The Pale Blue Eye

540 00:39:54,875 --> 00:39:58,375 Very well, Mr. Poe, keep to the house today 541 00:39:58,458 --> 00:40:00,125 and take care of yourself. 542 00:40:01,125 --> 00:40:05,791 Present this to Lieutenant Locke and his cadet commandeer, 543 00:40:05,875 --> 00:40:08,041 Artemus, my son. 544 00:40:09,166 --> 00:40:12,333 He'll make sure you're relieved of your duties. 545 00:40:14,250 --> 00:40:18,250 [Locke] You wish to be excused from class because you were feeling 546 00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:20,333 vertiginous? 547 00:40:20,916 --> 00:40:23,375 And an even worse ailment not noted. 548 00:40:24,083 --> 00:40:25,458 A grand ennui seizure. 549 00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:27,958 "Grand ennui"? 550 00:40:28,041 --> 00:40:30,416 Of a most pronounced character. 551 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,000 Mind yourself, Poe. 552 00:40:32,083 --> 00:40:33,875 You may ask the doctor yourself. 553 00:40:37,375 --> 00:40:38,500 It's true, Lieutenant. 554 00:40:39,166 --> 00:40:41,791 My father did tell me he's never seen anything quite like it. 555 00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:42,875 Very well. 556 00:40:44,083 --> 00:40:47,166 But I am charging you with unbecoming brazenness. 557 00:40:47,750 --> 00:40:48,750 Three demerits. 558 00:40:49,291 --> 00:40:51,666 Return at once to your quarters. 559 00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:54,833 And you would best be there when the officers come around for inspection. 560 00:40:55,750 --> 00:40:57,458 [drill sergeant shouting commands] 561 00:41:08,708 --> 00:41:10,916 - Poe, is it? - Yes. 562 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,375 Artemus Marquis. 563 00:41:13,208 --> 00:41:16,000 I must say, your brazenness is admirable. 564 00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:21,083 Tonight, eleven o'clock. 18 North Barracks. 565 00:41:25,625 --> 00:41:28,916 [Poe] Apologies for my tardiness. I hope I haven't kept you too long. 566 00:41:30,041 --> 00:41:31,708 This is lovely. 567 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,208 [gasps] Books! 568 00:41:40,583 --> 00:41:42,458 You have never interested me more. 569 00:41:43,208 --> 00:41:45,625 Where to begin? Oh… 570 00:41:47,375 --> 00:41:51,958 The lamentable Fenimore Cooper. I guess every library must have one. 571 00:41:52,833 --> 00:41:54,416 Ooh, what a collection. 572 00:41:55,208 --> 00:41:58,041 History of Egypt, and all sorts. 573 00:42:05,041 --> 00:42:06,416 You've been found out. 574 00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:08,500 Oh? 575 00:42:08,916 --> 00:42:11,000 You gave me to understand you didn't read poetry. 576 00:42:11,583 --> 00:42:12,791 I don't. 577 00:42:14,916 --> 00:42:15,916 Byron! 578 00:42:16,791 --> 00:42:19,916 - A personal favorite, Mr. Landor… - Please. 579 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,000 …and might I say, terribly well-thumbed. 580 00:42:22,083 --> 00:42:23,708 That's my daughter's. 581 00:42:31,708 --> 00:42:32,708 [clears throat] 582 00:42:35,166 --> 00:42:37,375 And your daughter is no longer here? 583 00:42:37,458 --> 00:42:40,958 No. No, she ran off with someone. 584 00:42:42,666 --> 00:42:43,666 Someone you knew? 585 00:42:44,916 --> 00:42:45,916 In passing. 586 00:42:46,916 --> 00:42:48,291 And she's never to return? 587 00:42:50,791 --> 00:42:51,791 Not likely. 588 00:42:53,208 --> 00:42:55,416 Then we're both alone in this world. 589 00:42:57,125 --> 00:42:58,541 But you have your mother. 590 00:43:00,375 --> 00:43:01,833 She still speaks to you. 591 00:43:02,750 --> 00:43:05,208 - At any rate. - [chuckling] Yes. 592 00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:06,541 Yes, from time to time. 593 00:43:07,375 --> 00:43:12,541 And I might add, whatever's good in me, in person, in spirit, comes from her. 594 00:43:15,125 --> 00:43:19,250 Your daughter. What's her name? If you don't object. 595 00:43:21,541 --> 00:43:22,583 Mathilde. 596 00:43:25,875 --> 00:43:26,875 Mattie. 597 00:43:30,333 --> 00:43:32,333 You needn't say anymore, Mr. Landor. 598 00:43:36,208 --> 00:43:40,583 - So you say you found something. - Well, no. Better than that. 599 00:43:40,666 --> 00:43:43,916 Someone goes by the name Marquis. 600 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,416 The doctor. 601 00:43:45,500 --> 00:43:48,000 No. His son, Artemus. 602 00:43:48,541 --> 00:43:53,000 And I have tasked myself with maneuvering into his impenetrable peer group. 603 00:43:53,625 --> 00:43:54,625 [door opens] 604 00:43:55,208 --> 00:43:57,541 [Stoddard] Here's another good creature of God. 605 00:43:59,083 --> 00:44:01,250 Courtesy of <i>la</i> divine Patsy. 606 00:44:02,416 --> 00:44:05,750 [Ballinger] Are you going to report us for defying curfew, Poe? 607 00:44:07,041 --> 00:44:11,375 Do our wee transgressions offend thee? 608 00:44:11,458 --> 00:44:17,833 Not only am I not offended, Mr. Ballinger, but, mmm… 609 00:44:19,666 --> 00:44:21,625 Another round is in order. 610 00:44:22,250 --> 00:44:23,791 [Artemus chuckles] 611 00:44:27,708 --