1 00:00:37,124 --> 00:00:39,125 Will you pick that up, Artemis? 2 00:00:39,126 --> 00:00:41,475 I don't know why we have to do this. 3 00:00:41,476 --> 00:00:43,564 Because we like to eat. 4 00:00:43,565 --> 00:00:45,392 But we're only paid pennies. 5 00:00:45,393 --> 00:00:47,655 Pennies that keep our family from dire straits. 6 00:00:47,656 --> 00:00:49,222 I do not enjoy 7 00:00:49,223 --> 00:00:50,701 washing the neighborhood's laundry any more than you do. 8 00:00:50,702 --> 00:00:54,140 But being upset about it won't change our situation. 9 00:01:08,155 --> 00:01:09,851 Open the door, sweetheart. 10 00:01:09,852 --> 00:01:11,592 I have had an atrocious day, 11 00:01:11,593 --> 00:01:13,724 and now I have to open the door. 12 00:01:13,725 --> 00:01:16,162 I'm sorry you've suffered so much. 13 00:01:16,163 --> 00:01:17,859 I fear you will simply have to continue 14 00:01:17,860 --> 00:01:19,643 in your wretched state a bit longer. 15 00:01:19,644 --> 00:01:21,167 I will open the door, 16 00:01:21,168 --> 00:01:24,692 but do not be surprised if I lie on the floor and die. 17 00:01:24,693 --> 00:01:26,389 I will be many things if that happens, 18 00:01:26,390 --> 00:01:27,564 my sweet little Artemis, 19 00:01:27,565 --> 00:01:30,090 but above all I will not be surprised. 20 00:01:32,744 --> 00:01:35,138 She has "died" from far less than this in the past. 21 00:02:04,428 --> 00:02:06,168 Was father wandering again? 22 00:02:15,657 --> 00:02:17,136 Daphne. 23 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,528 Persephone. You're home. 24 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:21,749 Was father wandering again? 25 00:02:21,750 --> 00:02:22,837 Until a letter came. 26 00:02:22,838 --> 00:02:24,926 Then he went back up to his study. 27 00:02:24,927 --> 00:02:26,884 Did he say whom the letter was from? 28 00:02:26,885 --> 00:02:29,365 You know father doesn't usually talk to me. 29 00:02:29,366 --> 00:02:32,238 Well, once I've cleared the clutter he spread, 30 00:02:32,239 --> 00:02:34,457 sorted the laundry, and started our meal, 31 00:02:34,458 --> 00:02:36,024 then I very much wish to talk with you 32 00:02:36,025 --> 00:02:37,765 about whatever you've learned today. 33 00:02:37,766 --> 00:02:40,768 It's ever so interesting and terribly useful. 34 00:02:40,769 --> 00:02:42,378 I cannot wait. 35 00:02:42,379 --> 00:02:44,337 Thank you, Persephone. 36 00:02:44,338 --> 00:02:46,035 Of course, Daphne. 37 00:02:55,392 --> 00:02:57,524 You did say this might happen. 38 00:02:57,525 --> 00:02:58,829 Yes, I did. 39 00:02:58,830 --> 00:02:59,874 And what has brought you 40 00:02:59,875 --> 00:03:01,267 to such a horrible end this time? 41 00:03:01,268 --> 00:03:03,094 My suffering is too great, 42 00:03:03,095 --> 00:03:05,749 no words can possibly describe it. 43 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:07,011 Is this because I could not buy you a sweet 44 00:03:07,012 --> 00:03:08,230 from the confectionery shop? 45 00:03:08,231 --> 00:03:09,623 That was tragic. 46 00:03:09,624 --> 00:03:11,407 But not the reason you're expiring on the floor? 47 00:03:11,408 --> 00:03:13,496 I didn't see my friend. 48 00:03:13,497 --> 00:03:16,543 I watched for him, and he didn't come. 49 00:03:16,544 --> 00:03:19,894 He hasn't in ever so long, and it's deeply devastating. 50 00:03:19,895 --> 00:03:22,070 This is the friend I can't see? 51 00:03:22,071 --> 00:03:23,289 The friend you don't see. 52 00:03:23,290 --> 00:03:24,247 Ah. 53 00:03:25,553 --> 00:03:27,467 Do you think your friend would visit you again 54 00:03:27,468 --> 00:03:29,686 if we had bread pudding tonight? 55 00:03:29,687 --> 00:03:31,340 Bread pudding? 56 00:03:31,341 --> 00:03:32,602 I have a bit of stale bread. 57 00:03:32,603 --> 00:03:35,518 And Mrs. Sanford gave me some cream. 58 00:03:35,519 --> 00:03:36,954 I think we should have bread pudding tonight. 59 00:03:36,955 --> 00:03:38,347 It is not even my birthday. 60 00:03:38,348 --> 00:03:41,568 Bread pudding is quite possibly my favorite thing 61 00:03:41,569 --> 00:03:42,570 in all the world. 62 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,702 Of course, if you are dead on the floor 63 00:03:45,703 --> 00:03:47,530 you won't be able to have any. 64 00:03:47,531 --> 00:03:48,923 I am all better! 65 00:03:48,924 --> 00:03:51,013 It is a miracle! 66 00:03:51,927 --> 00:03:54,320 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 67 00:03:54,321 --> 00:03:57,279 You're very welcome, my darling little Artemis. 68 00:04:02,329 --> 00:04:04,547 How do you like the latest fashions? 69 00:04:04,548 --> 00:04:06,157 These are not the latest. 70 00:04:06,158 --> 00:04:07,420 Mrs. Upton gave me these 71 00:04:07,421 --> 00:04:08,551 because she received the most recent version. 72 00:04:08,552 --> 00:04:11,729 But they are very nearly the latest. 73 00:04:13,122 --> 00:04:14,688 That is gorgeous. 74 00:04:14,689 --> 00:04:16,211 Isn't it? 75 00:04:16,212 --> 00:04:17,691 I've added it to my list of dreams. 76 00:04:17,692 --> 00:04:19,649 Mm, that must be quite a list by now. 77 00:04:19,650 --> 00:04:21,651 Isn't that what dreaming is for? 78 00:04:21,652 --> 00:04:23,349 Believing in those things you fear you'll never have 79 00:04:23,350 --> 00:04:25,525 but want to continue hoping are possible? 