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Seeking Persephone - Season 1 - Episode 03: Part 3
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00:00:00I consider Adam my brother.
00:00:02He is so hostile toward you.
00:00:04Adam is hostile toward everyone.
00:00:06Don't you want to even see her try?
00:00:07I've seen enough people quit in my lifetime
00:00:09without witnessing the same thing again.
00:00:11I think she'll surprise you.
00:00:12I am attempting to find my place here
00:00:14and claim a degree of equanimity with my new husband.
00:00:18I am for Hoyk in the morning.
00:00:20Is something the matter with Harry?
00:00:21He's taken exceedingly ill at an in-between here and Hoyk.
00:00:24What are you intending to do?
00:00:25Go retrieve him, of course.
00:00:28Why did you not allow a physician to be summoned?
00:00:30This gentleman is clearly ill.
00:00:33I am running a charity, Gough.
00:00:35He's hoping we can do business again in the future.
00:00:38We will.
00:00:39He is so confusing.
00:00:41All part of his charm, Persephone.
00:00:44The blazes is wrong with me.
00:00:46This has arrived for you as well.
00:00:48Persephone?
00:00:50Evander is dead.
00:01:01Harry was as impertinent as ever when I saw him an hour or so ago.
00:01:06I take that as an indication that he is recovering.
00:01:12I received a letter from my sister today.
00:01:15Which one?
00:01:17Artemis.
00:01:18The youngest?
00:01:20Yes.
00:01:24She dislikes her governess.
00:01:26Not for any legitimate reason.
00:01:29She feels weighed down by the continued state of mourning around the house.
00:01:34And she has asked, again, to be able to come here to visit.
00:01:44I suggested spring or summer.
00:01:52Of course, nothing has actually been planned.
00:01:57We will have to go to London in the spring.
00:02:00After enduring society and the season, it will be good to return here, where it's quiet.
00:02:09Yes.
00:02:12It is decidedly quiet.
00:02:28It is decidedly quiet.
00:02:34How are you feeling?
00:02:36Hmm.
00:02:38Much improved.
00:02:40Being away from the boar and dagger has contributed greatly to my welfare.
00:02:44Then you'll be pleased to know it will not be a source of misery any longer.
00:02:48It is to be shuttered.
00:02:50Immediately.
00:02:54Shuttered?
00:02:55Hmm.
00:02:56A closer look at Smith's history and practices made closing the place absolutely necessary.
00:03:01Any man who would withhold food, warmth, medical aid, and the ability to stand for help when
00:03:06a person is in distress, and has done so time and again, ought not be running an inn.
00:03:12Hmm.
00:03:15Hmm.
00:03:15First, you rush to my rescue.
00:03:20Then you vanquish the villain who tortured me.
00:03:24Watch yourself, Adam.
00:03:29People will begin to think you care.
00:03:31Shut up, Harry.
00:03:45Barton, what is that infernal noise?
00:03:50I believe that would be described as lively conversation, Your Grace.
00:03:54And who is responsible for such lively conversation?
00:03:58Mrs. Poynter.
00:04:00No doubt the vicar is here as well.
00:04:02No doubt.
00:04:03Are you feeling quite yourself today, Barton?
00:04:06I hear you. I feel better than I have in years, Your Grace.
00:04:10It sounds as though Faustin is infested with birds.
00:04:17A full tea!
00:04:19I believe Cook was exceptionally excited at the prospect of preparing a tea tree once more.
00:04:26It's been a while here, Grace.
00:04:28How is it, Barton, that the vicar and his wife came to be in my drawing room?
00:04:34I do not recall altering the requirement that all guests be informed that I am not at home.
00:04:40The vicar was quite specific about seeing Her Grace.
00:04:44When I presented the Duchess with Mr. Poynter's card, I thought she'd actually run down the stairs.
00:04:50She was so pleased to have called us.
00:04:53How long have the Poynter's been here?
00:04:55Only a few minutes, Your Grace.
00:04:57What a few minutes is more than most get.
00:05:05Of course.
00:05:07Would you like a cup of tea, Adam?
00:05:08No.
00:05:09It is a pleasure to see you again, Your Grace.
00:05:12I doubt that.
00:05:13What precisely is the reason for your visit here?
00:05:16Social call, of course.
00:05:17Of course.
00:05:18When in the fifteen years that you have served as vicar, has Fauston Castle ever received visitors?
00:05:23Not once, Your Grace.
00:05:24Not once.
00:05:25What has led you to believe that that has changed?
00:05:29Wishful thinking?
00:05:30There will be no callers at Fauston Castle.
00:05:33Not today, not in the future.
00:05:36Fauston Castle is not receiving Your Grace, or you are not receiving?
00:05:42It is the same.
00:05:44Forgive me.
00:05:45It is not.
00:05:47Thank you for your hospitality, Your Grace.
00:05:51Do you come again?
00:05:57I will see you on Sunday.
00:06:00Do not lose hope.
00:06:02Happiness can be found even in dark times.
00:06:04Persephone doesn't get to be happy.
00:06:07That is the ending of the myth according to my youngest sister.
00:06:10Ah, but it is the ending of the tale according to you that matters most.
00:06:13You might as well stay and finish your tea.
00:06:20Cook will be offended if the tray is sent back untouched.
00:06:24Do sit, dear.
00:06:26Do try the lemon cake.
00:06:30Pardon?
00:06:35Are you sure you wouldn't care for some tea?
00:06:41I didn't know I was supposed to turn them away.
00:06:46They might as well finish their tea.
00:06:49I thought no one wanted to meet me.
00:06:51I doubt anyone in the neighborhood even made the attempt.
00:06:55So I could visit the neighbors?
00:06:56No.
00:06:59No.
00:07:01They may attempt to return the favor.
00:07:04But I...
00:07:04I will not have Fauston Castle overrun with people.
00:07:11Of course not.
00:07:13Thank you for allowing the pointers to remain.
00:07:16I have been enjoying their visit.
00:07:22You, of course,
00:07:24will owe Mrs. Pointer a visit.
00:07:26I understand she entertains half the county on a regular basis.
00:07:30I could meet the neighbors that way, then.
00:07:36If you want to.
00:07:39If you want to.
00:08:10Who else was at the vicarage?
00:08:11Mrs. Milston and her daughter.
00:08:13Lady Hedisham.
00:08:14Miss Greenborough.
00:08:16Hmm.
00:08:17What did you think of our resident spinster?
00:08:19She was very quiet.
00:08:20I was not able to form much of an opinion of her.
00:08:23Persephone?
00:08:28It's for me.
00:08:29You should read it.
00:08:33Your Grace, Lord,
00:08:34your Empress Lord of the Admiral.
00:08:36Dears, relate to me your inquiries
00:08:37regarding two midshipmen
00:08:38aboard the HMS Triumphant.
00:08:43Evander Lancaster,
00:08:44as you've been informed,
00:08:45succumbed to entry,
00:08:46sustained to well-growners.
00:08:48With most lost at that time,
00:08:49he's been buried in a cemetery
00:08:50and tripulter alongside his fallen shipmates.
