"(BELL JANGLES)" "(BIRDSONG)" "You didn't quarrel, then?" " No." " My cousin was good to me." " But in the end it was another country and I'd moved away one time too many." " And besides, I'd taken Sybbie away from you." " What right had I to do that?" " You had every right." " But it did seem a shame." " I wish we had a photograph of all our faces when you walked in." "  I hope I didn't steal their thunder." "  Oh, no." " I think it gave it an added lift." "  How was Sybbie this morning?" "  Tired." " But glad to be here." " What will you do, Mary, now that Tom's home?" " Exactly what I was doing." " Why?" " Well, surely he'll go back to being the agent." " Can't we allow Tom a few days to settle in before we start fighting?" " You'll get no fight from me." " I want to do what's right for everyone." " Come down to the office later and I'll bring you up to date." " Any word from Carson?" " He rang to say they'd arrived safely, m'lord, but that's all." " He could have managed something a little better than Scarborough." " I offered, but that's what they wanted." "  When do we expect Rosamund?" "  Tomorrow, for dinner." "  Why's she coming?" "  She says just to see us but I'm sure she wants to get stuck in with the row about the hospital." " At least she'll be reinforcements for Cora and Isobel." "  Do you think she'll take their side?" "  Against Granny?" " Every time." " Miss Baxter, Sergeant Willis rang earlier." " He wants to look in." "  What's this?" "  The sergeant is coming in later." "  What for?" "  To see Miss Baxter." " ( BELL RINGS)" " Oh, that's her Ladyship." " I must go." " What do the police want with Miss Baxter?" "  Makes a nice change." "  Good to know we can joke about it." " Well, it's no joke to Miss Baxter." "  Who spoke to him?" "  Sergeant Willis?" "  Me, I did." "  Next time run it past me, Mrs Patmore, before you issue an invitation." " I am the butler now." " For the next five minutes. ( SCOFFS)" "Until Mr Carson gets back." " And don't let's forget it." " When did this arrive?" " Mr Spratt walked up with it first thing this morning, m'lady." " Lady Grantham wants to bring Lady Shackleton" " when she comes for dinner tomorrow." "  That's nice." " Is it?" " It's only so dear Mama has an ally when we start fighting." " She thinks Lady Rosamund and Mrs Crawley are on my side." " Hey-ho." " I'll telephone when I go down." " Now we're out of Edith's earshot, what do you really want?" " To be joint agents?" " I wouldn't mind." " Maybe." " But if I am to live out my life here," "I need to find something to do that isn't just about the estate." "  How enterprising." "  I've changed since I've been away." " I'm still not a traditionalist." " The King should not rely on my support." " Which wouldn't surprise Papa." " But I don't feel the same about capitalism." " Not American capitalism, anyway." " Where a hardworking man can go right to the top all the way in a single lifetime." "  Which still isn't true here." "  Not yet." " But I have a sense it's going to change and in the not-too-distant future." "  I hope that doesn't worry you." "  Tom, you're my brother." " I want what you want." " In your work, in your life." " No more Miss Buntings if you have any pity." " But even in that, don't please us." " Please yourself." " What about you?" " Have you regretted dismissing your suitors?" " No." " Come in here." " Mr Carson won't mind." " Thank you, Mrs Patmore." "  Good morning, Miss Baxter." "  Is this about the Bates?" " No, no, no." " It's not about the Bates." " They're off the hook." " Then what's Miss Baxter done if it's not to do with them?" " Would you rather I questioned you alone, Miss Baxter?" " Mrs Hughes wouldn't like it." " I've asked Mr Molesley to be with me if I'm allowed." " He's outside." " Oh." " Well, of course." " If I'm not wanted..." " It's not " " I understand." " I understand." " Go on." " I won't beat about the bush, Miss Baxter." " You'll know who I mean by Mr Peter Coyle." " Yes, I do." " He's currently on bail for theft." " That doesn't seem to surprise you." "  Correct." "  He's accused alongside a young woman who worked in the same house, and I'm afraid that most of the evidence will count against her." " Again, you