80 00:04:25,526 --> 00:04:30,313 Like having money enough and happiness, falling in love. 81 00:04:31,706 --> 00:04:34,229 I want you to have all of those things, Athena. 82 00:04:34,230 --> 00:04:35,578 You must have dreams too. 83 00:04:35,579 --> 00:04:36,798 Certainly I do. 84 00:04:38,016 --> 00:04:39,756 Artemis' spirits not being dampened 85 00:04:39,757 --> 00:04:41,889 by the heaviness of life. 86 00:04:41,890 --> 00:04:43,978 Daphne finding a friend who helps her feel seen 87 00:04:43,979 --> 00:04:44,980 and cared about. 88 00:04:46,155 --> 00:04:48,418 Evander and Linus returning home to us whole. 89 00:04:50,551 --> 00:04:51,855 That is far from guaranteed 90 00:04:51,856 --> 00:04:54,293 for two midshipmen in the navy during wartime. 91 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:56,599 I should've done more to keep them home and safe. 92 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,384 There was nothing more you could've done. 93 00:04:58,385 --> 00:04:59,646 I could've taken in more laundry, 94 00:04:59,647 --> 00:05:01,300 or reduced my portions at meals. 95 00:05:01,301 --> 00:05:02,779 I could've gone without fires in my room. 96 00:05:02,780 --> 00:05:05,261 And it likely still would not have been enough. 97 00:05:06,958 --> 00:05:08,176 I suppose that is my version 98 00:05:08,177 --> 00:05:09,961 of "hoping for impossible things." 99 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:13,834 None of the hopes that you've mentioned 100 00:05:13,835 --> 00:05:15,489 have been of dreams for yourself. 101 00:05:16,490 --> 00:05:19,666 Seeing this family happy is dream enough for me. 102 00:05:22,539 --> 00:05:24,888 Fetch Daphne and Artemis and take them to the kitchen. 103 00:05:24,889 --> 00:05:27,239 I do not know how frustrating he might be this time. 104 00:05:32,419 --> 00:05:33,768 Have you received a letter? 105 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,731 We have a very significant problem. 106 00:05:41,863 --> 00:05:43,212 What has happened, papa? 107 00:05:44,256 --> 00:05:45,779 Evander? Linus? 108 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:48,999 Oh, no, I haven't heard anything about your brothers. 109 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,001 Oh. 110 00:05:52,787 --> 00:05:54,354 I have, however, 111 00:05:55,616 --> 00:05:58,836 received the most befuddling letter. 112 00:06:02,449 --> 00:06:07,061 You, my dear, have received an offer of marriage. 113 00:06:07,062 --> 00:06:08,410 A what? 114 00:06:08,411 --> 00:06:11,457 An offer from an incredibly wealthy gentleman 115 00:06:11,458 --> 00:06:16,332 with an old and, um, prestigious title. 116 00:06:25,297 --> 00:06:26,298 Good heavens! 117 00:06:26,995 --> 00:06:27,996 Yeah. 118 00:06:29,911 --> 00:06:34,394 What I cannot fathom is why the duke has settled on you. 119 00:06:35,830 --> 00:06:38,962 He cannot even be remotely acquainted with our family. 120 00:06:38,963 --> 00:06:40,355 The duke? 121 00:06:40,356 --> 00:06:43,532 Of course, dear, the Duke of Kielder. 122 00:06:43,533 --> 00:06:47,406 The Duke of Kielder has asked for my hand in marriage? 123 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:49,277 Quite specifically. 124 00:06:51,802 --> 00:06:53,413 I do not believe a word of it. 125 00:06:54,501 --> 00:06:56,502 After all, I do not know His Grace, 126 00:06:56,503 --> 00:06:58,200 or any Grace, for that matter. 127 00:07:07,383 --> 00:07:08,558 "Mr. Lancaster, 128 00:07:09,777 --> 00:07:11,081 I am requesting 129 00:07:11,082 --> 00:07:13,954 the hand of your eldest daughter in marriage. 130 00:07:13,955 --> 00:07:16,913 I am prepared to settle upon your three remaining daughters 131 00:07:16,914 --> 00:07:18,872 20,000 each for their dowries 132 00:07:18,873 --> 00:07:23,878 and 50,000 upon yourself for the sake of your sons. 133 00:07:24,269 --> 00:07:26,532 The ceremony will take place October the first 134 00:07:26,533 --> 00:07:28,751 at the Falstone chapel. 135 00:07:28,752 --> 00:07:30,798 Please reply as to your intentions. 136 00:07:31,842 --> 00:07:36,586 Yours, et cetera, Kielder. 137 00:07:38,762 --> 00:07:40,197 That is certainly not the most romantic 138 00:07:40,198 --> 00:07:42,200 nor flattering of proposals, to be sure. 139 00:07:43,245 --> 00:07:44,986 "The ceremony will take place." 140 00:07:46,117 --> 00:07:47,422 There's not the slightest acknowledgment 141 00:07:47,423 --> 00:07:49,817 that the unforeseen offer might be declined. 142 00:07:51,601 --> 00:07:54,996 This offer amounts to more than 100,000 pounds. 143 00:08:05,746 --> 00:08:07,661 What is the Duke of Kielder like? 144 00:08:08,879 --> 00:08:09,880 Like? 145 00:08:11,578 --> 00:08:13,535 Well, couldn't say. 146 00:08:13,536 --> 00:08:15,016 I've not met the current duke. 147 00:08:16,147 --> 00:08:17,497 What was his father like? 148 00:08:18,802 --> 00:08:22,066 Uh, dull as dishwater. 149 00:08:25,722 --> 00:08:27,768 But his mother is an active sort. 150 00:08:45,307 --> 00:08:47,613 100,000 pounds? 151 00:08:47,614 --> 00:08:50,006 I can hardly comprehend such a sum. 152 00:08:51,487 --> 00:08:55,446 It is more than 500 years' worth our current income. 153 00:08:55,447 --> 00:08:58,624 It is more than five times the income of the Duke of Sussex, 154 00:08:58,625 --> 00:09:00,060 and he is the son of the king. 155 00:09:00,061 --> 00:09:01,627 Good heavens. 