00:08:55Go on, Persephone.
00:08:57It's not bad news.
00:09:01Midshipman Linus Lancaster,
00:09:05sustained only minor wounds
00:09:07in that battle
00:09:08and remains aboard the Triumphant.
00:09:12He will as requested be granted
00:09:14shortly when we return
00:09:16the Lamport.
00:09:20The other missive
00:09:22is from Linus.
00:09:25Linus has written to me.
00:09:30I don't know how you managed this, Adam.
00:09:33You needed answers.
00:09:35I simply ensured you received them.
00:09:38This is by far the kindest thing
00:09:40any person has ever done for me, Adam.
00:09:42Thank you so, so much.
00:10:02You did that very well.
00:10:03You did that very well.
00:10:14I just kissed Persephone.
00:10:18Hmm.
00:10:19I noticed.
00:10:26I think Persephone noticed as well.
00:10:29Which is a good thing, really.
00:10:31If she hadn't even realised
00:10:32we were kissing her,
00:10:33one would begin to wonder
00:10:34about your technique.
00:10:36Oh, sh-
00:10:37I know.
00:10:38Shut up, Harry.
00:10:52They're getting louder.
00:11:02Thank you for my letter, Adam.
00:11:07Linus sounds happy.
00:11:09He didn't mention Evander,
00:11:11which worries me a little.
00:11:13It was always his way
00:11:14to avoid topics that were upsetting.
00:11:20But he did promise to keep writing.
00:11:28You don't like it
00:11:29when I thank you
00:11:29for the things that you do.
00:11:35But I really am grateful.
00:11:40If only you could do something
00:11:42about the wolves.
00:11:54I don't know.
00:12:21Persephone?
00:12:30Persephone.
00:12:36What happened?
00:12:38You were thrown from a horse.
00:12:41Are you hurt?
00:12:42Can you sit up?
00:12:44I don't know.
00:12:48Let me help you.
00:12:50Careful.
00:12:57Does anything hurt?
00:13:00You asked me that already.
00:13:02A person can be killed being thrown from a horse.
00:13:04Until I am certain you are not hurt,
00:13:06I am going to keep asking you questions.
00:13:12What happened?
00:13:14I can't explain it, Your Grace.
00:13:16It's almost like something spoke the horse.
00:13:19We were fortunate she didn't come to serious harm.
00:13:21Yes, Your Grace.
00:13:26Your Abigail can have a hot bath prepared.
00:13:29That should help with any stiffness.
00:13:31There really is no need for this much fuss.
00:13:34When you're too stiff to come down for dinner, you'll disagree.
00:13:38Careful.
00:13:41There you are.
00:13:44That is very kind of you, Adam.
00:13:47You were thrown from a horse, Persephone.
00:13:50Any decent gentleman would be concerned.
00:13:58I can have the kitchen send up a tray if you would rather not come down for dinner.
00:14:02I really am feeling fine already.
00:14:05I think I was more startled than anything else.
00:14:10When I'm a little more sure of myself, might I come riding with you and Harry?
00:14:18Atlas can't keep pace with Zeus.
00:14:21Couldn't you rein Zeus in a little?
00:14:22Or let me join you at the end of your ride once Zeus has slowed down?
00:14:30Zeus is impatient. He might make Atlas nervous.
00:14:35Couldn't I at least try?
00:14:40I would rather you not take that chance.
00:14:44But you would be there.
00:14:48Yes, but that is no guarantee.
00:15:05I'm sorry.
00:15:07No.
00:15:09I'm sorry.
00:15:10I'm sorry.
00:15:11Adam.
00:15:35Ridiculous.
00:15:36It is too blasted quiet in here.
00:15:58Oh, the blazes is taking so much.
00:16:03So you are awake.
00:16:04Adam.
00:16:05Are you stiff from your fall?
00:16:06Does it hurt to walk?
00:16:11They are loud tonight.
00:16:17How long do you plan to sit at that window and worry about wolves?
00:16:19Until they stop.
00:16:24You should have come in when they first started.
00:16:28Come in?
00:16:29And curled up on the bed, wrapped up in that blanket.
00:16:33You knew?
00:16:35I...
00:16:37I thought you were asleep.
00:16:39Asleep?
00:16:40Oh, I can't sleep.
00:16:41You've ruined the room for me.
00:16:43What do you mean I've ruined it?
00:16:45My bedchamber used to be quiet.
00:16:47And then you started coming in and making all those noises while you're sleeping.
00:16:51I make noises?
00:16:52And you move constantly.
00:16:55Loud noises?
00:16:56What? No.
00:16:57No, like a puppy.
00:17:02Little noises.
00:17:04And that doesn't bother you?
00:17:06I've grown used to it.
00:17:08I don't want to bother you.
00:17:13You won't.
00:17:17The wolves don't worry me as much in your bedchamber.
00:17:23Are they quieter in here?
00:17:26No.
00:17:28The way I forget it.
00:17:29If the pack ever actually makes it into the castle, they'll eat you first.
00:17:44Good night, Adam.
00:17:47Good night, Persephone.
00:17:49Good night, Persephone.
00:17:58Adam?
00:18:00Yes?
00:18:04Why did you decide to get married?
00:18:11At the time, it seemed like a good idea.
00:18:19Does it now?
00:18:28Mrs Adcock said you would.
00:18:31Said I would what?
00:18:33Don't regret marrying me.
00:18:42When I visited the vicarage several days ago,
00:18:47Mrs Adcock said that most gentlemen who pay for a wife regret the purchase in the end.
00:18:54It was blatantly obvious she was referring to our marriage settlement.
00:18:59Mrs Adcock had mentioned her sizable dowry at least a dozen times, so I happened to ask Lady Hedisham loudly
00:19:09enough for Mrs Adcock to hear whether or not it seemed odd that some ladies found it necessary to offer
00:19:16money to a prospective bridegroom in order to bring him up to scratch.
00:19:22No gentleman would accept a horse so ill-recommended that he had to be bribed to accept it.
00:19:31I thought Mrs Adcock's tea would come flying out her ears. She looked so livid.
00:19:37Will you compare her to a horse?
00:19:42I doubt even I could produce such a cunning retort while done, Persephone.
00:19:46I have not pulled caps with anyone in years. I'm not ashamed to admit that I enjoyed it.
00:19:53I felt like a regular warrior.
00:19:57Perhaps before I next call at the vicarage, I should try on one of the suits of armour for size.
00:20:02I could check the armoury for a jousting lance and simply unseat my adversary as she rides up to the
00:20:07vicarage.
00:20:08I would be the terror of the neighbourhood.
00:20:13Well, if it comes to full combat, let me know. I'm rather handy with a crossbow.
00:20:18Maybe Harry could be our page and we could go conquer Adcock Manor.
00:20:22Oh, Harry would make an abysmal page.
00:20:25He might be trusted with a battle axe though.
00:20:30We would make a wonderfully fearsome team.
00:20:36You see, Adam, marriage to me might not be such a terrible thing for you after all.
00:21:12It's that, Adam and her!
00:21:15I'm afraid he might be making a very few dreams.
