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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!
02:35Barton!
02:38What is that infernal noise?
02:42I believe that would be described as lively conversation, Harry's.
02:46And who is responsible for such lively conversation?
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.
04:06Of course.
04:07When in the fifteen years that you have served as vicar, has Faustin Castle ever received visitors?
04:11Not once, Your Grace.
04:13Not once.
04:14What 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?
05:40No.
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.
05:56Thank you for allowing the pointers to remain.
05:59I mean I have been enjoying their visit.
06:05You of course...
06:07Will owe Mrs. Pointer a visit.
06:09I understand she entertains half the county on a regular basis.
06:14I 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.
07:00So I was not able to form much of an opinion of her.
07:03Ms. Stephanie?
07:07It's for me.
07:09You should read it.
07:13Your grace, Lord.
07:14Your 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 to come to entry, sustained to our gruners.
07:27You have most lost at that time.
07:28He's been buried in a cemetery untroupled or alongside his fallen shipmates.
07:31What?
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.
07:50It will as requested be granted shortly when we return the help board.
07:58The other message is from Linus.
08:02Linus has written to me.
08:07I don't know how you managed this, Adam.
08:09You 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.
08:55And, um...
09:00I think Persephone noticed as well.
09:03Which is a good thing, really.
09:05If she hadn't even realized who was 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.
09:33They'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.
10:27If only you could do something about the wolves.
10:49What?
10:51What's happening?
10:57Persephone?
11:04what happened
11:06you were thrown from a horse
11:08are you hurt
11:09can you sit up
11:11I don't know
11:15let me help you
11:17careful
11:24does anything hurt
11:26you ask me that already
11:28a person can be killed being thrown from a horse
11:30until I'm certain you are not hurt
11:32I'm going to keep asking you questions
11:38what happened
11:40I can't explain it to you Chris
11:42it's almost like something spoke the horse
11:44we're fortunate she didn't come to serious harm
11:47yes you Chris
11:52your Abigail can have a hot bath prepared
11:55that should help with any stiffness
11:56there really is no need for this much fuss
12:00when you're too stiff to come down for dinner
12:01you'll disagree
12:03careful
12:05there you are
12:09that is very kind of you Adam
12:11you were thrown from a horse
12:12Persephone
12:14any decent gentleman would be concerned
12:22I can have the kitchen
12:23send up a tray if you would rather not come down for dinner
12:25I really am
12:27feeling fine already
12:28I think I was more startled than anything else
12:33when I'm
12:34a little more sure of myself
12:37might I come riding with you and Harry
12:41Atlas can't keep pace with Zeus
12:43couldn't you rein Zeus in a little
12:45or
12:46let me join you at the end of your ride
12:48once you slow down
12:52Zeus is impatient
12:54he 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
13:10but that is no guarantee
13:26I'm sorry
13:30I
13:31Adam
13:55it is too
13:56blasted quiet in here
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
14:36and worry about wolves
14:37until they stop
14:41you should have come in
14:43when they first started
14:44come in
14:45and curled up on the bed
14:47wrapped up in that blanket
14:49you knew
14:51I
14:52I thought you were asleep
14:55asleep
14:56asleep
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
15:02and then you started coming in
15:04and making all those noises
15:06while you're sleeping
15:07I make noises
15:08and you move
15:09constantly
15:10loud noises
15:11but no
15:13no like a puppy
15:17little noises
15:19and that doesn't bother you
15:21and that doesn't bother you
15:22I've grown used to it
15:23I don't want
15:24to bother you
15:28you won't
15:31the wolves don't worry me as much
15:33in your bedchamber
15:37like wiser in here
15:40no
15:42the way I forget it
15:43the pack ever actually makes it
15:45into the castle
15:45they'll eat you first
15:58goodnight Adam
16:00goodnight Persephone
16:11Adam
16:12yes
16:15why did you decide to get married
16:23at the time
16:24it
16:25seemed like a good idea
16:30does it now
16:40Mrs. Adcock said you would
16:42said I would what
16:43regret
16:44marrying me
16:53when I visited the vicarage
16:54several days ago
16:58Mrs. Adcock said
16:59that most gentlemen
