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Seeking Persephone - Season 1 - Episode 02: Part 2
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00:00You, my dear, have received an offer of marriage.
00:03A what?
00:04From an incredibly wealthy gentleman with an old and prestigious title.
00:09Good heavens, I do not know his grace, or any grace for that matter.
00:13This family's happiness is worth every sacrifice.
00:16And you mean to accept the Duke's offer?
00:19Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together in the sight of God
00:23to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony.
00:27Is your name really Persephone?
00:29It is. Did you not think to ask?
00:32I had expected someone rather bonk in the tooth.
00:35So had I.
00:36Give the poor girl a chance.
00:38It's not her fault you've ended up with every man's idea of a perfect wife.
00:4424 hours into this ill-conceived marriage and my wife is already sobbing.
00:50This is never going to work.
01:02Dear Persephone, we've been home for two days now and I am nearly dead with boredom.
01:07Athena spends all her time practicing country dances.
01:11I do not think she will find a husband dancing like she does.
01:15No gentleman would want to marry someone who dances like a cow.
01:18I am running around like a heathen and terrorizing the neighborhood.
01:23It's lovely.
01:24I wish you were here so we could be heathens together.
01:28When can I come explore your towers?
01:30You did promise.
01:32I will have my birthday in London, Daphne says.
01:35I will invite you.
01:37If the Duke wants to come he can too, even if he never did talk to me once while I
01:41was at his castle.
01:43Please write to me.
01:45Be sure to put the guinea under the seal.
01:48Your sister Artemis.
01:54You seem in good spirits this afternoon.
01:57I've been reading a letter from my younger sister, Mr Windover.
02:02We are practically brother and sister.
02:04We needn't be on such formal towns.
02:08Do you miss your family, Harry?
02:10Being here as long as you have been?
02:13I consider Adam my brother.
02:16Being here is being with family.
02:21How is it that the two of you are so close?
02:24He is so hostile towards you.
02:28Adam is hostile towards everyone.
02:30It is just the way he is.
02:33Does he never show any tenderness of feeling?
02:39Not in the two decades I've known him.
02:42Then you forged a friendship with someone who was already adversarial.
02:49Adam saved my skin.
02:52I was something of a runt.
02:54And the other boys at Harrow found that grounds for torturing me.
02:59Adam put a stop to that.
03:01They took orders from him.
03:03They were afraid of him.
03:05They still are.
03:08Everyone is.
03:11But he would have only been seven or eight years old.
03:14Seven.
03:15He was a force to be reckoned with.
03:18By the time he was a shell, he ran Harrow.
03:22Shell?
03:23The youngest year.
03:24Some of the boys, now grown gentlemen of course, still whimper when they see him.
03:28To be so utterly terrifying when he was only a child.
03:33Well, it wasn't that exactly.
03:37He was...
03:38Still is remarkably intelligent.
03:43And he is authoritative.
03:45Kind of man few people question.
03:47Even at seven he was very much that way.
03:51And he is utterly unafraid.
03:55There is nothing that frightens him.
03:58Nothing that intimidates him.
04:08Why won't he ever look at me?
04:12What do you mean?
04:14Never mind.
04:20He never looked at you.
04:25Huh.
04:27That is out of character for him.
04:29Adam usually faces problems directly.
04:32I'm a problem, then?
04:35Poor choice of words on my part.
04:38A great deal has changed lately.
04:41Adam does tend to get more...
04:43I don't know.
04:47Prickly.
04:48When he has a lot in his mind.
04:51So you're saying I shouldn't give up yet?
04:54If I had given up on Adam for being grumpy,
04:57we wouldn't be friends.
04:59How long did it take for him to stop being...
05:02prickly with you?
05:03He still is.
05:06Adam would never admit it.
05:08But he knows I refuse to be bullied.
05:11And I think he respects that.
05:13He keeps trying.
05:15But I think he hopes it'll never work.
05:18So he doesn't like people who are intimidated by him?
05:22He doesn't respect them.
05:24That is a little different.