00:21:18And that's what I'm afraid of.
00:21:22Are you wishing a ride today, Your Grace?
00:21:24His alibi is still unhappy.
00:21:26You said he doesn't like the cold?
00:21:29Nah, it's not just the cold.
00:21:30He was treated badly before.
00:21:33Doesn't trust people.
00:21:35Figures they treated him bad before, they'll treat him bad again.
00:21:39But no one here would ever hurt him.
00:21:41Nah, it doesn't matter.
00:21:43They'll not give you a chance to.
00:21:46I'll fight it till holy perdition, that one.
00:21:50Seems like a lost cause.
00:21:52Why keep trying?
00:21:54There's no lost causes, Your Grace.
00:21:57Every creature needs someone who can save them.
00:22:00If they'll only try.
00:22:02There's many hope when you're the sort who tries.
00:22:07This...
00:22:08...poor creature...
00:22:10...seems so angry.
00:22:13More afraid than furious.
00:22:16Been afraid for years.
00:22:19Why?
00:22:22What happened?
00:22:24Got torn apart and left behind.
00:22:28Decided to bite before anyone bit first.
00:22:31If nobody gets close...
00:22:35...nobody can hurt him.
00:22:53Welcome back.
00:22:54Good morning to you, Persephone.
00:22:55Good morning.
00:22:58Good morning.
00:22:59Good morning, Adam.
00:22:59Good morning.
00:23:01Are you wanting to ride?
00:23:02I was thinking about it.
00:23:03If you do, I fear we'll be forced to postpone our siege.
00:23:08You two are planning a siege.
00:23:15Why do I get the feeling my presence is not particularly appreciated just now?
00:23:19I would think, Harry, that you would feel that way often.
00:23:23If you go now, you'll have plenty of time to pack.
00:23:25But you'll miss me.
00:23:26I...
00:23:27I...
00:23:27...never miss anyone.
00:23:30Hm.
00:23:53Your name is on the lips of every member of the tomb.
00:23:57Some are saying that Persephone has left you already.
00:24:02Thank you, Mother.
00:24:05Adam?
00:24:08May I talk with you for a moment?
00:24:15Mrs. Smithson skipped this room when she gave me my tour.
00:24:19I haven't ever been in here.
00:24:23No one ever comes into this room.
00:24:26I am overstepping myself.
00:24:27No.
00:24:28No.
00:24:43Who is this you're standing beside, Adam?
00:24:46My father.
00:24:48I thought he must be.
00:24:50You look very much like him.
00:24:53Do I?
00:24:54You have the same eyes.
00:24:57And there is something similar about your mouth in the shape of your face.
00:25:02And, of course, you both have dark hair.
00:25:05I suppose there is a resemblance.
00:25:10Your nose is your mother's.
00:25:12I noticed that when I first saw the two of you together.
00:25:19Are you like him in other ways?
00:25:22My father?
00:25:23Hm.
00:25:28I hope so.
00:25:37You wanted to speak to me about something.
00:25:40Ah.
00:25:41The Triumphant will make port the last week of November.
00:25:46Linus will be granted three weeks, surely.
00:25:48Isn't that wonderful?
00:25:49Yes.
00:25:50The Triumphant will be docking at Newcastle.
00:25:52I could be there and see him before he departs for Shropshire.
00:25:56Be there?
00:25:58In Newcastle?
00:25:59I wouldn't be gone more than a day or two.
00:26:01Of course, I would want to see him off as well, which would mean going back when the Triumphant sets
00:26:06out again.
00:26:08You cannot go.
00:26:14Please, Adam.
00:26:17It would only be a few days.
00:26:19I...
00:26:21I need to see him for myself.
00:26:24I need to know that he is well and whole.
00:26:27To have even a moment with the only brother I have left, this is important to me, Adam.
00:26:35Things of importance to me should matter.
00:26:44What if he came here?
00:26:45But you don't allow visitors.
00:26:47It makes more sense than you journeying to Newcastle twice.
00:26:51Linus could come to Fauston before going to see your family.
00:26:54Do you mean it?
00:26:56I don't say anything.
00:26:57I don't mean.
00:26:59It wouldn't be too much of an imposition.
00:27:02No.
00:27:03I'd very much like to meet the boy myself.
00:27:06Really?
00:27:08Linus might make a great addition to our siege.
00:27:12Harry would probably faint dead away at the first battle cry.
00:27:20Thank you, Adam.
00:27:36Why do you never leave?
00:27:39Good afternoon to you, too.
00:27:43Answer the question.
00:27:46Is this a pointed interrogation?
00:27:48More of an intellectual discussion.
00:27:50Intellectual discussion.
00:27:55Why do I never leave?
00:27:59Because I like Fauston.
00:28:00Why?
00:28:01Free food.
00:28:01I'm in earnest. I need you to be as well.
00:28:03The food is nothing to disregard. Cook is a miracle worker.
00:28:10Aside from that, Fauston is familiar. It's comfortable.
00:28:17So you feel the same way about the house in London?
00:28:20You spend a lot of time there as well.
00:28:21And you've come with me to Kent a few times.
00:28:24This is a pointed interrogation, isn't it?
00:28:28Look, if you were trying to tell me to make myself scarce now that you're married, I completely understand.
00:28:32No, it's not that at all.
00:28:36Then what is it?
00:28:42I want to know why you've stayed around all these years.
00:28:48We're friends, Adam.
00:28:50Friends don't just jump ship.
00:28:53I think your answer about the food was more honest.
00:28:56Did it ever occur to you that I sincerely consider you a friend?
00:29:02My...
00:29:04best friend, in fact.
00:29:09Because of Harrow?
00:29:12It may have started that way.
00:29:14You saved my skin.
00:29:17So I worshipped you for a while.
00:29:19Bit like an idol.
00:29:21Who could ward off evil spirits, I suppose.
00:29:26But then...
00:29:28Then you landed me a facer for something stupid I did.
00:29:32Or said.
00:29:34I remember that quite well, but not what we were scuffling over.
00:29:37And we were sent down.
00:29:39My parents were away, so...
00:29:41We came here.
00:29:44In those two weeks of our expulsion,
00:29:47I met...
00:29:49Adam Boyce.
00:29:51The Duke of Kilda.
00:29:53Still scared the guts out of me.
00:29:56But Adam Boyce...
00:29:58was just a boy.
00:30:00Like me.
00:30:04Why the sudden interest...
00:30:06in our colorful childhood?
00:30:35It looks frigid out there, doesn't it?
00:30:38It does.
00:30:42Persephone looks cold, Adam.
00:30:46You should go and keep her warm.
00:30:49Keep her...
00:30:51The fact that my suggestion confuses you...
00:30:54does not bode well.
00:30:58My friend.
00:31:01It didn't...
00:31:05It didn't confuse me.
00:31:23She is lonely...
00:31:25in this empty castle.
00:31:29Just as mother was.
00:31:37Is that me?
00:31:42I heard them, Adam.
00:31:43The walls.
00:31:44They're inside Falston.
00:31:45They are still outside the castle walls.
00:31:46They're so loud.
