1 00:00:08,140 --> 00:00:10,140 (TINKLES) 2 00:00:32,140 --> 00:00:34,140 A telegram for Lady Edith. 3 00:00:43,540 --> 00:00:46,020 Oh, you should go. 4 00:00:47,940 --> 00:00:49,940 (GENERAL CHATTER) 5 00:00:54,980 --> 00:00:56,980 ~ What about you? ~ No, not really. 6 00:01:01,420 --> 00:01:03,420 (CLEARS THROAT) 7 00:01:07,860 --> 00:01:11,610 ~ I don't want to disturb you. ~ Don't be silly. You couldn't disturb me. 8 00:01:11,660 --> 00:01:13,660 Thank you, Baxter. 9 00:01:17,980 --> 00:01:22,210 ~ I wouldn't have bothered you. ~ Stop talking like that and move back in. 10 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:26,250 ~ I only came to tell you that Edith's about to receive some bad news. ~ What? 11 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:28,770 ~ How do you know? ~ Her editor's on his way to see her this afternoon... 12 00:01:28,820 --> 00:01:30,730 It's what we've been waiting for. 13 00:01:30,780 --> 00:01:34,300 However much you expect it, it's still painful when it arrives. 14 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:38,890 (DOOR CLOSES) 15 00:01:38,940 --> 00:01:42,370 ~ You don't think it's good news? ~ If it were, he'd have telephoned. 16 00:01:42,420 --> 00:01:45,610 ~ When you see Madge, warn her. ~ Are you all set for tomorrow? 17 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:48,210 ~ What's this? ~ I'm going to see the cottage again, 18 00:01:48,260 --> 00:01:50,170 and then I have to make up my mind. 19 00:01:50,220 --> 00:01:53,020 ~ Mrs Hughes is coming with me. ~ I'll leave you to it. 20 00:01:54,740 --> 00:01:57,930 ~ What's it like, this cottage? ~ I don't know. 21 00:01:57,980 --> 00:02:00,290 You can ask me after tomorrow. 22 00:02:00,340 --> 00:02:02,690 Unless you want to come with us? 23 00:02:02,740 --> 00:02:05,970 ~ She wouldn't want me. ~ You know that's not true. 24 00:02:06,020 --> 00:02:08,610 It'd be good to bury the memorial business. 25 00:02:08,660 --> 00:02:11,220 See what she says - but don't force her. 26 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:16,250 Of course it's terrible, but what did she think he was doing? 27 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:19,250 ~ Living in a tree? ~ You mustn't make jokes, Milady. 28 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:22,340 Only in here. I'll be as solemn as a church when I go down. 29 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:25,330 No, I am sorry, truly. 30 00:02:25,380 --> 00:02:28,100 He was a nice man. Though what he saw in Edith, I... 31 00:02:29,780 --> 00:02:33,010 Goodness. The York and Ainsty are holding a point-to-point 32 00:02:33,060 --> 00:02:35,050 at Canningford Grange on Saturday, 33 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:38,610 and Mr Blake has persuaded Lord Gillingham they should ride in it. 34 00:02:38,660 --> 00:02:43,370 ~ Don't you have to follow the hunt to be eligible? ~ They've been out with the York and Ainsty. 35 00:02:43,420 --> 00:02:47,810 ~ They'll have wangled it. I might join them. ~ Are ladies allowed to race with the men? 36 00:02:47,860 --> 00:02:51,130 It changed just before the war. Papa thinks it terribly fast. 37 00:02:51,180 --> 00:02:54,210 Do they want to stay here, Mr Blake and Lord Gillingham? 38 00:02:54,260 --> 00:02:58,650 They want to meet at Canningford and then come here that night. Golly. 39 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:01,890 Why would His Lordship come here after you've broken it off? 40 00:03:01,940 --> 00:03:04,610 Because he still won't accept I know my own mind. 41 00:03:04,660 --> 00:03:08,330 (SIGHS) Anna, do you think I'm looking rather frumpy? 42 00:03:08,380 --> 00:03:10,170 ~ Certainly not, Milady. ~ Hm. 43 00:03:10,220 --> 00:03:12,930 I'm tempted to remind them of what they're missing. 44 00:03:12,980 --> 00:03:14,980 You'd never be that heartless. 45 00:03:17,540 --> 00:03:21,850 Shrimpie says he's narrowing the list of possibilities, 46 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:24,690 and he thinks he'll track her down before long. 47 00:03:24,740 --> 00:03:28,060 ~ Are you going to tell the prince? ~ I think I should, don't you? 48 00:03:29,260 --> 00:03:33,530 ~ Would you like me to come? ~ No. I'll go alone this time. 49 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:35,570 (KNOCK AT DOOR) 50 00:03:35,620 --> 00:03:40,050 Oh. I'm ever so sorry, Milady, I didn't know you had company. 51 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:43,890 This is Mrs Crawley, my cousin. You'll find she's a frequent visitor. 52 00:03:43,940 --> 00:03:45,850 ~ Good day, Madam. ~ Hello. 53 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:48,970 Denker is my new maid. She's trying to find her way around. 54 00:03:49,020 --> 00:03:52,420 ~ Did you have a question, Denker? ~ It can wait, Milady. 55 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,970 Well, I was going to ask you about the luggage, 56 00:03:56,020 --> 00:03:58,410 and which cases you prefer when you travel. 57 00:03:58,460 --> 00:04:01,650 Why, I don't travel much these days. 58 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:04,130 Why don't you ask Spratt? He'll help you. 59 00:04:04,180 --> 00:04:06,210 Oh, he'll help me, will he? Hmph. 60 00:04:06,260 --> 00:04:08,330 That's good to know. 61 00:04:08,380 --> 00:04:10,380 If you'll excuse me. 62 00:04:11,660 --> 00:04:13,130 (DOOR SHUTS) 63 00:04:13,180 --> 00:04:16,970 Honestly, Mr Barrow, take some time off and have a rest. You look dreadful. 64 00:04:17,020 --> 00:04:21,010 ~ I'm fine, thank you. I've never felt better. ~ You've never looked worse. 65 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:23,770 Since you are indifferent to my opinions, Mr Bates, 66 00:04:23,820 --> 00:04:27,650 ~ it's only fitting I am indifferent to yours. ~ I'm nipping to the cottage. 67 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:31,610 ~ I've left my button box there. ~ (BELL TINKLES) Oh, that's Lady Mary. 68 00:04:31,660 --> 00:04:34,890 ~ She must want something before lunch. ~ You go, I'll fetch it. 69 00:04:34,940 --> 00:04:36,740 Would you? Thank you. 70 00:04:42,580 --> 00:04:46,460 ~ Do we know when he'll get here? ~ Later this afternoon. 71 00:04:47,940 --> 00:04:52,530 ~ I should have some drawings for you all to look at before long. ~ What sort of drawings? 72 00:04:52,580 --> 00:04:57,770 ~ Ideas for how we could renovate the run-down village houses. ~ Why is there such a building spurt? 73 00:04:57,820 --> 00:05:00,890 The war showed how half the population were badly housed. 74 00:05:00,940 --> 00:05:04,650 They were shocked by how unhealthy some of the new recruits were. 75 00:05:04,700 --> 00:05:07,810 "You cannot expect to get an A1 population out of C3 homes." 76 00:05:07,860 --> 00:05:10,060 ~ Who said that? ~ I think it was on a poster. 77 00:05:10,980 --> 00:05:13,970 I heard from Charles today. He and Tony are competing 78 00:05:14,020 --> 00:05:16,690 in the point-to-point at Canningford on Saturday. 79 00:05:16,740 --> 00:05:18,970 ~ Atticus was talking about that. ~ Atticus? 80 00:05:19,020 --> 00:05:22,690 ~ Atticus Aldridge, the chap I met in York. ~ Has he become a friend? 81 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:26,370 Yes. His parents, the Sinderbys, have bought Canningford Grange. 