17:00who pay for a wife
17:01regret the purchase
17:02in the end
17:04it was blatantly obvious
17:06she was referring
17:07to our marriage settlement
17:09Mrs. Adcock had mentioned
17:11her sizable dowry
17:12at least a dozen times
17:14so I
17:16happened to ask
17:17Lady Hedisham
17:17loudly enough
17:18for Mrs. Adcock
17:19to hear
17:21whether or not
17:22it seemed odd
17:23that some ladies
17:24found it necessary
17:25to offer money
17:25to prospective bridegroom
17:27in order to bring him
17:28up to scratch
17:31no gentleman
17:32would accept a horse
17:33so ill recommended
17:34that he had to be
17:35bribed to accept it
17:39I thought
17:40Mrs. Adcock's tea
17:42would come flying
17:43out her ears
17:43she looked so
17:44livid
17:45will you compare
17:46her to a horse
17:49I doubt even
17:50I could produce
17:51such a cutting retort
17:52on Persephone
17:53I have not pulled
17:55caps with anyone
17:56in years
17:56I'm not ashamed
17:58to admit
17:59that I enjoyed it
18:00I felt like
18:01a regular warrior
18:04perhaps before I
18:05next call at the
18:05vicarage
18:06I should try
18:06on one of the
18:07suits of armor
18:08for size
18:08I could check
18:09the armory
18:09for a jousting lance
18:10and simply
18:11unseat my adversary
18:12as she rides
18:13up to the vicarage
18:14I would be
18:16the terror
18:17of the neighborhood
18:19well
18:19if it comes
18:20to full combat
18:21let me know
18:22I'm rather handy
18:23with a crossbow
18:24maybe Harry
18:25could be our page
18:25if we could go
18:26conquer Adcock
18:27Manor
18:27Harry would make
18:28an abysmal page
18:31you might be trusted
18:32with a battle axe
18:33though
18:36we would make
18:37a wonderfully
18:38fearsome team
18:41you see Adam
18:42marriage to me
18:43might not be
18:43such a terrible
18:44thing for you
18:45after all
19:24you wish a ride to do
19:26your grace
19:27his alibi is still
19:28unhappy
19:29you said he doesn't
19:30like the cold
19:31it's not just the cold
19:33he was treated badly
19:34before
19:35doesn't trust people
19:37figures they treated
19:38him bad before
19:39they'll treat him
19:39bad again
19:41but no one here
19:42would ever hurt him
19:43it doesn't matter
19:45they'll not give you
19:46a chance to
19:47not fight it
19:48till holy perdition
19:49that one
19:51seems like a lost cause
19:54why keep trying
19:55there's no lost cause
19:56there's no lost cause
19:56as you grace
19:58every creature
19:59needs someone
19:59who can save them
20:01if they'll only try
20:03there's many hope
20:04when you're the sort
20:05who tries
20:07this poor creature
20:10seems so angry
20:12more afraid than
20:14furious
20:16been afraid for years
20:19why
20:22what happened
20:24got torn apart
20:26and left behind
20:28decided to bite
20:29before anyone
20:29bit first
20:31if nobody gets close
20:35nobody can hurt him
20:51welcome back
20:52good morning to you
20:53persephone
20:53good morning
20:56good morning adam
20:57good morning
20:58are you wanting to ride
21:00i was thinking about it
21:01if you do
21:02i fear we'll be forced
21:04to postpone our siege
21:06you two are planning a siege
21:12why do i get the feeling
21:13my presence is not
21:14particularly appreciated
21:16just now
21:16i would think
21:17harry
21:18that you would feel
21:19that way often
21:20if you go now
21:20you'll have plenty of time
21:21to pack
21:22but you'll miss me
21:23i never miss anyone
21:48your name is on the lips
21:50of every member of the tour
22:21some are saying
22:22no
22:36who is this you're standing beside adam
22:39my father
22:41my father
22:42i thought he must be
22:43you look very much like him
22:46do i
22:47you have the same eyes
22:50and there is something similar
22:51about your mouth
22:51and the shape of your face
22:54and of course
22:55you both have dark hair
22:57i suppose there is a resemblance
23:02your nose is your mother's
23:04i noticed that when i first saw
23:05the two of you together
23:11are you like him in other ways
23:13my father
23:19i hope so
23:28you wanted to speak to me about something
23:32the triumphant will make port
23:34the last week of november
23:36linus will be granted three weeks
23:38shore leave
23:38isn't that wonderful
23:40the triumphant will be docking at newcastle
23:42i could be there and see him
23:44before he departs for shropshire
23:46be there
23:48in newcastle
23:49i wouldn't be gone more than a day or two
23:51of course i would want to see him off as well
23:53which would mean going back when the triumphant sets out again
23:57you cannot go
24:03please adam
24:06it would only be a few days
24:07i
24:10i need to see him
24:11for myself
24:12i need to know that he is well and whole
24:16to have even a moment with the only brother i have left
24:18this is important
24:20to me adam