05:26It is a great deal different to Adam.
05:29Adam likes his mother.
05:31But he doesn't respect her?
05:33Mother Harriet,
05:34I've called it that since I was a boy,
05:36has made something of a hobby out of pitying Adam.
05:41And he doesn't like that?
05:42Ha! Frustrates...
05:46Frustrates him.
05:50If Adam does not like people to be afraid of him,
05:53why does he go to such lengths to make certain they are?
05:59I have my theories.
06:02That Adam's motivations are not a topic I am willing to discuss.
06:07I am attempting to find my place here,
06:09and claim a degree of equanimity with my new husband.
06:16I need help if I am to have any hope of understanding Adam.
06:21Most people do not even try.
06:23But he is worth sorting out Persephone.
06:27I promise you.
06:30He is.
06:37He really never looks at you.
06:43Something about you has ruffled him.
06:48Nothing...
06:49ruffles Adam.
07:23Just saw you Grace, he is a bit skittish this morning.
07:25It has been so cold and all.
07:27Haven't you a horse that isn't skittish about cold?
07:29What?
07:30Atlas behaves in the cold?
07:32Who named the horse Atlas?
07:34His grace did.
07:37And his grace does not think it a ridiculous name?
07:39It being Greek and mythological.
07:42He named his own monk Zeus.
07:45That would be one of them heathen gods and all.
07:48Such names are not ridiculous for horses.
07:53Then I had best search the forest for a sorceress to transform me into a horse.
07:58Lest I spend the rest of my life doomed to a constant state of ridiculousness.
08:03You would make an atrocious horse, Persephone.
08:05On that we can agree.
08:15What brings you out this early?
08:17I was hoping to attempt to ride again.
08:20How long have you been out of the saddle?
08:22Ten years.
08:25And you were going to attempt to ride alibi?
08:29I know you Grace.
08:30The Duchess was just asking if you were ailing or upset.
08:34I was thinking Atlas would be good for a Grace.
08:38It's a good choice.
08:42Are you really going to try riding again?
08:45To be perfectly honest, I'm not certain one could accurately call my previous experience riding.
08:51Our neighbours, the Uptons, allowed me to ride a pony of theirs on occasion as a child.
08:55If memory serves, it was aged and did little more than shift its weight.
09:01Steady, steady.
09:03She's calm and steady, your Grace.
09:06She'll not hurt you.
09:07May I feed her a carrot?
09:10The Uptons' pony was fond of carrots.
09:12Well, perhaps the poor thing waddled so much because he was overfed.
09:17That's it, girl.
09:19That's it.
09:25If she and Atlas part company see to it that Joan has her brought up to the castle.
09:31Don't you want to even see her try?
09:32I've seen enough people quit in my lifetime without witnessing the same thing again.
09:36I think she'll surprise you.
09:47Hey!
09:49I've been over?
09:50I've been over?
09:51Yeah.
10:37You have had quite a few riding lessons now.
10:39Are you feeling more confident in the saddle?
10:41Quite a bit more. Tomorrow I intend to attempt to jump the castle wall. Atlas doesn't know
10:47yet.
10:51Just my luck, I'll miss that.
10:53Miss it?
10:54I am for Hoyk in the morning. Are you certain you couldn't leave tonight?
11:01Do you go to Scotland often?
11:04I have an aunt and uncle in Hoyk. They are always asking me to come for a visit.
11:07And I am always asking you to leave. How is it that their requests are adhered to and mine are
11:12ignored?
11:13Because I know you do not actually want me to go.
11:24I have never been to Scotland.
11:26You live a stone's throw from it now. Perhaps you and Adam could gad about Hadrian's Wall sometime.
11:31I do not gad about. I have not ever been to Shropshire. Though I hear it is beautiful.
11:38I admit to being very biased on the matter, but I think it is the most beautiful area of England.
11:44All my family does.
11:46Athena waxes poetic about it quite often.
11:49Evander's letters regularly mention missing Shropshire.
