1 00:00:00,870 --> 00:00:03,045 This gentleman is clearly ill. 2 00:00:03,046 --> 00:00:04,700 I ain't running a charity, guv. 3 00:00:05,048 --> 00:00:07,790 Here's hoping we can do business again in the future. 4 00:00:08,182 --> 00:00:09,095 We will. 5 00:00:09,096 --> 00:00:10,139 Adam? 6 00:00:10,140 --> 00:00:12,012 Why did you decide to get married? 7 00:00:12,316 --> 00:00:15,363 At the time it seemed like a good idea. 8 00:00:15,754 --> 00:00:17,973 I just kissed Persephone. 9 00:00:17,974 --> 00:00:19,105 I noticed. 10 00:00:19,106 --> 00:00:21,847 She is lonely in this empty castle. 11 00:00:22,152 --> 00:00:23,283 I heard them, Adam! 12 00:00:23,284 --> 00:00:24,893 The wolves, they're inside Falstone! 13 00:00:24,894 --> 00:00:27,114 They are not inside the castle walls, Persephone. 14 00:00:27,549 --> 00:00:31,117 I want to know why you've stayed around all these years. 15 00:00:31,118 --> 00:00:32,380 We're friends, Adam. 16 00:00:32,858 --> 00:00:34,468 All of the balls you held for mother 17 00:00:34,469 --> 00:00:36,035 weren't enough to keep her here, 18 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:39,604 so why the blasted blazes am I trying the same approach? 19 00:00:40,083 --> 00:00:41,257 Now I've promised you 20 00:00:41,258 --> 00:00:42,650 that your brother will visit you here 21 00:00:42,651 --> 00:00:44,695 and that Falstone Castle will host a ball, 22 00:00:44,696 --> 00:00:47,872 and no one, not Harry, not anyone else, 23 00:00:47,873 --> 00:00:51,137 will browbeat me into going back on that promise to you. 24 00:00:51,138 --> 00:00:52,530 I want to believe that. 25 00:01:25,955 --> 00:01:28,609 John, please have Atlas saddled. 26 00:01:28,610 --> 00:01:30,480 I wish to ride to the vicarage. 27 00:01:30,481 --> 00:01:33,004 Your first ride outside the castle gates. 28 00:01:33,005 --> 00:01:34,136 I'm ready. 29 00:01:34,137 --> 00:01:36,051 Very good, Yer Grace. 30 00:02:19,661 --> 00:02:21,053 Fiends, it's getting cold. 31 00:02:23,795 --> 00:02:24,839 Zeus. 32 00:02:25,667 --> 00:02:26,493 Steady, Zeus. 33 00:02:28,452 --> 00:02:29,278 Whoa. 34 00:02:29,279 --> 00:02:30,366 Have you found her? 35 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:31,237 Her? 36 00:02:31,238 --> 00:02:32,195 Her Grace. 37 00:02:32,935 --> 00:02:33,891 We were riding to the vicarage, 38 00:02:33,892 --> 00:02:36,633 and Atlas bolted without warning. 39 00:02:36,634 --> 00:02:37,852 She's not that good a rider yet, 40 00:02:37,853 --> 00:02:40,420 and I'm afraid she might've been unseated. 41 00:02:40,421 --> 00:02:43,379 And more with that pack soundin' so close and angry. 42 00:02:43,380 --> 00:02:44,293 Persephone! 43 00:02:44,294 --> 00:02:45,382 She's not answering. 44 00:02:47,776 --> 00:02:50,081 Persephone! Ya, ya! 45 00:03:06,403 --> 00:03:08,883 Ya. Ya, ya! 46 00:03:10,581 --> 00:03:12,103 We need to find the pack. 47 00:03:12,104 --> 00:03:14,932 I was thinking that meself, Yer Grace. 48 00:03:26,989 --> 00:03:28,729 Whoa, whoa. Steady, Zeus. 49 00:03:28,730 --> 00:03:29,992 Steady, steady. 50 00:03:31,950 --> 00:03:33,734 I heard that, too, Yer Grace. 51 00:03:33,735 --> 00:03:34,910 We're gettin' closer. 52 00:03:38,522 --> 00:03:39,523 Ya, ya! 53 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:55,729 It's me, Persephone! 54 00:04:55,730 --> 00:04:56,773 Adam! 55 00:04:56,774 --> 00:04:58,688 Stay next to me. Stay next to me. 56 00:05:05,174 --> 00:05:08,132 John, hand her up to me. 57 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:09,743 Take Atlas back if you can. 58 00:05:09,744 --> 00:05:12,093 But be quick about it. The pack won't stay spooked for long. 59 00:05:13,922 --> 00:05:15,531 Persephone, arms around me. 60 00:05:15,532 --> 00:05:16,793 Hold fast. 61 00:05:16,794 --> 00:05:18,274 When we reach the road, we are going to run. 62 00:05:39,730 --> 00:05:40,991 Everyone is to be armed. 63 00:05:40,992 --> 00:05:42,863 The pack is within yards of the castle. 64 00:05:42,864 --> 00:05:45,213 Where John Handly is through that gate. 65 00:05:45,214 --> 00:05:46,432 They have to be closed immediately. 66 00:05:46,433 --> 00:05:47,781 - Yes, Your Grace. - I'm so dizzy. 67 00:05:47,782 --> 00:05:49,304 Can you walk? 68 00:05:49,305 --> 00:05:50,784 I think so. 69 00:05:56,704 --> 00:05:58,661 She was thrown from her horse, out in the forest. 