82 00:05:26,420 --> 00:05:29,810 Now they're wooing the county. Lord Sinderby's rich, isn't he? 83 00:05:29,860 --> 00:05:31,810 Who'd take it on if they weren't? 84 00:05:31,860 --> 00:05:35,370 ~ Why don't we all go, make a day of it? ~ We could ask Granny and Isobel 85 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:38,730 and take the children. Shall I tell Charles they can stay here? 86 00:05:38,780 --> 00:05:40,780 Course, if you want them to. 87 00:05:45,340 --> 00:05:50,060 When this fellow arrives, it would be nice if you could leave Edith and me to see him on our own. 88 00:06:22,060 --> 00:06:24,060 This must be it. Ah. 89 00:06:25,220 --> 00:06:27,980 Really, Milady? You do surprise me. 90 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:33,410 I hope your standards are not so high as to prevent you 91 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:35,970 remaining in my employment, Denker. 92 00:06:36,020 --> 00:06:38,940 No, not at all. Not as high as that, Milady. 93 00:06:40,180 --> 00:06:42,130 Where's the...? 94 00:06:42,180 --> 00:06:44,180 Where's the knocker? 95 00:06:45,420 --> 00:06:47,420 (LOUD THUD, THEN DOG BARKS) 96 00:06:49,540 --> 00:06:51,540 You... You stay here. 97 00:07:06,380 --> 00:07:08,450 I've shown him into the drawing room, 98 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:11,330 but I'm afraid it is as we feared. 99 00:07:11,380 --> 00:07:14,450 ~ Oh, I am sorry. ~ His Lordship's with them now. 100 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:18,290 ~ He's here, then? ~ Yes, and it's not looking hopeful. 101 00:07:18,340 --> 00:07:22,290 Oh, dear. Mrs Hughes says you want to come with us tomorrow. 102 00:07:22,340 --> 00:07:26,370 ~ Only if you wouldn't mind. ~ This is the olive branch, I suppose? 103 00:07:26,420 --> 00:07:29,490 ~ If it's too much trouble - ~ No, no. 104 00:07:29,540 --> 00:07:31,580 You can buy the tea. 105 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:38,290 Mr Carson wants to see the cottage. 106 00:07:38,340 --> 00:07:40,450 He wants you to forgive him. 107 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:42,850 ~ Why don't you come too? ~ I've got work to do. 108 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:46,290 You seem to be working harder than when Miss Bunting was around. 109 00:07:46,340 --> 00:07:49,020 I am. I'm determined not to let her down. 110 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:55,580 (RUSSIAN ACCENT) Some tea? I can just about make tea. 111 00:07:58,980 --> 00:08:02,890 ~ How did you find me? ~ Rose gave me your address. 112 00:08:02,940 --> 00:08:05,490 And you came alone to this part of the city? 113 00:08:05,540 --> 00:08:09,490 I was accompanied by my maid. She's waiting outside. 114 00:08:09,540 --> 00:08:12,290 How wonderful to be back in a world 115 00:08:12,340 --> 00:08:15,340 where ladies are accompanied by their maids. 116 00:08:18,820 --> 00:08:21,330 Why didn't your son provide you with a car? 117 00:08:21,380 --> 00:08:26,300 Oh, he would have done. I just didn't choose to tell him where I was going. 118 00:08:27,820 --> 00:08:30,380 It is not our first secret assignation. 119 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:37,700 I always feel more comfortable... leaving the past in the past. 120 00:08:39,340 --> 00:08:41,290 Then why have you come? 121 00:08:41,340 --> 00:08:44,610 Because Rose's father, Lord Flintshire, 122 00:08:44,660 --> 00:08:47,380 thinks he's close to finding the Princess. 123 00:08:50,100 --> 00:08:53,940 ~ She's alive, then? ~ She was alive when she left Russia. That they know. 124 00:08:54,940 --> 00:08:58,130 They think she was put on a boat headed for Hong Kong. 125 00:08:58,180 --> 00:09:00,180 You'll know more soon. 126 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:03,460 (SIGHS) 127 00:09:09,060 --> 00:09:14,940 (SIGHS) I wanted you from the moment I first saw you. 128 00:09:15,940 --> 00:09:18,730 More than mortal man ever wanted woman. 129 00:09:18,780 --> 00:09:20,780 That is an historical detail. 130 00:09:21,700 --> 00:09:23,700 Nonsense. 131 00:09:24,380 --> 00:09:28,130 If Irena were dead, I would ask you to run away with me now. 132 00:09:28,180 --> 00:09:30,170 You couldn't run away 133 00:09:30,220 --> 00:09:32,660 when there's no-one left to "run away" from. 134 00:09:34,860 --> 00:09:36,860 I loved you more than I loved her. 135 00:09:38,780 --> 00:09:40,770 Even today. 136 00:09:40,820 --> 00:09:42,820 Even this afternoon. 137 00:09:43,940 --> 00:09:46,330 ~ Please don't. ~ Why not, 138 00:09:46,380 --> 00:09:48,370 if it's true? 139 00:09:48,420 --> 00:09:51,460 Because you'll make it sound as if we were both unhappy, 140 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:55,650 and I don't believe you were - and I certainly was not. 141 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:58,020 You wouldn't admit it if it were true. 142 00:10:00,020 --> 00:10:05,580 You think to be unhappy in a marriage... is ill-bred. 143 00:10:08,660 --> 00:10:10,660 You do know me, Igor. 144 00:10:11,860 --> 00:10:13,860 That I must concede. 145 00:10:16,660 --> 00:10:18,660 Yes. 146 00:10:23,020 --> 00:10:25,020 ~ Who was that? ~ Sergeant Willis. 147 00:10:28,180 --> 00:10:31,570 He wants to come back with that man from Scotland Yard. 148 00:10:31,620 --> 00:10:34,690 ~ I don't like the sound of it. ~ Is it to see Mr Bates again? 149 00:10:34,740 --> 00:10:36,650 That's the funny thing. 150 00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:39,450 ~ He wants to see Miss Baxter this time. ~ Miss Baxter? 151 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:42,210 ~ What's she got to say about it? ~ Search me. 152 00:10:42,260 --> 00:10:45,930 ~ When are they coming? ~ Tomorrow morning. 153 00:10:45,980 --> 00:10:49,380 I hope they don't stay all day - or we'll miss our appointment. 154 00:10:55,260 --> 00:10:57,290 ~ He's gone. ~ Didn't he want some tea? 155 00:10:57,340 --> 00:11:01,530 I offered him tea, dinner and a bed for the night, but he had to get back. 156 00:11:01,580 --> 00:11:04,060 ~ Gregson's dead, I'm afraid. ~ (SIGHS) 157 00:11:05,980 --> 00:11:08,450 How terrible that is to hear. 158 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:10,730 And was it this Herr Hitler? 159 00:11:10,780 --> 00:11:14,450 Apparently. Or at least his gang of thugs, 160 00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:17,570 during the so-called Bierkeller Putsch in Munich. 161 00:11:17,620 --> 00:11:20,930 It took days for the police to get the city back under control, 162 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:23,330 and by then any trace of Gregson was buried. 163 00:11:23,380 --> 00:11:26,290 They've found him now, of course - or what's left of him. 164 00:11:26,340 --> 00:11:28,850 It's too horrible to think about. 165 00:11:28,900 --> 00:11:31,970 At least they've locked Hitler up for five long years. 166 00:11:32,020 --> 00:11:35,260 Coombs says he won't serve five years, or anything like it. 167 00:11:37,020 --> 00:11:39,370 There's another thing. 168 00:11:39,420 --> 00:11:43,650 ~ Edith inherits Gregson's publishing company. ~ I think I expected that. 169 00:11:43,700 --> 00:11:46,290 I hope, somehow, it helps her get through this. 170 00:11:46,340 --> 00:11:50,090 ~ It was very generous of him. ~ I suppose they loved each other. 171 00:11:50,140 --> 00:11:52,450 Oh, poor Edith. How is she taking it? 172 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:56,130 Hard to say. It wasn't a surprise, of course. 173 00:11:56,180 --> 00:12:00,010 ~ But there's always a shred of hope, isn't there? ~ Shall I go and see her? 174 00:12:00,060 --> 00:12:02,060 She's gone for a walk. 175 00:12:02,940 --> 00:12:04,940 She wanted to be on her own. 176 00:12:14,660 --> 00:12:18,010 I'm sorry, Milady, I'm afraid it's not convenient just now. 177 00:12:18,060 --> 00:12:21,170 ~ I-I only want a moment. ~ As I said, it's not convenient. 