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Seeking Persephone - Season 1 - Episode 01: Part 1
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00:28Satsang with Mooji
00:36Will you beat that up, Artemis?
00:38I don't know why we have to do this.
00:41Because we like to eat.
00:43But we only pay pennies.
00:45Pennies that keep our family from dire straits.
00:47I do not enjoy washing the neighbourhood's laundry any more than you do,
00:50but being upset about it won't change our situation.
01:07Open the door, sweetheart.
01:09I have had an atrocious day. Now I have to open the door.
01:13I'm sorry you have suffered so much.
01:15I fear you will simply have to continue in your wretched state a bit longer.
01:19I will open the door, but do not be surprised if I lie in the front and die.
01:24I will be many things if that happens, my sweet little Artemis.
01:27But above all, I will not be surprised.
01:32She has died for the far less than this in the past.
01:34She has died for the far less than this in the past.
02:04While Father's wandering again.
02:15Daphne.
02:16What's Daphne? You're home!
02:18Was Father wandering again?
02:21Until a letter came. Then he went back up to his study.
02:24Did he say whom the letter was from?
02:26You know Father doesn't usually talk to me.
02:29Well, once I've cleared the clatter he spread, sorted the laundry and started our meal,
02:34then I very much wish to talk with you about whatever you've learned today.
02:37It's ever so interesting and terribly useful.
02:41Cannot wait.
02:42Thank you, Persephone.
02:44Of course, Daphne.
02:55You did say this might happen.
02:57Yes, I did.
02:58And what has brought you to such a horrible end this time?
03:01My suffering is too great.
03:02No words can possibly describe it.
03:05Is this because I could not buy you a suite from the confectionery shop?
03:08That was tragic.
03:09But not the reason you're expiring on the floor.
03:11I didn't see my friend.
03:13I watched for him.
03:15And he didn't come.
03:16He hasn't ever so long and it's deeply devastating.
03:20Is this the friend I can't see?
03:21The friend you don't see.
03:23Ah.
03:25Do you think your friend would visit you again
03:27if we had bread pudding tonight?
03:29Bread pudding?
03:31I have a bit of stale bread
03:32and Mrs. Sanford gave me some cream.
03:35I think we should have bread pudding tonight.
03:37It's not even my birthday.
03:38Bread pudding is quite possibly my favourite thing in all the world.
03:43Of course.
03:44If you are dead on the floor, you won't be able to have any.
03:47I'm all better.
03:48It is a miracle.
03:51Thank you, thank you, thank you.
03:54You're very welcome, my darling little otterus.
04:01How do you like the latest fashions?
04:04These are not the latest.
04:05Mrs. Upton gave me these because she received the most recent version.
04:08But they are very nearly the latest.
04:12That is gorgeous.
04:14Isn't it?
04:15I've added it to my list of dreams.
04:17That must be quite the list by now.
04:19Isn't that what dreaming is for?
04:21Believing in those things you feel you'll never have
04:23but want to continue hoping are possible.
04:25Like having money enough and happiness.
04:29Falling in love.
04:31I want you to have all of those things, Athena.
04:33You must have dreams too.
04:35Certainly, I do.
04:38Artemis' spirit's not being dampened by the heaviness of life.
04:41Daphne finding a friend who hopes to feel seen and cared about.
04:46Evander and Linus returning home to us whole.
04:50Far from guarantee for two midshipmen in the Navy during all time.
04:54I should have done more to keep them home and safe.
04:56There's nothing more you could have done.
04:58I could have taken in more laundry or reduced my portions at mealtimes.
05:01I could have gone without fires in my room.
05:02And it likely still would not have been enough.
05:06I suppose that is my version of hoping for impossible things.
05:12None of the hopes that you've mentioned have been of dreams for yourself.
05:16Seeing this family happy is dream enough for me.
05:21Fetch Daphne and Artemis and take them to the kitchen.
05:24I do not know how frustrating he might be this time.
05:32Have you received a letter?
05:37We have a very significant problem.
05:41What has happened, Papa?
05:43Evander? Linus?