70 00:05:58,662 --> 00:06:00,576 There's a possibility she's broken her ankle. 71 00:06:00,577 --> 00:06:01,882 Should I have a surgeon sent for? 72 00:06:01,883 --> 00:06:03,144 No. 73 00:06:03,145 --> 00:06:04,363 The wolves are prowling just outside the gate. 74 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:06,147 It isn't safe for anyone to go in or out. 75 00:06:06,148 --> 00:06:08,279 But they've never done that before. 76 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:09,325 Persephone? 77 00:06:10,544 --> 00:06:11,457 Where is mother? 78 00:06:11,458 --> 00:06:12,719 Drawing room, I think. 79 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,590 Send her up to Persephone's room. 80 00:06:27,169 --> 00:06:28,778 Are we safe now? 81 00:06:28,779 --> 00:06:29,780 Yes. 82 00:06:31,173 --> 00:06:33,393 I was afraid no one would find me. 83 00:06:36,831 --> 00:06:37,700 Merciful heavens! 84 00:06:37,701 --> 00:06:39,093 Mother, I need your help. 85 00:06:39,094 --> 00:06:42,488 There's blood on her riding habit. 86 00:06:42,489 --> 00:06:43,446 Mother? 87 00:06:45,056 --> 00:06:46,362 Help her to a seat, Harry. 88 00:06:48,625 --> 00:06:49,626 Adam? 89 00:06:51,889 --> 00:06:54,195 Can you take my boot off? 90 00:06:54,196 --> 00:06:55,327 It's too tight. 91 00:07:04,511 --> 00:07:05,685 Adam, she needs a surgeon. 92 00:07:05,686 --> 00:07:06,687 I know. 93 00:07:08,732 --> 00:07:10,080 Bring me boiling water. 94 00:07:10,081 --> 00:07:12,432 And the strongest brandy Barton can find, go. 95 00:07:13,258 --> 00:07:14,259 Help me, Harry. 96 00:07:18,089 --> 00:07:19,350 You'll have to cut it. 97 00:07:19,351 --> 00:07:21,310 Mother, could you find me some scissors? 98 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:31,711 Hold her still. 99 00:07:31,712 --> 00:07:35,497 I don't want to accidentally cut her. 100 00:07:48,946 --> 00:07:49,947 Here. 101 00:07:53,821 --> 00:07:55,386 I'm sorry, Persephone. 102 00:07:55,387 --> 00:07:57,389 I'm trying to be gentle. 103 00:09:01,889 --> 00:09:02,890 Adam? 104 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:15,555 Yes, dear? 105 00:09:18,296 --> 00:09:20,080 Please stay with me. 106 00:09:26,827 --> 00:09:28,741 If you will stay with me. 107 00:09:38,926 --> 00:09:41,231 Barton said you wanted to speak with me. 108 00:09:43,495 --> 00:09:44,540 H-How is Her Grace? 109 00:09:45,759 --> 00:09:46,760 Sleeping. 110 00:09:48,239 --> 00:09:50,763 I know it ain't seemly me talking to you in here. 111 00:09:50,764 --> 00:09:54,898 But, why, I think I know, 112 00:09:56,421 --> 00:09:59,728 I have an idea why the pack attacked Atlas. 113 00:09:59,729 --> 00:10:02,557 And I thought you might wanna know sooner than later, 114 00:10:02,558 --> 00:10:04,733 even if tellin' you means overstepping meself a bit. 115 00:10:04,734 --> 00:10:06,040 You aren't overstepping. 116 00:10:07,041 --> 00:10:08,824 What have you discovered? 117 00:10:08,825 --> 00:10:11,522 While we were cleaning Atlas's wounds, 118 00:10:11,523 --> 00:10:12,785 we couldn't help but notice 119 00:10:12,786 --> 00:10:16,832 that he smelled strongly of bacon. 120 00:10:16,833 --> 00:10:18,138 Of bacon? 121 00:10:18,139 --> 00:10:20,053 It might be why the wolves attacked Atlas 122 00:10:20,054 --> 00:10:22,098 but weren't so intent on getting at me or my horse, 123 00:10:22,099 --> 00:10:23,623 or at you and Zeus. 124 00:10:24,841 --> 00:10:27,888 Her Grace might have picked up some of that smell, 125 00:10:29,106 --> 00:10:30,717 and that'd be why they were huntin' her. 126 00:10:33,197 --> 00:10:34,329 Talk with your staff. 127 00:10:35,460 --> 00:10:36,679 See what you can find out 128 00:10:37,549 --> 00:10:40,856 if it played any role in this attack, any. 129 00:10:40,857 --> 00:10:43,642 I do not want the same mistake to occur again. 130 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:44,644 Yes, Yer Grace. 131 00:10:46,733 --> 00:10:47,690 John? 132 00:10:51,389 --> 00:10:52,390 Thank you. 133 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:06,666 Adam? 134 00:11:08,885 --> 00:11:11,105 May I speak with you, please? 135 00:11:14,195 --> 00:11:16,283 Perhaps you should sit down. 136 00:11:16,284 --> 00:11:18,329 I'm so sorry, Adam. 137 00:11:19,722 --> 00:11:22,028 I know you wished me to help with Persephone. 138 00:11:22,029 --> 00:11:23,290 You must be so disappointed. 139 00:11:23,291 --> 00:11:24,466 Sit down, mother. 