do not surprise me." " Well, this is it." " He's pleading innocence but our records show that while he's never been convicted, he's been close to several crimes in the past." " Always carried out by women and he's escaped prosecution every time." " We know he worked in the same house as you and that he left on the day that you stole the jewels from your mistress." "  That's true." "  And those jewels were never found and you've kept silent." " But we believe he profited from the theft." " We want you to testify to that effect as a character witness." " We're only trying to protect vulnerable young women from him in the future." " He's ruined several lives." " I'll leave you now, Miss Baxter." " Please consider my request." " Of course she will, Sergeant Willis." " Then I'll er, take the liberty of calling again." " Goodbye." " I dare say this..." "Mr Coyle was a handsome devil." " He was a devil all right." " I know it's not my decision, but I think you should do it." " You don't know what you're asking." "" All that's needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing."" " You won't believe this, except you will." " Lady Shackleton would love to come, but can she bring her nephew?" " What?" " He's in Yorkshire for some reason and he's only staying one night." "  What did you say?" "  I didn't want to put Mama's back up." " Things are bad enough without that." " Mama is an old intriguer." " She will use tears or terror with equal facility." " ( CHUCKLES)" " Who is this man?" " I don't know." " Her sister's son." " Mrs Cobb is going to live with her daughter in Oswaldkirk" " so Mary's going to give the cottage to the Carsons." "  Excellent news." " Can we discuss Yew Tree Farm?" "  What about it?" "  I don't see why we can't get a new tenant" " when the Drewes are gone." "  No, Mary's right." " It makes more sense for us to take it over." "  We could let the house, of course." "  But we will have some tenants." " Which reminds me, I want to see Fairclough's new planting." "  Tom, do you fancy a walk?" "  Let me make a call and then I'll be with you." " You're happy he's back, aren't you?" " I really am." " Funny, isn't it?" "  What are the new maids like?" "  Nice." " Hard-working." " But they don't live in." " And they go home before we have our tea so we don't really know them." " Not in the old way." " Miss Baxter and I turn the beds down in the evenings." " I hope you're not working too hard." " I feel quite well, m'lady." " Though I'm thickening up." " I saw Mr Bates eyeing me the other day." " He'll think I ate all the pies." "  So you still haven't told him?" "  When I know it'll be fine," " he can celebrate without worrying." " ( KNOCK AT DOOR)" "Ah, we were just talking about you." " Good things I hope, m'lady." " I wanted Molesley and Andrews to take the cases down." "  They've both gone into the village." "  Both?" "  Carson wouldn't allow that." "  When the cat's away, m'lady." " Can you manage?" " Anna and I can take one each." " No, they're too heavy for Anna to lift." " Then I'll make a double journey." " Rather a bore for you." " The car's waiting in the stableyard." " It was sweet of them to let me bring Henry." " Though why couldn't he stay behind with a tray on his lap?" " Don't be unkind." " I never see him." " He's only up here now to look at some horrid racing car." "  Does he get on with Philip?" "  They were friends as boys." " I'm afraid she doesn't like my daughter-in-law." "  Oh, dear." "  Who does?" " Now, you understand the job on hand?" " We're to persuade Lady Grantham to oppose all change at the hospital." " No, no, not quite." " To oppose change that takes control away from us." " It would be so bad for the village." " Forgive me, but why, if it means more modern and varied treatment?" " How could the interests of the village be protected if every decision is made in York?" " I see that, my dear " "Are you... are you here to help or irritate?" "  To help, of course." "  Then there's no more to be said." " I'd like some volunteers to clean Mrs Cobb's cottage for the Carsons." " His Lordship wants it done before they get back." " I don't mind." " I could go up with the maids in the morning." " It's a shame