05:45Oh no, I haven't heard anything about your brothers.
05:52I have, however, received the most befuddling letter.
06:02You, my dear, have received an offer of marriage.
06:06A what?
06:07An offer from an incredibly wealthy gentleman with an old and prestigious title.
06:24Good heavens.
06:29What I cannot fathom is why the Duke has settled on you.
06:35Though you cannot even be remotely acquainted with our family.
06:38The Duke?
06:39Of course, dear.
06:41The Duke of Kilda.
06:43The Duke of Kilda has asked for my hand in marriage.
06:47Quite specifically.
06:51I do not believe a word of it.
06:54After all, I do not know his grace.
06:56Or any grace, for that matter.
07:07Mr. Lancaster.
07:09I am requesting the hand of your eldest daughter in marriage.
07:13I am prepared to settle upon your three remaining daughters.
07:1620,000 each for their dowries.
07:19And 50,000 upon yourself for the sake of your sons.
07:23The ceremony will take place October the 1st at the Fulston Chapel.
07:28Please reply as to your intentions.
07:31Yours.
07:33Etc.
07:35Kilda.
07:38It is certainly not the most romantic nor flattering of proposals, to be sure.
07:42The ceremony will take place.
07:45There is not the slightest acknowledgement that the unforeseen offer might be declined.
07:51This offer amounts to more than a hundred thousand pounds.
08:05What is the Duke of Kilda like?
08:08Like?
08:11Well, I couldn't say.
08:13I have not met the current Duke.
08:15What was his father like?
08:18Hmm?
08:20Dull as dishwater.
08:25But his mother is an active soul.
08:44One hundred thousand pounds!
08:47I can hardly comprehend such a sum.
08:51It is more than five hundred years worth, our current income.
08:55It is more than five times the income of the Duke of Sussex, and he is son of the king.
09:00Good heavens!
09:01We would have food enough to eat.
09:03We would not need to wash laundry for pennies.
09:06The boys could soon leave the navy and return home.
09:11All of your impossible dreams would suddenly be entirely possible.
09:15This would not merely save our family.
09:17It would save generations of our family.
09:20Duke of Kilda.
09:21You might be prone to anger or unkindness.
09:24What if he mistreats you?
09:26What if being married to him makes you miserable for the rest of your life?
09:29It is also possible he will be kind and considerate.
09:33You don't know anything about him?
09:36Only that he clearly has a tremendous amount of money and wishes to marry me.
09:40He gave no indication why.
09:42You needn't simply accept this offer.
09:44One may yet come from someone that you at least know won't treat you abominably.
09:47There will be no other offers.
09:50If I do not accept this one, our family will sink further.
09:54Even the simple hopes we currently have will be out of reach.
09:57Then one of your hopes will be snatched away.
10:00This family's happiness is worth every sacrifice.
10:02Isn't your happiness worth something as well?
10:05Artemis has always told the tale of Hades and Persephone quite accurately.
10:10Persephone doesn't get to be happy.
10:13And you mean to accept the Duke's offer?
10:36Who invited all of these people?
10:40I did.
10:41It is not every day my poor boy takes a bride.
10:45This was supposed to be a quiet ceremony.
10:49I do not believe Miss Lancaster has invited anyone beyond her own immediate family.
10:54I did not intend to cause awkwardness, Adam.
10:57I only wish to celebrate.
11:12I wonder if the chit will actually turn up.
11:15Try to resist the urge to run through any of the wedding guests.
11:25Where the devil is she?
11:28Another five minutes and I'll go retrieve her myself.
11:45When is this going to start?
11:47I'm hungry.
11:49What's this?
11:50It's about to be fine.
11:59It's time to come after all.
12:01It's time to come after all.
12:17It's time to come after all.
12:33It's time to come after all.
12:34It's time to come after all.
12:34It's time to come after all.
12:38It's time to come after all.