156 00:09:01,628 --> 00:09:03,629 We would have food enough to eat. 157 00:09:03,630 --> 00:09:05,936 We would not need to wash laundry for pennies. 158 00:09:07,242 --> 00:09:09,853 The boys could soon leave the navy and return home. 159 00:09:11,420 --> 00:09:12,638 All of your impossible dreams 160 00:09:12,639 --> 00:09:14,554 would suddenly be entirely possible. 161 00:09:15,467 --> 00:09:17,164 This would not merely save our family; 162 00:09:17,165 --> 00:09:20,733 it would save generations of our family. 163 00:09:20,734 --> 00:09:22,256 But the Duke of Kielder 164 00:09:22,257 --> 00:09:24,301 might be prone to anger or unkindness. 165 00:09:24,302 --> 00:09:25,955 What, what if he mistreats you? 166 00:09:25,956 --> 00:09:28,218 What if being married to him makes you miserable 167 00:09:28,219 --> 00:09:29,742 for the rest of your life? 168 00:09:29,743 --> 00:09:33,181 It is also possible he will be kind and considerate. 169 00:09:34,138 --> 00:09:36,618 You don't know anything about him? 170 00:09:36,619 --> 00:09:39,142 Only that he clearly has a tremendous amount of money 171 00:09:39,143 --> 00:09:40,535 and wishes to marry me. 172 00:09:40,536 --> 00:09:41,928 He gave no indication why. 173 00:09:41,929 --> 00:09:44,234 You needn't simply accept this offer. 174 00:09:44,235 --> 00:09:46,280 One may yet come from someone that you at least know 175 00:09:46,281 --> 00:09:48,369 won't treat you abominably. 176 00:09:48,370 --> 00:09:49,937 There will be no other offers. 177 00:09:50,981 --> 00:09:53,984 If I do not accept this one, our family will sink further. 178 00:09:54,898 --> 00:09:56,682 Even the simple hopes we currently have 179 00:09:56,683 --> 00:09:58,379 will be out of reach. 180 00:09:58,380 --> 00:09:59,989 But then all of your hopes would be snatched away. 181 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:02,862 This family's happiness is worth every sacrifice. 182 00:10:02,863 --> 00:10:05,734 Isn't your happiness worth something as well? 183 00:10:05,735 --> 00:10:07,170 Artemis has always told 184 00:10:07,171 --> 00:10:09,260 the tale of Hades and Persephone quite accurately. 185 00:10:10,348 --> 00:10:12,089 Persephone doesn't get to be happy. 186 00:10:13,787 --> 00:10:15,963 Then you mean to accept the duke's offer? 187 00:10:37,506 --> 00:10:39,334 Who invited all these people? 188 00:10:40,727 --> 00:10:41,684 I did. 189 00:10:42,511 --> 00:10:46,079 It is not every day my poor boy takes a bride. 190 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,822 This was supposed to be a quiet ceremony. 191 00:10:49,823 --> 00:10:52,128 I do not believe Miss Lancaster has invited anyone 192 00:10:52,129 --> 00:10:54,261 beyond her own immediate family. 193 00:10:54,262 --> 00:10:56,960 I did not intend to cause awkwardness, Adam. 194 00:10:58,135 --> 00:10:59,615 I only wish to celebrate. 195 00:11:13,150 --> 00:11:15,804 I wonder if the chit'll actually turn up. 196 00:11:15,805 --> 00:11:17,153 Try to resist the urge 197 00:11:17,154 --> 00:11:19,982 to run through any of the wedding guests. 198 00:11:26,511 --> 00:11:28,991 Where the devil is she? 199 00:11:28,992 --> 00:11:32,081 Another five minutes and I'll go retrieve her myself. 200 00:11:46,270 --> 00:11:47,880 When is this going to start? 201 00:11:47,881 --> 00:11:48,924 I'm hungry. 202 00:11:48,925 --> 00:11:49,795 Shh. 203 00:11:49,796 --> 00:11:50,796 Artemis. 204 00:12:00,197 --> 00:12:02,024 She's decided to come, after all. 205 00:12:42,849 --> 00:12:46,373 Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together 206 00:12:46,374 --> 00:12:49,855 in the sight of God and the face of this congregation 207 00:12:49,856 --> 00:12:54,861 to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony, 208 00:12:55,122 --> 00:12:57,906 an honorable estate, instituted of God 209 00:12:57,907 --> 00:13:00,082 in the time of man's innocence, 210 00:13:00,083 --> 00:13:02,911 signifying unto us the mystical union 211 00:13:02,912 --> 00:13:05,045 betwixt Christ and His church. 212 00:13:05,915 --> 00:13:10,049 Therefore, if any man can show any just cause 213 00:13:10,050 --> 00:13:13,530 why they should not lawfully be joined together, 214 00:13:13,531 --> 00:13:18,536 let him speak, or else hereafter forever hold his peace. 215 00:13:21,191 --> 00:13:23,889 Deuced, blasted muck heap. 216 00:13:26,849 --> 00:13:28,502 Go on. 217 00:13:28,503 --> 00:13:30,984 Who giveth this woman to be married to this man? 218 00:13:42,604 --> 00:13:44,084 Apparently, I giveth myself. 219 00:13:48,479 --> 00:13:50,525 Take her right hand in yours. 220 00:13:57,619 --> 00:13:58,793 I, Adam Richard Boyce, 221 00:13:58,794 --> 00:14:00,490 Duke of Kielder, Marquess of Falstone, 222 00:14:00,491 --> 00:14:01,752 Earl of Falstone, Viscount Byrness, 223 00:14:01,753 --> 00:14:03,015 Baron Falstone, Baron Whitelee, 224 00:14:03,016 --> 00:14:04,886 take thee to be my wedded wife, 225 00:14:04,887 --> 00:14:06,409 to have and to hold, from this day forward, 226 00:14:06,410 --> 00:14:08,107 for better for worse, for richer for poorer, 227 00:14:08,108 --> 00:14:10,500 in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, 228 00:14:10,501 --> 00:14:11,545 'till death do us part, 229 00:14:11,546 --> 00:14:12,807 according to God's holy ordinance; 230 00:14:12,808 --> 00:14:14,679 and thereto I plight thee my troth. 