[INT. KITCHENS - DAY]

　　ETHEL

　　If that's what he's like, I don't want his help. I don't want it.

　　O'BRIEN

　　I doubt you'll have the option. You're a dark horse. How did you keep it a secret all this time?

　　ANNA

　　Maybe when he's thought about it, he'll feel differently. You never know.

　　[Carson enters.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Anna, will you kindly go upstairs and help in the dining room? Ethel, please take the child and leave.

　　[Ethel takes Charlie from Anna's arms.]

　　MR CARSON

　　How did you get here?

　　ETHEL

　　I caught the bus and walked up from the village.

　　MR CARSON

　　Then can you reverse the process as quickly as possible.

　　MR BATES

　　She's very badly shaken, Mr Carson. She's lost everything.

　　MR CARSON

　　Are you all right for the fare?

　　ETHEL

　　Yes, thank you.

　　[EXT. DOWNTON ABBEY, FRONT DOOR - DAY]

　　[Robert sees off the Bryants.]

　　[INT. LIBRARY - DAY]

　　LADY MARY

　　He's their only grandchild. There can never be another.

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　Even if Ethel is telling the truth--

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I believe she is.

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　Even so, there‘s no legal reality to it. The child is her bastard and has no claim on them.

　　[The ladies react to that.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Steady on, sir. The ladies have had enough shocks for one day.

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　I just don‘t see the point in pretending something can be done when it can‘t.

　　MATTHEW

　　What about you, mother? Can‘t one of your refugee charities help?

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　But she‘s not a refugee, and we have more claims on our funding than we can possibly meet.

　　LADY MARY

　　The truth is, Ethel‘s made her choice and now she‘s stuck with it.

　　LAVINIA

　　That seems a little hard.

　　LADY MARY

　　Does it? Aren‘t all of us stuck with the choices we make?

　　[Mary calmly drinks her tea while the others blanch at her coldness.]

　　[INT. KITCHEN STORAGE - DAY]

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Candied pear, well, well. I never thought you'd find that.

　　THOMAS

　　I hope you're pleased, Mrs Patmore.

　　DAISY MASON

　　Course she is, aren't you? There's stuff here we haven't seen since before the war. I can't wait to get started.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　I won't ask where you got it from, because I don't want to know.

　　THOMAS

　　I keep saying there's nothing wrong, so what I'd like to know is--

　　O'BRIEN

　　When will he get paid?

　　MRS PATMORE

　　When I'm satisfied.

　　O'BRIEN

　　And when will that be, oh Mighty One?

　　MRS PATMORE

　　When Daisy's baked the cake and I'm pleased with it. He understands. He knows this is just the sprat to catch the mackerel.

　　[INT. MATTHEW‘S GUEST BEDROOM - EVENING]

　　[Mr Bates helps Matthew into his wheelchair.]

　　MATTHEW

　　I really ought to walk to the library.

　　MR BATES

　　No need to rush it, sir. You‘re getting better every day.

　　[A knock at the door. Mr Bates opens it]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Oh, Cousin Matthew, may I come in?

　　MATTHEW

　　Please.

　　[Matthew tries to get up in her presence.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　No, no, no. No, stay where you are. (to Bates as he exits and closes the door) Thank you.

　　[Matthew sits back down.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　No doubt  you  will regard  this as  rather unorthodox,  my pushing into a man‘s  bedroom uninvited.

　　MATTHEW

　　Well, erm—

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　It‘s just I don‘t want us to be disturbed.

　　[She sits down.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I‘m sure you know how pleased I am that you will recover after all.

　　MATTHEW

　　Thank you.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Just as I am delighted that you can once more look forward to a...to a happy married life.

　　MATTHEW

　　I—I‘m very lucky.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Now, this may come as a surprise, but I feel I must say it all the same.

　　MATTHEW

　　Please do.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Mary is still in love with you.

　　MATTHEW

　　What?

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I was watching her the other night when you spoke of your wedding. She looked like...Juliet on awakening in the tomb.

　　MATTHEW

　　Mary and I have always—

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Of course, I suspected long ago that the flame hadn‘t quite gone out. But then there was no chance of your recovery, and it seemed best to let her try for happiness where she could.

　　MATTHEW

　　I—I quite agree, and--and Sir Richard is--

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　No, le—let‘s not muddy the pool by discussing Sir Richard. The point is, you loved her once, you sure you can‘t love her again?

　　MATTHEW

　　Cousin Violet, I...please don‘t think I mind your...speaking to me in this way. I quite admire it, but...consider this: Lavinia came back against my orders, determined to look after me for the rest of my life, which meant that she would wash me and f--feed me and...do things that only the  most  dedicated  nurse  would  undertake,  and  all  with  no  hope  of  children  or  any improvement.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Yes. Yes, it‘s all very admirable, and I give her full credit.

　　MATTHEW

　　Giving her that credit, do you think it would be right for me to throw her over because I can walk? To dismiss her because I no longer have need of her services?

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Spoken like a man of honour. And we will not fall out over this.

　　MATTHEW

　　But you don‘t agree.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I would just say one thing. Marriage is a long business. There‘s no getting out of it for our kind of people. I mean, you may live forty...fifty years with one of these two women. Just make sure you have selected the right one.