00:31:47They sound so much closer.
00:31:49They are not inside the castle walls, Persephone.
00:31:52Are you certain?
00:31:54Absolutely.
00:31:57Have tea sent up to my book room.
00:31:59Yes, he agrees.
00:32:11I know...
00:32:12I shouldn't be so afraid of them,
00:32:14but the howling...
00:32:16sends chills through me.
00:32:20I will have my steward check on the pack,
00:32:22so you can breathe more easily.
00:32:24I had always been told
00:32:26that there were no more wolves in England.
00:32:28Our pack is descended from the last of the wolves
00:32:31that roamed the area.
00:32:33And the wild dogs that called the forest home.
00:32:36Are they...
00:32:38less vicious than true wolves, then?
00:32:43They are more wolf than anything else.
00:32:46But they always give the castle a wide berth.
00:33:00I think...
00:33:05I think we should hold a ball.
00:33:07A ball?
00:33:08Unless you don't want to.
00:33:09I assumed you wouldn't want to.
00:33:11It would mean a lot of people in the castle.
00:33:18Every bride should have a ball.
00:33:23We are still in mourning.
00:33:27I think a wedding ball...
00:33:30would be permissible.
00:33:33Do you mean...
00:33:39You don't say things you don't mean.
00:33:43No.
00:33:46No.
00:33:47No, I don't.
00:33:52Yes, Adam.
00:33:54We should host a ball at Fauston.
00:34:00Adam suggested it.
00:34:02Adam!
00:34:05As in the Adam I know.
00:34:06I am as surprised as you are.
00:34:10He's been doing a lot of uncharacteristic things lately.
00:34:13Barton says Cook is in tears.
00:34:15What did you do to her?
00:34:17I didn't do anything to her.
00:34:18She's informed about the upcoming ball.
00:34:20She's that upset about it.
00:34:21She's that pleased about it.
00:34:23She's been reduced to weeping at the kitchen work table.
00:34:26How has the rest of the staff reacted?
00:34:28Mrs. Smithson is rushing about as though the ball is this evening instead of three weeks from now.
00:34:33And Barton has simply begun grinning when he thinks I'm not looking.
00:34:36Three weeks from now?
00:34:37But Adam Linus is coming in three weeks time.
00:34:40Please tell me you haven't changed your mind about his visit.
00:34:43Of course not, Persephone.
00:34:45He can be here for the ball.
00:34:50Why the sudden urge to entertain, Adam?
00:34:53First, you invite Persephone's brother.
00:34:56And the ball will bring every family of consequence in the northern half of England to Falston at the same
00:35:01time.
00:35:02That is precisely the sort of thing that makes you miserable.
00:35:05I don't want you to be miserable.
00:35:07I will not be miserable.
00:35:09He will simply make the rest of us miserable.
00:35:11Perhaps you should put an end to the entire thing and save us the suffering.
00:35:15Shut up, Harry!
00:35:19Harry is not nearly persuasive enough to convince me to cancel Linus's visit.
00:35:24There is no need to worry over that.
00:35:26But there is.
00:35:28You tell me to trust you, but I don't know that I can.
00:35:31There is so much I don't know about you, Adam.
00:35:34So much I don't understand.
00:35:36And that frightens me.
00:35:40I frighten you?
00:35:41That isn't what I said.
00:35:43It really isn't.
00:35:43Shut up, Harry!
00:35:47I am happy to see I am a unifying force.
00:35:50At the moment, Harry Windover, you are a frustrating force.
00:35:53Harry, now would be a perfect opportunity for a timely exit.
00:35:56Hint taken.
00:36:03I have faults, Persephone.
00:36:06Like any other man.
00:36:08But I am not a liar.
00:36:12I was raised by a man who valued honesty, and loyalty, and keeping one's word.
00:36:21Now I have promised you that your brother will visit you here, and that Fauston Castle will host a ball,
00:36:26and no one, not Harry, not anyone else, will browbeat me into going back on that promise to you.
00:36:34On any promise to you.
00:36:37I want to believe that.
00:36:40And your happiness does matter.
00:36:43You should believe that, too.
00:36:47I'm beginning to.
00:37:05I'm beginning to.
00:37:11Good afternoon.
00:37:13You look a bit unwell, poor boy.
00:37:17I'm fine.
00:37:18I was just telling Persephone of all the wonderful balls we used to have here at the castle.
00:37:24Even the London papers were full of every detail of the evening.
00:37:28Who attended, the decorations, the menu.
00:37:35Fulston balls were positively legendary.
00:37:39I'm certain our ball will be far less elaborate.
00:37:41Well, that's why I've rushed back.
00:37:43It could be extraordinary.
00:37:46A few changes to the menu, perhaps a more dramatic decorating scheme?
00:37:51It is enough that there will be people here.
00:37:53That should be plenty to fill the London papers with pages of shocked commentary.
00:38:00The castle's always been more pleasant when it's been festive.
00:38:05Mrs. Smithson and I have discussed the menu and the preparations.
00:38:08I am quite satisfied with what we've chosen.
00:38:11Hmm. Satisfied and pleased are not the same thing.
00:38:16You'll be desperate to leave before long if something's not done to liven the place.
00:38:21We are holding a ball, Mother.
00:38:23That has always been enough festiveness for you to return to Fulston.
00:38:27It sounds to me like it's hardly a ball.
00:38:34I...
00:38:35I suppose the arrangements could be made a bit more... extensive.
00:38:41I sound just like Father.
00:38:43I assure you both, I am satisfied and pleased with our current arrangements.
00:38:48They suit my preferences.
00:38:50You really must let me help with future entertainments.
00:38:54We could hold ever so many, both here and in London.
00:38:58You'll have far too much fun to be unhappy.
00:39:04If you'll please excuse me.
00:39:14All of the balls you held for Mother weren't enough to keep her here, so why the blasted blazes am
00:39:19I trying the same approach?
00:39:21Dukes don't need people, you said.
00:39:24We're better off without her.
00:39:27Persephone will leave too, in the end.
00:39:29Everyone does!
00:39:36You will hurt your hand if you keep doing that.
00:39:41Go eat your dinner, Persephone.
00:39:43I...
00:39:45I intend to.
00:39:49On the desk we'll be fine.
00:39:54I'm not hungry.
00:39:56Perhaps not, but I am.
00:40:07Mother...
00:40:07...is taking her meal with Harry.
00:40:10I am eating here.
00:40:12No one eats in this room.
00:40:14You would rather I starve?
00:40:16If you are truly on the verge of expiring, then by all means...
00:40:21...take some nourishment.
00:40:34Blasted.
00:40:36Does smell good, doesn't it?
00:40:37What a shame you aren't hungry.
00:40:39Is that a hint, Persephone?
00:40:41A hint?
00:40:43You are trying to convince me to join you.
00:40:47This is for me.
00:40:47If you want something, you will have to send to the kitchen for it yourself.
00:40:54You plan to eat an entire chicken?
00:40:56It is not an entire chicken.
00:40:58I'm not such a very large one at that.
00:41:00In fact, it is a very good thing.