231 00:14:22,557 --> 00:14:23,383 I, Persephone- 232 00:14:23,384 --> 00:14:24,385 Ridiculous. 233 00:14:28,345 --> 00:14:29,869 Lancaster, do... 234 00:14:36,963 --> 00:14:39,748 Do take thee to be my wedded husband, 235 00:14:40,618 --> 00:14:42,968 to have and to hold, from this day forward, 236 00:14:42,969 --> 00:14:46,623 for better for worse, for richer for poorer, 237 00:14:46,624 --> 00:14:50,150 in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, 238 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:53,326 'till death us do part, 239 00:14:53,327 --> 00:14:55,937 according to God's holy ordinance; 240 00:14:55,938 --> 00:14:57,809 and thereto I give thee my troth. 241 00:14:59,333 --> 00:15:00,507 Is that everything? 242 00:15:00,508 --> 00:15:01,509 Not usually. 243 00:15:02,292 --> 00:15:03,510 Can it be? 244 00:15:03,511 --> 00:15:04,990 I suppose all the truly essential bits 245 00:15:04,991 --> 00:15:05,992 have been seen to. 246 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:11,083 Those whom God hath joined together, 247 00:15:11,084 --> 00:15:13,260 let no man put asunder. 248 00:15:15,175 --> 00:15:17,089 To the castle, then. 249 00:15:19,962 --> 00:15:21,049 I... 250 00:15:42,071 --> 00:15:43,289 Thank you. 251 00:16:09,664 --> 00:16:12,406 Is your name really Persephone? 252 00:16:13,624 --> 00:16:14,625 It is. 253 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,889 Did you not think to ask? 254 00:16:19,282 --> 00:16:20,500 What were your parents thinking, 255 00:16:20,501 --> 00:16:21,806 choosing a name like that? 256 00:16:23,895 --> 00:16:25,896 My father is a scholar. 257 00:16:25,897 --> 00:16:28,029 He's particularly fond of Greek mythology. 258 00:16:28,030 --> 00:16:30,076 Entirely too fond, it would seem. 259 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,817 Are the rest of your siblings similarly afflicted? 260 00:16:33,818 --> 00:16:35,863 In what way afflicted? 261 00:16:35,864 --> 00:16:37,647 What absurd names did your parents assign 262 00:16:37,648 --> 00:16:39,302 the other members of your family? 263 00:16:40,390 --> 00:16:42,217 Athena is just younger than I. 264 00:16:42,218 --> 00:16:44,567 Evander is 14. Linus, 13. 265 00:16:44,568 --> 00:16:47,092 Daphne will be 12 toward the end of the year. 266 00:16:47,093 --> 00:16:49,094 The youngest is Artemis. 267 00:16:49,095 --> 00:16:52,401 Fates save us from short-sighted scholars. 268 00:16:52,402 --> 00:16:53,708 Do you have a middle name? 269 00:16:54,752 --> 00:16:56,144 I do. 270 00:16:56,145 --> 00:16:57,711 I suppose it is entirely too much to hope 271 00:16:57,712 --> 00:16:59,105 that it is something common. 272 00:17:01,324 --> 00:17:04,109 Iphigenia. 273 00:17:04,110 --> 00:17:05,807 Persephone Iphigenia? 274 00:17:06,895 --> 00:17:09,505 Did no one ever call you anything else? 275 00:17:09,506 --> 00:17:11,246 Only Miss Lancaster. 276 00:17:11,247 --> 00:17:12,814 Well, I cannot call you that. 277 00:17:13,945 --> 00:17:17,252 I suppose I will have to consign myself to Persephone. 278 00:17:17,253 --> 00:17:18,776 It would seem so. 279 00:17:21,692 --> 00:17:24,129 You, of course, will call me Kielder. 280 00:17:24,130 --> 00:17:24,999 I will not call you Kielder. 281 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,087 Everyone calls me Kielder. 282 00:17:26,088 --> 00:17:27,523 Kielder? 283 00:17:27,524 --> 00:17:30,005 It sounds as though I am accusing you of a crime. 284 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:36,184 You would, no doubt, prefer Agamemnon or Apollo 285 00:17:36,185 --> 00:17:38,317 or something along that vein. 286 00:17:38,318 --> 00:17:39,667 My papa certainly would. 287 00:17:40,842 --> 00:17:43,191 What do you propose to call me, then? 288 00:17:43,192 --> 00:17:44,802 - Adam? - No one calls me Adam. 289 00:17:45,977 --> 00:17:47,326 No one? 290 00:17:47,327 --> 00:17:49,546 Certainly your family and closest friends would. 291 00:17:51,983 --> 00:17:53,288 Harry does. 292 00:17:53,289 --> 00:17:54,942 Who is Harry? 293 00:17:54,943 --> 00:17:55,944 A friend, 294 00:17:56,901 --> 00:17:59,468 one who allows himself far too much freedom. 295 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,972 Calling me Adam will be fine. 296 00:19:09,322 --> 00:19:10,323 Persephone. 297 00:19:24,075 --> 00:19:25,599 This is Barton, the butler. 298 00:19:27,253 --> 00:19:28,993 Mrs. Smithson, the housekeeper. 299 00:19:30,430 --> 00:19:31,431 Duchess of Kielder. 300 00:19:52,234 --> 00:19:54,410 Mrs. Smithson will see to whatever you need. 301 00:20:17,694 --> 00:20:20,131 I'm likely meant to be shown all of the castle, 302 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:23,438 but I would very much like to rest. 303 00:20:23,439 --> 00:20:24,787 Perhaps you could simply point out 304 00:20:24,788 --> 00:20:26,049 the rooms I need to know today, 305 00:20:26,050 --> 00:20:27,399 and save the rest for tomorrow? 306 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,618 Of course, Your Grace. 307 00:20:36,626 --> 00:20:41,631 The Drawing Room, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth 308 00:20:41,936 --> 00:20:45,505 when she stayed at Falstone Castle in 1580. 309 00:20:47,594 --> 00:20:50,727 Do, do members of the royal family still visit Falstone? 