140 00:11:28,296 --> 00:11:30,254 Sometimes you're so like your father. 141 00:11:31,473 --> 00:11:32,474 Dear man. 142 00:11:33,780 --> 00:11:35,216 Are you unwell? 143 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:37,958 I'm so mortified. 144 00:11:40,438 --> 00:11:42,745 You see, I've always been hopeless in a sickroom. 145 00:11:44,051 --> 00:11:46,052 Even as a child, when anyone in the household 146 00:11:46,053 --> 00:11:47,488 would get so much as a cold, 147 00:11:47,489 --> 00:11:51,101 I would fret our dear nurse into a fit of nerves. 148 00:11:52,494 --> 00:11:54,017 And my mother always told me 149 00:11:55,497 --> 00:11:57,629 it would be different when I was a mother. 150 00:12:01,590 --> 00:12:03,200 You must be so ashamed of me, 151 00:12:05,986 --> 00:12:08,944 being so utterly useless when you were depending on me. 152 00:12:08,945 --> 00:12:11,773 There was a great deal of blood, earlier, with Persephone. 153 00:12:11,774 --> 00:12:14,995 I do not blame you for not being up to the task. 154 00:12:17,606 --> 00:12:20,174 Well, I'm certain I only made the situation worse. 155 00:12:22,263 --> 00:12:23,394 I always did. 156 00:12:25,614 --> 00:12:27,833 The second surgeon actually sent me to the vicarage 157 00:12:27,834 --> 00:12:28,835 for two days. 158 00:12:30,401 --> 00:12:32,926 Banished from my own home. 159 00:12:35,058 --> 00:12:35,971 From my poor boy. 160 00:12:35,972 --> 00:12:38,800 Banished? The second surgeon? 161 00:12:38,801 --> 00:12:40,716 I'm certain I made it worse. 162 00:12:42,196 --> 00:12:46,155 I was so nervous, so concerned through the first one- 163 00:12:46,156 --> 00:12:46,982 The first surgery? 164 00:12:46,983 --> 00:12:48,028 And I didn't get better. 165 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:51,422 Worse, in fact. 166 00:12:52,554 --> 00:12:54,511 The next few surgeons insisted I be gone 167 00:12:54,512 --> 00:12:55,904 before they even arrived. 168 00:12:55,905 --> 00:12:58,995 You are referring to the surgeons who did this. 169 00:13:01,432 --> 00:13:02,782 And I was grateful to go. 170 00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:05,959 Happy to. 171 00:13:08,875 --> 00:13:10,963 What kind of an unnatural mother 172 00:13:10,964 --> 00:13:13,923 wishes to leave her child at such a time? 173 00:13:25,717 --> 00:13:27,936 Persephone is asking for you. 174 00:13:27,937 --> 00:13:29,025 She seems anxious. 175 00:13:51,265 --> 00:13:52,527 What is it, Persephone? 176 00:13:54,442 --> 00:13:56,965 I've been thinking back on my ride. 177 00:13:56,966 --> 00:14:00,229 Surely that can wait until you're more fully rested. 178 00:14:00,230 --> 00:14:04,800 What happened today, I don't believe was an accident. 179 00:14:07,498 --> 00:14:09,326 What has led you to that suspicion? 180 00:14:10,937 --> 00:14:12,764 John didn't help me mount. 181 00:14:14,897 --> 00:14:16,680 Usually the stable hand waits for him, 182 00:14:16,681 --> 00:14:18,291 but this time he didn't. 183 00:14:18,292 --> 00:14:22,425 And the stable hand who helped me smelled like- 184 00:14:22,426 --> 00:14:23,427 Bacon? 185 00:14:24,472 --> 00:14:25,473 How did you know? 186 00:14:26,778 --> 00:14:28,736 Was it a faint aroma? 187 00:14:28,737 --> 00:14:29,738 No. 188 00:14:30,434 --> 00:14:31,913 At first I thought perhaps 189 00:14:31,914 --> 00:14:34,089 he'd been helping in the curing house 190 00:14:34,090 --> 00:14:36,962 or had slipped in a lard spill in the kitchen. 191 00:14:36,963 --> 00:14:39,616 The scent was so strong I could still smell it- 192 00:14:39,617 --> 00:14:40,836 While you were riding. 193 00:14:43,056 --> 00:14:44,057 Exactly. 194 00:14:45,754 --> 00:14:49,104 The groom who helped you mount, does he assist you often? 195 00:14:49,105 --> 00:14:49,975 Occasionally. 196 00:14:49,976 --> 00:14:51,020 Do you know his name? 197 00:14:52,935 --> 00:14:55,981 He wears a green handkerchief around his neck. 198 00:14:55,982 --> 00:14:57,070 None of the others do. 199 00:14:58,071 --> 00:15:00,289 John Handly will know who it is. 200 00:15:00,290 --> 00:15:02,204 You're going to talk to him? 201 00:15:02,205 --> 00:15:03,684 That groom, I mean? 202 00:15:03,685 --> 00:15:05,729 If he had any hand in this, 203 00:15:05,730 --> 00:15:07,732 I plan to do far more than just talk. 204 00:15:10,083 --> 00:15:11,431 What's the name of the groom 205 00:15:11,432 --> 00:15:13,041 who wears a green handkerchief round his neck? 206 00:15:13,042 --> 00:15:14,042 Uh, Jimmy. 