I hope that you can accept our offer, ethel and that we can be friends. Because we both wish you well, dont we, dear . I dont wish you ill ill say that. I cant accept your offer. And we wont be friends. Mrs. Bryant what . Not even for charlies sake . I think you love my son, mr. Bryant. I dont think youre a nice man or a kind one, but i believe you love my boy. So youll be pleased by what ive come here to say. Any news while i was out . No. Perhaps the home secretary wont see him. Papall pull some strings until he does. Aha, youve started on the augean task. How are you getting on . Not badly. Im beginning to get a sense of how it all works. In a way, its probably best you tackle it by yourself. Ah, carson. May we please have some tea . Of course, mlady. Anna said you were interviewing footmen today. That is correct. Have you chosen the lucky winner . Not yet. There were two candidates, when it came down to it. One was steady but not much else, but the ladies downstairs want the other one. Why is that . I dont know precisely. Unless its because hes more handsome. Of course its because hes more handsome. Oh, do pick him, carson, and cheer us all up a bit. Alfreds nice, but he does look like a puppy whos been rescued from a puddle. Carson well, this new one seems very sure of himself. You can manage that, cant you . I suppose i could, sir. Well, its settled then. Tell the maids they can buy their valentines. So be it, mlady. But alfred is very good, you know. Hes very willing. Even if he is miss obriens nephew. laughing clearly nothing worse could be said of any man. laughing mrs. Bryant youll want to say goodbye. I give you my blessings for your whole life long my darling boy. Yes. You wont remember that or me but theyll stay with you all the same. Lets not make a meal of it. Mommy. Come on. Ill write to you. Ill never see my son again. Never is a long time, ethel. But you were right. He does love charlie. And not just for his fathers sake. Now i must be going. Ill say goodbye. crying youve done a hard thing today, ethel. The hardest thing of all. You dont agree, do you . I dont want to make you doubt now that its happened. Youve done the right thing for the boy, ethel. Whatever mrs. Crawley may say. Begging your pardon, maam. Perhaps youre right. I am until we live in a very different world from this one. Well, then. I should be away. What chance is there for a woman like her . Shes taken the road to ruin. Theres no way back. door opening stand up. Against the wall the pair of you what are you looking for . Just keep quiet. Mr. Turner. Well, well. A very mysterious package, i dont think. Craig, what do you call this . I dont know. Ive done nothing. Youd better come with us, craig. Youll be sorry. sighs door closes and locks oh, thank god. Im so sorry. Its all right. They didnt try to stop me. But it doesnt mean they wont come after us. Unless papa can persuade them otherwise. Tom, how could you have left her all alone to fend for herself . It wasnt like that. We thought this might happen, and wed decided what to do. The question is, what now . You mustnt travel anymore. Not before the babys born. But tom wants it to be born in dublin. He wont hold you to that now. Well, wont this be the first place that they look . How could you be part of it . The drumgooles are like us. She came out with me. She was laura dunsany then. How could you dance round her burning house, tom . Its horrible. He didnt dance, and he isnt dancing now. knock at door come in. Telegram for you, mlady. Your fathers coming home. Hes seen mr. Shortt. And what happened . He doesnt say. Only that neither of you is to leave downton. People think theyll eat anything, but its not true. You must be careful what you give them if you want good bacon. Nay, dont shy away, daisy. We raise animals to eat, or for their milk or their leather. I could never be a farmer. Dont say that. Id like to think you value what i do. I do. I value and admire it. Well, then, thats all i ask. Can i ask you something . Of course you can. This will be hard for you, but. What would you say if id met a man i liked . Because the last thing id ever do would be to hurt you. What . Did you think id want you to be left alone your whole life long . No, but. And william wouldnt want it neither. So, tell me. Has he spoken up . Not exactly. But hes ever so nice. chuckling would it be wrong, do you think if i were to show him that id like it if he did. Ooh. This is too modern for me, daisy. Id only say this. You have a pure heart, and if hes a proper man hell know that. But take your time prepare what youll say. Make sure your words cannot be misconstrued. Youre back. I am. Anything happen here . Theres a new footman. Came today. How was london . Quite fun, as a matter of fact. Has the firebrand been saved . Thats not for me to say is it, mr. Molesley . Id better take these upstairs. You got the job, then . Im on my way, mr. Barrow. They say you were a footman once. Thats right. So can i come to you if theres anything i need to know . Certainly. Why not . Wheres robert . He went straight to his room as soon as he came back. He wants us all in the library at 8 00. Why . I dont know quite how to put this. Try. sighs looking through the books, there appears to have been a great deal of waste. What do you mean . As far as i can tell theres been no proper management for years. The rents are unpaid or too low. Theres no real maintenance scheme. And half the assets are underused, or else ignored entirely. Youre not saying papa is guilty of anything . Not in that way, no, of course. I dont mean to pull rank, matthew, but a Country Estate is not a city business. There are people, many people, we have to look after. Nobody benefits when the thing is badly run. Well, obviously, if thats your impression, you should talk it through with papa. I can never go back to ireland . Thats impossible. If you do, youll be put in prison. Its the best i could manage. Cora surely they need proof to ban a man from his own country. They have more proof than tom will concede. Sybil is that fair . Hes admitted to being there. Hes told you so himself. But he did not tell me that he attended dublin meetings where the attacks on the angloirish were planned. I was always against any personal violence. I swear it. Oh, so at least we can sleep in our beds. Maybe, but you were not against the violent destruction of property. Ive told you, the sight of it was worse than i expected. So what was the deal you managed to extract from the home secretary . They dont want to make a martyr of him. And with sybil they think they could have another maud gonne on their hands or lady gregory or worse if theyre not careful. Lady Gregory Countess markievicz why are the irish rebels so well born . Whatever the reason, i dont want Lady Sybil Branson to join their ranks. Mercifully, nor do the irish authorities. If tom can stay away theyll leave him alone. I cant be kept away from ireland. Youll be arrested the moment you touch dry land. Now then, do what mr. Carson tells you. I know what im about. Are you all right, alfred . Yes, but shouldnt i be carrying the pork and jimmy the veg . I am first footman. Mrs. Patmore never mind that. Up you go. I think alfreds right. Isnt he first footman like he says . Thats for mr. Carson to decide. By heck, its nice to think were running at full strength again. Really . Im running at full strength and always have been with no one to help me, neither. All in good time, daisy. All in good time. What do you mean you wrote to a newspaper . No lady writes to a newspaper. What about Lady Sarah Wilson . Shes the daughter of a duke and she worked as a war journalist. Well, shes a churchill. The churchills are different. Have we no churchill blood . I think granny is right. Can somebody write that down . Cora its good to have strong views but notoriety is never helpful. Well, ive sent it now. It wont be published. Thank you for the vote of confidence, papa. This is our new footman, mama. What should we call you . Jimmy. James, your ladyship. This is james. Robert welcome to downton, james. Thank you, mlord. clears throat mary well done, carson. That must have cheered up the maids. He looks like a footman in a musical review. Poor alfred. We mustnt allow him to be completely overshadowed. Quite right, mlady. Hard work and diligence weigh more than beauty in the real world. If only that were true. Ive never been james in my life. I was jimmy to lady anstruther. I dont care if you were father christmas to lady anstruther. You are james now, and you will stay james while you are at downton. He thinks hes the big cheese and no mistake. Thats cos he is the big cheese. Hes nice, that new bloke, isnt he . Why do you say that . Oh, only an impression thats all. If youll excuse me, im going to bed. Can you tell the others . Tomorrow, well make some plans. I dont know how. Youve lived out of ireland before. Surely you can again. But ireland is coming of age now and i need to be part of that. But i know what youve done for me. I know youve kept me free. And i am grateful. Truly. Poor chap, im sure he is grateful. No, hes not. He says it to keep the peace with sybil. But then i only rescued him for sybils sake so i suppose were even. Did you get a chance to look through the books they brought in . As a matter of fact, i did. Could you make head or tail of them . I think so, yes. I was waiting for a good moment to discuss them. Oh . Yes, there were some. Aspects of the way things have been done that i wasnt quite sure about. You sound like murray. Do i . Hes always banging on