they can't live in their own home." " The builders are still in it." " And they can't get there and back without a car which is a bit revolutionary for Mr Carson." "" The Carsons." ( LAUGHS)" "Are we gonna have to call her "Mrs Carson"?" " I wish I knew how long Mr Mason's got to wait for his farmhouse." " Is this Yew Tree Farm you're talking about?" " Mr Mason's taking over the lease." " I don't believe so." " They're going to farm the land themselves." " They may let the house, but that's it." "  What are you talking about?" "  I heard them discussing it yesterday" " at breakfast." "  Don't say it." " They couldn't turn around like that, could they?" "  But they've not said they'll do it." "  They implied it." " She implied it." " I might go to Mrs Cobb's cottage when they're changing." "  I'll come with you." "  No need." " I expect he's got something to think through." " Keep your pity, Mr Molesley." " You need it more than I do." " You don't have to tell me your mother's in the right." " We can't have a public quarrel or they'll both be asked to resign from the board" " and even I don't want that." "  Which means I'm not to make Granny any angrier than she is already." " So how are you?" " What's the news?" " I do have some as a matter of fact." " Have you heard of a place called Hillcroft?" " It's in Turperton." "  What sort of place?" "  A college." " For women from modest backgrounds." " But clever women with potential." "  I'm a trustee." "  How interesting." " I knew you'd think so." " So I'm going to suggest you as a trustee, too." " Oddly enough, our treasurer lives up here." " It's one of the reasons I've come, so I can meet him while I'm at Downton." " We'll ask him over." " What's his name?" " John Harding." " I like the sound of him." " Self-made, clever, successful." " And nearer your age than mine." " Might I have a word, m'lady?" " You'll have to be quick, I'm late." " It's about Miss Baxter." " I hope this isn't gossip." " I don't believe it is, m'lady." " You couldn't be harder on those potatoes if you wanted them to confess to spying." " I feel so let down." " They've got Mr Mason's hopes up, let him think he had a future" " and now what?" "  To be honest, Daisy, wasn't it you that put his hopes up?" " Only because I was sure that's what she intended." "  She's led me on." "  Maybe it just wasn't possible." " Not possible?" " Don't give me 'not possible'." " All right, Madame Defarge, calm down and finish that mash." " The Dowager Lady Shackleton and Mr Henry Talbot." "  Ah." "  Golly." " Nobody told me the nephew was you." " Oh, is that what I am? " The nephew"." " You never said your aunt was Lady Shackleton." " Did you know she was bringing you here?" " One must be allowed some secrets." " Of course we'll invite Mr Harding." " He has a wife." " We must ask her, too." " It's marvellous for ordinary women to aim at rich and fulfilling careers." " They talk about making a difference but this could actually change lives." "  Why are you in Yorkshire?" "  Mainly looking at a car" " I might be racing at Brooklands." "  So you really are a car man?" " I wasn't sure how much you meant it." " Oh, I really am a car man." " That's not a claim you often hear in this neck of the woods." "  Did you say you race at Brooklands?" "  Yes, I've driven there quite a lot." " I don't envy much, but I envy that." " What sort of Talbot is he?" " Shrewsbury." " But he's nowhere near the earldom." " About 40 strong men would have to drop dead." " Well, nothing is impossible." " Without it, what are his prospects?" " Adequate, but not overwhelming." " Honestly, listen to yourselves." " Lady Shackleton is quite right." " Mary needs more than a handsome smile and a hand on the gear stick." " I'm surprised you know what a gear stick is." " I know more than you think." " It's very kind of you to let me and Henry push into a family party." " In return, please don't let Mama pull you into the fight." " Really, Robert?" " You paint me as such a schemer." " No-one has sharper eyes than a loving son." " You read that somewhere." " Why do you never think I can make anything up?" " Didn't you trust your own powers of persuasion?" "  What?" "  Don't pretend." " Who else