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00:25John, please have Atlas saddled, I wish to ride to the vicarage.
00:29First ride outside the castle gates.
00:32I'm ready.
00:33Very good, you guys.
01:14Oh, where is this going to go?
01:24Oh, have you found her?
01:26Oh, Grace, 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?
01:38Missephanie!
01:39She's not answering.
01:43Missephanie!
02:04We need to find the pack!
02:06I'll stick with that myself, you Grace!
02:19Oh, steady, steady, steady, steady.
02:24I heard that too, you Grace.
02:26We're getting closer.
02:57I heard that too.
02:57I heard that too.
03:06I heard that too.
03:42To me, Persephone!
03:44Adam!
03:45Stay next to me, stay next to me.
03:53John, interrupt me.
03:56Take Atlas back if you can.
03:58We'll be quick about it.
03:58The pack wants to spook for long.
04:02Persephone, box around me.
04:03Hold fast.
04:04When we reach the world, we are going to ride.
04:27Everyone is to beyond.
04:28The packs and the yards of the castles.
04:30When John Hanley is through that gate,
04:32they have to be closed immediately.
04:33Yes, sir.
04:34I'm so dizzy.
04:34Can you walk?
04:35I think so.
04:43She was thrown from a horse out of the forest.
04:45There's a possibility she's broken her ankle.
04:47Should have a surgeon sent for.
04:48No, the wolves are prowling just outside the gate.
04:50It isn't safe for anyone to go in or out.
04:52They've never done that before.
04:54Persephone?
04:55Where is Martha?
04:56Drawing room.
04:57Okay.
04:57Send her up to Persephone's room.
05:10Are 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.
05:24Writing her bed.
05:26Mother?
05:28Help her to a seat, Harry.
05:32Madam?
05:35Can you take my boot off?
05:37It's too tight.
05:47Adam, she needs a surgeon.
05:49I know.
05:51Bring me boiling water.
05:53And the strongest brandy Barton can find.
05:55Go.
05:56Don't be, Harry.
06:00You'll have to cut it.
06:02Mother, could you find me some scissors?
06:03It was...
06:03Look.
06:12Hold her still.
06:13I don't want to accidentally cut her.
06:29Here.
06:34I'm sorry, Melissa.
06:35I'm trying to be gentle.
06:38I'm trying to be gentle.
07:12I don't want to事.
07:39Adam?
07:51Yes, dear?
07:54Please stay with me.
08:02If you'll stay with me.
08:15Barton said you wanted to speak with me.
08:19How is it, Grace?
08:21Sleeping.
08:23I know it ain't seemly me talking to you in here, but...
08:28Well, I think I know...
08:31I have an idea why the pack attacked Atlas.
08:34And I thought you might want to know sooner than later, even if telling you means overstepping yourself a bit.
08:39You aren't overstepping.
08:41What 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.
09:02That might be why they were hunting her.
09:06Talk with your staff.
09:08See what you can find out.
09:10If it played any role in this attack.
09:13Any.
09:13I do not want the same mistake to occur again.
09:16Yes, you Chris.
09:19John?
09:36Adam.
09:40May I speak with you, please?
09:45Perhaps you should sit down.
09:47Adam.
09:47I'm so sorry, Adam.
09:50I know you wished me to help with Persephone.
09:53You must be so disappointed.
09:54Sit down, mother.
09:59Sometimes you're so like your father.
10:01Dear man.
10:04Are you unwell?
10:06I'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.
10:34Being so utterly useless when you were depending on me.
10:37There was a great deal of blood earlier with Persephone.
10:40I do not blame you for not being up to the task.
10:45Well, 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.
11:13And 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.
11:24Who 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?
11:39I think that-
11:50Persephone is asking for you.
11:52She seems anxious.
12:15What is it, Persephone?
12:18I've been thinking back on my ride.
12:20Well, surely that can wait until you're more fully rested.
12:23What happened today...
12:26I don't believe was an accident.
12:30What has led you to that suspicion?
12:33John didn't help me mount.
12:37Usually the stable hand waits for him, but this time he didn't.
12:41And...
12:42The stable hand who helped me smelled like-
12:45Bacon?
12:46How did you know?
12:48Was it a faint aroma?
12:50No.
12:51At...
12:52At first I thought perhaps he'd been helping in the curing house or...
12:56Had slipped in a lard spill 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.
13:08Does he assist you often?
13:10Occasionally.
13:11Do you know his name?
13:13Um...
13:14He wears a green handkerchief round his neck.
13:16None of the others do.
13:19John Henley will know who it is.
13:20You're going to talk to him?
13:22That groom, I mean?
13:24If he had any hand in this,
13:26I plan to do far more than just talk.
13:30What's the name of the groom who has a green handkerchief round his neck?
13:33Uh, Jimmy.
13:34He's a newer one.
13:35Quiet lake.
13:35Keeps to himself.
13:36Any idea where I might find this Jimmy?
13:38Last I saw 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!
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 favour, Gav.
14:32You'll answer this?
14:33Oh, no.
14:34I have a better idea.
14:38Put him in the gibbet.
14:41You can't do that!
14:43You have to consult the law!
14:45I am the duke of Kilda!
14:47I am the law!
15:34Dukes aren't supposed to need people for suffering.
15:49I am the duke of Kilda!
15:50Oh, no!
15:55I am the duke of Kilda.
15:59There seem to be a place that is.
16:01You have to Tangledy, and I walk away.
16:02Your son, I am the duke of the guilty, but you have to stop your father.
16:02Why are you doing so, you are the duke of the Volt?
16:02I am the duke of Kilda.
16:02I am the duke of Kilda.
16:03You are the duke of Kilda.
16:04What are you such a few times, no matter what I do?
16:04You are the duke of Kilda.
16:07I am the duke of Kilda.
