The Dreadful

Thou art He that took me out

of my mother's womb,

my prayer shall be always of thee.

I am become, as it were,

a monster unto many.

But my sure faith

and trust is in thee.

God protect you, child.

- Beautiful sermon, how he talked about new life.

- Mistress May, what a blessing to see you here,

glowing like the Virgin Mother herself.

It brings such joy to my heart.

Aw, may the Lord bring my Seamus and your husband home soon.

Mm-hmm.

God is good.

Thank you.

Blessed day, Mistress.

Won't she miss it?

- She has plenty. We have nothing.

Come Anne.

Whatcha looking at?

Oh.

Oh.

Mm, mm.

Hmpf.

Hmm, mm.

- The fox fell out on a chilly night.

He prayed to the moon to give him light.

The fox and his wife without any strife,

cut up the goose with a fork and knife.

And the little ones chewed on the bones,

and bones, and bones.

Anne, come back.

- You have a way with this stubborn ground.

Oh, I could never get anything to grow here.

These beet roots will be popular at market.

We can barter them

and this.

Will you be selling that one?

Aye.

And we'll have bread to eat tonight.

Be safe.

- My son chose well when he picked a wife.

You're my jewel.

I'm always careful. I know the roads.

Anne?

There you are.

Seamus, you're back.

I'm here, my love.

Help me.

Pain.

- Is this all? - Aye.

Except...

Oh, Morwen.

Oh.

I...

Damn.

No matter. I don't mind.

I've got my sweet Anne.

Be patient. The Virgin will provide.

The Lady is merciful.

She will to it that we have

what we need to fill our bellies.

- And I pray, too, that Seamus will return soon.

I thought he would be here with us again by now.

It's been so long.

- He'll have to put an end to this curse of poverty

and become a wealthy man.

Have faith in his ambition.

This war will make us rich.

I do.

Jago.

Hello, Anne.

Back from Tewkesbury?

I am.

Are the wars over then?

Over for me.

- Then it's good to see you again.

But where is my husband?

Where is my son?

Rivers of blood,

bodies,

his Lord's liberty and maintenance, they all look the same,

mangled and dirtied.

Seamus and I, we, we had to leave.

You've known me.

I'm a fisherman, not a soldier.

What army does Richard have?

Armies and fishermen forced to square

against some unknown man at the other end of battle,

and one of us'll kill the other,

and it won't change anything.

It won't cease the fighting,

but the crown would've lost a son

who would've grown her crops and fed her people

if only she'd give him a chance to come home.

You abandoned your post.

We agreed we would leave

at night while the captains were asleep.

But we were,

we were beset by thieves.

They beat us,

took what little we had.

They killed Seamus

nigh on.

We should never have left this place,

this little cove.

He was my dearest friend.

You saw him die?

Aye.

- How, how did it happen?

- Uh, it's too cruel for a woman's ears, Morwen.

- Oh, I'm no stranger to cruelty, pup.

My heart is already hard.

They split him neck to navel.

I am sorry.

Ah, Seamus.

You were my heart.

My chest is empty.

My son is not coming back,

and you, left childless,

a girl with no husband.

He's gone into dirt with the rest of them.

We're truly alone.

What,

what, what will we do now?

I, I wanted to see him again.

It's safe. Come.

More dead?

Yeah, drowned like the others.

- Have mercy on those that crave thy mercy.

Have grace unto them and make it such

that they may, too, enjoy thy grace.

Go forward to life.

- Wasting your prayers on the wicked.

God has laid his judgment on 'em.

God is smiling at us to send such good luck.

He smashed those pirates against our rocks for our benefit.

Yes.

- I'll trade these trinkets in market

and be back before the sun is set.

- I think there's a man out there.

- Silly child, there's no one out there, hon.

Sometimes I think you're a bit mad

like your mother before you.

Go on. Rest, child.

Hello, Anne.

Are you well?

Where are you walking to?

To church.

- Ah, I've lost my taste for pretty sermons.

But don't you know you shouldn't be walking alone here?

There are bad men on this road.

They would steal a girl like you

away from home. - I know the path.

I'll be safe.

I'll walk with you.

Perhaps you'd like the company.

- I shouldn't walk with a man who's not my husband.

Your husband's dead.

- Walk well enough without your help.

Hello, Morwen.

What a fine day.

Sun is nearly shining, and the breeze is gentle.

Come, Anne.

Hag.

- You were at church all morning?

Mm-hmm.

And he followed you there?

Yes.

I never liked that boy.

He always had a jealous look about him,

even as a child.

Always following Seamus everywhere.

I saw the angry look in his eye,

parentless rat.

Look like a stray dog,

always sniffing around for scraps.

Greed, has Jago's heart, I'm sure of it.

It's...

We were such close friends before I married Seamus.

I, I had forgotten our time together.

I, I do not think him an evil man.

- Evil is not always obvious.

This is a time of war.

There is a lot that spreads all around us.

Demons walk the earth in the shape of men.

Stay with me, and you'll have nothing to fear.

With me, you'll never be cursed.

But if you disobey me,

the knights of hell will drag you down into the pit,

and there'll be nothing I can do to save you.

I, I promise.

Oh, oh.

Ah, Anne, come.

Friar Penros has found us on the road home.

- Friar Penros. - Hello, Anne.

- Sorry we don't have more to offer you.

This is the last of our stores.

These are difficult times.