would her Ladyship have heard it from?" " I think you'll regret being silent." " ( FOOTSTEPS)" " Come along, Mr Molesley." " Just because Mr Carson's away..." "You look very preoccupied." "( GASPS)" "Anna?" "  Can I help?" "  I'm fine." " Just carry on, as they say in the navy." " The treatments available to the village would be vastly superior to anything we can lay claim to now." " You are making a grave mistake and impoverishing the village by doing so." " Prudence, tell them." " I expect there's a good deal to be said on both sides." " Don't be so feeble!" " How can I present myself as an expert when I don't know the facts?" " It's never stopped me!" "  She's still on cracking form." "  If she were 20 years younger, you'd just call her a tyrant." " Have you thought more about what you're going to do now you're back?" " Before dinner, Mr Talbot was saying he works with cars." " I wonder if that mightn't be right for me." "  Not as a racing car driver?" "  Maybe not." "  But in that world." "  Which is a long way from Downton." " ROBERT:" "Your attitude is hardly conducive to a peaceful settlement." " I won't explain, since every village argument is the same." " Really?" " I'm not a village boy." " My father was in Parliament so we lived in London." " Except for the summer and then we'd shelter" " with various hunting, shooting and fishing relations." "  That's us." "  Yes, but it's not all you are." "  So do you make a living out of cars?" " Yes, I suppose I do, yes." " I race on a team." "  Does that seem very odd?" "  Quite odd." "  Although people do such odd things nowadays." "  Mm." " I once met a man who spent his time importing guinea pigs from Peru." " ( CHUCKLES)" " Don't hide behind Lady Shackleton, Mama." " You're quite capable of landing your own punches." " The question is which system is more likely to deliver modern treatment" " to the local population?" "  That is not the point." " I should have thought that was exactly the point." " You've muddled your priorities!" " I suppose cousin Isobel is entitled to put up an argument." " Of course she is, she's just not entitled to win it." "( MUTTERING)" "I'm afraid I've been rather a disappointment to your mother." " Not to me." " You could have made things even worse." " So, do you ever make it up to London?" "  Sometimes." "  Would you think it terribly common" " if I gave you my card?" "  Fairly common." " But I'll take it anyway." " Telephone me." " We'll have lunch or a drink." " Or something." " Do you know, I couldn't be less interested in cars if I took a pill to achieve it." " Well, that's because you haven't been taught about them." " Properly." " The main thing I want to avoid is Granny being kicked off the board" " of the new arrangement." "  We'll all be kicked off" " with the fuss we're making." "  Supporting her wrong thinking won't help." " Can I put in a word for trying to remain friends?" " Tom the peacemaker is back." " ( LAUGHS)" " That's really the purpose of it " "Aunt Prudence." " We're outstaying our welcome." "  Indeed." " Goodnight, Robert." "  Goodnight." "  Goodnight, Mary." "  Goodnight." " Mr Talbot." " Lady Mary." "( EXHALES SHARPLY)" "Not that pain again?" " I can't drink port any more." " Oh, darling..." "I don't think I've ever felt such a lack... of reason." " What do you mean, reason?" " Why am I here?" " What am I doing?" " What are we all doing?" " Trying to get through life as best we can." " Yes, but you, you make friends." " People like you." " Her Ladyship likes you." " Mr Molesley more than likes you." " Don't be silly." " It's true." " I'm quite envious." " Not of Mr Molesley, but the rest of it." " And I envy you." " You don't care what people say." " While I tremble at the mere idea of public ridicule." " I should be used to it by now, but..." "You are stronger than you think." " And you're wrong about me." " I mind what people say." " It's no use talking as if you can force me." " We both know you can't." " We can make you attend the trial." " Come on." " Sergeant Willis is not the enemy." " Mr Coyle is the enemy and here's your chance." " Chance for what?" " Revenge?" " Much good that will do." " Not for revenge." " To stop other girls being tricked