[INT. LIBRARY - DAY]

　　[Robert tries to read the newspaper while officers are playing table tennis in the other section. The ball bounces over the screen and across his table. He puts his paper down for a moment, looks at the dog, then continues reading.]

　　[INT. GUEST BEDROOM - DAY]

　　LADY MARY

　　Anna, there you are. Ethel, could you leave us for a moment?

　　[Ethel leaves and closes the door behind her.]

　　LADY MARY

　　That was Sir Richard on the telephone. It might have been Bates you saw in the village.

　　ANNA

　　Really?

　　LADY MARY

　　He's working up here at a pub. The Red Lion in Kirkbymoorside.

　　ANNA

　　That's odd. Mr Bates in a pub.

　　LADY MARY

　　The question's what'll you do with the information now you've got it.

　　[EXT. DOWNTON ABBEY, FRONT DOOR - DAY]

　　[Branson shines the car while waiting for Robert. Sybil walks a wheelchair into the house with another nurse.]

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Would you just take this into the hall for me?

　　NURSE

　　Yes, of course.

　　[The nurse goes inside and Sybil goes to Branson.]

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Are you waiting for Papa? Do you want me to go and find him?

　　BRANSON

　　They turned me down. The army.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Why?

　　BRANSON

　　Apparently I have a heart murmur. Or, to be more precise...

　　[Branson picks up the letter on car seat.]

　　BRANSON

　　A mitral valve prolapse is causing a pansystolic murmur.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　I don't know what to say. Is it dangerous.

　　BRANSON

　　Only if you're planning to humiliate the British army. I suppose you're glad.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　You're not going to be killed and you're not going to prison, of course I'm glad!

　　BRANSON

　　Don't count your chickens. If I don't get them one way, I'll get them another.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Why do you have to be so angry all the time? I know we weren't exactly at our best in Ireland--

　　BRANSON

　　Not at your best? Not at your best? I lost a cousin in the Easter Rising last year.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　You never said.

　　BRANSON

　　Well, I'm saying it now. He was walking down North King's Street one day and an English soldier saw him and shot him dead. When they asked why he was killed, the officer said, "Because he was probably a rebel." So don't say you were not at your best.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Sorry to keep you waiting, but we're going to have to step on it.

　　[Branson opens the door for Robert, a furious expression still on his face. He glares at Sybil as he gets in the car and takes off.]

　　[INT. RECREATION ROOM - DAY]

　　[Edith hands an officer a book and picks up a large pile.]

　　LADY EDITH

　　I'm not sure about Marriott.

　　OFFICER

　　Oh, not to worry.

　　LADY EDITH

　　I know we've got lots of G.A. Henty.

　　OFFICER

　　Thank you very much.

　　LADY EDITH

　　And I haven't forgotten about your tobacco, Captain Ames, just as soon as I can get into the village.

　　[Mrs Hughes catches Ethel flirting with Major Bryant outside. She tucks a blanket around his legs.]

　　ETHEL

　　Is that better?

　　MAJOR BRYANT

　　Much. But I'm gonna need some more tucking very soon.

　　ETHEL

　　Well, no one tucks better than I do.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Ethel. Go back inside please. There are still more bedrooms to be done.

　　[THE DOWER HOUSE - DAY]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Rosamund's going to find out. She knows some of those feebleminded idiots on the liberal front bench.

　　LADY MARY

　　Poor Lavinia. I feel sorry for her.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　She's an obstacle to your happiness, dear, and must be removed. When it's done, you can feel as sorry as you wish.

　　LADY MARY

　　But even if Matthew does break it off with her, why should he propose to me again?

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　With your permission, dear, I'll take my fancies one at a time.