The second time the girl with the falcon and the Latin tutor meet, he’s embarrassed.
The first time they met, he mistook the girl – Agnes (Jessie Buckley) – for one of the serving girls, and, in quite a forward move, kissed her before she ran off. He has since learned that she’s the eldest daughter of the family he’s been working for and has come, chagrined, to apologize. But he doesn’t necessarily regret his actions, just his mistake. He’s fascinated by Agnes. In fact, she renders him a bit dumb. “I find speaking to people sometimes difficult,” he tells her.
Agnes finds his inability to speak a little ironic (and has no problem calling it out). And it is a bit ironic, given that the Latin tutor is William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal). Not yet known for the works that will make him the most famous playwright in history, but a known intellectual and wordsmith around their small town no less. As his stuttering dies down, Will decides to tell Agnes the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. He transforms, then, from an awkward boy to a man alive with the power of the poetry pouring out of him.
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