178 00:12:21,220 --> 00:12:23,490 ~ What's this? ~ I don't want her to come in. 179 00:12:23,540 --> 00:12:26,330 ~ Well, there's no need to be rude. ~ Of course not. 180 00:12:26,380 --> 00:12:28,780 Well, she's not coming in - and that's flat. 181 00:12:32,580 --> 00:12:36,290 I'm trying to bring her around, but I wish you hadn't jumped the gun. 182 00:12:36,340 --> 00:12:40,450 I know, but I had some bad news today and I needed to see her. 183 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:43,220 You mean you were right about Marigold's father? 184 00:12:45,620 --> 00:12:47,610 I'm very sorry to hear it. 185 00:12:47,660 --> 00:12:51,500 ~ But if you could just give me some time. ~ I don't have time, Mr Drewe. 186 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:57,690 Of course I'm sorry, but let's face it - he's been dead for over a year. 187 00:12:57,740 --> 00:12:59,650 That's when he went missing. 188 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:03,010 Yes, but he didn't die for Lady Edith until this afternoon. 189 00:13:03,060 --> 00:13:05,570 ~ That's what matters, isn't it? ~ I suppose so. 190 00:13:05,620 --> 00:13:09,730 ~ What are you studying now, Daisy? ~ The War of the Spanish Succession. 191 00:13:09,780 --> 00:13:11,780 Oh. As a matter of fact, I'm ve... 192 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:16,620 Very what, Mr Molesley? 193 00:13:18,260 --> 00:13:20,260 Er... Oh, never mind. 194 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:28,250 ~ Ohh... I'm sorry to disturb Your Ladyship. ~ What is it, Spratt? 195 00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:31,730 We are having rather a problem with Miss Denker. 196 00:13:31,780 --> 00:13:35,010 She does not seem to grasp the laundry arrangements here. 197 00:13:35,060 --> 00:13:39,490 She wants it all to go to the big house, even the... smaller items. 198 00:13:39,540 --> 00:13:42,530 You're losing your sense of the appropriate, Spratt. 199 00:13:42,580 --> 00:13:44,690 You're losing your sense of occasion. 200 00:13:44,740 --> 00:13:47,130 But she's back there in the kitchen now, 201 00:13:47,180 --> 00:13:50,890 shouting at the top of her voice, and refusing to wash your... things. 202 00:13:50,940 --> 00:13:55,010 Well, I'm sure this is all very interesting to Mrs Crawley. 203 00:13:55,060 --> 00:13:58,100 I'm sorry, Milady, but I can't help it. May I send her in? 204 00:14:01,060 --> 00:14:04,250 ~ I do apologise. ~ Oh, don't. I'm enjoying it immensely. 205 00:14:04,300 --> 00:14:06,330 Oh, that's what I was afraid of. 206 00:14:06,380 --> 00:14:10,610 ~ Are you going to the picnic at Canningford Grange on Saturday? ~ I think I might. 207 00:14:10,660 --> 00:14:14,010 Oh, I'm glad, because... No, never mind. 208 00:14:14,060 --> 00:14:16,050 What were you going to say? 209 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:18,820 Only that I've asked Lord Merton to tea tomorrow. 210 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:22,170 Have you decided at last? 211 00:14:22,220 --> 00:14:25,290 ~ Yes, I think so. ~ Oh. ~ But please don't pester me. 212 00:14:25,340 --> 00:14:28,570 ~ I'll let you know on Saturday. ~ (DOOR OPENS) Oh. 213 00:14:28,620 --> 00:14:32,050 I'm having rather a problem with Mr Spratt, Milady. 214 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:35,010 I do not know if Miss Collins pandered to him, 215 00:14:35,060 --> 00:14:39,010 but he seems to have no knowledge of the proper role of a lady's maid. 216 00:14:39,060 --> 00:14:42,930 Well, we all pander to Spratt in this house, Denker. 217 00:14:42,980 --> 00:14:46,890 ~ He rules us with a rod of iron. ~ All except me, Milady. 218 00:14:46,940 --> 00:14:50,900 But I see you have company, so we'll discuss this at some other time. 219 00:14:52,980 --> 00:14:56,100 And you wonder why I have neither lady's maid nor butler. 220 00:14:58,420 --> 00:15:00,810 (CROCKERY CLATTERS) 221 00:15:00,860 --> 00:15:03,530 When I've done these, I might go back to the cottage 222 00:15:03,580 --> 00:15:05,570 and read until our dinner. 223 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:08,930 Madge says Lady Edith is dreadfully cut up, 224 00:15:08,980 --> 00:15:12,250 and it's extra hard because he was killed so long ago. 225 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:16,090 And I suppose she can't expect the whole household to go into mourning 226 00:15:16,140 --> 00:15:19,060 when he was no relation and he's been dead for so long. 227 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:25,530 Will you please tell me what is the matter? 228 00:15:25,580 --> 00:15:29,610 ~ I couldn't find your button box. ~ I'd forgotten all about it. 229 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:32,570 ~ Oh, well, never mind. It'll turn up. ~ I did look. 230 00:15:32,620 --> 00:15:35,410 ~ I'm sure you did. ~ I looked in all the cupboards, 231 00:15:35,460 --> 00:15:38,460 ~ and I found some other things. ~ Oh, yes? ~ Yes. 232 00:15:39,380 --> 00:15:41,380 I found a book by Marie Stopes 233 00:15:42,780 --> 00:15:46,690 and a box containing a cunning piece of equipment 234 00:15:46,740 --> 00:15:50,050 to ensure there would be no Baby Bates. 235 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:53,610 And I'm supposed to applaud your poking around in my things, am I? 236 00:15:53,660 --> 00:15:56,530 Now, just a minute. It is not for you to be angry with me - 237 00:15:56,580 --> 00:15:59,490 ~ it is for me to be angry with you. ~ How do you make that out? 238 00:15:59,540 --> 00:16:02,450 You tell me you are longing for a child, 239 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:05,330 that it's in the hands of God, but you seem to have 240 00:16:05,380 --> 00:16:09,090 put it in the very practised hands of Miss Stopes. 241 00:16:09,140 --> 00:16:12,130 ~ You're wrong. It's not like that. ~ Then what is it like? 242 00:16:12,180 --> 00:16:14,210 ~ (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) ~ Come in, Lily. 243 00:16:14,260 --> 00:16:16,300 I'll leave these on the table for you. 244 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:21,490 Ah, Daisy, there you are. I wondered if you'd like to borrow this. 245 00:16:21,540 --> 00:16:24,850 ~ What is it? ~ The fifth volume of The Cambridge Modern History. 246 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:27,450 My dad gave me the whole set for my 40th birthday. 247 00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:29,850 I don't know. I've got so many books already. 248 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:32,770 Don't be churlish. Mr Molesley's offering to lend you 249 00:16:32,820 --> 00:16:34,650 one of his prized possessions. 250 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:38,490 There's a good chapter on the war and politics in Queen Anne's reign. 251 00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:41,530 But if it's not interesting to you, I quite understand. 252 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:43,580 No, I will look at it. Thank you. 253 00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:51,050 He's very kind, you know. We should always be polite 254 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:53,940 to people who are kind. There's not much of it about. 255 00:16:58,980 --> 00:17:01,290 ~ What have you told Bates? ~ Nothing. 256 00:17:01,340 --> 00:17:05,090 ~ And he hasn't asked why you're sleeping in here? ~ Certainly not. 257 00:17:05,140 --> 00:17:08,540 I wondered if you might like to change your mind and come back. 258 00:17:11,940 --> 00:17:15,570 You heard Mr Bricker say he was not in my room by my invitation. 