11:53Have you heard from either of your young Navy brothers recently?
11:58The last letter I had from Evander indicated the triumphant the ship they are serving on was not far from
12:04Spain.
12:07There's a great deal of activity in that part of the world just now.
12:13I worry over the boys almost constantly. And I worry about my sisters and my father. About quite a few
12:23people, truth be told.
12:27Well, rest assured Persephone, you needn't worry about me while I am away. My aunt and uncle will fuss over
12:35me more than sufficiently, leaving you ample energy for...
12:39Gadding about with Adam.
12:41I do not gad about.
13:09...
13:13...
13:15...
13:24...
13:49Good afternoon, Adam.
13:51I will not intrude on your solitude, Philo.
13:54This has arrived and I wish to explain.
13:57Please sit.
14:01I'm fine.
14:02I'm not asking for your comfort, but for my own.
14:05I have no desire to strain my neck looking up as you loom over me.
14:19Now will you open the parcel?
14:21You said you wanted to explain?
14:22After you open it.
14:41You cannot ride without a proper riding habit.
14:45I ordered it because you need one and I did not think you knew where to obtain it.
14:50You ordered this for me.
14:52I don't know that it is the colour you would have chosen, but blue seemed a good option.
14:59You'll need it when you ride regardless of its colour.
15:02You must have great faith in my ability to learn to ride.
15:06Thus far I am proving a very poor pupil.
15:10Quite a bit better yesterday.
15:12You watched me.
15:15With Harry gone, I have a lot of time on my hands.
15:18Your boots will take longer to arrive.
15:20Well you've ordered boots for me as well.
15:21Well your house slippers are hardly appropriate for riding.
15:23I haven't been wearing slippers.
15:25You might as well have been.
15:32I don't know what to say, Adam.
15:35It's not necessary for you to say anything.
15:37I only wish to explain.
15:41Thank you, Adam.
15:43This is probably the most beautiful thing I've ever owned.
15:47And it'll be warm.
15:48You chose a good colour.
15:50I do like blue.
15:53Oh, I, um, I nearly forgot.
15:57This has arrived for you as well.
16:01I shall leave you to your letter.
16:20There was a battle at sea, near Cape Trafalgar.
16:33The tribe sustained heavy losses.
16:38Did your brothers?
16:41Linus' food is unknown.
16:51Evander is dead.
17:28She's in pain, and I can't do a blasted thing about it, having the first idea where
17:37to start.
17:40When Mother was distressed, she just left Faustin.
17:47Massefoni hasn't left yet, so what do I do?
17:54I don't want her to be miserable.
17:57I need her.
18:03Dukes don't need people.
18:09Mother has always preferred being away from me.
18:14Persephone will as well.
18:44I don't want her to be angry.
18:45I don't want her to be angry.
18:45I don't want her to be angry.
19:05I don't want her to be angry.
19:44I don't want her to be angry.
19:45I don't want her to be angry.
19:46I don't want her to be angry.
20:15I don't want her to be angry.
20:20I don't want her to be angry.
20:44I don't want her to be angry.
20:44I don't want her to be angry.
21:10I don't want her to be angry.
21:12I don't want her to be angry.
21:17I don't want her to be angry.
21:42I don't want her to be angry.
21:44I don't want her to be angry.
21:56I don't want her to be angry.
22:05I don't want her to be angry.
22:07I usually sleep.
22:10And wake up with a headache.
22:14That was awful.
22:18Generally I can't help myself.
22:20No.
22:25It's falling off.
22:27I don't want her if you just button it.
22:33You really don't want me to be cold.
22:40I don't want you to be miserable.
22:59Adam.
23:09Adam.
23:12Adam.
23:48Adam.
24:20Adam.
24:20Adam.
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24:32Adam.
24:39Adam.
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25:05Urgent message for your grace.
25:16Tell the stables to prepare my swiftest travelling coach
25:19and send someone to Sifton for Mr. Johns.
25:21Yes, your grace.
25:22Are you leaving, Adam?