24:22things of importance to me should matter
24:31what if he came here
24:33but you don't allow visitors
24:34it makes more sense than you journeying to newcastle twice
24:38linus could come to foston before going to see your family
24:41do you mean it
24:43i don't say anything
24:44i don't mean
24:46it wouldn't be too much of an imposition
24:50i'd very much like to meet the boy myself
24:53really
24:54linus 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
25:24good afternoon to you too
25:28answer the question
25:30is this a pointed interrogation
25:33more of an intellectual discussion
25:34intellectual discussion
25:39why do i never leave
25:43because i like foston
25:44why
25:44free food
25:45i'm in earnest
25:46i need you to be as well
25:46the food is nothing to disregard
25:48cook is a miracle worker
25:54aside from that
25:57foston is familiar
25:58it's comfortable
26:00so you feel the same way about the house in london
26:03you spend a lot of time there as well
26:04and you've come with me to kent a few times
26:06this
26:07this
26:07is
26:08a pointed interrogation
26:09isn't it
26:11look if you're trying to tell me to make myself scarce
26:13now that you're married
26:14i completely understand
26:14no 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
26:30adam
26:32friends don't just
26:33jump 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
26:42my
26:45best friend
26:46in fact
26:50because of harrow
26:52may have started that way
26:54you saved my skin
26:57so i worshipped you for a while
26:59a bit like an idol
27:01could ward off evil spirits i suppose
27:05but then
27:08then you landed me a face of something stupid i did
27:12or said
27:12i remember that quite well but not what we were scuffling out
27:16and we were sent down
27:18my parents were away so
27:20we came here
27:23in those two weeks of our expulsion
27:26i met
27:28adam boyce
27:29the duke of kilda
27:32still scared the guts out of me
27:34but adam boyce
27:37was just a boy
27:38like me
27:42why the sudden interest
27:44in our colorful childhood
28:11looks frigid out there doesn't it
28:15it does
28:16it does
28:19persephone looks cold adam
28:21you should go and keep her warm
28:25keep her warm
28:27the fact of my suggestion confuses you
28:30does not bode well
28:33my friend
28:34it didn't
28:38it didn't confuse me
28:56she is lonely
28:58in this empty castle
29:04just as mother was
29:11persephone
29:15i heard them out of the walls
29:17they are inside falsten
29:18they are still outside the castle
29:19they are so loud
29:20they sound so much closer
29:21they are not inside the castle walls
29:24persephone
29:24are you certain
29:27absolutely
29:29i have tea sent up to my book room
29:31yes your grace
29:43i know
29:44i shouldn't be so afraid of them
29:46but the howling
29:48sends chills through me
29:51i will have my steward
29:52check on the pack
29:53so you can breathe more easily
29:54i had always been told
29:56that there were no more wolves
29:58in england
30:00our pack is descended
30:01from the last of the wolves
30:02that roamed the area
30:04and the wild dogs
30:06that called the forest home
30:07are they
30:09less vicious than true wolves then
30:13they are more wolf
30:15than anything else
30:16but they always give the castle
30:17a wide berth
30:30i think
30:34i think we should hold a ball
30:36a ball
30:37unless you don't want to
30:38i assumed you wouldn't want to
30:40it would mean a lot of people in the castle
30:47every bride
30:48should have a ball
30:51we are still in mourning
30:55i think a wedding ball
30:58would be permissible
31:01do you mean
31:07you don't say things
31:08you don't mean
31:11no
31:15no
31:15no i don't
31:19yes
31:19adam
31:21we should host a ball
31:23at falsten
31:27adam suggested it
31:29adam
31:31is in the adam i know
31:33i am as surprised
31:34as you are
31:36he's been doing a lot of
31:37uncharacteristic things lately
31:39barton says cook is in tears
31:41what did you do to her
31:42i didn't do anything to her
31:44she's informed about the upcoming ball
31:46she's not upset about it
31:47she's that pleased about it
31:48she's been reduced to weeping
31:50at the kitchen work table
31:51how has the rest of the staff reacted
31:53mrs smithson is rushing about
31:55as though the ball is this evening
31:56instead of three weeks from now
31:58and barton has simply begun grinning
32:00when he thinks i'm not looking
32:01three weeks from now
32:02but adam linus is coming
32:04in three weeks time
32:05please tell me you haven't changed
32:06your mind about his visit
32:07of course not persephone
32:09he can be here for the ball
32:14why the sudden urge to entertain
32:16adam
32:17first you invite persephone's brother
32:20and the ball