259 00:17:15,620 --> 00:17:18,250 How do I know that wasn't just his gallantry? 260 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:21,380 Because I'm telling you. Nothing happened. 261 00:17:22,380 --> 00:17:26,290 I'll tell you what did happen. You allowed him into your private life. 262 00:17:26,340 --> 00:17:29,650 A man who thought he could step into my place, just like that. 263 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:32,980 He thought it - and he was mistaken. 264 00:17:38,340 --> 00:17:42,010 Very well. If you can honestly say you have never let a flirtation 265 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:45,610 get out of hand since we married, if you have never given a woman 266 00:17:45,660 --> 00:17:48,450 the wrong impression, then by all means stay away. 267 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,100 Otherwise, I expect you back in my room tonight. 268 00:17:59,020 --> 00:18:01,020 (GENTLE SIGH) 269 00:18:10,220 --> 00:18:12,290 But why me? What have I got to do with it? 270 00:18:12,340 --> 00:18:14,810 I wasn't working here when Mr Green first came. 271 00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:17,690 ~ That's right. She only came - ~ Thank you, Mrs Hughes. 272 00:18:17,740 --> 00:18:20,410 Even so, we understand you have some information 273 00:18:20,460 --> 00:18:23,170 ~ concerning Mr and Mrs Bates. ~ What information? 274 00:18:23,220 --> 00:18:25,130 That's what we hope you'll tell us. 275 00:18:25,180 --> 00:18:28,570 I want to talk about your past. Would you prefer we were alone? 276 00:18:28,620 --> 00:18:31,530 I can't allow you to question a maid in this house 277 00:18:31,580 --> 00:18:33,780 ~ without my being present. ~ Miss Baxter? 278 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:36,610 ~ Let her stay. ~ Very well. 279 00:18:36,660 --> 00:18:39,570 ~ When you served your prison sentence for theft - ~ What? 280 00:18:39,620 --> 00:18:41,610 They released you after three years, 281 00:18:41,660 --> 00:18:44,650 ~ leaving the remaining two years to lie on the books. ~ Yes. 282 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:47,170 You know that if you break the terms of your release, 283 00:18:47,220 --> 00:18:50,050 ~ you can return to prison without a trial? ~ That seems - 284 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:54,290 Mrs Hughes, one more interruption and I will ask you to leave. 285 00:18:54,340 --> 00:18:56,410 You think I know more than I do. 286 00:18:56,460 --> 00:19:00,810 I believe there was an incident when Mr Green was staying here. 287 00:19:00,860 --> 00:19:04,370 And there may have been a journey to London that no-one knew about, 288 00:19:04,420 --> 00:19:06,970 but I couldn't swear to any of it. 289 00:19:07,020 --> 00:19:10,330 Not even whether it was Mr Bates who made the journey? 290 00:19:10,380 --> 00:19:12,810 Not even that. 291 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:15,500 Thanks for your help, Miss Baxter. 292 00:19:16,380 --> 00:19:19,170 Who told you I knew anything? 293 00:19:19,220 --> 00:19:21,570 ~ We had a letter. ~ From whom? 294 00:19:21,620 --> 00:19:23,890 Good day, Mrs Hughes. 295 00:19:23,940 --> 00:19:25,930 (DOOR SHUTS) 296 00:19:25,980 --> 00:19:28,780 I am going to ask one question. 297 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:34,370 Does Her Ladyship know your story? 298 00:19:34,420 --> 00:19:37,100 Yes, she knows everything. 299 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:41,260 Then we'll say no more about it. 300 00:19:46,540 --> 00:19:48,890 ~ Come and see these. ~ Oh, yes, 301 00:19:48,940 --> 00:19:52,130 this is just the kind of work we're looking for, isn't it? 302 00:19:52,180 --> 00:19:54,890 ~ I knew you'd say that. ~ Why? ~ They'd cost the most. 303 00:19:54,940 --> 00:19:58,130 ~ And these designs? ~ They'd be much cheaper. ~ Much nastier. 304 00:19:58,180 --> 00:20:01,930 A lot of the renovated cottages will be occupied by lifetime tenants. 305 00:20:01,980 --> 00:20:03,970 We'd have no real income for 20 years. 306 00:20:04,020 --> 00:20:08,690 ~ So instead of Mr Wavell's horrid houses, we'll make our own? ~ Tom's protecting the estate. 307 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:11,490 What's the matter, darling? She's very listless. 308 00:20:11,540 --> 00:20:13,410 I wonder if she's picked up a germ? 309 00:20:13,460 --> 00:20:16,610 She'd have eaten a dead squirrel or something equally fell. 310 00:20:16,660 --> 00:20:19,890 ~ She's quite fat. Perhaps she's pregnant. ~ No, she can't be. 311 00:20:19,940 --> 00:20:22,250 So, what do we say about these drawings? 312 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:25,930 I suppose we should go for the cheaper option, but it's a shame. 313 00:20:25,980 --> 00:20:29,460 Anyway, I must fly. I've got an appointment in York in an hour. 314 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:32,490 Mrs Hughes, have you seen Miss Baxter? 315 00:20:32,540 --> 00:20:36,210 ~ It's not like you to seek her company. ~ I'm serious, Mrs Hughes. 316 00:20:36,260 --> 00:20:39,660 ~ It's all right. I heard. ~ Could I talk with you, please? 317 00:20:47,140 --> 00:20:49,140 Come in here. 318 00:20:56,660 --> 00:20:58,740 (LOCKS DOOR) 319 00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:12,660 ~ I'm sorry about this. ~ Go on. I can take it. 320 00:21:16,940 --> 00:21:18,940 God in heaven. 321 00:21:20,140 --> 00:21:23,260 I thought it would pass, but it just keeps getting worse. 322 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:27,250 ~ I can't sleep. ~ I'm not surprised. 323 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:29,300 (VOICE BREAKS) Help me. 324 00:21:30,860 --> 00:21:34,260 You were always asking if I need help. Well, now's your chance. 325 00:21:35,820 --> 00:21:39,290 ~ I don't know what to do. ~ We're going to the doctor, 326 00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:42,410 now, and we'll show him the syringe, 327 00:21:42,460 --> 00:21:46,610 and the liquid you injected, all the pills you've been taking, all of it. 328 00:21:46,660 --> 00:21:49,770 Follow me down in five minutes, and we'll meet by the backdoor, 329 00:21:49,820 --> 00:21:52,620 and bring everything with you - do you understand? 330 00:21:58,060 --> 00:22:01,130 I've done something that I shouldn't have. 331 00:22:01,180 --> 00:22:04,570 And if you knew what it was, you wouldn't want to be part of this. 332 00:22:04,620 --> 00:22:06,330 I know what it was. 333 00:22:06,380 --> 00:22:09,060 Now, come down in five minutes. 334 00:22:14,380 --> 00:22:16,380 Ahh. 335 00:22:18,020 --> 00:22:20,730 (FRENCH ACCENT) It is wonderful on you, My Lady. 336 00:22:20,780 --> 00:22:23,690 I hope so. My father will explode. 337 00:22:23,740 --> 00:22:25,740 Mais superbe. 338 00:22:27,460 --> 00:22:29,460 Thank you. 339 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:32,500 You've made me feel very strong. 340 00:22:33,580 --> 00:22:37,100 ~ Does this cover it? ~ My Lady is very generous. 341 00:22:42,540 --> 00:22:45,370 (YORKSHIRE ACCENT) At least she can carry it off. 342 00:22:45,420 --> 00:22:47,740 Most of them look like bald monkeys. 343 00:22:50,940 --> 00:22:53,130 (WATER SWISHES) Hold on. 344 00:22:53,180 --> 00:22:56,010 And it won't trouble him further? 345 00:22:56,060 --> 00:22:58,370 Not as long as he stops poisoning himself. 346 00:22:58,420 --> 00:23:01,060 You've had a look at the things he brought, then? 347 00:23:02,860 --> 00:23:06,330 You've been injecting yourself with a solution of saline. 348 00:23:06,380 --> 00:23:10,490 ~ That's not harmful, though, is it? ~ It obviously wasn't sterilised. 