[INT. DINING ROOM - EVENING]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Tell me, how are things progressing at Hacksby?

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　Quite well. I‘ve put in a condition so the builders are fined for every day they go over.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Does that make for a happy atmosphere?

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　I want it done. They can be happy in their own time.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Why the rush?

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　I like everything I own to be finished and ready to sell.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　You‘re not thinking of selling Hacksby, surely?

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　Depends. We‘ll have to see if it suits us to be so close to Downton.

　　MATTHEW

　　I—I want to tell you all something. As you know, during this - well, I think I can say – horrible time, Lavinia has proved to be the most marvellous person.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Here, here.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Indeed.

　　MATTHEW

　　I never thought we would marry, for all sorts of reasons, but she wouldn‘t accept that. And so, now I‘m very pleased to say that she‘s been proved right.

　　[Sybil looks down, considering his words. Matthew and Lavinia hold hands at the table.]

　　MATTHEW

　　Lavinia and I will get married.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Oh, my dear fellow.

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　Isn‘t it wonderful?

　　[Cora looks at Mary, and Mary puts on a smile that she clearly doesn't feel.] MATTHEW

　　Just as soon as I‘m well enough to walk down the aisle. Dr Clarkson can help us with when.

　　DR CLARKSON

　　Not long now.

　　MATTHEW

　　And she feels we ought to marry here, at Downton, to bury forever the memories of what, I hope, has been the darkest period of my life.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Of course.

　　LAVINIA

　　Are you sure? I know it should be at my home in London, but we‘ve been through so much here.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　We‘d be delighted.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Yes, bravo. Excellent news. Mary, isn‘t that excellent news?

　　LADY MARY

　　Just excellent.

　　[Violet studies Mary's reaction. Sybil stares at nothing for a moment, thinking.]

　　[INT. DOWNTON GARAGE - NIGHT]

　　[Branson is reading the newspaper when he hears Sybil‘s heels and looks up to see her entering.]

　　BRANSON

　　You‘re very late. Won‘t they worry?

　　LADY SYBIL

　　They‘re all so excited, they won‘t care where I am.

　　BRANSON

　　I‘m pleased. I like Mr Matthew.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　He announced at dinner that he wants to get married at Downton. Somehow it made me feel more than ever that the war is really over and it‘s time to move forward.

　　BRANSON

　　Do you mean you‘ve made your decision?

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Yes. And my answer is...

　　[Branson braces himself.]

　　LADY SYBIL

　　That I‘m ready to travel...and you are my ticket.

　　[Sybil smiles.]

　　LADY SYBIL

　　To get away from this house, away from this life--

　　BRANSON

　　Me?

　　LADY SYBIL

　　No, Uncle Tom Cobley.

　　[Sybil giggles and Branson stops holding his breath.]

　　BRANSON

　　I‘m sorry. But I‘ve waited so long for those words, I can‘t believe I‘m hearing them. You won‘t mind  burning  your  bridges?

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Mind? Fetch me the matches!

　　[Branson smiles with a sigh of relief and leans forward to kiss her. She holds back.]

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Yes, you can kiss me, but that is all until everything is settled.

　　BRANSON

　　For now, God knows, it‘s enough that I can kiss you.

　　[Sybil smiles at his reply and they kiss.]

　　[INT. LADY GRANTHAM‘S BEDROOM - NIGHT]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　What a day. I can‘t stop smiling.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　No. But another time, please ask me before you agree to host a wedding.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　What?

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I‘m fond of Matthew, of course, but you do realise this means Mary‘s marriage will be delayed.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I can‘t help that.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Mary‘s our first priority, Robert. And just because Matthew‘s been lame...

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Matthew‘s been lame? Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth? Can you hear how stupid and selfish they are? Because I can.

　　[INT. KITCHENS - DAY]

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Don't bother me with it now. I've enough trying to make a luncheon that looks worth eating.

　　THOMAS

　　Well, that's what I'm saying. Everything's in short supply now.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Short supply? No supply, more like. Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I wish we had a sow's ear. It'd be better than this brisket.

　　O'BRIEN

　　That's just it. Thomas has come by some groceries and such and he's prepared to let them go for the right price.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Oh, he's prepared to let them go, is he? And how did he come by them? That's what I'd like to know.

　　THOMAS

　　Well, they're not stolen, in case you're worried.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Oh, I'm not worried. You're the one who should be worried. Tell you what, I'm making a wedding cake now for Mr Crawley. I'll finish it early and feed it with brandy. So, if I give you a list of ingredients, can you get them?

　　THOMAS

　　I can.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　And then we'll see. Now, will you leave me and let me get on with this travesty?