207 00:15:14,043 --> 00:15:15,043 He's a newer one. 208 00:15:15,044 --> 00:15:16,784 Quiet-like. Keeps to himself. 209 00:15:16,785 --> 00:15:18,873 Any idea where I might find this Jimmy? 210 00:15:18,874 --> 00:15:21,571 Last I sought of him, he was at the back of the stable. 211 00:15:21,572 --> 00:15:23,138 He helped Her Grace mount this morning, 212 00:15:23,139 --> 00:15:24,444 and she said he reeked of bacon, 213 00:15:24,445 --> 00:15:25,706 more than could've been accidental. 214 00:15:25,707 --> 00:15:26,750 On purpose, then? 215 00:15:26,751 --> 00:15:28,491 That's what I mean to find out. 216 00:15:28,492 --> 00:15:29,536 Ah, there he is. 217 00:15:29,537 --> 00:15:30,538 Jimmy! 218 00:15:32,540 --> 00:15:33,583 Smith! 219 00:15:33,584 --> 00:15:35,803 Do not let him get past the gate! 220 00:15:35,804 --> 00:15:36,717 Stop him! 221 00:16:03,005 --> 00:16:05,920 This vermin is Mr. Smith 222 00:16:05,921 --> 00:16:08,880 who tried to kill my wife. 223 00:16:09,925 --> 00:16:11,666 You took the only thing that mattered to me. 224 00:16:13,102 --> 00:16:14,973 Jus' trying to repay the favor, guv'nuh. 225 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:15,799 You'll hang for this- 226 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:16,801 Oh, no. 227 00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:19,369 I have a better idea. 228 00:16:21,676 --> 00:16:22,938 Put him in the gibbet. 229 00:16:24,287 --> 00:16:25,244 What? 230 00:16:25,245 --> 00:16:27,550 No, you can't do that! 231 00:16:27,551 --> 00:16:28,812 You have to consult the law! 232 00:16:28,813 --> 00:16:31,728 I am the Duke of Kielder. 233 00:16:31,729 --> 00:16:32,817 I am the law. 234 00:17:20,996 --> 00:17:25,131 Duke's aren't supposed to need people, Persephone. 235 00:18:17,922 --> 00:18:20,141 I like Falstone. 236 00:18:20,142 --> 00:18:22,317 So do I, Linus. 237 00:18:22,318 --> 00:18:24,407 Then why don't you look happy? 238 00:18:25,843 --> 00:18:27,628 Probably because I'm in pain. 239 00:18:28,759 --> 00:18:32,501 I had no idea how long a few simple cuts could take to heal. 240 00:18:32,502 --> 00:18:34,722 I understand they weren't simple at all. 241 00:18:35,766 --> 00:18:38,072 Considering what might've befallen me, 242 00:18:38,073 --> 00:18:40,771 I think of my injuries as comparatively simple. 243 00:18:44,035 --> 00:18:46,125 It is so good to have you here. 244 00:18:49,302 --> 00:18:51,390 I am happy to see you again. 245 00:18:51,391 --> 00:18:55,090 Though I already miss the sea. 246 00:18:58,267 --> 00:19:00,530 Evander only ever missed home. 247 00:19:06,536 --> 00:19:08,059 I believe he is home now. 248 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:10,888 And he is with mama. 249 00:19:20,202 --> 00:19:21,725 Midshipman Lancaster. 250 00:19:22,639 --> 00:19:24,901 If I had known that your intention in visiting here 251 00:19:24,902 --> 00:19:28,427 was to make your sister cry, I would not have invited you. 252 00:19:28,428 --> 00:19:30,168 You guessed my devious plot 253 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,474 with alarming precision, Your Grace. 254 00:19:32,475 --> 00:19:33,606 Every young navy man 255 00:19:33,607 --> 00:19:35,564 wishes to bring their female relatives 256 00:19:35,565 --> 00:19:39,655 into varying states of hysteria on every possible occasion. 257 00:19:39,656 --> 00:19:42,092 And apparently, you are also intent 258 00:19:42,093 --> 00:19:44,791 on bringing Persephone down to her deathbed. 259 00:19:44,792 --> 00:19:47,010 Alas, it is true. 260 00:19:47,011 --> 00:19:48,925 Though I have momentarily forgotten 261 00:19:48,926 --> 00:19:50,797 how I intend to do this. 262 00:19:50,798 --> 00:19:54,104 By keeping her out of doors and in the cold 263 00:19:54,105 --> 00:19:57,064 instead of inside warm and off her feet. 264 00:19:57,065 --> 00:19:58,979 Ah, yes, I remember now. 265 00:19:58,980 --> 00:20:01,851 But I suppose since you have guessed my plot, 266 00:20:01,852 --> 00:20:04,593 I shall have to abandon my ill-fated scheme. 267 00:20:04,594 --> 00:20:05,726 It was inevitable. 268 00:20:14,561 --> 00:20:15,562 Oh, thank you. 269 00:20:23,483 --> 00:20:25,224 I will see you inside, Linus. 270 00:20:30,098 --> 00:20:31,230 You seem pleased. 