into a life of crime." " Two of the women he used are prostitutes now." " At least one is dead." " Do you want him to go on?" " If I say yes, what happens next?" " We send a list of witnesses to the prosecution." " It's not a Penny Dreadful with confessions from the box." " They see who will testify on our side." " If he won't change his plea, he'll go to the trial." "  Very well." "  Thank you, Miss Baxter." " I'll keep you informed at every step." " What changed your mind?" " The thought of the girls he ruined." " Like he ruined me." " Oh, but he hasn't ruined you, has he?" " And the proof is you're standing here." " Maybe." " But he changed me." " I've just seen the Hardings' car." " We'll be in the drawing room." " Certainly, m'lady." "  Hello." "  I believe we're expected." " Of course, Mr and Mrs Harding." " Would you like to leave your coats?" "  Gwen?" "  Anna?" " It is you, isn't it?" " Why didn't you telephone and say you were coming?" " I didn't know we were until this morning or I would have." " He said we were visiting somebody called Painswick." " Lady Rosamund Painswick." " His Lordship's sister." " I'd forgotten that." " I'll see you later if I can." " She hasn't got time to greet her old friends, then." " When were you a friend of Gwen's?" " We're so pleased to see you." " I want to hear all about Hillcroft." " Why did you first get involved?" " Naturally I'd be happy to take as much of the credit as possible, but it was really Mrs Harding's idea." " What was it that drew you to the work they were doing?" " Forgive me, but have we met?" " Er, I don't think we've met exactly." " Tell us more about Hillcroft." " You see, I never had any higher education and so " "Who did?" " All we were taught was French prejudice and dance steps." "( POLITE LAUGHTER)" " Who's Gwen?" "  She was housemaid here before the war." " She got away to be a secretary." " Now she's having lunch upstairs while we're still stuck down here." "  What does his Lordship think?" "  They won't recognise her." "  They don't look us in the face enough." "  I wonder if Karl Marx" " might finish the liver pate (?" ")" "  I don't think his Lordship will mind." " He's not uncomfortable about that sort of thing." " It won't bother him that she used to work here." " Well, his daughter ran off with a chauffeur in the interim." " And Mrs Harding was a supporter when Hillcroft first opened in 1920." " Then later they needed a treasurer, so she suggested me." " And how do you manage from Yorkshire?" " It's not hard." " I go there twice a month." " But the telephone's really changed everything." " I want to hear Mrs Harding's story." " It was the telephone that changed everything for me, too." " You see, I was a secretary before I was married for a telephone company back when everyone was getting connected" " at the start of the war." "  Then she moved into local government and that's where we met." " But if I'd had more education, I might have gone further." " If that doesn't sound too vain." " No." " Many women from all backgrounds feel that." " I know I did." " I was a nurse, but why couldn't I be a doctor?" "  Barrow, is that luncheon?" "  It is, m'lady." "  Shall we go in?" "  I hope we'll have a chance to continue this conversation." "( MURMURED CONVERSATIONS)" " Look at you." "  I don't mean to pretend." " I didn't know we were coming to Downton" " until we turned into the drive." "  Does he not know you worked here?" " He knows I was a housemaid, so there's no pretence." " But by the time we met that was all in the past." " I'm one to talk." " I married the boss's daughter." " So is she going to come down?" " I don't know, she didn't say." " No, she's too important to speak to the likes of us." " Take those up now." " We have to find ladders to help them achieve their potential." " I do so agree." " We can't afford to waste working women" " by not educating them." "  It's lucky Carson isn't here." " ( LAUGHTER)" " Carson?" " Our butler." " He's a traditionalist." " You recall Mr Carson, madam, surely?" " What do you mean, Barrow?" "  Mrs Harding used to work here." "  What?" "  She used to be a " " Thank you, Mr Barrow." " I can tell it." " I used to be a housemaid here for a