349 00:23:10,540 --> 00:23:14,850 Repeated injections would cause fever, and abscesses at the site. 350 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:18,250 I assume this is a course of treatment you've spent money on? 351 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:20,290 Yes, a lot of money. 352 00:23:20,340 --> 00:23:23,290 I went to London for what they call electrotherapy. 353 00:23:23,340 --> 00:23:28,210 And the pills and injections were supposed to continue the process. 354 00:23:28,260 --> 00:23:30,260 The purpose of which was...? 355 00:23:35,540 --> 00:23:37,660 To change me. 356 00:23:38,540 --> 00:23:40,540 To make me more like other people. 357 00:23:41,660 --> 00:23:43,660 Other men. 358 00:23:45,220 --> 00:23:50,050 Well, I'll not be coy and pretend I don't understand. Nor do I blame you. 359 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:53,410 But there is no drug, no electric shock, 360 00:23:53,460 --> 00:23:55,730 that will achieve what you want. 361 00:23:55,780 --> 00:23:57,890 You mean I've been taken for a mug. 362 00:23:57,940 --> 00:24:00,570 My advice to you, Thomas, 363 00:24:00,620 --> 00:24:04,730 would be to accept the burden that chance has seen fit to lay upon you. 364 00:24:04,780 --> 00:24:07,250 And to fashion as good a life as you are able. 365 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:10,740 Remember - harsh reality is always better than false hope. 366 00:24:14,220 --> 00:24:17,860 ~ Well, that will give you a good laugh. ~ It won't. 367 00:24:19,420 --> 00:24:21,490 And I don't expect you to understand, 368 00:24:21,540 --> 00:24:24,180 but I think it shows you to be a very brave person. 369 00:24:26,060 --> 00:24:27,660 What? 370 00:24:28,660 --> 00:24:32,060 To inflict such pain on yourself to achieve your goal. 371 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:35,290 Think what you could do in this world 372 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:37,340 if you just set your mind to it. 373 00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:42,540 You're daft - do you know that? (CHUCKLES) 374 00:24:45,620 --> 00:24:48,690 I must telephone Atticus to warn him we're all coming. 375 00:24:48,740 --> 00:24:50,890 Ask him for dinner tonight if he's free. 376 00:24:50,940 --> 00:24:55,860 ~ Could I? I mean, just as a friend. ~ Well, just as a friend, absolutely. 377 00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:00,700 I wish Isis would perk up. 378 00:25:01,940 --> 00:25:04,570 I might ask Stapeley to have a look at her. 379 00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:06,620 It can't hurt. 380 00:25:10,140 --> 00:25:12,130 I think it's very nice, very solid. 381 00:25:12,180 --> 00:25:14,890 Oh, I hope it is solid, at this price. 382 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:18,570 ~ What's the kitchen like? ~ Oh, not quite the scale you're used to. 383 00:25:18,620 --> 00:25:21,970 Well, I wouldn't mind - it'd be my own. 384 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:24,770 I could live here later when I stopped working. 385 00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:26,770 There's only one flight of stairs, 386 00:25:26,820 --> 00:25:30,050 so I'm sure I could manage that, no matter how old I get. 387 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:33,130 Oh, an outside privy, I see. That'll bring back memories. 388 00:25:33,180 --> 00:25:36,380 (CHUCKLES) Well, Lord knows I've seen one of them before. 389 00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:40,810 But 'appen I could change things round when I move in. 390 00:25:40,860 --> 00:25:42,860 I'm sure you could. 391 00:25:44,420 --> 00:25:48,810 Well, that's it. I'm going to take it. Now, if you'll come outside, 392 00:25:48,860 --> 00:25:51,300 I'll take the key back and give him my answer. 393 00:25:54,540 --> 00:25:56,570 I envy her. 394 00:25:56,620 --> 00:25:59,540 Have you ever thought about your life in retirement? 395 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:03,300 Who says I'll live to retire? 396 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:10,250 ~ Is everybody ready? ~ What is this? ~ Oh, it's my cousin Mary. 397 00:26:10,300 --> 00:26:13,370 She says she's got a surprise for us. You'll love her. 398 00:26:13,420 --> 00:26:16,460 ~ I intend to love everybody. ~ Ready or not, I'm coming in. 399 00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:19,130 (ALL GASP) 400 00:26:19,180 --> 00:26:22,130 Pola Negri comes to Yorkshire. 401 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:25,650 Well, we really are living in the modern world. 402 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:28,810 Golly, I'm jealous. Mary, this is Atticus Aldridge. 403 00:26:28,860 --> 00:26:31,850 At last, Mr Aldridge. Rose has talked of nothing else. 404 00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:36,170 ~ Oh, she's only teasing. ~ Can't I take it as a compliment? ~ (SIGHS) 405 00:26:36,220 --> 00:26:39,650 ~ Granny, what do you think? ~ Oh. It is you. 406 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:42,450 I thought it was a man wearing your clothes. 407 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:45,290 ~ It suits you. ~ Papa, do you agree? 408 00:26:45,340 --> 00:26:49,090 It's certainly just the sort of thing I would expect of you. 409 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:51,730 ~ I suppose you disapprove? ~ Not especially. 410 00:26:51,780 --> 00:26:55,330 I'm just amazed that even you would choose the day after I learn 411 00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:58,050 the man I love is dead to try out a new fashion. 412 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:01,970 ~ I don't believe that's quite fair. ~ And you've planned a jolly picnic 413 00:27:02,020 --> 00:27:04,570 for Saturday. Am I really expected to join in? 414 00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:07,290 Hopefully not, as you usually spoil everything. 415 00:27:07,340 --> 00:27:10,290 Huh. Yes, I do. 416 00:27:10,340 --> 00:27:12,930 It seems I do. 417 00:27:12,980 --> 00:27:15,420 Goodnight, Mama. I'll have a tray in my room. 418 00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:19,940 I'm sorry, Mr Aldridge, but you might as well know what we're like. 419 00:27:20,740 --> 00:27:21,900 (SIGHS) 420 00:27:23,340 --> 00:27:27,570 ~ Poor darling. She's so unhappy. ~ She hasn't clapped eyes on him in years. 421 00:27:27,620 --> 00:27:30,450 She must have known long ago he was dead - we all did. 422 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:33,650 ~ But should we go on Saturday? ~ Please don't cancel. 423 00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:36,490 Rose and I are going, whether you're coming or not. 424 00:27:36,540 --> 00:27:39,650 Maybe it would be good for her to have time on her own to think. 425 00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:43,170 All this endless thinking. It's very overrated. 426 00:27:43,220 --> 00:27:45,210 Oh, Aunt Violet, I do love you. 427 00:27:45,260 --> 00:27:51,140 I blame the war. Before 1914, nobody thought about anything at all. 428 00:27:53,260 --> 00:27:55,330 (METALLIC SQUEAK) 429 00:27:55,380 --> 00:27:57,610 But what would I want with such a thing? 430 00:27:57,660 --> 00:27:59,930 I'll tell you. 431 00:27:59,980 --> 00:28:03,050 It's quite simple. To avoid bearing my child. 432 00:28:03,100 --> 00:28:07,050 How can you believe that... when it's all I've ever dreamed of? 433 00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:09,100 Because you think I'm a murderer. 