16:10He was the одной duke of Kilda,
16:28I like Boston.
16:30So 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 befall in me, I think of my injuries as comparatively simple.
16:53It is so good to have you here.
16:58I am happy to see you again.
17:02Don't...
17:03I already missed a C.
17:07Evander, I never missed home.
17:15I believe he is home now.
17:17And he is with me well.
17:28Midshipman Lancaster, if I had known that your intention in visiting here was to make your sister cry, I would
17:35not have invited you.
17:36You guessed why devious flocked with 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.
17:52Alas, it is true.
17:53Though 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 in sideliners.
18:34You seem pleased.
18:36I've missed my brother.
18:39It'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 balls.
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.
19:09You have no idea.
19:17You have no idea.
19:38I am not a caregiver.
20:07I am.
20:07died. How old was she? Twelve. She very suddenly lost what was left of her childhood. You did as
20:18well. Her 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? Obsession with all things Greek.
20:37Other than that, the story of Persephone is his favourite. Seems an odd favourite to me.
20:46Not when you look at it as he does. Far counts himself amongst the scholars of the classics
20:51who believe that Hades didn't trick Persephone at all, and that they both decided together
20:56that she'd eat the pomegranate seeds, because it meant that nothing could prevent Persephone
21:01from returning to him. But why would she return?
21:05It was the reason, Perrotan, that endeared the goddess to 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
21:34wife. You really ought to go and sit beside her. What I really ought to do is hang you out
21:38your
21:39bedchamber windows by a bedsheet wrapped around your ankles.
21:43Welcome back, old friend.
21:46You've been shockingly soft lately.
21:48Oh, shut up.
21:49Harry!
21:50Harry!
21:54Harry!
21:55Harry!
21:55Harry!
21:56Harry!
21:59Harry!
22:00Harry!
22:00Harry!
22:02Harry!
22:08Harry!
22:09Harry!
22:10Harry!
22:12Harry!
22:14Harry!
22:17Harry!
22:18What do the pomegranate seeds symbolize?
22:20What?
22:22In the Persephone myth, Linus said the seeds are symbols.
22:26Has he been waxing philosophical? That 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
22:53him.
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? If she had eaten all the
23:06seeds,
23:06she would have stayed forever.
23:08Hades did not force her to remain because her family needed her.
23:12Hades never let anyone leave his realm.
23:16Hades loved Persephone.
23:23He let her go because he loved her.
23:27She returned because she loved him.
23:30She returned because she loved him.
24:10He was so good.
24:11Thank you for the ball, Adam.
24:14It was wonderful.
24:17And you were happy? You weren't disappointed?
24:27What? What more were you hoping for?
24:32I've never danced at a ball. Very often imagined doing so.
24:39I had no intention of asking you to do yet another unpleasant thing today.
24:43And yet...
24:46I would enjoy dancing with you.
24:50You would endure it, I'm certain.
25:05I want to dance with you.
25:08The 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 to hold you.
25:28I want to dance with you.
25:56I want to dance with you.
26:07Linus leaves for structure 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?
26:42I belong.
26:51Your family needs you.
26:54And what about you, Adam?
26:57Adam?
27:00Duke's only...
27:06She's a great guest.
27:15I'm going to stand up.
27:18A good night.
27:24I'm running a break.
27:25She's not in time.
27:26I don't know.
27:28She's doing nothing.
27:31I'm not in time.
27:32She's running too late.
27:32The five people on the night are naïve.
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.
28:07The tonne.
28:09It'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.
28:23We 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, I likewise began to view my relationship to Fulsternan, 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.
30:26Every other guest has left the castle, Harry.
30:30Why 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 Fulsternan.
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.
31:12And she deserves to know that.
31:16She is happy with her family.
31:18I think I'll be part of her family.
31:21Who disrupts her?
31:21That isn't how it works.
31:24How it works.
31:28Persephone 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.
32:09And I'd bet if only his Persephone knew exactly how her husband felt about her.
32:46Are you sure you're warm enough?
32:49I'm dressed as warmly as I am at home.
32:51It is far colder there.
32:53You 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 line in saying that
33:06you seem to miss
33:08the 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
33:23when I return.
33:26You could always just stay here.
33:30My heart is there.
33:33I hope the castle knows how fortunate he is.
34:02Adam, how have you come to take me home?
34:05When you're ready.
34:08But I...
34:10I wanted to see Shropshire.
34:13To see where you grew up.
34:16You did?
34:19And...
34:20And get to know your family.
34:25And I...
34:29Hades always went off to Persephone.
34:34Yes.
34:35He did.
34:39He waited as long as he had to.
34:42And 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?
35:01Yes.
35:03She was.
35:17Why did Hades go after her?
35:22He must have loved her.
35:24No.
35:25He did.
35:26He did more than he could even express.
35:29Yes.
35:30Yes.
35:31Yes.
35:34But...
35:37But did Persephone love him?
35:39In spite of his flaws?
35:42In spite of deserving so much better than he could ever offer?
35:46Oh, Adam.
35:48Am I too late?
35:50Is there nothing that I can...
35:51You said you belong at Forston.
35:55Only at Forston.
35:57But I belong with you.
36:19I do love you, Adam.
36:22I do love you, Adam.
36:32The Torn 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,
36:54you could undertake one then.
36:58Athena! Daphne!
37:01You realise she will bring the rest of the family,
37:04and Thorsten will be overrun with people.
37:10Well, there is probably a chance I will be in a foul mood from time to time.
37:17You may once again have to save me from myself.
37:24You have done that, do you know?
37:26Saved you.
37:31Oh, my Persephone.
37:34Do you know that I would have come for you,
37:37no matter how far you've gone?
37:42Hades always came for Persephone.
37:48and she always returned home.
37:54Always.
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