12:42Dearly beloved,
12:43we are gathered here together
12:45in the sight of God
12:47and the face of this congregation
12:48to join together
12:50this man and this woman
12:52in holy matrimony,
12:54an honorable estate
12:56instituted of God
12:57in the time of man's innocence,
12:59signifying unto us
13:01the mystical union
13:02betwixt Christ and his church.
13:05Therefore,
13:06if any man can show
13:08any just cause
13:09why they should not
13:10lawfully be joined together,
13:13let him speak
13:15or else hereafter
13:16forever hold his peace.
13:20Dear ship lost in my kingdom.
13:26Go on.
13:28Who giveth this woman
13:29to be married to this man?
13:42Apparently I giveth myself.
13:48Take her right hand in yours.
13:57I, Adam Richard Boyce,
13:58Duke of Kilda,
13:59Marquess of Fauston,
14:00Earl of Fauston,
14:01Vicampinus,
14:01Baron Fauston,
14:02Baron Whiteley,
14:03take thee to be my wedded wife,
14:04to have and to hold
14:05from this day forward
14:06for better for worse,
14:07for richer for poorer,
14:08in sickness and in health,
14:09to love and to cherish
14:10till death do us part
14:11according to God's holy ordinance,
14:12and thereto I plight thee my troth.
14:21I, Persephone,
14:23Ridiculous.
14:28Lancaster,
14:31do.
14:36Do take thee to be
14:38my wedded husband,
14:40to have and to hold
14:41from this day forward
14:43for better for worse,
14:44for richer for poorer,
14:46in sickness and health,
14:48to love and to cherish
14:50till death do us part
14:53according to God's holy ordinance,
14:55and thereto I give thee my troth.
14:58They had everything?
15:00Not usually.
15:01Can it be?
15:02I suppose all the truly essential bits
15:04have been seen to.
15:08Those whom God hath joined together,
15:10let no man put asunder.
15:14To the castle, then.
15:18Okay.
15:19Right.
16:08Is your name really Persephone?
16:12It is.
16:14Do you not think to ask?
16:18What were your parents thinking,
16:20choosing a name like that?
16:23My father is a scholar.
16:25He's particularly fond of Greek mythology.
16:28Entirely too fond,
16:29you don't seem.
16:30Are the rest of your siblings
16:32similarly afflicted?
16:33In what way afflicted?
16:35What absurd names did your parents
16:37assign the other members
16:38of your family?
16:40Athena is just younger than I.
16:42Vander is 14,
16:43Linus 13.
16:44Daphne will be 12
16:45toward the end of the year.
16:47The youngest is Artemis.
16:49Fate save us
16:49from short-sighted scholars.
16:52Do you have a middle name?
16:54I do.
16:55I suppose it is entirely too much
16:57to hope that it is something common.
17:01Iphigenia.
17:04Persephone Iphigenia.
17:06Did no one ever call you anything else?
17:09Only Miss Lancaster.
17:11I cannot call you that.
17:13I suppose I will have to
17:14consign myself to Persephone.
17:16It would seem so.
17:21You, of course,
17:22will call me Kilda.
17:23I will not call you Kilda.
17:24Everyone calls me Kilda.
17:26Kilda?
17:27It sounds as if I am
17:28accusing you of a crime.
17:32You would no doubt
17:33prefer Agamemnon
17:35or Apollo
17:36or something along that vein.
17:38My papa certainly would.
17:40Would you propose
17:41to call me then?
17:43Adam?
17:43No one calls me Adam.
17:45No one?
17:47Certainly your family
17:48and closest friends would.
17:51Harry does.
17:53Who is Harry?
17:54A friend.
17:56One who allows himself
17:57far too much freedom.
18:18coming to me.
18:21Now,
18:28I love you.
18:29I love you.
18:36You walk one now.
18:39I love you.
18:40You walk three.
19:05Calling me Adam will be fine, Persephone.
19:23Mrs. Barton, the butler, Mrs. Smithson, the housekeeper, Duchess of Kilda.
19:52Mrs. Smithson will see to whatever you need.
20:17I am likely meant to be shown all of the castle, but I would very much like to rest.
20:23Perhaps you could simply point out the rooms I need to know today and save the rest for tomorrow?