271 00:20:32,187 --> 00:20:33,406 I've missed my brother. 272 00:20:34,711 --> 00:20:36,409 He's not at all what I expected. 273 00:20:37,845 --> 00:20:40,107 Your description was of an infant. 274 00:20:40,108 --> 00:20:43,110 Imagine my shock when he walked out of the carriage 275 00:20:43,111 --> 00:20:46,331 no leading strings or nursemaids in sight. 276 00:20:46,332 --> 00:20:49,072 Adam Boyce, are you teasing me? 277 00:20:49,073 --> 00:20:50,074 I never tease. 278 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,904 You also, apparently, never host balls. 279 00:20:54,905 --> 00:20:57,342 Yet you're doing exactly that tomorrow. 280 00:20:57,343 --> 00:21:00,737 Oh, clearly I have begun a descent into senility. 281 00:21:02,130 --> 00:21:04,263 You are in the oddest mood this evening. 282 00:21:07,353 --> 00:21:08,615 You have no idea. 283 00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:50,612 Persephone seems to be wondering where you are. 284 00:21:50,613 --> 00:21:51,875 Has she asked after me? 285 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:56,401 Just a look on her face. 286 00:21:56,402 --> 00:21:57,576 We could always tell growing up 287 00:21:57,577 --> 00:21:59,274 when she was worrying about one of us. 288 00:22:01,972 --> 00:22:04,060 She must've worried a lot. 289 00:22:04,061 --> 00:22:08,674 Persephone held the family together after mama died. 290 00:22:08,675 --> 00:22:09,676 How old was she? 291 00:22:11,199 --> 00:22:12,765 12. 292 00:22:12,766 --> 00:22:16,422 She very suddenly lost what was left of her childhood. 293 00:22:17,945 --> 00:22:18,946 You did as well. 294 00:22:19,947 --> 00:22:21,513 Her life these past eight years 295 00:22:21,514 --> 00:22:24,778 has been one unending sacrifice for the sake of the family. 296 00:22:27,215 --> 00:22:28,651 Including her marriage? 297 00:22:32,438 --> 00:22:36,702 Do you know why my papa named Persephone as he did? 298 00:22:36,703 --> 00:22:38,660 Obsession with all things Greek? 299 00:22:38,661 --> 00:22:39,836 Other than that. 300 00:22:40,924 --> 00:22:43,971 The story of Persephone is his favorite. 301 00:22:45,538 --> 00:22:47,930 It seems an odd favorite to me. 302 00:22:47,931 --> 00:22:50,411 Not when you look at it as he does. 303 00:22:50,412 --> 00:22:53,066 Papa counts himself amongst those scholars of the classics 304 00:22:53,067 --> 00:22:56,113 who believe that Hades didn't trick Persephone at all, 305 00:22:57,027 --> 00:22:58,463 and that they both decided together 306 00:22:58,464 --> 00:23:00,943 that she'd eat the pomegranate seeds, 307 00:23:00,944 --> 00:23:03,381 because it meant that nothing could prevent 308 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:05,035 Persephone from returning to him. 309 00:23:07,603 --> 00:23:08,690 But why would she return? 310 00:23:08,691 --> 00:23:10,649 It was the reason for her return 311 00:23:10,650 --> 00:23:12,608 that endeared the goddess to my father. 312 00:23:14,305 --> 00:23:15,480 The seeds? 313 00:23:15,481 --> 00:23:16,785 The seeds were symbolic. 314 00:23:16,786 --> 00:23:18,266 Symbolic of what? 315 00:23:32,193 --> 00:23:33,454 I know disappearing at balls 316 00:23:33,455 --> 00:23:35,283 is one of your particular talents, 317 00:23:36,893 --> 00:23:39,547 but it does not reflect well on your wife. 318 00:23:39,548 --> 00:23:40,896 You really ought to go sit beside her. 319 00:23:40,897 --> 00:23:42,463 What I really ought to do 320 00:23:42,464 --> 00:23:43,986 is hang you out your bedchamber windows 321 00:23:43,987 --> 00:23:46,076 by a bed sheet wrapped around your ankles. 322 00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:49,776 Welcome back, old friend. 323 00:23:50,994 --> 00:23:52,691 You've been shockingly soft lately. 324 00:23:52,692 --> 00:23:55,171 Oh, shut up, Harry. 325 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,465 What do the pomegranate seeds symbolize? 326 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:28,467 What? 327 00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:30,903 In the Persephone myth. 328 00:24:30,904 --> 00:24:33,732 Linus said the seeds are symbols. 329 00:24:33,733 --> 00:24:36,212 Has he been waxing philosophical? 330 00:24:36,213 --> 00:24:38,477 That is the one trait he inherited from papa. 331 00:24:41,523 --> 00:24:42,742 What do they symbolize? 