[EXT. DOWNTON ABBEY, GROUNDS - DAY]

　　[Robert and Matthew walk together.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I want to say I'll make provision for you if it's a boy and you get pushed out.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Don't worry. I know you can't. If any man living understands the strength of the entail, it's me.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I can give you Crawley House for life, if it's a help.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Have you heard from Mary?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　No. Have you?

　　[Matthew shakes his head.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　By the way, I want to ask a favour. What's the name of your cook? The one you brought with you from Manchester?

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Mrs Bird?

　　[INT. KITCHENS - DAY]

　　DAISY

　　I'll get it, Mrs Patmore!

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Oh, don't fuss me!

　　WILLIAM

　　Is that everything.

　　DAISY

　　Yeah. How are you feeling?

　　WILLIAM

　　Well, most people's parents die before them, and so...

　　THOMAS

　　Oh, give it a rest. Your mother knew how to drag it out, I'll say that for her.

　　WILLIAM

　　What?

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Thomas! Get up to the servery.

　　[Mrs Patmore drops a pot and shrieks, holding her hand in pain.]

　　MRS PATMORE

　　You gave me the wrong cloth!

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Sit down, Mrs Patmore.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　I can't sit down, I've got the luncheon to finish!

　　MRS HUGHES

　　It was not a suggestion. Sit!

　　[Mrs Patmore sits, nursing her hand.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Daisy and I will finish the luncheon.

　　[INT. CRAWLEY HOUSE - DAY]

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　So he'll give us this house for life, will he? How generous.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　It is generous. He doesn't have to. But it's made me think. You must stay here if you want, but I wonder if it mightn't be better all round if I went back to Manchester.

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　It may not be a boy.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Really, mother. You never approved of it all in the first place. If it is a boy, you should see it as a release, not a disappointment.

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　What does Mary say?

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Nothing yet.

　　[Molesley enters.]

　　MR MOLESLEY

　　You wanted to see Mrs Bird, sir.

　　[Mrs Bird enters.]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Yes, Mrs Bird, Lord Grantham has rather a favour to ask of you.

　　MRS BIRD

　　I'm surprised Lord Grantham knows that I exist, sir.

　　[Isobel laughs.]

　　[INT. LORD GRANTHAM'S DRESSING ROOM - DAY]

　　[Mr Carson knocks and enters with a letter while Bates is tending to Roberts wardrobe.]

　　MR CARSON

　　I'm sorry to disturb you.

　　MR BATES

　　Quite all right.

　　MR CARSON

　　Mr Bates, it's about your somewhat startling confession. As you'll have surmised, His Lordship has yet to come to a decision.

　　MR BATES

　　His delay is generous.

　　MR CARSON

　　However, it will be no surprise to you that Miss O'Brien has been unwilling to let things drop. It seems that, when we were in London, she made a new friend. A lady's maid in the house of a colonel in your former regiment.

　　[Carson hands Bates the letter and Bates reads it.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Please tell me that this account is false, at least in part.

　　MR BATES

　　I wish I could.

　　MR CARSON

　　I'll have to show this to His Lordship.

　　MR BATES

　　Of course you will.

　　MR CARSON

　　I do not like to play the part of Pontius Pilate, but I'm afraid I must. Lord Grantham will decide what's to be done.

　　[Carson walks to the door.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Mr Bates... I hope you do not feel that I have treated you unjustly.

　　MR BATES

　　On the contrary, Mr Carson. I am astonished at your kindness.

　　[Carson exits.]