20:27Of course, Your Grace.
20:36The Drawn Room. A favourite of Queen Elizabeth, when she stayed at Fauston Castle in 1580.
20:46Do members of the Royal Family still visit Fauston?
20:51Heavens no! They wouldn't dare!
20:56This is the Grand Banquet Hall, which has hosted feasts for some of the most significant and influential people in
21:04the kingdom over the past 500 years.
21:08I believe your family will be dining in here this evening.
21:14Is that a gibbet?
21:18Unstocks.
21:19Was there no room in the dark-forboding dungeon?
21:22There's ample room, Your Grace, but the Duke says displaying weapons makes them more effective.
21:34All of the family bedchambers are on this floor.
21:39This is your bedchamber, Your Grace.
21:43Is there anything else you wish for me to do, Your Grace?
21:46Not at the moment.
21:47The bell pull is beside the fireplace, should you require anything.
22:16No.
22:42This is never going to work.
23:02I just saw your man of business leaving the castle.
23:06What did you do to him?
23:08I fired him.
23:10Again.
23:12How many times have you fired the poor man?
23:14Six.
23:16Seven.
23:17Every time he sulks away like a lily-livered coward.
23:24You didn't pull your pistol on him this time, did you?
23:26I have never pulled a pistol on Josiah Jones.
23:30I may have held an epee to his throat once or twice, but he's never in any real danger.
23:36Well, perhaps his fear has something to do with your less-than-pristine reputation, Adam.
23:40Rumor has it, you've run through a few men in your time.
23:43Rumor has it, I've done quite a few things.
23:47And you wonder why Jones thinks the worst whenever you're angry with him.
23:50I always reinstate his employment and he never makes the same mistake twice.
24:02Sir, what was his transgression this time?
24:05Hmm?
24:06No, no, don't tell me.
24:08Smiled too much while discussing the estate investments.
24:12No.
24:14Did not include enough threats in the business correspondence he sent on your behalf.
24:18He recommended a means of preventing my distant cousin from one day inheriting Fauston.
24:24Ah.
24:26Jones was the one who suggested you marry.
24:29He knew of a penniless family in Shropshire with an eldest daughter of the appropriate age who had no other
24:36prospects.
24:37His enthusiastic recommendation has proven intolerably stupid.
24:43As stupid as sitting in one's book room with one's friend on one's wedding night.
24:48Because that, Adam, is a level of idiocy far and above ordinary stupidity.
24:54I stood through the wedding and just spent an interminable dinner with my flock of new sisters-in-law.
25:03Did they stare at you?
25:06It would have been understandable, you know, having not been warned.
25:08I ought to have written then.
25:10Hmm?
25:11Perhaps I could have included a postscript with the proposal.
25:14By the way, I have a mutilated face you'll be forced to look at day in and day out for
25:20the rest of your life.
25:21Hope that's not a problem.
25:25Hmm.
25:27Perhaps not those precise words.
25:30She wasn't exactly forthcoming either.
25:32I will have you know.
25:33I forgot to mention something important.
25:36Another husband, perhaps.
25:39Extraneous limb.
25:40Her name is Persephone.
25:45A man ought to know a thing like that about his future wife.
25:49Persephone Iphigenia.
25:52What an inexcusably ridiculous thing to call a child.
26:05I had the chance to speak briefly with your new bride, Adam.
26:10She was...
26:12delightful.
26:15Perhaps a little quiet.
26:17But that is to be expected considering the upheaval in her life.
26:21I'll confess.
26:23I had expected someone rather...
26:25long in the tooth.
26:28Rather...
26:29long in the face.
26:30In all honesty.
26:32So had I.
26:34But she's a fetching thing.
26:37Young and...
26:39quite pretty.
26:44Oh.
26:48You...
26:49expected someone desperate.
26:52And...
26:53ugly.
26:54And undesirable.
26:57Instead, your bride turned out to be a vast deal more than possible.
27:03Not quite what you'd bargain for, I guess.
27:07A lady who was too intolerable to have any other options would be...