couple of years before the war." " Here?" " In this house?" " I knew I'd seen your face." " Why didn't you say?" " I don't know." " Well, I was going to." " You had every opportunity." " You can take the pudding and Andy can carry the cream." " How's it going?" "  Mr Barrow just landed her in it." "  Deliberately?" " He only told the table she used to work here as a maid." " I knew he'd do something like that." " Of course." " How could he resist?" " We've been hearing that you spoiled Gwen's luncheon." " Good work (!" ")" " I couldn't have known she was planning" " to lie her way through it." "  That's not it though, is it?" " You resent her luck." " You're jealous." " Jealous?" " Why?" " Because I dedicated my life to service and I'm about to be thrown out on my ear when she scarpered first chance she got and now she's lunching in the dining room?" " Why would that make me jealous, Mr Bates?" " His Lordship won't like it, your trying to wrongfoot her." " Well, we'll see." " I know Lady Mary didn't like being made a fool of." " Now in case I have to remind you all again, I am the butler." " So please get on." " Seems marvellous to me you leave service, go into government." " Now you're married to a prominent man." "  20th century story." "  I agree." " Welcome back." " I just feel stupid for not recognising you." " Why should you?" " We never spoke." " You worked here for two years and we never spoke to you." "  We're the ones in the wrong." "  No, I didn't mean it like that." "  It was a good job." "  But not good enough to stay." " I didn't want to be in service my whole life." "  That's all." "  So you found an opportunity and took it." "  Bravo." "  I didn't find it." " Lady Sybil found it." " Sybil helped you?" " Yes." " She did everything." " She looked out for the jobs, lent me clothes, drove me to the interviews." " One time I remember the horse went lame and we both got stuck in the mud." " Oh, the talking we had to do when we got back!" " I remember we were so worried." " But she never said a thing about you." " It was our secret pact." " And then one day she cornered the man who was installing the telephone here and er, that's how I got my first job in business." " She wouldn't let me enter the library while you met him." " So that was you?" " Did you keep in contact?" " Christmas cards and such." " And then I heard the news." " I'll never forget her." " Her kindness changed my life." " What a lovely way to remember her." " She was a lovely person." " Darling Sybil." " Thank you, Barrow, for reminding us of Mrs Harding's time here." " My pleasure, m'lady." " They're coming now!" " I just wanted to come and say hello." " Oh, Mrs Hughes will be sad to miss you." " Now, tell us about your children." " We want to know every detail." " Where are you living now?" " All right." " Well, let's begin at the beginning." " But afterwards, I'd like to hear all about you." " Mr Branson, I wouldn't bother you but now you're back" " and now you're the agent again " " Lady Mary's the agent." " But still, you'll know what they're planning for Yew Tree Farm." " I suppose so." " Only, Mr Mason was in the running for it but now it seems they've had second thoughts." " It's not quite as simple as that." " Well, it's as simple as this." " His son, my husband, left this house to die for his country." " Shouldn't we help him now if we can?" " I'll have a word." " I've an idea that when you mentioned Mrs Harding's connection with us you were trying to catch her out." "  Well, I " " I don't like to see such things, Barrow." " I don't care for a lack of generosity." " Do you understand me?" " Yes, m'lord." " You are your own worst enemy." " If I am, I've got competition." " Mrs Harding rather put me in my place when she was here." " I'm sure she didn't mean to." " No." " But when she was talking about Lady Sybil" "I had one of those moments where you look at your life and I realised how much better Sybil was than I am." "  It was quite chastening." "  You're hard on yourself, m'lady." " Why did I have to be so pettish?" " She'd made something of her life," " why shouldn't she?" " ( GROANS)" "(GASPING)" "Now, don't panic." " Are you in pain?" " I was then." " A sharp