332 00:24:44,526 --> 00:24:47,616 According to papa, the seeds are symbolic of love: 333 00:24:48,965 --> 00:24:52,881 Hades's love for Persephone and her love for him. 334 00:24:52,882 --> 00:24:55,842 How could she love someone who kept her prisoner? 335 00:24:57,365 --> 00:24:59,018 Papa always believed she came to know him 336 00:24:59,019 --> 00:25:01,500 beyond his fearsome demeanor and came to love him. 337 00:25:02,457 --> 00:25:04,197 Hades fell in love with Persephone as well. 338 00:25:04,198 --> 00:25:05,895 She was his match. 339 00:25:08,681 --> 00:25:10,986 But if they were so in love, 340 00:25:10,987 --> 00:25:12,511 then why did she leave at all? 341 00:25:13,599 --> 00:25:14,729 If she had eaten all the seed, 342 00:25:14,730 --> 00:25:16,427 she would've stayed forever. 343 00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:19,168 Hades did not force her to remain 344 00:25:19,169 --> 00:25:20,736 because her family needed her. 345 00:25:22,042 --> 00:25:25,958 Hades never let anyone leave his realm. 346 00:25:25,959 --> 00:25:28,396 Hades loved Persephone. 347 00:25:34,097 --> 00:25:37,187 He let her go because he loved her? 348 00:25:38,362 --> 00:25:40,364 And she returned because she loved him. 349 00:26:23,146 --> 00:26:25,584 Thank you for the ball, Adam. 350 00:26:27,150 --> 00:26:28,587 It was wonderful. 351 00:26:30,545 --> 00:26:33,025 And you were happy? 352 00:26:33,026 --> 00:26:35,115 You weren't disappointed? 353 00:26:37,378 --> 00:26:38,379 What? 354 00:26:40,686 --> 00:26:42,296 What more were you hoping for? 355 00:26:45,691 --> 00:26:48,215 I've never danced at a ball. 356 00:26:49,695 --> 00:26:51,218 Very often I imagined doing so. 357 00:26:52,698 --> 00:26:54,873 I had no intention of asking you to do 358 00:26:54,874 --> 00:26:57,484 yet another unpleasant thing today. 359 00:26:57,485 --> 00:26:58,486 And yet... 360 00:27:01,010 --> 00:27:03,273 I would enjoy dancing with you. 361 00:27:05,145 --> 00:27:07,321 You would endure it, I am certain. 362 00:27:20,377 --> 00:27:22,292 I want to dance with you. 363 00:27:24,077 --> 00:27:26,078 The musicians have all left. 364 00:27:26,079 --> 00:27:27,819 We don't need them. 365 00:27:34,435 --> 00:27:35,436 Oh, my leg has... 366 00:27:38,047 --> 00:27:40,049 It's still too weak to hold me for long. 367 00:27:41,921 --> 00:27:44,488 Then allow me to hold you. 368 00:28:25,921 --> 00:28:26,791 Linus leaves for Shropshire in the morning 369 00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:27,749 to visit your family. 370 00:28:31,535 --> 00:28:33,101 Yes, I know. 371 00:28:33,102 --> 00:28:34,669 You will be leaving with him. 372 00:28:35,583 --> 00:28:36,670 That was not the plan. 373 00:28:36,671 --> 00:28:37,716 It should have been. 374 00:28:38,804 --> 00:28:40,109 It should always have been. 375 00:28:41,589 --> 00:28:42,981 The two of you can depart 376 00:28:42,982 --> 00:28:44,723 immediately following breakfast in the morning. 377 00:28:47,769 --> 00:28:49,423 Will you be journeying with us? 378 00:28:53,079 --> 00:28:55,168 I belong at Falstone Castle. 379 00:29:01,174 --> 00:29:03,176 And where do I belong? 380 00:29:11,837 --> 00:29:13,839 Your family needs you. 381 00:29:15,579 --> 00:29:17,799 And what about you, Adam? 382 00:29:22,369 --> 00:29:23,848 Dukes don't need people. 383 00:30:04,193 --> 00:30:06,455 You'd best not keep the horses standing, mother. 384 00:30:06,456 --> 00:30:08,675 It will only take a moment. 385 00:30:08,676 --> 00:30:11,897 And it is more important than me making a timely departure. 386 00:30:14,856 --> 00:30:18,338 Your father and I had an arranged marriage. 387 00:30:19,382 --> 00:30:20,643 No accounting was made 388 00:30:20,644 --> 00:30:22,951 for the differences in our dispositions. 389 00:30:24,126 --> 00:30:27,826 I was raised in town, among society. 390 00:30:30,089 --> 00:30:34,397 London, the ton, it's what I knew and needed. 391 00:30:35,746 --> 00:30:37,531 Your father was raised here, 392 00:30:39,054 --> 00:30:40,839 in quiet and solitude. 393 00:30:43,319 --> 00:30:45,669 We wanted very different things in life. 394 00:30:48,934 --> 00:30:50,587 We tried to compromise, 395 00:30:52,589 --> 00:30:54,678 to blend our preferences. 396 00:30:56,463 --> 00:30:59,421 But he begrudged the balls and gatherings held here, 397 00:30:59,422 --> 00:31:03,470 and came to rather despise my need for company. 