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