310 00:20:51,815 --> 00:20:54,340 Heavens, no. They wouldn't dare. 311 00:20:56,646 --> 00:20:59,561 This is the Grand Banquet Hall, 312 00:20:59,562 --> 00:21:00,910 which has hosted feasts 313 00:21:00,911 --> 00:21:02,738 for some of the most significant 314 00:21:02,739 --> 00:21:05,045 and influential people in the kingdom 315 00:21:05,046 --> 00:21:06,874 over the past 500 years. 316 00:21:08,919 --> 00:21:11,879 I believe your family will be dining in here this evening. 317 00:21:15,143 --> 00:21:16,275 Is that a gibbet? 318 00:21:18,059 --> 00:21:19,842 And stocks. 319 00:21:19,843 --> 00:21:22,758 Was there no room in the dark, foreboding dungeon? 320 00:21:22,759 --> 00:21:25,457 There's ample room, Your Grace. 321 00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:27,807 But the duke says displaying weapons 322 00:21:27,808 --> 00:21:29,288 makes them more effective. 323 00:21:35,076 --> 00:21:37,600 All of the family bedchambers are on this floor. 324 00:21:39,646 --> 00:21:41,865 This is your bedchamber, Your Grace. 325 00:21:43,432 --> 00:21:46,260 Is there anything else you wish me to do, Your Grace? 326 00:21:46,261 --> 00:21:47,696 Not at the moment. 327 00:21:47,697 --> 00:21:49,655 The bell pull is beside the fireplace 328 00:21:49,656 --> 00:21:51,397 should you require anything. 329 00:22:43,274 --> 00:22:45,755 This is never going to work. 330 00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:54,808 This is never going to work. 331 00:23:02,685 --> 00:23:05,340 I just saw your man of business leaving the castle. 332 00:23:06,733 --> 00:23:08,603 What did you do to him? 333 00:23:08,604 --> 00:23:09,649 I fired him. 334 00:23:10,693 --> 00:23:11,694 Again? 335 00:23:12,956 --> 00:23:15,001 How many times have you fired the poor man? 336 00:23:15,002 --> 00:23:17,047 Six, seven. 337 00:23:18,005 --> 00:23:21,138 Every time he sulks away like a lily-livered coward. 338 00:23:24,315 --> 00:23:26,708 You didn't pull your pistol on him this time, did you? 339 00:23:26,709 --> 00:23:29,495 I have never pulled a pistol on Josiah Jones. 340 00:23:31,018 --> 00:23:33,367 I may have held an epee to his throat once or twice, 341 00:23:33,368 --> 00:23:36,370 but he was never in any real danger. 342 00:23:36,371 --> 00:23:37,763 Perhaps his fear has something to do 343 00:23:37,764 --> 00:23:40,070 with your less-than-pristine reputation, Adam. 344 00:23:40,984 --> 00:23:43,638 Rumor has it you've run through a few men in your time. 345 00:23:43,639 --> 00:23:46,512 Rumor has it I've done quite a few things. 346 00:23:48,165 --> 00:23:49,514 And you wonder why Jones thinks the worst 347 00:23:49,515 --> 00:23:51,080 whenever you're angry with him. 348 00:23:51,081 --> 00:23:53,343 I always reinstate his employment. 349 00:23:53,344 --> 00:23:55,434 And he never makes the same mistake twice. 350 00:24:02,136 --> 00:24:05,182 So what was his transgression this time, mm? 351 00:24:06,053 --> 00:24:07,184 No, no, don't tell me. 352 00:24:08,229 --> 00:24:11,275 Smiled too much while discussing the estate investments? 353 00:24:12,973 --> 00:24:13,974 No. 354 00:24:15,062 --> 00:24:16,541 Did not include enough threats 355 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:18,456 in the business correspondence he sent on your behalf? 356 00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:22,547 He recommended a means of preventing my distant cousin 357 00:24:22,548 --> 00:24:24,636 from one day inheriting Falstone. 358 00:24:24,637 --> 00:24:28,945 Ah, Jones was the one who suggested you marry. 359 00:24:30,077 --> 00:24:32,295 He knew of a penniless family in Shropshire, 360 00:24:32,296 --> 00:24:35,255 with an eldest daughter of the appropriate age 361 00:24:35,256 --> 00:24:38,127 who had no other prospects. 362 00:24:38,128 --> 00:24:40,782 His enthusiastic recommendation 363 00:24:40,783 --> 00:24:43,003 has proven intolerably stupid. 364 00:24:43,917 --> 00:24:46,353 As stupid as sitting up in one's book room 365 00:24:46,354 --> 00:24:49,051 with one's friend on one's wedding night? 366 00:24:49,052 --> 00:24:52,577 Because that, Adam, is a level of idiocy 367 00:24:52,578 --> 00:24:54,579 far and above ordinary stupidity. 368 00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:56,929 I stood through the wedding 369 00:24:56,930 --> 00:24:59,975 and just spent an interminable dinner 370 00:24:59,976 --> 00:25:02,283 with my flock of new sisters-in-law. 371 00:25:03,284 --> 00:25:05,286 Did they stare at you? 372 00:25:06,679 --> 00:25:07,809 It would've been understandable, you know. 373 00:25:07,810 --> 00:25:08,941 Having not been warned. 374 00:25:08,942 --> 00:25:11,509 I ought to have written, then? Mm? 375 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:14,381 Perhaps I could've included a postscript with the proposal. 376 00:25:14,382 --> 00:25:17,602 "By the way, I have a mutilated face 377 00:25:17,603 --> 00:25:19,734 you'll be forced to look at day in and day out 378 00:25:19,735 --> 00:25:21,345 for the rest of your life. 379 00:25:22,259 --> 00:25:23,826 Hope that's not a problem." 380 00:25:26,307 --> 00:25:29,440 Mm, perhaps not those precise words. 381 00:25:30,616 --> 00:25:32,704 She wasn't exactly forthcoming, either, 382 00:25:32,705 --> 00:25:34,140 I will have you know. 383 00:25:34,141 --> 00:25:36,838 Forgot to mention something important? 384 00:25:36,839 --> 00:25:38,710 Another husband, perhaps? 