398 00:31:04,645 --> 00:31:05,863 He wouldn't have- 399 00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:09,910 I will admit I likewise began to view 400 00:31:09,911 --> 00:31:14,176 my relationship to Falstone, and by extension, him 401 00:31:16,309 --> 00:31:17,876 through a lens of bitterness. 402 00:31:18,964 --> 00:31:20,007 I do not wish to hear this- 403 00:31:20,008 --> 00:31:22,532 Resentment grows quickly, Adam. 404 00:31:25,666 --> 00:31:28,843 Your father was a good man, despite his implacableness. 405 00:31:31,977 --> 00:31:33,892 I held out hope for so long, 406 00:31:35,197 --> 00:31:37,634 in my foolishly romantic heart, 407 00:31:38,809 --> 00:31:40,899 that he would come for me while I was away. 408 00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:43,989 He never did. 409 00:31:45,425 --> 00:31:48,341 Did you tell him that that was what you were hoping for? 410 00:31:50,734 --> 00:31:55,390 I was so young, only 17 when we married. 411 00:31:55,391 --> 00:31:59,873 In my naivete, I believed that, if he truly cared, 412 00:31:59,874 --> 00:32:02,833 he would meet me partway. 413 00:32:06,272 --> 00:32:08,969 You are more willing to compromise 414 00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:10,493 than your father ever was. 415 00:32:11,712 --> 00:32:14,888 And Persephone is more suited to quiet and solitude 416 00:32:14,889 --> 00:32:15,890 than I will ever be. 417 00:32:18,893 --> 00:32:21,113 She is your match, Adam. 418 00:32:22,810 --> 00:32:24,506 Do not throw away this chance 419 00:32:24,507 --> 00:32:26,727 by making her guess at your feelings. 420 00:32:53,101 --> 00:32:54,494 She has a point, you know. 421 00:32:57,801 --> 00:33:00,108 Every other guest has left the castle, Harry. 422 00:33:01,457 --> 00:33:02,458 Why haven't you? 423 00:33:04,634 --> 00:33:06,332 I'm here to be your conscience. 424 00:33:07,507 --> 00:33:10,727 To save you from yourself. 425 00:33:14,514 --> 00:33:15,515 She will come back. 426 00:33:19,258 --> 00:33:21,520 When Linus returns to his ship, 427 00:33:21,521 --> 00:33:23,262 Persephone will return to Falstone. 428 00:33:24,132 --> 00:33:25,915 And I know you well enough to predict 429 00:33:25,916 --> 00:33:28,092 that you will act as though you couldn't care less 430 00:33:28,093 --> 00:33:29,442 whether she is here or not. 431 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,620 Do you really want her to wonder about that? 432 00:33:35,056 --> 00:33:38,190 This is none of your concern, Harry. 433 00:33:43,325 --> 00:33:44,326 You miss her, 434 00:33:46,198 --> 00:33:47,634 and she deserves to know that. 435 00:33:49,636 --> 00:33:51,550 She is happy with her family. 436 00:33:51,551 --> 00:33:54,248 Then go be part of her family. 437 00:33:54,249 --> 00:33:55,119 Go to Shropshire. 438 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,773 That isn't how it works. 439 00:33:58,123 --> 00:33:59,559 How what works? 440 00:34:02,431 --> 00:34:04,390 Persephone receives her reprieve, 441 00:34:05,391 --> 00:34:07,566 and Hades stays in the underworld 442 00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:09,482 waiting to see if the seeds work. 443 00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:12,614 Obviously you were sleeping 444 00:34:12,615 --> 00:34:14,095 during that lecture at Harrow. 445 00:34:17,011 --> 00:34:19,318 Hades did not sit back and wait for Persephone. 446 00:34:20,449 --> 00:34:23,973 When the time came, Hades slipped past the hellhounds 447 00:34:23,974 --> 00:34:26,759 and ventured into the realm of the living 448 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,196 to reclaim his bride. 449 00:34:30,111 --> 00:34:31,330 I do not remember that. 450 00:34:32,635 --> 00:34:34,027 Hm. 451 00:34:34,028 --> 00:34:36,248 Hades was no pambsy fribble, Adam. 452 00:34:37,684 --> 00:34:39,381 And I'd bet a pony his Persephone 453 00:34:41,514 --> 00:34:44,821 knew exactly how her husband felt about her. 454 00:35:25,035 --> 00:35:27,211 Are you sure you're warm enough? 455 00:35:27,212 --> 00:35:29,691 I'm dressed as warmly as I am at home, 456 00:35:29,692 --> 00:35:31,085 it is far colder there. 457 00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:34,914 You speak very fondly of Falstone Castle. 458 00:35:34,915 --> 00:35:36,438 I've come to love it, Athena. 459 00:35:37,613 --> 00:35:39,137 More than just the castle. 