pain." " I had it earlier." " I'm losing it." " It's happening again." " We don't know that." " Right, we're going up to London." " I'll ring Dr Ryder, there'll be a night telephone line." " But we've missed the last train." " We'll drive into York." " There may be a late train." " What do I tell Mr Bates?" " I don't want to frighten him, but I mustn't get his hopes up." " Tell him it's me, I need to see a doctor double-quick." " What if I lose it on the way?" " Then we'll be no worse off than we are now." " But we'll make him see you when we get there." " I don't care what time it is, he'll come to Belgrave Square." " Now go, and meet me at the front." "  Why the suitcase?" "  I'm racing up to London." " Whatever for?" " What's happened?" " Don't tell anyone, but it's Anna." " She may be having a miscarriage." " How will you get there?" " We've missed the last train from here but if we drive into York there may be a late one." "  If not, we'll get the milk train at dawn." "  I'll take you to York." " Remember, not a word to anyone." " Not even Bates." " She should tell him." " But anyway, I'll get the car." " Can I stay in Belgrave Square?" " Of course." " I'll telephone Mead." "  Haven't you missed the last train?" "  Tom's driving us into York." "  Us?" "  Anna." "  May we ask why?" "  Something medical." "  Oh my lord." "  I'm not in any danger, but I need to go now." " I'll be back in a day or two." "  But what time will you get there?" "  I'll get there when I get there." " Goodbye." " I'll telephone tomorrow." " Carson and Mrs Hu " " Mrs Carson will be back on Friday." "  It'd be nice if you were to welcome them." "  I'll try." " That's it, I must fly." " I don't understand the urgency." " Lady Mary didn't seem ill earlier." "  Do you want her medical history?" "  No, but it seems so sudden." " Sometimes these things are sudden." "  So you're not hiding anything?" " ( SIGHS)" "You've lived with suspicion too long." " It's got under your skin." " I should get in." " I mustn't keep Mr Branson waiting." "  Before her Ladyship?" "  Here she is now." " Good evening, Bates." " Don't worry, we'll be back before you know it." " What's Lady Mary's emergency?" "  It's none of our business." "  Very true, Miss Baxter." " For once I agree with you." " Daisy, what is it?" " I've had enough." " I don't care what Mrs Patmore says." " Her Ladyship has cheated Mr Mason of his farm" " and I'm going to have it out with her." "  Daisy, don't." " You'll lose your job and then what?" " Look at Gwen." " She's thrown off the yoke of service to make a good life." " What am I doing with my mine?" "  Why aren't you two up there now?" "  They wanted to be alone." " We gave them coffee and they sent us off." "  You can't go barging in when they're discussing something private." "  I'll wait for her." " I wish you wouldn't." " Poor Tom, racing across the county." " It's just Mary being dramatic." " She didn't look at all ill." " Well, why else would she have gone?" " We'll ask her tomorrow morning." " I'd like to take advantage of her absence to settle Yew Tree Farm." " I want to offer it to Mr Mason." " I know you do." " But he's quite old." "  He'll have Daisy to help him." "  Can we afford it?" " We'd make more money if we farmed it ourselves and let the house." " Shouldn't we wait for Tom to get back before we decide?" "  I'll ask him what Sybil would do?" "  Is that fair?" " Daisy, I beg of you." " You're a trained cook, you could get work anywhere." " But you'll have to manage without a reference if you do this!" " She's right, Daisy." " Have you forgotten what happened" " when you let off steam at the auction?" "  No." " I've had it up to here." " I've come to the end." " I must do it." " Well, I'm coming with you." "  Please yourself." " I'm going." "  Why?" " It won't help Mr Mason." " Listen to him, Daisy." " Listen to him, if you won't listen to me!" " I'm sorry, but I've made up my mind." " You're back." " You made good time." " We made the last train so they're on their way south." " I wish I knew what it was about." "  Nothing to concern you, I promise." "  You missed a jolly good dinner." " I bought some sandwiches at the station and ate them in the car." " You're a