25:22Almost on the instant.
25:23Tell Mrs. Smithson to prepare Mr. Wendover's usual room.
25:26Is something the matter with Harry?
25:27He's taken exceedingly ill as an in-between here and Hoyk.
25:30What are you intending to do?
25:31Go retrieve him, of course.
25:33If the stables will ever send my carriage, that is.
25:36It looks like it might snow.
25:38That's precisely why I wish to make an immediate start.
25:40But is it safe?
25:41If the weather worsens, you might become stuck on the road.
25:44I can reach the inn before then.
25:45How will I know you're safe?
25:47If I do not return tonight,
25:48you can assume that I am waiting out the weather
25:50at whatever flea-infested hostelry
25:52Harry's decided to take ill in.
25:53I will assume no such thing.
25:56Simply not returning will tell me nothing.
25:58You could just as easily be half-frozen on the side of some road
26:00or devoured by wolves or ill yourself.
26:03I've driven these roads for years.
26:04I've never once broken down.
26:07You must promise me you will be careful.
26:10If you do not, I will worry.
26:16Why would you worry about me?
26:19Why wouldn't I?
26:23No one worries about me, Persephone.
26:28Someone does now.
26:33Don't.
26:34Afraid I can't help it.
26:36Like crying.
26:42Worrying will probably give you a headache as well.
26:45Then spare me the headache
26:46and promise me you will be cautious.
26:59I will be cautious.
27:02I promise.
27:04I will be cautious.
27:06I will be cautious.
27:07I will be cautious.
27:07I will be cautious.
27:08I will be cautious.
27:08I will be cautious.
27:10I will be cautious.
27:14I will be cautious.
27:21I will be cautious.
27:23I will be cautious.
27:23I will be cautious.
27:23I will be cautious.
27:23I will be cautious.
27:24I will be cautious.
27:25I will be cautious.
27:31I will be cautious.
27:58Where is the owner of this establishment?
28:12What can I do for you, Governor?
28:14There is a gentleman staying at this inn, Mr. Windover.
28:17Where is he?
28:23How much is no one worth here?
28:27You like your wave, begging me pardon?
28:29I beg no one's pardon. Where is he?
28:33Set the cove's bill, then I'll tell you.
28:37His bill will be settled in the usual manner, upon departure.
28:42I'm afraid I'll be adding to the bill then. Inconvenience, you see.
28:47If you're in mind to toss a few extra pounds, you might save yourself some blunt in the end.
28:52A few extra pounds. What do you feel you are currently owed?
28:57Can't say, really. Goes higher all the time, doesn't it?
29:01I got a few shillings been added since we've been talking.
29:08Where is the gentleman who's staying here?
29:11I'll call your accountant due, Hooper.
29:15I ain't got a shilling.
29:19A half-crown?
29:20Where is the gentleman who's staying here?
29:23First door on your right, Governor.
29:25Step to Hooper.
29:27Step to Hooper.
29:27Step to Hooper.
29:56Step to Hooper.
29:56Step to Hooper.
29:57Step to Hooper.
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30:00Step to Hooper.
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30:08Step to Hooper.
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30:12Step to Hooper.
30:13Step to Hooper.
30:18Step to Hooper.