00:41:03There is plenty to go with it, otherwise I would be in very real danger of wasting away.
00:41:17You didn't expect me to eat an entire chicken, did you?
00:41:33Thank you for the dinner, Persephone.
00:41:37Thank you for allowing the ball.
00:41:40For inviting Linus to visit.
00:41:44It is nice having something to look forward to.
00:42:02Would you like having more balls?
00:42:05And entertainments?
00:42:08I would now and then.
00:42:12But I miss my family more than I miss company.
00:42:17They are so very far away, it sometimes feels as though I'll never see them again.
00:42:25They may very well go to London for the season.
00:42:29You could see them there.
00:42:31You could see a lot of people there.
00:42:34That should tide you over for a while.
00:42:38I will have to get my fill then, I suppose.
00:43:03Thank you, ladies.
00:43:10To be continued...
00:43:40Of course.
00:43:42Why did you not allow a physician to be summoned?
00:43:44This gentleman is clearly ill.
00:43:47I run in a charity, Gough.
00:43:49He's hoping we can do business again in the future.
00:43:52We will.
00:43:53He is so confusing.
00:43:55All part of his charm, Persephone.
00:43:58The blazes is wrong with me.
00:44:00This has arrived for you as well.
00:44:02Persephone?
00:44:04Evander is dead.
00:44:15Harry was as impertinent as ever when I saw him an hour or so ago.
00:44:20Take that as an indication that he is recovering.
00:44:26I received a letter from my sister today.
00:44:29Which one?
00:44:30Artemis.
00:44:32Youngest?
00:44:34Yes.
00:44:38She dislikes a governess, but not for any legitimate reason.
00:44:43She feels weighed down by the continued state of mourning around the house.
00:44:48And she has asked, again, to be able to come here to visit.
00:44:58I suggested spring or summer.
00:45:06Of course, nothing has actually been planned.
00:45:11We will have to go to London in the spring.
00:45:14After enduring society and the season,
00:45:17we'll be good to return here, where it's quiet.
00:45:25It is decidedly quiet.
00:45:48How are you feeling?
00:45:50Hmm.
00:45:52That's improved.
00:45:54Being away from the boar and dagger has contributed greatly to my welfare.
00:45:58Then you'll be pleased to know it will not be a source of misery any longer.
00:46:02It is to be shuttered.
00:46:03Immediately.
00:46:08Shuttered?
00:46:10A closer look at Smith's history and practices made closing the place absolutely necessary.
00:46:15Any man who would withhold food, warmth, medical aid and the ability to send for help when a person is
00:46:20in distress and has done so time and again, ought not be running an inn.
00:46:29First you rush to my rescue.
00:46:33Then you vanquish the villain who tortured me.
00:46:37Watch yourself, Adam.
00:46:43People will begin to think you care.
00:46:45Shut up, Harry.
00:46:55Barton!
00:46:59What is that infernal noise?
00:47:04I believe that would be described as lively conversation, Your Grace.
00:47:07And who is responsible for such lively conversation?
00:47:12Mrs. Poynter.
00:47:14No doubt the vicar is here as well.
00:47:16No doubt.
00:47:17Are you feeling quite yourself today, Barton?
00:47:20I hear you.
00:47:21I feel better than I have in years, Your Grace.
00:47:24It sounds as though Faustin is infested with birds.
00:47:31A full tea.
00:47:33I believe Cook was exceptionally excited at the prospect of preparing a tea tree once more.
00:47:40It's been a while here, Grace.
00:47:42How is it, Barton, that the vicar and his wife came to be in my drawing room?
00:47:47I do not recall altering the requirement that all guests be informed that I am not at home.
00:47:54The vicar was quite specific about seeing, Your Grace.
00:47:58When I presented the Duchess with Mr. Poynter's card, I thought she'd actually run down the stairs.
00:48:04She was so pleased to have call us.
00:48:07How long have the Poynter's been here?
00:48:09Only a few minutes, Your Grace.
00:48:11What a few minutes is more than most get!
00:48:19Of course.
00:48:21Would you like a cup of tea, Adam?
00:48:22No.
00:48:24It is a pleasure to see you again, Your Grace.
00:48:26I doubt that.
00:48:27What precisely is the reason for your visit here?
00:48:30Social call, of course.
00:48:31Of course.
00:48:32When in the fifteen years that you have served as vicar, has Faustin Castle ever received visitors?
00:48:37Not once, Your Grace.
00:48:38Not once.
00:48:39What has led you to believe that that has changed?
00:48:43Wishful thinking?
00:48:44There will be no callers at Faustin Castle.
00:48:47Not today, not in the future.
00:48:50Faustin Castle is not receiving, Your Grace, or you are not receiving?
00:48:56It is the same.
00:48:58Forgive me.
00:48:59It is not.
00:49:01Thank you for your hospitality, Your Grace.
00:49:05Do you come again?
00:49:11I will see you on Sunday.
00:49:14Do not lose hope.
00:49:16Happiness can be found even in dark times.
00:49:18Persephone doesn't get to be happy.
00:49:21That is the ending of the myth according to my youngest sister.
00:49:24Ah, but it is the ending of the tale according to you that matters most.
00:49:27You might as well stay and finish your tea.
00:49:34Cook will be offended if the tray is sent back untouched.
00:49:38Do sit, dear.
00:49:40Do try the lemon cake.
00:49:44Pardon?
00:49:49Are you sure you wouldn't care for some tea?
00:49:55I didn't know I was supposed to turn them away.
00:50:00They might as well finish their tea.
00:50:03I thought no one wanted to meet me.
00:50:05I doubt anyone in the neighborhood even made the attempt.
00:50:09So I could visit the neighbors?
00:50:10No.
00:50:13No.
00:50:15They may attempt to return the favor.
00:50:18But I...
00:50:18I will not have Faustin Castle overrun with people.
00:50:25Of course not.
00:50:27Thank you for allowing the Pointers to remain.
00:50:30I have been enjoying their visit.
00:50:36You, of course,
00:50:38will owe Mrs. Pointer a visit.
00:50:40I understand she entertains half the county on a regular basis.
00:50:45I could...
00:50:46meet the neighbors that way, then.
00:50:50If you want to.
00:51:01If you want to.
00:51:24who else was at the vicarage?
00:51:25Mrs. Milston and her daughter, Lady Hedisham,
00:51:28Miss Greenborough...
00:51:30Hmm.
00:51:31What did you think of our resident spinster?
00:51:33She was very quiet, so I was not able to form much of an opinion of her.
00:51:37Persephone?
00:51:42It's for me.
00:51:43You should read it.
00:51:47Your Grace, Lord, your Empress, Lord of the Amorality,
00:51:50as you relate to me, your inquiries regarding two midshipmen aboard the HMS Triumphant.
00:51:57Evander Lancaster, as you've been informed, succumbed to entry, sustained at Travolgrinus.
00:52:02You've most lost at that time has been buried in a cemetery and tripulter alongside his fallen shipmates.
00:52:08Go on, Persephone.
00:52:11There's not bad news.
00:52:15Midshipman Linus Lancaster.