434 00:28:17,460 --> 00:28:19,460 (VOICE BREAKS) What are you saying? 435 00:28:21,860 --> 00:28:23,890 ~ We know how Vera died. ~ Not Vera. 436 00:28:23,940 --> 00:28:25,940 But... 437 00:28:27,780 --> 00:28:29,780 .. Mr Green. 438 00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:39,810 How long have you known it was him? 439 00:28:39,860 --> 00:28:42,900 I've known since the first day I heard that it happened. 440 00:28:44,060 --> 00:28:47,170 You can't have. You may have suspected, but you didn't know. 441 00:28:47,220 --> 00:28:49,530 I knew when he came back. I knew when he said 442 00:28:49,580 --> 00:28:52,370 he went down to the kitchens during the concerts. 443 00:28:52,420 --> 00:28:54,810 (SNIFFS) 444 00:28:54,860 --> 00:28:59,100 And I kept telling myself you didn't know, so it couldn't have been you. 445 00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:03,100 Who killed him, you mean? 446 00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:09,060 I wanted to. 447 00:29:12,060 --> 00:29:14,060 I was going to. 448 00:29:15,660 --> 00:29:19,970 I went into York very early, and I bought a return ticket to London. 449 00:29:20,020 --> 00:29:22,970 I planned to get there and back in the same day. 450 00:29:23,020 --> 00:29:27,180 I went onto the platform, but I never got onto the train. 451 00:29:30,020 --> 00:29:32,010 (Why not?) 452 00:29:32,060 --> 00:29:34,060 Because I knew... 453 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:38,100 .. if I saw him, I would have killed him. 454 00:29:39,940 --> 00:29:42,660 And if I killed him,... I would hang. 455 00:29:43,620 --> 00:29:45,620 ~ I couldn't do that to you. ~ (EXHALES) 456 00:29:47,020 --> 00:29:48,410 Thank God. 457 00:29:48,460 --> 00:29:52,010 The next day, when I heard what had happened, it was like... 458 00:29:52,060 --> 00:29:54,060 the hand of fate. 459 00:29:55,060 --> 00:29:58,650 I had the ticket in my coat pocket, 460 00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:00,850 ~ like a talisman. ~ What for? 461 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:03,330 Because if I'd have travelled, I'd... 462 00:30:03,380 --> 00:30:07,130 I would've handed in both halves. The fact that it was in my pocket, 463 00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:10,370 untorn, was proof that I never travelled. 464 00:30:10,420 --> 00:30:13,540 Which is why you were so angry when I gave it to Mrs Hughes. 465 00:30:17,740 --> 00:30:19,970 If the clerk in York remembers selling me 466 00:30:20,020 --> 00:30:22,020 a return ticket to London, 467 00:30:23,700 --> 00:30:25,700 I'm a dead man. 468 00:30:27,220 --> 00:30:29,210 Why are you smiling? 469 00:30:29,260 --> 00:30:31,660 Because you're innocent. 470 00:30:32,460 --> 00:30:34,460 I have lived in such fear... 471 00:30:35,460 --> 00:30:37,460 .. and such trembling, 472 00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:40,660 and all the while I couldn't tell you why. 473 00:30:42,060 --> 00:30:44,060 And now I'm just so happy. 474 00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:48,740 Mad as it sounds, I'm so happy. 475 00:31:02,380 --> 00:31:04,380 What do you make of Lady Mary's hair? 476 00:31:05,220 --> 00:31:08,650 They were all talking about it. I hope she comes down to show us. 477 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:10,900 Miss Bunting loved the new hairstyles. 478 00:31:12,380 --> 00:31:14,610 She said women were being set free. 479 00:31:14,660 --> 00:31:16,890 I'm sorry Miss Bunting's gone. 480 00:31:16,940 --> 00:31:21,010 She gave me such confidence. She'd tell me how sharp I was, 481 00:31:21,060 --> 00:31:23,130 ~ how quick. ~ I agree with her. 482 00:31:23,180 --> 00:31:27,050 It's harder on your own, harder to believe. 483 00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:29,380 Well, could I help? 484 00:31:30,140 --> 00:31:33,970 Not with mathematics, probably, but I know a bit about history 485 00:31:34,020 --> 00:31:38,610 ~ and I've read a few books. ~ How old were you when you left school? ~ 12. 486 00:31:38,660 --> 00:31:41,010 It was a shame, really. I was quite bright. 487 00:31:41,060 --> 00:31:43,060 And my dad wanted me to stay on. 488 00:31:44,140 --> 00:31:47,610 He thought I could be a teacher, if that doesn't make you laugh. 489 00:31:47,660 --> 00:31:50,370 But he couldn't manage it. We had no money, you see, 490 00:31:50,420 --> 00:31:54,290 and then my mother got ill and so I had to earn as soon as I could. 491 00:31:54,340 --> 00:31:56,330 Why don't you take Matric now? 492 00:31:56,380 --> 00:31:58,890 No, I've missed it. 493 00:31:58,940 --> 00:32:01,610 But I'd like to help. 494 00:32:01,660 --> 00:32:03,660 Make sure somebody got away. 495 00:32:09,420 --> 00:32:10,930 Mrs Hughes? 496 00:32:10,980 --> 00:32:14,610 Do you remember that overcoat I gave you, for the refugees, 497 00:32:14,660 --> 00:32:17,290 when we were in London for Lady Rose's ball? 498 00:32:17,340 --> 00:32:19,730 I do. They were very glad of it. 499 00:32:19,780 --> 00:32:23,650 It sounds mad, I know, but did you find a ticket in it, 500 00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:25,740 in the pocket? 501 00:32:26,940 --> 00:32:30,170 ~ Of course. You won't remember. ~ No, I do. 502 00:32:30,220 --> 00:32:33,570 I did find one, a return to London. 503 00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:35,610 That's it. 504 00:32:35,660 --> 00:32:37,660 Come... 505 00:32:39,220 --> 00:32:41,210 You see, 506 00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:46,090 ~ Mr Bates does know that it was Mr Green. ~ Oh, my Lord! 507 00:32:46,140 --> 00:32:48,810 But he didn't do it, Mrs Hughes. I know that now. 508 00:32:48,860 --> 00:32:51,170 And if we had that ticket we could prove it. 509 00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:55,250 ~ We could prove that he never went to London. ~ I don't understand. How? 510 00:32:55,300 --> 00:32:57,300 Because it wasn't torn. 511 00:32:58,940 --> 00:33:02,970 Of course, you threw it out. Why wouldn't you? 512 00:33:03,020 --> 00:33:05,970 I must have done. I'm so sorry. 513 00:33:06,020 --> 00:33:09,140 It's not your fault. It's mine. 514 00:33:10,820 --> 00:33:13,330 I gave it away. 515 00:33:13,380 --> 00:33:16,020 I gave away the proof of my husband's innocence. 516 00:33:22,980 --> 00:33:25,300 (TIC-TAC MEN SHOUTING, GENERAL CHATTER) 517 00:33:29,380 --> 00:33:32,940 ~ (BELL TINKLES) ~ Come on, get your pies, get your pies! 518 00:33:33,460 --> 00:33:35,460 (HOOVES THUNDER) 519 00:33:50,180 --> 00:33:52,180 (ALL SHOUTING AND CHEERING) 520 00:34:05,740 --> 00:34:08,050 Well, I think you are very brave. 521 00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:11,490 Brave? I'm petrified. I don't even know the horse I'm riding. 522 00:34:11,540 --> 00:34:13,450 ~ How long is the course? ~ Three miles. 523 00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:15,850 Twice round a course of a mile-and-a-half. 524 00:34:15,900 --> 00:34:18,490 To where you can see that steeple over there. 525 00:34:18,540 --> 00:34:21,970 ~ Well, hello. ~ What on earth are you doing here? 526 00:34:22,020 --> 00:34:24,620 What do you think? Riding the point-to-point. 527 00:34:26,820 --> 00:34:30,810 ~ Won't someone introduce us? ~ This is Mabel Lane Fox. Lord Grantham. 528 00:34:30,860 --> 00:34:34,450 ~ Where are you staying? ~ Last night I was with the Lawsons at Brough, 529 00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,330 but they're away tonight so I'll head back to London. 530 00:34:37,380 --> 00:34:39,170 What a trek. You'll be exhausted. 531 00:34:39,220 --> 00:34:42,210 Stay with us. Lord Gillingham and Mr Blake will be there. 