oh
27:35Are you going to be lonely
27:36Without us Persephone
27:38I 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
27:48Will 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
28:00All the things you're reading
28:09I love you
28:10I love you too
28:13Hey Kays
28:15I do not want to go
28:17Let me speak with her
28:23Oh my dear girl you're crying
28:25He did not make you stay here
28:28No one is making me stay here dearest
28:30Boston Castle is my home now
28:33I will send you letters
28:35Perhaps with the gimme under the seal
28:37You 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
28:47Perhaps
28:48There is a tower room
28:50Where 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
29:01Papa will engage a governess
29:03For both you and Daphne
29:05A companion for Athena
29:07When you're all in town
29:08Will you visit us there?
29:11Of course
29:13Stephanie
29:13Yes my dear
29:14We will take care of you
29:16Will 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
29:32But if I don't leave now
29:33I will cry again
29:34And I do not want to cry anymore
29:36Then let us promise each other
29:39Not to cry
29:41Yes
29:43Good
29:43I will see you soon
29:44Be 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
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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?
30:39To 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 or she ever had.
31:20No, no, no.
31:22No, no.
31:27No.
31:34No.
31:39Oh, my God.
32:09Twenty-four hours into this ill-conceived marriage, and my wife is already in the back of a guard and
32:16sobbing.
32:27How long into your marriage did mother start crying?
32:37And when did that stop making you feel like a monster?
32:40Oh, my God.
32:45Oh, my God.
32:49Oh, my God.
32:53Oh, my God.
32:54Oh, my God.
33:25Oh, my God.
33:28Oh, my God.
33:30Oh, my God.
33:32Oh, my God.
33:32Oh, my God.
33:52Oh, my God.
34:05Oh, my God.
34:07Oh, my God.
34:09Oh, my God.
34:31Oh, my God.
34:51Oh, my God.
35:08Oh, my God.
35:19Oh, my God.
35:22Oh, my God.
35:43Oh, my God.
35:44Oh, my God.
35:51Oh, my God.
36:05Oh, my God.
36:11Oh, my God.
36:12Oh, my God.
36:15Oh, my God.
37:53Mother, explain to Harry that you're not leaving Fauston Castle because I forced you to do so.
37:57It seems to think that I drive every person who ever comes here away with a scythe in one hand
38:01and a flaming torch in the other.
38:04A regular one-person blood-dusty mob.
38:07That's what you are.
38:09You really ought to think about employing pitchforks when you...
38:13Persephone, come. Break your fast, dear.
38:18Kidneys? Eggs? Yes, please.
38:21Harry, will you please...
38:22I will prepare a plate for her mother.
38:24You need an inconvenience yourself.
38:26Please.
38:54Should 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.
39:09I 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
39:27could all...
39:27I shall be forced to take her in the spring as it is.
39:31Forced?
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.
39:43Thus, 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 realization.
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.
40:45As a child, as a child.
40:46You really ought to think of names.
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