00:52:19Sustained only minor wounds in that battle and remains aboard the Triumphant.
00:52:26He will, as requested, be granted shortly when we return to our board.
00:52:35The other missive is from Linus.
00:52:39Linus has written to me.
00:52:44I don't know how you managed this, Adam.
00:52:47You needed answers.
00:52:49I simply ensured you received them.
00:52:52This is by far the kindest thing any person has ever done for me, Adam.
00:52:56Thank you so, so much.
00:53:16You did that very well.
00:53:29I just kissed Persephone.
00:53:32Hmm.
00:53:33I noticed.
00:53:35And, um...
00:53:39I think Persephone noticed as well.
00:53:43Which is a good thing, really.
00:53:45If she hadn't even realised we were kissing her, one would begin to wonder about your technique.
00:53:50Oh, sh...
00:53:51I know.
00:53:52Shut up, Harry.
00:54:06They're getting louder.
00:54:16Thank you for my letter, Adam.
00:54:21Linus sounds happy.
00:54:23He didn't mention Evander, which worries me a little.
00:54:27It was always his way to avoid topics that were upsetting.
00:54:41You don't like it when I thank you for the things that you do.
00:54:45You don't like it when I thank you, but I really am grateful.
00:54:54If only you could do something about the wolves.
00:55:10Good work.
00:55:26Sir, you're right.
00:55:26That's all.
00:55:35Persephone?
00:55:44Persephone?
00:55:45Persephone.
00:55:50What happened?
00:55:52You were thrown from a horse.
00:55:55Are you hurt?
00:55:56Can you sit up?
00:55:58I don't know.
00:56:02Let me help you.
00:56:04Careful.
00:56:11Does anything hurt?
00:56:14You asked me that already.
00:56:16A person can be killed being thrown from a horse.
00:56:18Until I'm certain you are not hurt, I'm going to keep asking you questions.
00:56:26What happened?
00:56:28I can't explain it, Your Grace.
00:56:30It's almost like something spoke the horse.
00:56:33We were fortunate she didn't come to serious harm.
00:56:35Yes, Your Grace.
00:56:40Your Abigail can have a hot bath prepared.
00:56:43That should help with any stiffness.
00:56:45There really is no need for this much fuss.
00:56:48When you're too stiff to come down for dinner, you'll disagree.
00:56:52Careful.
00:56:54There you are.
00:56:58That is very kind of you, Adam.
00:57:01You were thrown from a horse, Persephone.
00:57:03Any decent gentleman would be concerned.
00:57:12I can have the kitchen send up a tray if you would rather not come down for dinner.
00:57:15I really am feeling fine already.
00:57:19I think I was more startled than anything else.
00:57:23When I'm a little more sure of myself, might I come riding with you and Harry?
00:57:32Atlas can't keep pace with Zeus.
00:57:34Couldn't you rein Zeus in a little or let me join you at the end of your ride once Zeus
00:57:40has slowed down?
00:57:44Zeus is impatient. He might make Atlas nervous.
00:57:49Couldn't I at least try?
00:57:54I would rather you not take that chance.
00:57:58But you would be there.
00:58:02Yes, but that is no guarantee.
00:58:18I'm sorry.
00:58:21No.
00:58:24Adam.
00:58:35No.
00:58:49Ridiculous.
00:58:50It is too blasted quiet in here.
00:59:13Oh, the blazes is taking so much.
00:59:17Sir, you are awake.
00:59:18Adam.
00:59:19Are you stiff from your fall?
00:59:21Does it hurt to walk?
00:59:25They are loud tonight.
00:59:30How long do you plan to sit at that window and worry about wolves?
00:59:33Until they stop.
00:59:38You should have come in when they first started.
00:59:42Come in?
00:59:43And curled up on the bed, wrapped up in that blanket.
00:59:47You knew?
00:59:49I...
00:59:51I thought you were asleep.
00:59:53Asleep?
00:59:54Oh, I can't sleep. You've ruined the room for me.
00:59:57What do you mean I've ruined it?
00:59:59My bedchamber used to be quiet.
01:00:01And then you started coming in and making all those noises while you're sleeping.
01:00:05I make noises?
01:00:06And you move constantly.
01:00:09Loud noises?
01:00:10No.
01:00:11No, like a puppy.
01:00:16Little noises.
01:00:18And that doesn't bother you?
01:00:20I've grown used to it.
01:00:22I don't want to bother you.
01:00:27You won't.
01:00:31The wolves don't worry me as much in your bedchamber.
01:00:37Are they quieter than here?
01:00:40No.
01:00:42The way I forget it.
01:00:43If the pack ever actually makes it into the castle, they'll eat you first.
01:00:58Good night, Adam.
01:01:01Good night, Persephone.
01:01:02No.
01:01:06What?
01:01:12No.
01:01:14Yes?
01:01:17Why did you decide to get married?
01:01:25At the time, it seemed like a good idea.
01:01:33Does it now?
01:01:42Mrs Adcock said you would.
01:01:45Said I would what?
01:01:46Regret marrying me.
01:01:56When I visited the vicarage several days ago,
01:02:01Mrs Adcock said that most gentlemen who pay for a wife regret the purchase in the end.
01:02:08It was blatantly obvious she was referring to our marriage settlement.
01:02:13Mrs Adcock had mentioned her sizable dowry at least a dozen times, so I happened to ask Lady Hedisham loudly
01:02:23enough for Mrs Adcock to hear whether or not it seemed odd that some ladies found it necessary to offer
01:02:30money to a prospective bridegroom in order to bring him up to scratch.
01:02:36No gentleman would accept a horse so ill-recommended that he had to be bribed to accept it.
01:02:45I thought Mrs Adcock's tea would come flying out her ears. She looked so livid.
01:02:51Will you compare her to a horse?
01:02:56I doubt even I could produce such a cunning retort while done for something.
01:03:00I have not pulled caps with anyone in years. I'm not ashamed to admit that I enjoyed it.
01:03:07I felt like a regular warrior.
01:03:11Perhaps before I next call at the vicarage I should try on one of the suits of armour for size.
01:03:15I could check the armoury for a jousting lance and simply unseat my adversary as she rides up to the
01:03:21vicarage.
01:03:22I would be the terror of the neighbourhood.
01:03:27Well, if it comes to full combat, let me know. I'm rather handy with a crossbow.
01:03:32Maybe Harry could be our page and we could go conquer Adcock Manor.
01:03:36Oh, Harry would make an abysmal page.
01:03:39You might be trusted with a battle axe though.
01:03:44We would make a wonderfully fearsome team.
01:03:50You see, Adam, marriage to me might not be such a terrible thing for you after all.
01:04:36You wishin' a ride to do it, Your Grace?
01:04:38His alibi is still unhappy. You said he doesn't like the cold?
01:04:43Ah, it's not just the cold. He was treated badly before. Doesn't trust people.
01:04:49Figures they treated him bad before, they'll treat him bad again.
01:04:53But no one here would ever hurt him.
01:04:55Nah, it doesn't matter. They'll not give you a chance to.
01:05:00They'll fight you till the holy perdition, that one.
