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