385 00:25:38,711 --> 00:25:41,103 An extraneous limb? 386 00:25:41,104 --> 00:25:44,368 Her name is Persephone. 387 00:25:45,587 --> 00:25:47,109 A man ought to know a thing like that 388 00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:49,198 about his future wife. 389 00:25:49,199 --> 00:25:51,158 Persephone Iphigenia. 390 00:25:52,507 --> 00:25:55,641 What an inexcusably ridiculous thing to call a child. 391 00:26:05,651 --> 00:26:06,912 I had the chance to speak briefly 392 00:26:06,913 --> 00:26:08,262 with your new bride, Adam. 393 00:26:09,698 --> 00:26:10,830 She was 394 00:26:12,701 --> 00:26:13,702 delightful. 395 00:26:15,922 --> 00:26:17,618 Perhaps a little quiet, 396 00:26:17,619 --> 00:26:18,750 but that is to be expected 397 00:26:18,751 --> 00:26:20,535 considering the upheaval in her life. 398 00:26:22,102 --> 00:26:24,886 I'll confess I had expected 399 00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:27,281 someone rather long in the tooth; 400 00:26:28,238 --> 00:26:32,894 rather long in the face, in all honesty. 401 00:26:32,895 --> 00:26:34,156 So had I. 402 00:26:34,157 --> 00:26:35,985 But she's a fetching thing. 403 00:26:37,204 --> 00:26:40,250 Young and quite pretty. 404 00:26:44,690 --> 00:26:45,647 Oh. 405 00:26:47,867 --> 00:26:50,957 You expected someone desperate, 406 00:26:52,436 --> 00:26:56,484 and ugly, and undesirable. 407 00:26:57,877 --> 00:26:59,399 Instead, your bride turned out to be 408 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,271 a vast deal more than passable. 409 00:27:03,926 --> 00:27:06,146 Not quite what you'd bargained for, I'd guess. 410 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,757 A lady who was too intolerable to have any other options 411 00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:13,500 would be content with a curmudgeon in a drafty castle 412 00:27:13,501 --> 00:27:15,024 in the wilds of Northumberland. 413 00:27:16,243 --> 00:27:20,681 And now, because she is young and fine-looking, 414 00:27:20,682 --> 00:27:24,338 seems to be good-natured and potentially enjoyable company, 415 00:27:26,122 --> 00:27:29,559 the poor girl is upstairs, alone, 416 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,214 probably wondering what she's done wrong, 417 00:27:32,215 --> 00:27:35,088 while you are down here brooding. 418 00:27:37,003 --> 00:27:41,310 Adam, you are completely bacon-brained. 419 00:27:41,311 --> 00:27:42,965 I should call you out for that. 420 00:27:44,053 --> 00:27:45,880 Do. 421 00:27:45,881 --> 00:27:47,796 But not tonight. I'm tired. 422 00:27:52,322 --> 00:27:53,540 Call me out tomorrow, would you? 423 00:27:53,541 --> 00:27:55,368 I ought to lock you in the dungeon. 424 00:27:55,369 --> 00:27:56,370 You should. 425 00:27:57,545 --> 00:27:58,763 No point having a dungeon 426 00:27:58,764 --> 00:28:00,591 if no one's ever consigned to suffer in it. 427 00:28:02,289 --> 00:28:03,463 Good night, Adam. 428 00:28:03,464 --> 00:28:06,771 Good night. Presumptuous lout. 429 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:10,426 And Adam? 430 00:28:10,427 --> 00:28:11,428 What? 431 00:28:12,647 --> 00:28:14,257 Give the poor girl a chance. 432 00:28:15,302 --> 00:28:17,172 It's not her fault you've ended up 433 00:28:17,173 --> 00:28:19,349 with every man's idea of a perfect wife. 434 00:29:12,925 --> 00:29:15,927 Are you going to be lonely without us, Persephone? 435 00:29:15,928 --> 00:29:17,756 I will miss you terribly. 436 00:29:19,845 --> 00:29:21,237 But you will have each other. 437 00:29:22,282 --> 00:29:24,936 So you are unlikely to be lonely. 438 00:29:24,937 --> 00:29:27,765 I do not know that anyone will remember to talk to me 439 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:28,767 when you're not here. 440 00:29:31,030 --> 00:29:32,944 I'm certain everything will be fine. 441 00:29:32,945 --> 00:29:33,988 Mm. 442 00:29:33,989 --> 00:29:35,208 You don't need to worry about us. 443 00:29:37,993 --> 00:29:41,953 Write and tell me about all the things you're reading. 444 00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:50,352 I love you. 445 00:29:50,353 --> 00:29:51,702 Love you, too. 446 00:29:52,965 --> 00:29:54,009 Make haste. 447 00:29:55,228 --> 00:29:56,619 I do not want to go! 448 00:29:56,620 --> 00:29:57,796 Let me speak with her. 449 00:30:03,671 --> 00:30:06,151 Oh, my dear girl. You're crying. 450 00:30:06,152 --> 00:30:08,283 He cannot make you stay here! 451 00:30:08,284 --> 00:30:11,243 No one is making me stay here, dearest. 452 00:30:11,244 --> 00:30:14,115 Falstone Castle is my home now. 453 00:30:14,116 --> 00:30:15,900 I will send you letters, 454 00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:18,337 perhaps with a guinea under the seal. 455 00:30:18,338 --> 00:30:20,078 You could come here, 456 00:30:20,079 --> 00:30:22,167 we could explore the castle together. 457 00:30:22,168 --> 00:30:23,951 He won't let me. 458 00:30:23,952 --> 00:30:25,823 Of course he will. 459 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:28,434 We will have grand adventures. 460 00:30:28,435 --> 00:30:31,350 Perhaps there is a tower room 461 00:30:31,351 --> 00:30:34,614 where we can imagine all sorts of wonderful stories, 462 00:30:34,615 --> 00:30:36,181 the way we always did at home. 463 00:30:36,182 --> 00:30:38,270 Do you promise? 