01:05:04Seems like a lost cause. Why keep trying?
01:05:07There's no lost causes, Your Grace.
01:05:11Every creature needs someone who can save them. If they'll only try.
01:05:16There's many hope when you're the sort who tries.
01:05:21This... poor creature... seems so angry.
01:05:27More afraid than furious. Been afraid for years.
01:05:33Why? What happened?
01:05:38Got torn apart and left behind.
01:05:42Decided to bite before anyone bit first.
01:05:45If nobody gets close...
01:05:49Nobody can hurt him.
01:06:07Welcome back.
01:06:08Good morning to you, Persephone.
01:06:09Good morning.
01:06:12Good morning, Adam.
01:06:13Good morning.
01:06:15Are you wanting to ride?
01:06:16I was thinking about it.
01:06:17If you do, I fear we'll be forced to postpone our siege.
01:06:22You two are planning a siege.
01:06:29Why do I get the feeling my presence is not particularly appreciated just now?
01:06:33I would think, Harry, that you would feel that way often.
01:06:37If you go now, you'll have plenty of time to pack.
01:06:39But you'll miss me.
01:06:40I never miss anyone.
01:06:44Hmm.
01:07:07Your name is on the lips of every member of the Tons.
01:07:11Some are saying that Persephone has left you already.
01:07:15Thank you, Mother.
01:07:21Adam, may I talk with you for a moment?
01:07:29Mrs. Smithson skipped this room when she gave me my tour.
01:07:33I haven't ever been in here.
01:07:37No one ever comes into this room.
01:07:40I am overstepping myself.
01:07:41No, no.
01:07:57Who is this you're standing beside, Adam?
01:08:00My father.
01:08:02I thought he must be.
01:08:04You look very much like him.
01:08:07Do I?
01:08:08You have the same eyes.
01:08:11And there is something similar about your mouth and the shape of your face.
01:08:15And, of course, you both have dark hair.
01:08:19I suppose there is a resemblance.
01:08:24Your nose is your mother's.
01:08:26I noticed that when I first saw the two of you together.
01:08:33My father.
01:08:34Are you like him in other ways?
01:08:35My father?
01:08:37Hmm.
01:08:42I hope so.
01:08:51You wanted to speak to me about something.
01:08:55The triumphant will make port the last week of November.
01:09:00Linus will be granted three weeks, surely.
01:09:02Isn't that wonderful?
01:09:03Yes.
01:09:04The triumphant will be docking at Newcastle.
01:09:06I could be there and see him before he departs for Shropshire.
01:09:10Be there?
01:09:12In Newcastle?
01:09:13I wouldn't be gone more than a day or two.
01:09:15Of course, I would want to see him off as well, which would mean going back when the triumphant
01:09:19sets out again.
01:09:22You cannot go.
01:09:28Please, Adam.
01:09:31It would only be a few days.
01:09:33I need to see him for myself.
01:09:38I need to know that he is well and whole.
01:09:41To have even a moment with the only brother I have left, this is important to me, Adam.
01:09:49Things of importance to me should matter.
01:09:58What if he came here?
01:09:59But you don't allow visitors.
01:10:01Well, it makes more sense than you journeying to Newcastle twice.
01:10:05Linus could come to Fauston before going to see your family.
01:10:08Do you mean it?
01:10:10I don't say anything.
01:10:11I don't mean.
01:10:13It wouldn't be too much of an imposition.
01:10:16No.
01:10:17I'd very much like to meet the boy myself.
01:10:20Really?
01:10:22Linus might make a great addition to our siege.
01:10:26Harry would probably faint dead away at the first battle cry.
01:10:34Thank you, Adam.
01:10:50Why do you never leave?
01:10:53Good afternoon to you, too.
01:10:57Answer the question.
01:11:00Is this a pointed interrogation?
01:11:02More of an intellectual discussion.
01:11:04Intellectual discussion.
01:11:09Why do I never leave?
01:11:13Because I like Fauston.
01:11:14Why?
01:11:15Free food.
01:11:15I'm in earnest.
01:11:16I need you to be as well.
01:11:17The food is nothing to disregard.
01:11:18Cook is a miracle worker.
01:11:24Aside from that, Fauston is familiar.
01:11:29It's comfortable.
01:11:31So you feel the same way about the house in London?
01:11:34You spend a lot of time there as well.
01:11:35And you've come with me to Kent a few times.
01:11:38This is a pointed interrogation, isn't it?
01:11:42Look, if you were trying to tell me to make myself scarce
01:11:44now that you're married, I completely understand.
01:11:46No, it's not that at all.
01:11:51Then what is it?
01:11:56I want to know why you've stayed around all these years.
01:12:02We're friends, Adam.
01:12:04Friends don't just jump ship.
01:12:07I think your answer about the food was more honest.
01:12:09Did it ever occur to you that I sincerely consider you a friend?
01:12:15My...
01:12:18best friend, in fact.
01:12:23Because of Harrow?
01:12:26It may have started that way.
01:12:28You saved my skin.
01:12:31So I worshipped you for a while.
01:12:33Bit like an idol.
01:12:35Who could ward off evil spirits, I suppose.
01:12:40But then...
01:12:42Then you landed me a facer for something stupid I did.
01:12:46Or said.
01:12:48I remember that quite well, but not what we were scuffling over.
01:12:51And we were sent down.
01:12:53My parents were away, so...
01:12:55We came here.
01:12:58In those two weeks of our expulsion...
01:13:02I met...
01:13:03Adam Boyce.
01:13:05The Duke of Kilda.
01:13:07Still scared the guts out of me.
01:13:10But Adam Boyce...
01:13:12Was just a boy.
01:13:14Like me.
01:13:15Why...
01:13:18Why the sudden interest...
01:13:21In our colorful childhood?
01:13:49It looks frigid out there.
01:13:50Doesn't it?
01:13:53It does.
01:13:57Persephone looks cold, Adam.
01:13:59You should go and keep her warm.
01:14:03Keep up.
01:14:05The fact that my suggestion confuses you...
01:14:08Does not bode well.
01:14:12My friend.
01:14:15It didn't...
01:14:19It didn't confuse me.
01:14:37She is lonely...
01:14:39In this empty castle.
01:14:44Just as mother was.
01:14:51Is that me?
01:14:56I heard them, Adam.
01:14:57The walls, they're inside Falston.
01:14:59They are still outside the castle.
01:15:00They're so loud.
01:15:01They sound so much closer.
01:15:02They are not inside the castle walls, Persephone.
01:15:06Are you certain?
01:15:08Absolutely.
01:15:11Have tea sent out to my book room.
01:15:13Yes, she agrees.
01:15:25I know.
01:15:26I shouldn't be so afraid of them, but the howling...
01:15:30Sends chills through me.
01:15:34I will have my steward check on the pack so you can breathe more easily.
01:15:38I had always been told that there were no more wolves in England.
01:15:42Our pack is descended from the last of the wolves that roamed the area.
01:15:47And the wild dogs that called the forest home.
01:15:50Are they less vicious than true wolves, then?
01:15:57They are more wolf than anything else.