27:10content with...
27:11a curmudgeon in a draughty castle in the wilds of Northumberland.
27:16And now...
27:17because she is young...
27:18and fine-looking...
27:20seems to be good-natured and potentially...
27:23enjoyable company...
27:25the poor girl is upstairs...
27:28alone...
27:29probably wondering what she's done wrong...
27:32while you...
27:33are down here brooding.
27:37Adam...
27:38you are completely bacon-brained.
27:41I should call you out for that.
27:43I do.
27:45But not tonight.
27:46I'm tired.
27:51Call me out tomorrow, would you?
27:53I ought to lock you in the dungeon.
27:55You should.
27:57No point having a dungeon if no one's ever consigned to suffer in it.
28:01Good night, Adam.
28:03Good night.
28:05Presumptuous loud.
28:09And Adam...
28:10What?
28:12Give the poor girl a chance.
28:15It's not her fault you've ended up with every man's idea of a perfect wife.
29:12Are you going to be lonely without us, Persephone?
29:15I will miss you terribly.
29:19But you will have each other, so you are unlikely to be lonely.
29:24I do not know that anyone will remember to talk to me when you're not here.
29:30I'm certain everything will be fine.
29:33You don't need to worry about us.
29:37Write and tell me about all the things you're reading.
29:47I love you.
29:49Me too.
29:52Me, please.
29:54I do not want to go.
29:56Let me speak with her.
30:03Oh, my dear girl, you're crying.
30:05He cannot make you stay here.
30:08No one is making me stay here, dearest.
30:10Forsten Castle is my home now.
30:13I will send you letters.
30:15Perhaps with a gimme under the seal.
30:18You could come here.
30:19We could explore the castle together.
30:21He won't let me.
30:23Of course you will.
30:25We will have grand adventures.
30:28Perhaps there is a tower room where we can imagine all sorts of wonderful stories the way we always did
30:35at home.
30:36Do you promise?
30:37I promise.
30:39Who will take care of me when you're gone?
30:43Papa will engage a governess.
30:45For both you and Daphne.
30:47A companion for Athena when you're all in town.
30:50Will you visit us there?
30:53Of course.
30:54Daphne.
30:55Yes, my dear?
30:57Who will take care of you?
30:58We will be happy even though we're gone.
31:07I will win.
31:11When have you known me to be unhappy?
31:13Then I will be happy too, but if I don't leave now, I will cry again and I do not
31:18want to cry anymore.
31:20Then let us promise each other not to cry.
31:24Yes.
31:26Good.
31:27I will see you soon.
31:28Be good for Papa.
31:30I will.
31:31I love you, dearest.
31:33I love you too, Persephone.
31:34You're the best mama I've ever had.
32:14I thought you weren't supposed to cry.
32:19Artemis is crying as well, I'm certain of it.
32:22Then why make the promise?
32:25To lessen her pain.
32:28If my sister knew I was crying, it would break her heart.
32:33But you know she is crying.
32:38I know her better than she knows me.
32:47The best mama she ever had.
33:04The best mama she had heard.
33:14They're heim.
33:14They were crying.
33:19I do not cry.
33:19I don't know.
34:0024 hours into this ill-conceived marriage, and my wife is already in the back of a garden
34:07and sobbing
34:19how long into your marriage did mother start crying?
34:29and when did that stop making you feel like a monster?
34:51?
35:19I felt like I was not dead
35:26Your Grace
35:32Good evening
35:34Are you feeling well, child?
35:36I
35:38Am excessively tired
35:41Do not fret yourself over dinner, dear
35:43I'll have a tray sent to your room
35:45You rest
35:48Thank you
36:07Thank you
36:36You told me you'd call me out today
36:39Never did
36:39I've decided to shoot you
36:41First thing in the morning
36:44Go to sleep
36:45So I can load my pistols in peace
36:47Your mother said the new duchess was indisposed this evening
36:52Any idea what you meant by that?
36:54As mother said, she was indisposed
36:59She wouldn't be the first person to hide from you
37:00She?