32:20will bring every family of consequence
32:22in the northern half of england
32:23to falsten at the same time
32:26that is precisely the sort of thing
32:28that makes you miserable
32:29i don't want you to be miserable
32:30i will not be miserable
32:32you will simply make the rest of us miserable
32:35perhaps you should put an end to the entire thing
32:36and save us the suffering
32:38shut up harry
32:42harry is not nearly persuasive enough
32:44to convince me to cancel linus's visit
32:47there is no need to worry over that
32:49but there is
32:50you tell me to trust you
32:52but i don't know that i can
32:54there is so much i don't know about you adam
32:56so much i don't understand
32:58and that frightens me
33:02i frighten you
33:03that isn't what i said
33:04it really isn't
33:05shut up harry
33:08i am happy to see
33:10i am a unifying force
33:11at the moment harry windover
33:13you are a frustrating force
33:14harry now would be a perfect opportunity
33:16for a timely exit
33:17and taken
33:24i have faults persephone
33:26like any other man
33:28but i am not a liar
33:33i was raised by a man
33:34who valued honesty
33:36and loyalty
33:37and keeping one's word
33:41now i have promised you
33:42that your brother will visit you here
33:43and that faust and castle
33:45will host a ball
33:46and no one
33:46not harry
33:47not anyone else
33:48will browbeat me
33:50into going back
33:50on that promise to you
33:53on any promise to you
33:57i want to believe that
33:58and your happiness does matter
34:02you should believe that too
34:06i'm beginning to
34:28good afternoon
34:30you look a bit unwell
34:32poor boy
34:34i'm fine
34:35i was just telling persephone
34:38of all the wonderful balls
34:39we used to have here at the castle
34:41even the london papers
34:43were full of every detail
34:44of the evening
34:45who attended
34:47the decorations
34:48the menu
34:51falston balls were
34:53positively legendary
34:55i'm certain our ball
34:56will be far less elaborate
34:57well that's why i've rushed back
34:59it could be extraordinary
35:01a few changes to the menu
35:03perhaps a more dramatic
35:05decorating scheme
35:06it is enough that there will be people here
35:09that should be plenty
35:10to fill the london papers
35:11with pages of shocked commentary
35:15the castle's always been more pleasant
35:18when it's been festive
35:19mrs smithson and i have discussed the menu
35:22and the preparations
35:22i am quite satisfied with what we've chosen
35:27satisfied and pleased
35:28are not the same thing
35:31you'll be desperate to leave before long
35:33if something's not done to liven the place
35:35we are holding a ball mother
35:37that has always been enough festiveness
35:38for you to return to falston
35:41it sounds to me like it's
35:43hardly a ball
35:47i
35:48i suppose
35:49the arrangements could be made a bit more
35:52extensive
35:54oh i sound just like father
35:56i assure you both
35:57i am satisfied and pleased
36:00with our current arrangements
36:01they suit my preferences
36:03you really must let me help
36:05with future entertainments
36:07we could hold ever so many
36:09both here and in london
36:11you'll have far too much fun
36:12to be unhappy
36:17please excuse me
36:26all of the balls you held for mother
36:28weren't enough to keep her here
36:29so why the blasted blazes
36:30am i trying the same approach
36:33dukes don't need people you said
36:35we're better off without her
36:38persephone will leave too
36:39in the end everyone does
36:47you will hurt your hand
36:48if 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
37:06perhaps not but i am
37:10thank you
37:16mother
37:16is taking her meal with harry
37:19i am eating here
37:21no one eats in this room
37:23you would rather i starve
37:25if you are truly on the verge
37:26of expiring then by all means
37:30take some nourishment
37:42blast it
37:44does smell good doesn't it
37:45what 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
37:55if you want something
37:55you 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
38:07in fact
38:08it is a very good thing
38:09there is plenty to go with it
38:11otherwise i would be in very real danger
38:12of wasting away
38:23you didn't expect me to eat an entire chicken
38:26did you
38:38thank you
38:39for the dinner of persephone
38:42thank you for allowing the ball
38:45for inviting linus to visit
38:49it is nice having something to look forward to
39:06would you like having more balls
39:08and entertainments
39:11i would now and then
39:16but i miss my family more than i miss company
39:20they are so very far away
39:22it 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
39:40i would have to get my fill then i suppose
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