01:16:00But they always give the castle a wide berth.
01:16:14I think...
01:16:19I think we should hold a ball.
01:16:21A ball?
01:16:22Unless you don't want to.
01:16:23I assumed you wouldn't want to.
01:16:25It would mean a lot of people in the castle.
01:16:32Every bride should have a ball.
01:16:37We are still in mourning.
01:16:41I think a wedding ball would be permissible.
01:16:47Do you mean...
01:16:53You don't say things you don't mean.
01:16:58No.
01:17:01No, I don't.
01:17:06Yes.
01:17:07Adam.
01:17:08We should host a ball at Fauston.
01:17:14Adam suggested it.
01:17:17Adam!
01:17:19As in the Adam I know.
01:17:20I am as surprised as you are.
01:17:23He's been doing a lot of uncharacteristic things lately.
01:17:27Barton says Cook is in tears.
01:17:29What did you do to her?
01:17:30I didn't do anything to her.
01:17:32She's informed about the upcoming ball.
01:17:34She's that upset about it.
01:17:35She's that pleased about it.
01:17:37She's been reduced to weeping at the kitchen work table.
01:17:40How has the rest of the staff reacted?
01:17:42Mrs. Smithson is rushing about as though the ball is this evening
01:17:45instead of three weeks from now.
01:17:47And Barton has simply begun grinning when he thinks I'm not looking.
01:17:50Three weeks from now?
01:17:51But Adam Linus is coming in three weeks' time.
01:17:54Please tell me you haven't changed your mind about his visit.
01:17:57Of course not, Persephone.
01:17:58He can be here for the ball.
01:18:04Why the sudden urge to entertain, Adam?
01:18:07First, you invite Persephone's brother.
01:18:10And the ball will bring every family of consequence in the northern half of England to Fauston at the same
01:18:15time.
01:18:16That is precisely the sort of thing that makes you miserable.
01:18:19I don't want you to be miserable.
01:18:21I will not be miserable.
01:18:22You will simply make the rest of us miserable.
01:18:25Perhaps you should put an end to the entire thing and save us the suffering.
01:18:29Shut up, Harry!
01:18:33Harry is not nearly persuasive enough to convince me to cancel Linus's visit.
01:18:38There is no need to worry over that.
01:18:40But there is.
01:18:42You tell me to trust you, but I don't know that I can.
01:18:45There is so much I don't know about you, Adam.
01:18:48So much I don't understand.
01:18:50And that frightens me.
01:18:54I frighten you?
01:18:55That isn't what I said.
01:18:57It really isn't.
01:18:58Shut up, Harry!
01:19:01I am happy to see I am a unifying force.
01:19:04At the moment, Harry Windover, you are a frustrating force.
01:19:07Harry, now would be a perfect opportunity for a timely exit.
01:19:10In taken.
01:19:17I have faults, Persephone, like any other man.
01:19:22But I am not a liar.
01:19:26I was raised by a man who valued honesty and loyalty and keeping one's word.
01:19:35Now I have promised you that your brother will visit you here.
01:19:38And that Fauston Castle will host a ball.
01:19:40And no one, not Harry, not anyone else,
01:19:43will browbeat me into going back on that promise to you.
01:19:48On any promise to you.
01:19:51I want to believe that.
01:19:54And your happiness does matter.
01:19:57You should believe that, too.
01:20:00I'm beginning to.
01:20:23Good afternoon.
01:20:26You look a bit unwell, poor boy.
01:20:31I'm fine.
01:20:32I was just telling Persephone of all the wonderful balls we used to have here at the castle.
01:20:38Even the London papers were full of every detail of the evening.
01:20:43Who attended, the decorations, the menu.
01:20:49Fauston balls were positively legendary.
01:20:52I'm certain our ball will be far less elaborate.
01:20:55Well, that's why I've rushed back.
01:20:57It could be extraordinary.
01:21:00A few changes to the menu.
01:21:02Perhaps a more dramatic decorating scheme?
01:21:05It is enough that there will be people here.
01:21:07That should be plenty to fill the London papers with pages of shocked commentary.
01:21:14The castle's always been more pleasant when it's been festive.
01:21:18Mrs. Smithson and I have discussed the menu and the preparations.
01:21:22I am quite satisfied with what we've chosen.
01:21:25Hmm.
01:21:26Satisfied and pleased are not the same thing.
01:21:30You'll be desperate to leave before long if something's not done to liven the place.
01:21:35We are holding a ball, Mother.
01:21:37There has always been enough festiveness for you to return to Fauston.
01:21:41It sounds to me like it's hardly a ball.
01:21:48I...
01:21:48I suppose the arrangements could be made a bit more extensive.
01:21:55I sound just like Father.
01:21:57I assure you both, I am satisfied and pleased with our current arrangements.
01:22:02They suit my preferences.
01:22:04You really must let me help with future entertainments.
01:22:08We could hold ever so many, both here and in London.
01:22:12You'll have far too much fun to be unhappy.
01:22:18If you'll please excuse me.
01:22:28All of the balls you held for Mother weren't enough to keep her here, so why the blasted blazes am
01:22:33I trying the same approach?
01:22:35Dukes don't need people, you said!
01:22:37We're better off without her!
01:22:41Persephone will leave too. In the end, everyone does!
01:22:50You will hurt your hand if you keep doing that.
01:22:55Go eat your dinner, Persephone.
01:22:59I intend to.
01:23:03On the desk we'll be fine.
01:23:08I'm not hungry.
01:23:10Perhaps not, but I am.
01:23:21Mother...
01:23:21Is taking her meal with Harry.
01:23:24I am eating here.
01:23:26No one eats in this room.
01:23:28You would rather I starve?
01:23:30If you are truly on the verge of expiring, then by all means...
01:23:35Take some nourishment.
01:23:48Blasted.
01:23:50Does smell good, doesn't it? What a shame you aren't hungry.
01:23:53Is that a hint, Persephone?
01:23:55A hint?
01:23:57You are trying to convince me to join you.
01:24:01This is for me. If you want something, you will have to send to the kitchen for it yourself.
01:24:08You plan to eat an entire chicken?
01:24:10It is not an entire chicken.
01:24:12I'm not such a very large one at that.
01:24:14In fact, it is a very good thing.
01:24:17There is plenty to go with it, otherwise I would be in very real danger of wasting away.
01:24:31You didn't expect me to eat an entire chicken, did you?
01:24:47Thank you for the dinner, Persephone.
01:24:51Thank you for allowing the ball.
01:24:54For inviting Linus to visit.
01:24:58It is nice having something to look forward to.
01:25:16Would you like having more balls?
01:25:19And entertainments?
01:25:22I would, now and then.
01:25:26But I miss my family more than I miss company.
01:25:31They are so very far away, it sometimes feels as though I'll never see them again.
01:25:39They may very well go to London for the season.
01:25:42You could see them there.
01:25:44You could see a lot of people there.
01:25:48That should tide you over for a while.
01:25:52I will have to get my fill then, I suppose.
01:26:27But like to stay with you.
01:26:29That's very long, I would think.
01:26:29Theación provisora of life.
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