464 00:30:38,271 --> 00:30:39,924 I promise. 465 00:30:39,925 --> 00:30:42,318 Who will take care of me when you're gone? 466 00:30:43,363 --> 00:30:46,975 Papa will engage a governess for both you and Daphne, 467 00:30:47,933 --> 00:30:50,935 a companion for Athena when you're all in town. 468 00:30:50,936 --> 00:30:52,502 Will you visit us there? 469 00:30:53,939 --> 00:30:55,156 Of course. 470 00:30:55,157 --> 00:30:56,201 Persephone? 471 00:30:56,202 --> 00:30:57,680 Yes, my dear? 472 00:30:57,681 --> 00:30:59,595 Who will take care of you? 473 00:30:59,596 --> 00:31:03,773 Will you be happy even though we're gone? 474 00:31:07,604 --> 00:31:08,605 Oh. 475 00:31:11,478 --> 00:31:13,958 When have you known me to be unhappy? 476 00:31:13,959 --> 00:31:15,350 Then I will be happy, too. 477 00:31:15,351 --> 00:31:17,744 But if I don't leave now, I will cry again, 478 00:31:17,745 --> 00:31:20,616 and I do not want to cry anymore. 479 00:31:20,617 --> 00:31:23,838 Then let us promise each other not to cry. 480 00:31:25,231 --> 00:31:27,710 Yes, good. 481 00:31:27,711 --> 00:31:29,016 I will see you soon. 482 00:31:29,017 --> 00:31:30,844 Be good for papa. 483 00:31:30,845 --> 00:31:32,019 I will. 484 00:31:32,020 --> 00:31:33,542 I love you, dearest. 485 00:31:33,543 --> 00:31:34,674 I love you, too, Persephone. 486 00:31:34,675 --> 00:31:37,156 You're the best mama I ever had. 487 00:32:15,063 --> 00:32:17,065 I thought you weren't supposed to cry. 488 00:32:19,502 --> 00:32:21,896 Artemis is crying as well, I'm certain of it. 489 00:32:22,897 --> 00:32:24,377 Then why make the promise? 490 00:32:25,508 --> 00:32:26,770 To lessen her pain. 491 00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:31,906 If my sister knew I was crying, it would break her heart. 492 00:32:33,908 --> 00:32:35,344 But you know she is crying. 493 00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:40,871 I know her better than she knows me. 494 00:32:48,705 --> 00:32:51,055 The best mama she ever had. 495 00:34:00,473 --> 00:34:03,867 24 hours into this ill-conceived marriage 496 00:34:05,173 --> 00:34:10,134 and my wife is already in the back of a garden sobbing. 497 00:34:19,492 --> 00:34:22,103 How long into your marriage did mother start crying? 498 00:34:29,545 --> 00:34:32,982 And when did that stop making you feel like a monster? 499 00:35:26,776 --> 00:35:28,212 Your Grace. 500 00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:29,170 Mm. 501 00:35:32,608 --> 00:35:33,609 Good eve... 502 00:35:34,610 --> 00:35:36,134 Are you feeling well, child? 503 00:35:37,265 --> 00:35:40,399 I am excessively tired. 504 00:35:41,791 --> 00:35:44,445 Do not fret yourself over dinner, dear. 505 00:35:44,446 --> 00:35:46,708 I'll have a tray sent to your room. 506 00:35:46,709 --> 00:35:47,710 You rest. 507 00:35:49,103 --> 00:35:51,149 Thank you. 508 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:39,413 You told me you'd call me out today. 509 00:36:39,414 --> 00:36:40,980 Never did. 510 00:36:40,981 --> 00:36:43,288 I've decided to shoot you first thing in the morning. 511 00:36:44,637 --> 00:36:48,117 Go to sleep so I can load my pistols in peace. 512 00:36:48,118 --> 00:36:50,250 Your mother said the new duchess 513 00:36:50,251 --> 00:36:52,644 was indisposed this evening. 514 00:36:52,645 --> 00:36:54,428 Any idea what she meant by that? 515 00:36:54,429 --> 00:36:57,476 As mother said, she was indisposed. 516 00:36:59,304 --> 00:37:01,087 She wouldn't be the first person to hide from you. 517 00:37:01,088 --> 00:37:02,741 She? You mean Persephone? 518 00:37:02,742 --> 00:37:05,352 Well, I certainly don't mean your mother. 519 00:37:05,353 --> 00:37:06,745 You could shoot a man dead in the drawing room, 520 00:37:06,746 --> 00:37:08,964 and she'd just smile indulgently and say, "My-" 521 00:37:08,965 --> 00:37:10,531 "Poor boy," yes. 522 00:37:10,532 --> 00:37:12,141 And the woman will still be calling me that when I'm 80. 523 00:37:12,142 --> 00:37:14,318 When you're 80, she'll be dead. 524 00:37:14,319 --> 00:37:15,407 Oh, shut up, Harry. 525 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:22,282 Is there any chance Persephone is locked in the dungeon? 526 00:37:22,283 --> 00:37:24,371 I am not a monster. 527 00:37:24,372 --> 00:37:26,068 And she chose to accept me. 528 00:37:26,069 --> 00:37:27,679 Ah, yes. 529 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,202 But without the benefit of the rather ingenious postscript 530 00:37:29,203 --> 00:37:30,335 you composed last night. 531 00:37:31,466 --> 00:37:32,771 I'm don't think she realized- 532 00:37:32,772 --> 00:37:34,643 You think I've made her miserable already? 533 00:37:35,688 --> 00:37:38,604 She took this morning's farewells particularly hard. 534 00:37:39,996 --> 00:37:42,476 You ought to have insisted her family stay longer. 535 00:37:42,477 --> 00:37:44,087 So I'm the villain, am I? 536 00:37:46,176 --> 00:37:47,264 I wouldn't be surprised 537 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,395 if you never saw the poor woman again 538 00:37:48,396 --> 00:37:49,744 as long as you lived. 539 00:37:49,745 --> 00:37:52,748 In a place as enormous as this pile of rock, 540 00:37:54,010 --> 00:37:55,490 she could avoid you for years. 541 00:37:59,538 --> 00:38:00,539 Where are you going? 542 00:38:03,193 --> 00:38:05,325 My wife is indisposed. 