460 00:35:41,051 --> 00:35:42,530 I hope I'm not out of line 461 00:35:42,531 --> 00:35:47,536 in saying that you seem to miss the castle. 462 00:35:50,887 --> 00:35:51,888 I do. 463 00:35:52,672 --> 00:35:53,802 Then why do you seem so sad 464 00:35:53,803 --> 00:35:56,501 whenever anyone mentions you going back? 465 00:35:56,502 --> 00:35:58,721 I do not merely think it is because you'll miss us. 466 00:35:59,635 --> 00:36:01,984 Probably because I'm not entirely certain 467 00:36:01,985 --> 00:36:04,988 what I will find when I return. 468 00:36:06,903 --> 00:36:08,427 You could always just stay here. 469 00:36:10,124 --> 00:36:11,343 My heart is there. 470 00:36:14,259 --> 00:36:16,913 I hope the castle knows how fortunate he is. 471 00:36:39,632 --> 00:36:44,462 Adam. 472 00:36:44,463 --> 00:36:46,029 Have you come to take me home? 473 00:36:47,814 --> 00:36:48,815 When you're ready. 474 00:36:50,947 --> 00:36:53,776 But I, I wanted to see Shropshire, 475 00:36:56,431 --> 00:36:57,693 to see where you grew up. 476 00:36:59,129 --> 00:37:00,130 You did? 477 00:37:01,784 --> 00:37:05,179 And, and get to know your family. 478 00:37:07,486 --> 00:37:09,575 And I, I... 479 00:37:12,752 --> 00:37:14,493 Hades always went after Persephone. 480 00:37:17,060 --> 00:37:19,280 Yes, he did. 481 00:37:22,631 --> 00:37:24,938 He waited as long as he had to. 482 00:37:26,766 --> 00:37:28,027 And then he left his kingdom 483 00:37:28,028 --> 00:37:31,813 and he did not come back until he found her. 484 00:37:31,814 --> 00:37:34,382 I think Hades must've missed his wife. 485 00:37:36,863 --> 00:37:38,255 I think he knew to the very minute 486 00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:39,474 how long she'd been gone. 487 00:37:41,781 --> 00:37:44,130 But was Persephone as anxious to return 488 00:37:44,131 --> 00:37:46,263 as he was to have her with him again? 489 00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:48,440 Yes, she was. 490 00:38:03,106 --> 00:38:05,370 Why did Hades go after her? 491 00:38:08,460 --> 00:38:10,199 He must've loved her. 492 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:11,201 Oh, he did. 493 00:38:12,855 --> 00:38:15,640 He did, more than he could even express. 494 00:38:21,081 --> 00:38:26,086 But, but did Persephone love him in spite of his flaws, 495 00:38:28,784 --> 00:38:30,698 in spite of deserving so much better 496 00:38:30,699 --> 00:38:32,005 than he could ever offer? 497 00:38:33,659 --> 00:38:35,050 Oh, Adam. 498 00:38:35,051 --> 00:38:36,357 Am I too late? 499 00:38:37,619 --> 00:38:38,663 Is there nothing I can- 500 00:38:38,664 --> 00:38:40,056 You said you belong at Falstone. 501 00:38:42,581 --> 00:38:44,017 Only at Falstone. 502 00:38:45,627 --> 00:38:47,889 I belong with you. 503 00:39:08,302 --> 00:39:09,608 I do love you, Adam. 504 00:39:21,054 --> 00:39:22,184 The ton would not believe 505 00:39:22,185 --> 00:39:23,838 that even if they heard you say it. 506 00:39:25,711 --> 00:39:27,365 We shall have to convince them. 507 00:39:28,975 --> 00:39:30,237 I may enjoy London yet. 508 00:39:32,195 --> 00:39:35,764 Does this mean I can come to your castle? 509 00:39:36,722 --> 00:39:39,899 Our castle is in need of a good exploration. 510 00:39:42,162 --> 00:39:45,294 Perhaps if you have no other plans for Christmas, 511 00:39:45,295 --> 00:39:46,732 you could undertake one then. 512 00:39:48,734 --> 00:39:50,953 Athena, Daphne! 513 00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:54,173 You realize she will bring the rest of the family, 514 00:39:54,174 --> 00:39:57,525 and Falstone will be overrun with people. 515 00:40:00,354 --> 00:40:03,835 Well, and there is probably a chance 516 00:40:03,836 --> 00:40:07,056 I will be in a foul mood from time to time. 517 00:40:09,363 --> 00:40:12,148 You may, once again, have to save me from myself. 518 00:40:15,587 --> 00:40:17,589 You have done that, you know. 519 00:40:18,677 --> 00:40:19,678 Saved you? 520 00:40:21,636 --> 00:40:22,637 Oh. 521 00:40:23,638 --> 00:40:25,161 Oh, my Persephone, 522 00:40:26,685 --> 00:40:29,035 do you know that I would've come for you 523 00:40:30,732 --> 00:40:33,169 no matter how far you'd gone? 524 00:40:35,476 --> 00:40:38,392 Hades always came for Persephone. 525 00:40:41,787 --> 00:40:43,963 And she always returned home. 526 00:40:47,749 --> 00:40:48,750 Always.