37:02You mean Persephone?
37:03Well, I certainly don't mean your mother
37:05You could shoot a man dead in the drawing room
37:06If she'd just smile indulgently and say my poor boy
37:09Yes, and the woman will still be calling me that when I'm 80
37:11When you're 80, she'll be dead
37:14Oh, shut up, Harry
37:17Is there any chance Persephone's locked in the dungeon?
37:22I am not a monster
37:24And she chose to accept me
37:26Ah, yes
37:26But without the benefit of the rather ingenious postscript you composed last night
37:31I don't think she realised
37:32You think I've made her miserable already?
37:35She took this morning's farewells particularly hard
37:39You ought to have insisted her family stay longer
37:42So I am the villain, am I?
37:45I wouldn't be surprised if you never saw the poor woman again as long as you lived
37:49In a place as enormous as this pile of rock
37:53She could avoid you for years
37:59Where are you going?
38:02My wife is indisposed
38:04I am going to see for myself that she is well
38:08Adam
38:08I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:14You know me better than that
38:43I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:43I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:44I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:47I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:47I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:49I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:50I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:50I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:50I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:51I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:52I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:52I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:53I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:54I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
38:57I am not going to hurt the blasted woman
39:06Oh, my God.
39:36Oh, forgive me, Your Grace. I'm attempting to find the breakfast room. Please tell me you know how to reach
39:43it from here.
39:44I got lost a few times when I first started working here. Fauston Castle is quite a big place. Enormous.
39:52New arrivals really ought to be provided with a map. This way, Your Grace, and I'll not tell anyone you
39:58were lost. Thank you.
40:01Mother, explain to Harry that you're not leaving Fauston Castle because I forced you to do so.
40:05He seems to think that I drive every person who ever comes here away with a scythe in one hand
40:10and a flaming torch in the other.
40:12A regular one-person blood-dusty mob. That's what you are.
40:18You really ought to think about employing pitchforks when you...
40:23Persephone. Come. Break your fast, dear. Kidneys? Eggs? Yes, please. Harry, will you please?
40:31I will prepare a plate for her mother.
40:33You needn't inconvenience yourself.
40:37Please.
41:04Should I sit somewhere else?
41:06No. You can stay where you are.
41:10Will you be coming to town at Christmas time?
41:13I never go to town until absolutely necessary.
41:15You must convince my poor boy of the delights of London.
41:20I have never been to London.
41:22Well, then you absolutely must come as soon as possible.
41:27I shall positively love taking you round town and introducing you to just everyone.
41:34I'm certain you can pack quickly, Adam, and I could delay my departure by a day or so, and we
41:39could all...
41:40I shall be forced to take her in the spring as it is.
41:43Forced?
41:45The season is such fun.
41:47How can you say forced?
41:49I despise London.
41:52But the Queen will be vexed if Persephone is not presented,
41:54and there is one bother I could do without.
41:56Thus, I shall be forced to town.
41:59Do not let him burden you with even the tiniest amount of guilt, Your Grace.
42:03By spring, he will have gone months without insulting members of the Cabinet or any of the Royal Family,
42:08and will be itching for the opportunity.
42:13That is good to know.
42:14I suppose, as a good friend of the family, I ought to remain here indefinitely,
42:18and offer my insights into your grumbly husband.
42:21That is simply the sort of selfless person I am.
42:26Even selfless people can be thrown from the South Peripet.
42:32I am beginning to suspect, Adam, that you do not like me very much.
42:36I will simply have to ponder the sorrow of this realization.
42:42Your Grace.
42:45Your Grace.
42:49Your Grace.
42:54This could get confusing.
42:57We really ought to think of names for the three of you.
43:00Your Grace.
43:01Your Grace.
43:06Your Grace.
43:09Your Grace.
43:16Your Grace.
43:18Your Grace.
43:20Your Grace.
43:21Your Grace.
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43:22Your Grace.
43:22Your Grace.
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43:25Your Grace.
43:26Your Grace.
43:27Your Grace.
43:28Your Grace.
43:28Your Grace.
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