543 00:38:05,326 --> 00:38:08,372 I'm going to see for myself that she is well. 544 00:38:08,373 --> 00:38:09,634 Adam. 545 00:38:09,635 --> 00:38:11,680 I am not going to hurt the blasted woman. 546 00:38:14,683 --> 00:38:17,077 You know me better than that. 547 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,245 Oh, forgive me, Your Grace. 548 00:39:39,246 --> 00:39:41,683 I'm attempting to find the breakfast room. 549 00:39:42,554 --> 00:39:45,164 Please tell me you know how to reach it from here. 550 00:39:45,165 --> 00:39:48,210 I got lost a few times when I first started working here. 551 00:39:48,211 --> 00:39:51,213 Falstone Castle is quite a big place. 552 00:39:51,214 --> 00:39:52,650 Enormous. 553 00:39:52,651 --> 00:39:55,435 New arrivals really ought to be provided with a map. 554 00:39:56,263 --> 00:39:57,481 This way, Your Grace. 555 00:39:57,482 --> 00:40:00,092 And I'll not tell anyone you were lost. 556 00:40:00,093 --> 00:40:01,398 Thank you. 557 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:02,529 Mother, explain to Harry 558 00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:03,878 that you're not leaving Falstone Castle 559 00:40:03,879 --> 00:40:05,967 because I forced you to do so. 560 00:40:05,968 --> 00:40:07,316 He seems to think 561 00:40:07,317 --> 00:40:08,492 that I drive every person who ever comes here 562 00:40:08,493 --> 00:40:10,842 away with a scythe in one hand 563 00:40:10,843 --> 00:40:13,192 and a flaming torch in the other. 564 00:40:13,193 --> 00:40:16,108 A regular one-person bloodthirsty mob, 565 00:40:16,109 --> 00:40:17,110 that's what you are. 566 00:40:18,503 --> 00:40:19,590 You really ought to think 567 00:40:19,591 --> 00:40:20,895 about employing pitchforks when you- 568 00:40:23,246 --> 00:40:27,902 Persephone, come break your fast, dear. 569 00:40:27,903 --> 00:40:29,600 Kidneys? Eggs? 570 00:40:29,601 --> 00:40:30,949 Yes, please. 571 00:40:30,950 --> 00:40:32,254 Harry, will you please- 572 00:40:32,255 --> 00:40:34,431 I will prepare a plate for her, mother. 573 00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:36,434 Oh, you needn't inconvenience yourself. 574 00:40:37,783 --> 00:40:38,784 Please. 575 00:40:58,151 --> 00:40:59,152 Thank you. 576 00:41:05,158 --> 00:41:06,332 Should I sit somewhere else? 577 00:41:06,333 --> 00:41:08,509 No, you can stay where you are. 578 00:41:10,685 --> 00:41:13,600 Will you be coming to town at Christmastime? 579 00:41:13,601 --> 00:41:16,560 I never go to town until absolutely necessary. 580 00:41:16,561 --> 00:41:21,086 You must convince my poor boy of the delights of London. 581 00:41:21,087 --> 00:41:22,567 I have never been to London. 582 00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:27,875 Well, then you absolutely must come as soon as possible. 583 00:41:27,876 --> 00:41:30,487 I should positively love taking you around town 584 00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:33,186 and introducing you to just everyone. 585 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,145 I'm certain you can pack quickly, Adam. 586 00:41:37,146 --> 00:41:39,278 And I could delay my departure by a day or so, 587 00:41:39,279 --> 00:41:40,845 and we could all- 588 00:41:40,846 --> 00:41:43,674 I shall be forced to take her in the spring as it is. 589 00:41:43,675 --> 00:41:44,676 Forced? 590 00:41:45,677 --> 00:41:47,591 The season is such fun. 591 00:41:47,592 --> 00:41:49,331 How can you say forced? 592 00:41:49,332 --> 00:41:52,291 I despise London. 593 00:41:52,292 --> 00:41:53,379 But the queen will be vexed 594 00:41:53,380 --> 00:41:54,641 if Persephone is not presented, 595 00:41:54,642 --> 00:41:56,251 and that is one bother I could do without. 596 00:41:56,252 --> 00:41:58,080 Thus, I shall be forced to town. 597 00:41:59,995 --> 00:42:01,430 Do not let him burden you 598 00:42:01,431 --> 00:42:03,824 with even the tiniest amount of guilt, Your Grace. 599 00:42:03,825 --> 00:42:05,217 By spring, he will have gone months 600 00:42:05,218 --> 00:42:06,914 without insulting the members of the Cabinet 601 00:42:06,915 --> 00:42:08,873 or any of the royal family 602 00:42:08,874 --> 00:42:11,093 and will be itching for the opportunity. 603 00:42:13,313 --> 00:42:15,096 That is good to know. 604 00:42:15,097 --> 00:42:16,620 I suppose, as a good friend of the family, 605 00:42:16,621 --> 00:42:18,622 I ought to remain here indefinitely 606 00:42:18,623 --> 00:42:21,147 and offer my insights into your grumbly husband. 607 00:42:22,017 --> 00:42:24,411 That is simply the sort of selfless person I am. 608 00:42:26,674 --> 00:42:28,719 Even selfless people 609 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:30,591 can be thrown from the south parapet. 610 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:34,725 Mm, I am beginning to suspect, Adam, 611 00:42:34,726 --> 00:42:37,292 that you do not like me very much. 612 00:42:37,293 --> 00:42:38,511 I will simply have to ponder 613 00:42:38,512 --> 00:42:41,341 the sorrow of this realization. 614 00:42:42,516 --> 00:42:43,517 Your Grace. 615 00:42:45,911 --> 00:42:46,912 Your Grace. 616 00:42:50,568 --> 00:42:51,569 Your Grace. 617 00:42:54,223 --> 00:42:56,225 This could get confusing. 618 00:42:57,357 --> 00:43:00,664 We really ought to think of names for the three of you.