30:20summoned this gentleman is clearly ill i run in a charity guff ain't nothing to pay a doctor with
30:27and his manservant here is poorer than he is so you left him to grow more ill perhaps to the
30:34point
30:34of endangering his life people die all the time don't they how many have died in this inn waiting
30:42for help that was never going to come sick and dying don't fight back makes it easier to settle
30:49their bill by picking their pockets no doubt madam can i go back to the castle in the looks of
31:00you
31:00you'd do better to go directly to a cemetery likely a good idea let's get mr windover to the carriage
31:06of course how much do you imagine you are owed by mr windover considering everything i'd settle up
31:17for five pound five pounds nothing you have provided or could provide is worth a tenth of
31:23that i reckon you can afford it and do you demand such exorbitant sums from people who can't afford
31:28it someone will always walk away poorer guff i'm just making certain it ain't never me
31:36you're five pounds
31:40he's hoping we can do business again in the future
31:44we will
32:03you've taken ivanda please do not take my husband as well
32:27take him to his chambers
32:31is mr johns here yes your grace
32:46told you i'd be careful i suppose i should have believed you
32:54yes you should have you look cold
32:58yes i'm freezing
33:01you should change into something warm and dry
33:03mr johns will see to harry
33:07you were to be my voice of reason then
33:13your hand is cold
33:17so i'm
33:19my apologies
33:22if you'll excuse me
33:23i've been told i ought to change out of this cold wet cloth
33:29i'm glad you've returned adam
33:52does mr johns feel that mr windover will recover
33:56he does
33:58now that mr windover is here
34:01he had begun making a turn for the worst at that inn
34:04i
34:05i shudder to think of the outcome if his grace hadn't rescued him
34:09while his grace may have carried out the rescue
34:12your letter is the reason we knew it was necessary
34:16we are all indebted to you for that
34:18mr windover is
34:21a good man
34:23yes
34:25he is
34:31adam
34:34mr johns believes harry will recover
34:39i suspect harry is too stubborn not to
34:46what is he in need of
34:47the apothecary is providing powders in a tisane
34:51aside from that he says mr windover needs rest
34:55then we will allow you to see to his comfort
35:02i
35:03hadn't had a chance to check on harry myself
35:09bringing harry here
35:12what's the best thing you could have done
35:16allowing him to sleep will be the next best thing
35:24i suppose i should listen when offered such sage advice
35:34i agree
35:35i agree
35:45you've been out in the cold all day adam
35:49i should get some rest as well
35:52you might very well end up as ill as harry
36:13i will have the kitchen send you up a tray
36:18i
36:52Adam.
37:04Oh, Adam, you've married a coward.
37:19Oh, Adam.
37:25Oh, Adam.
37:26Oh, Adam.
37:38Oh, Adam.
37:40Oh, Adam.
37:44At least she doesn't snore.
38:00Stephanie!
38:05Stephanie!
38:06Stephanie!
38:07Stephanie!
38:21Stephanie!
38:22Stephanie!
38:23Adam!
38:32What?
38:40Ridiculous.
38:48I'm behaving like a ridiculous blackwood, panicking over a dream.
38:53Adam?
38:54What?
39:00Harry seems a little better this morning.
39:07I am glad he is improving.
39:11So am I.
39:15Are you planning on riding this morning?
39:18I am.
39:19I would rather you didn't.
39:20But I...
39:21I would rather you didn't.
39:26I won't if you really don't want me to.
39:29Good.
39:30I think it would be best if you do not.
39:34What the blazes is wrong with me.
39:57What the blazes is wrong with me?
40:01I don't think he is.
40:01No.
40:27You are afraid of me.
40:30I am.
40:31It's all been a ploy to get attention.
40:40Why were you so displeased when you were looking in the mirror?
40:43Oh, it was nothing.
40:47That wasn't nothing.
40:54Do you think I'm ridiculous?
41:01You lard buckets.
41:04Adam's been talking again, hasn't he?
41:08He looked me over, studying me very closely.
41:12Then he said, ridiculous.
41:15He once described St. James's palace as ridiculous.
41:19It's his favourite word.
41:23He is so confusing.
41:28All part of his charm, Persephone.
41:37How did he come to have such extensive scars?
41:48Adam was born with a stub, where his right ear was meant to be.
41:54A succession of surgeons came to the castle over the first few years of his life, attempting to find it.
42:01The scars, then, weren't the result of an accident.
42:06They were attempting to fix him.
42:09But, in the end, he still has no ear.
42:15His hearing is still a little muffled on that side.
42:18And he's been left scarred.
42:21In more ways than one.
42:26You need to rest.
42:27I'm fine.
42:28And I won't keep you from it.
42:31If there is anything at all that he needs, do not hesitate to ask.
42:35Thank you, your grace.
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