about how we should overhaul this or overhaul that. Nothings ever right for him. Well, then i hesitate to say it. Come on, we should let them get in here. We can talk about it another time if you really want to. These came for you, bates. When . When did they come . They came when you were out of favor. Now youre in favor again. Why . What have i done . Just watch out for mr. Durrant. Youre not a favorite with him. door locking sniffing oh, my. Oh are you going to tip that over me . laughing i was just making myself some toast. You have to set the number on the dial and i had it up too high but ive got the hang of it now. Would you like a piece . I was worried that mr. Branson might take it into his head to burn the house down. But i didnt think that you would. No . You should never take anything for granted, mr. Carson. quick footsteps no, no, no, not now chuckling softly you never told me you went to those meetings. I never told you i didnt. And what else havent you told me . All i know is i cant stay here. Not for long. You must. And so must i. And you must let the baby be born here. Youre very free with your musts. But i will not be free with our childs chances. We need peace and safety. Downton can offer us both. Robert god in heaven. Earls daughter speaks out for womens rights. What . In a letter to this newspaper today, lady edith crawley, daughter of the earl of grantham, condemns the limitations of the womens suffrage bill and denounces the governments aims to return women to their prewar existence. You said they wouldnt print it. Well done. Thats most impressive. Dont say you support her. Of course i support her, and so do you, really. When youve had a chance to think about it. So i should hope, anyway. groans what do you think, carson . I would rather not say, mlord. Anna . Yes . Theres quite a packet of letters arrived for you earlier. Are they all from mr. Bates . sobbing happily it looks like it. Why so many at once . Oh, i neither know nor care just so long as ive got them. Thanks for sticking up for me last night. It wont make any difference. Oh no, but its good to know youre on my side. I am on your side, alfred. In fact. Theres something ive been wanting to say. Youve got my attention. Well. Mrs. Patmore ah here we are, daisy. Id like to introduce miss ivy stuart, the new kitchen maid. And this is daisy, my assistant cook. Alfred my, but arent you a sight for sore eyes, miss stuart . Mrs. Patmore thats enough of that. Alfreds a footman so youll know enough not to listen to a word he says. Shoo. Tell me if you need any help. Sorry, daisy what were you saying . Nothing. It dont matter now. I hope were going to get on. We dont have to get on. We have to work together. And he doesnt explain why the letters were withheld . Not really. He says theres been a spot of bother but hes sorted it out. I suppose the reasons tucked inside that. Youre finishing your husbands spot of bother. I suspect i may be just beginning mine. Why . I thought everything was settled now, back to normal. Mr. Crawleys idea of normal may not be the same as his lordships. But they wont fall out, surely . I dont know. I dont think so. It rather depends on mr. Crawley. Matthew a situation has arisen and im not quite sure which way to turn. Obviously. If youve turned to me. Robert wont discuss the matter. Mary is affronted by the very mention of it. But given that ive sunk my own fortune alongside everyone elses, into. Into downton. I feel a duty, apart from anything else to do what i can. About . Downton is being mismanaged, cousin violet, and something must be done. The thing is how do i do it without putting peoples noses out of joint . Oh, my dear. Oh, i doubt there is a way to achieve that. I mean, you must do what needs to be done, of course, but. Oh, i think i can safely say a great many noses will be out of joint. crying chuckling softly laughing softly laughing sighs linney next time. Edith has had an invitation to write a newspaper column. When may she expect an offer to appear on the london stage . Im always a failure in this family. I thought you might work here for a while. Are you sure youve thought about this, maam . Mrs. Crawley has hired a prostitute . Mrs. Hughes i dont remember ethel as any great cook. So they were planning for you to be hanged for her suicide. It was her revenge. Jimmy mr. Barrows so familiar all the time. Id like to tell him to keep his distance. What are you implying . Linney Downton Abbey next time on masterpiece classic. Funding for masterpiece is provided by. Not a job, this is a joy. Doing th e womens collection you gotta create something and make it new every season. Im drawing inspiration from my life from history from movies, from books from everything i see. 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