532 00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:46,500 ~ Have you brought enough clothes? ~ Oh, I think so. ~ I know so. 533 00:34:47,660 --> 00:34:49,650 Are you riding? 534 00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:51,690 What's this? Where have you been? 535 00:34:51,740 --> 00:34:56,010 Mr Aldridge and I fixed it last night. His nice parents let me change at the house. 536 00:34:56,060 --> 00:34:58,650 ~ I do wish you'd call me Atticus. ~ I admire you. 537 00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:01,890 ~ It'd be a poor show not to ride at our own event. ~ Quite right. 538 00:35:01,940 --> 00:35:05,570 ~ I shall cheer you on. ~ What about you? When did you decide to ride? 539 00:35:05,620 --> 00:35:09,250 ~ Yesterday, when I was having my hair done in York. ~ What about a horse? 540 00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:13,170 Stephen rode Trumpeter over earlier. They're down by the starting post. 541 00:35:13,220 --> 00:35:17,010 This does seem like too much of a coincidence. Are you stalking me? 542 00:35:17,060 --> 00:35:20,090 I shall ignore that as I'd hate to think of you as a vain man. 543 00:35:20,140 --> 00:35:22,970 Well, you certainly know how to surprise. 544 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:26,420 That sounds like a compliment. I must say hello to Charles. 545 00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:32,690 Well done. You seem to have got things off to a good start. 546 00:35:32,740 --> 00:35:36,170 What would you have done if Lady Grantham hadn't asked me to stay? 547 00:35:36,220 --> 00:35:38,220 I'd have suggested it myself. 548 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:44,540 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) 549 00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:48,770 Oh, I thought you'd gone with them. 550 00:35:48,820 --> 00:35:51,970 No, I've a lot to do. To be honest, it's not really my thing. 551 00:35:52,020 --> 00:35:57,210 ~ Are you going out again? ~ No. I've a new tenancy contract to check, 552 00:35:57,260 --> 00:36:00,210 and I want to go through the figures for the repair shop. 553 00:36:00,260 --> 00:36:03,130 You see, I'm going away. 554 00:36:03,180 --> 00:36:06,610 ~ I didn't know that. ~ No, well, I haven't told anybody. 555 00:36:06,660 --> 00:36:08,850 I don't understand. 556 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:13,890 You don't have to, but when they get back, tell them my mind was made up 557 00:36:13,940 --> 00:36:15,980 and I wasn't hysterical or anything. 558 00:36:16,780 --> 00:36:19,690 ~ And give them my love. ~ Oh, God, Edith. 559 00:36:19,740 --> 00:36:22,290 Won't you wait and talk to them about it? 560 00:36:22,340 --> 00:36:24,570 If I talked to anyone, it'd be you. 561 00:36:24,620 --> 00:36:27,060 ~ Then talk to me, please. ~ I can't. 562 00:36:28,380 --> 00:36:31,740 But good luck. You're a fine man, Tom. 563 00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:35,410 You mustn't let them flatten that out of you. 564 00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:37,850 Won't you tell me where you're going? 565 00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:40,610 ~ Or can't I at least drive you somewhere? ~ No. 566 00:36:40,660 --> 00:36:43,130 But I will take one of the cars to the station 567 00:36:43,180 --> 00:36:45,570 and leave the keys with the station master. 568 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:48,060 ~ I just wish - ~ I can't stay, Tom, 569 00:36:48,820 --> 00:36:50,940 not if I'm ever going to be happy at all. 570 00:37:06,220 --> 00:37:08,530 It's lunacy! You've lost your mind! 571 00:37:08,580 --> 00:37:11,090 ~ Tell her. ~ It's true. 572 00:37:11,140 --> 00:37:13,330 ~ Marigold's her daughter. ~ It's a lie! 573 00:37:13,380 --> 00:37:15,570 I don't know what she's holding over you, 574 00:37:15,620 --> 00:37:17,690 but you can't let her get away with it! 575 00:37:17,740 --> 00:37:19,810 I have a copy of her birth certificate. 576 00:37:19,860 --> 00:37:23,370 ~ It's in French, but you can read my name. ~ Which was brave of you. 577 00:37:23,420 --> 00:37:27,660 ~ My aunt wanted me to use a false one, but I knew I might need proof. ~ Give that to me! 578 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:33,250 ~ I have others. ~ You've cooked this up between you. ~ That's enough. 579 00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:36,250 We've nothing formal that gives us any claim over her. 580 00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:39,140 ~ Only a note from her dying father. ~ Which I wrote. 581 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:44,260 How could you do this? 582 00:37:46,300 --> 00:37:51,010 I'm your wife, yet you have lied and cheated and used me shamefully. 583 00:37:51,060 --> 00:37:54,570 If you'd have taken a mistress you couldn't have been more false. 584 00:37:54,620 --> 00:37:59,930 ~ Mrs Drewe, I know you don't want to hear this, but I'm very grateful. ~ No, I don't bloody want to hear it! 585 00:37:59,980 --> 00:38:02,450 ~ Fetch her things. ~ I will not! 586 00:38:02,500 --> 00:38:04,500 Then don't. 587 00:38:05,340 --> 00:38:07,490 ~ No! No! ~ No! ~ No... (SOBS) 588 00:38:07,540 --> 00:38:09,540 ~ My baby. No... ~ There we go. 589 00:38:10,740 --> 00:38:13,330 Wait! Just wait, wait. 590 00:38:13,380 --> 00:38:15,380 Wait. 591 00:38:30,780 --> 00:38:32,780 She'll not sleep, else. 592 00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:39,300 Don't be afraid, my darling... 593 00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:44,260 This nice lady is your new mummy. She loves you, 594 00:38:45,420 --> 00:38:47,810 more than anyone else could. 595 00:38:47,860 --> 00:38:49,850 But don't you forget... 596 00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:51,900 (SNIFFS) 597 00:38:53,780 --> 00:38:55,780 .. that we love you, too. 598 00:39:10,340 --> 00:39:12,340 (SOBS) 599 00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:17,420 (WHINNIES) 600 00:39:20,020 --> 00:39:22,490 ~ Best of luck! ~ Let me not fall in front of Rose. 601 00:39:22,540 --> 00:39:24,370 I'm glad her opinion matters. 602 00:39:24,420 --> 00:39:27,770 I'd rather not look a fool quite yet. She can discover it gently. 603 00:39:27,820 --> 00:39:29,820 (CHUCKLES) 604 00:39:30,860 --> 00:39:33,330 ~ I'm dying to ride astride. ~ Why don't you? 605 00:39:33,380 --> 00:39:35,370 Not if my grandmother's watching. 606 00:39:35,420 --> 00:39:37,610 You surprise me. You seem more than able 607 00:39:37,660 --> 00:39:41,330 ~ to choose which laws to keep and which to break. ~ Don't be spiky, 608 00:39:41,380 --> 00:39:43,570 ~ when I only want what you want. ~ Which is? 609 00:39:43,620 --> 00:39:47,210 ~ For you and Tony to walk into the sunset together. ~ I do resent you. 610 00:39:47,260 --> 00:39:50,690 I resent your ability to take him off me, when I know how to make him 611 00:39:50,740 --> 00:39:54,170 ~ happy, and I certainly love him more than you do. ~ That's all true. 612 00:39:54,220 --> 00:39:57,610 Then why turn up looking like a cross between a Vogue fashion plate 613 00:39:57,660 --> 00:40:00,540 ~ and a case of dynamite? ~ I can't make it too easy for him. 614 00:40:01,540 --> 00:40:03,540 They're just about ready to go. 615 00:40:04,140 --> 00:40:06,140 Can I have a look, Donk? 616 00:40:09,980 --> 00:40:12,300 ~ Can you see Aunt Mary? ~ Yes. 617 00:40:16,700 --> 00:40:18,700 I think she's splendid. 618 00:40:20,060 --> 00:40:22,210 I think she's cracked. 619 00:40:22,260 --> 00:40:25,130 It's good to do some crazy things when you're young. 620 00:40:25,180 --> 00:40:27,810 As long as you survive them. 621 00:40:27,860 --> 00:40:30,740 Some do crazy things all their lives. Hmph. 622 00:40:33,220 --> 00:40:35,220 What answer did you give? 623 00:40:36,380 --> 00:40:39,610 I'm going to tell them when we're all together. 624 00:40:39,660 --> 00:40:41,660 You won't give me away? 625 00:40:43,020 --> 00:40:45,020 You mean you've accepted him? Huh. 626 00:40:46,540 --> 00:40:48,530 I know you'll think me foolish, 627 00:40:48,580 --> 00:40:52,010 but I feel it's my last chance of a new adventure before I'm done. 628 00:40:52,060 --> 00:40:58,580 Huh. Well, now you've accepted him, you'll hear no more argument from me. 629 00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:05,260 (WHINNYING AND SNORTING) 630 00:41:11,740 --> 00:41:13,740 (EXCITED CHATTER) 631 00:41:29,060 --> 00:41:31,900 ~ (WILD CHEERING) ~ Go on! 632 00:41:32,580 --> 00:41:34,580 Go, Atticus, go! 633 00:41:38,300 --> 00:41:40,300 (HOOVES THUNDER) 634 00:41:44,940 --> 00:41:46,940 Come on, faster! 635 00:42:04,540 --> 00:42:06,540 Tony! (GIGGLES) 636 00:42:14,860 --> 00:42:16,860 (ALL SHOUTING ENCOURAGEMENT) 637 00:42:29,060 --> 00:42:32,290 ~ You might have allowed her to be the first woman. ~ Nonsense. 638 00:42:32,340 --> 00:42:34,450 I don't believe in letting people win. 639 00:42:34,500 --> 00:42:37,650 ~ Even if it's in your own interest? ~ Mm-hm. ~ You rode well. 640 00:42:37,700 --> 00:42:42,610 ~ If I make it across the finishing line at all it's a miracle, as far as I'm concerned. ~ Nonsense. 641 00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:44,730 You're a positive centaur. 642 00:42:44,780 --> 00:42:48,570 See? He's nearly there - if you'd just stop jerking his lead. 643 00:42:48,620 --> 00:42:53,290 Well done, but thank God you're all back in one piece. Who's this? 644 00:42:53,340 --> 00:42:58,210 My parents. Mother, Father, this is Lord and Lady Grantham. Lady Mary you already know. 645 00:42:58,260 --> 00:43:02,370 Lord Gillingham, Mabel Lane Fox, Charles Blake and, of course, Rose. 646 00:43:02,420 --> 00:43:04,850 Lady Rose, how lovely to see you again. 647 00:43:04,900 --> 00:43:07,210 Come back to the house to bathe and change. 648 00:43:07,260 --> 00:43:10,490 I'm going to leave it until we get back to Downton, but thank you. 649 00:43:10,540 --> 00:43:12,490 I can't tempt you to stay for dinner? 650 00:43:12,540 --> 00:43:14,370 Not today. We're covered in dust. 651 00:43:14,420 --> 00:43:18,290 ~ Come to Downton tomorrow for dinner. ~ That seems rather an imposition. 652 00:43:18,340 --> 00:43:20,890 ~ Not at all. ~ Then we'd be delighted. 653 00:43:20,940 --> 00:43:25,890 ~ You haven't met my mother-in-law and our cousin, Mrs Crawley. ~ Good afternoon. 654 00:43:25,940 --> 00:43:29,130 If the parents of Rose's young man are coming for dinner, 655 00:43:29,180 --> 00:43:32,370 things must be more advanced than I realised. 656 00:43:32,420 --> 00:43:36,090 He seems a nice boy, and it's not like the Catholics, is it? 657 00:43:36,140 --> 00:43:38,290 She won't be expected to convert. 658 00:43:38,340 --> 00:43:41,330 ~ Con... Convert to what? ~ Judaism. 659 00:43:41,380 --> 00:43:43,370 I read in an article, Lord Sinderby 660 00:43:43,420 --> 00:43:45,890 is a leading figure in the Jewish community. 661 00:43:45,940 --> 00:43:49,940 (SIGHS) There's always something, isn't there? 662 00:43:53,860 --> 00:43:56,450 ~ What do you mean, gone? ~ She's gone. 663 00:43:56,500 --> 00:44:00,530 ~ She didn't say where, but I doubt it's to Lady Rosamund's. ~ Why? 664 00:44:00,580 --> 00:44:03,820 Of course she was very upset about Gregson, but why run off? 665 00:44:06,180 --> 00:44:09,490 I think I'll slip away, Carson. Is the car still outside? 666 00:44:09,540 --> 00:44:12,890 ~ They're just unloading it now, My Lady. I'll - ~ You stay here. 667 00:44:12,940 --> 00:44:14,730 I can manage. 668 00:44:14,780 --> 00:44:17,130 ~ Could you take those two down? ~ Yes. 669 00:44:17,180 --> 00:44:20,700 ~ Whose cases are these? ~ Lady Mary's. They're her riding things. 670 00:44:22,300 --> 00:44:25,340 These are Miss Lane Fox's. If you could take them in. 671 00:44:26,060 --> 00:44:29,890 Home, please. Can you first stop at Yew Tree Farm? 672 00:44:29,940 --> 00:44:31,410 Yes, Milady. 673 00:44:31,460 --> 00:44:33,460 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 674 00:44:35,180 --> 00:44:38,970 ~ Lady Edith has taken off. ~ What do you mean? ~ She's gone. 675 00:44:39,020 --> 00:44:40,770 She left her car at the station. 676 00:44:40,820 --> 00:44:43,490 Mr Branson's walking down there now to pick it up. 677 00:44:43,540 --> 00:44:46,170 Oh, it must have been the news from Germany. Tsk. 678 00:44:46,220 --> 00:44:49,570 ~ Poor thing. ~ Well, I ought to go and ring the gong. 679 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:51,620 Hm. 680 00:44:54,020 --> 00:44:55,970 (CLEARS THROAT) Mrs Hughes, 681 00:44:56,020 --> 00:45:00,090 may I make a suggestion that I think you'll find a strange one, 682 00:45:00,140 --> 00:45:02,410 but I ask that you consider, none the less. 683 00:45:02,460 --> 00:45:04,770 Heavens. I'm all agog. 684 00:45:04,820 --> 00:45:06,820 Do you think that we should... um... 685 00:45:08,420 --> 00:45:10,090 (CLEARS THROAT) 686 00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:12,140 .. invest in a property together? 687 00:45:12,980 --> 00:45:14,970 What on earth do you mean? 688 00:45:15,020 --> 00:45:19,530 I was thinking, if Mrs Patmore can do it, then we might buy 689 00:45:19,580 --> 00:45:22,570 somewhere jointly, as a business venture, mind, 690 00:45:22,620 --> 00:45:25,450 spruce it up and share the rental income. 691 00:45:25,500 --> 00:45:27,820 We'd have a tidy sum by the time we retired. 692 00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:31,700 Go and ring that gong. 693 00:45:39,540 --> 00:45:41,530 Well, so the birds have flown? 694 00:45:41,580 --> 00:45:44,980 I won't say anything about it, Your Ladyship. Not to anyone. 695 00:45:47,780 --> 00:45:49,770 Nor will she. 696 00:45:49,820 --> 00:45:51,820 Do you know where she's gone? 697 00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:55,090 No. 698 00:45:55,140 --> 00:45:59,930 (SIGHS) Well, thank you so much, Mr Drewe, Mrs Drewe. 699 00:45:59,980 --> 00:46:03,420 I mustn't take up any more of your valuable time. 700 00:46:22,060 --> 00:46:24,530 They'll bring a cot for the young 'un, madam. 701 00:46:24,580 --> 00:46:28,060 ~ Ring down if there's anything else. ~ I will do. Thank you. 702 00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:32,130 Oh. 703 00:46:32,180 --> 00:46:34,180 Thank you. 704 00:46:36,020 --> 00:46:38,940 (SIGHS) Well, we're together, darling. 705 00:46:40,380 --> 00:46:45,250 I know it's not ideal, but it's such an improvement on being apart 706 00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:47,850 that I think we should celebrate. 707 00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:51,380 I'll order ice cream, and a glass of Champagne, 708 00:46:52,420 --> 00:46:54,420 and we'll be as jolly as you like. 709 00:46:55,900 --> 00:46:57,900 Yes? 710 00:47:01,460 --> 00:47:04,170 ~ I'll see you at dinner. ~ Not if I see you first. 711 00:47:04,220 --> 00:47:06,850 Atticus seems to be very taken with your niece. 712 00:47:06,900 --> 00:47:09,450 ~ I have a little announcement. ~ Are you sure? 713 00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:13,290 ~ I've got used to having a companion. ~ Your positions have changed. 714 00:47:13,340 --> 00:47:16,930 We're all thinking of a different future, whether we want to or not. 715 00:47:16,980 --> 00:47:20,500 ~ Kiss me. ~ What? ~ Kiss me - now.