braver man than I am, Gunga Din." " We've been settling some business while you were away." "  Oh?" " Yes?" "  Mama wants Mr Mason to have Yew Tree Farm." " I see." " Of course, it's not a business-like decision and Cora has been using some emotional blackmail on us." " I asked them what they felt Sybil would want us to do." " Well, we all know the answer to that." " But is it enough to convince you?" " I was reminded recently of William's death." " And I suppose I do feel old Mason's in our charge." " That's what I say." "  Shouldn't we wait for Mary?" "  No." " I'll handle Mary." " It'd be better if it's a fait accompli." " We don't have to do everything Mary says." " Not when we're all agreed." " Maybe it's underhand to go behind her back." " But it's much too important to me to let scruples get in the way." "  Goodnight." "  Goodnight." "  Your Ladyship." "  Daisy?" " Yes, it's me." " And I have to speak to you." "  Daisy..." " What are you doing here, Baxter?" " I was a little worried about Daisy, m'lady." " She's been very upset." "  I have been upset." "  I'm sorry to hear it, but I don't understand what you're doing here." " Daisy, there you are." " That was quick." " Will you tell Mr Mason the news or should we?" " Tell him what?" " He's got the farm if he still wants it." " Isn't that why you're here?" " What wonderful news." " Daisy..." "Wonderful." " She's going downstairs now, m'lady, and I'll see you in your room." " That was rather peculiar." " I have a feeling I've just dodged something and I don't know what." "( SIGHS)" "(GROANS)" "Don't start." "( BIRDSONG)" " How is she?" "  Resting." " Sleeping, I hope by now." "  Has she lost the baby?" "  No." " We got there in time." " I've put in the stitch I spoke of and as they say in medical novels," "I'm cautiously optimistic." "  And what shall I do now?" "  Can you stay a day or two?" " We could go back on Friday." " Good." " Make her rest when she gets there but don't fret too much." " I'm so grateful to you for coming out here at dawn." " Don't worry." " It'll be reflected in my bill." "  Of course." "  And now I'll say goodbye." " I feel so..." "I don't know, dazed." " Yesterday I thought I hated her and today she saved our lives." " It never does good to hate anyone." " So is this true?" " Your Mr Mason got the farm after everything you said?" "  Seems like it." "  I envy him." " Ooh, high praise from a city boy." " Not me." " Country life is what I'm after." " I don't care where I started, this is where I want to end up." " When will Carson get here tomorrow?" " 6:00, m'lord, if the train's on time." " Is anything planned as a welcome?" " We're having a bit of a do in the servants' hall to say hello." " Well, we'll come down." " And please tell Mrs Patmore we can have a cold dinner" " if that would be easier." "  Very good, m'lord." "  Back to normal at last!" "  I've enjoyed my time as butler." " I hope you've learned something from it." " You see, Barrow, Carson is a kind man." " Don't overlook that." " It's why people are loyal to him." " I'll bear it in mind, m'lord." " Do." " It should be helpful when you " " That is, when the hour strikes." " To move on." " Yes, m'lord." " Welcome to the Royal Automobile Club." " Do you know it?" " No, but I like to be surprised." " I'm sorry if I look rather shabby." " I didn't bring any clothes, so I've stolen this from my aunt." " Hm." " You are the opposite of shabby." "( BAND PLAYS RAGTIME JAZZ)" "I can't think why, but I've never been here before." " When was it built?" " 1911." " The temple of car lovers." " Your love is not fickle, I'll admit." " But I'm afraid for me, a car is simply to get from A to B." "Nothing more." " What is your enthusiasm?" " Horses?" " No." " I ride, I even hunt, but I don't see horses in my dreams." "  What then?" "  I like my work." " Do you work?" " It's rather shocking, isn't it?" " My father and I co-own the estate." " But I really function as the agent." " So many estates are going under these days and I'm just determined that Downton won't be one of them." " Far from shocked, I am extremely impressed." "  And you have a son?" "  Yes." " George." " He'll take over eventually, I assume, and when he does, I want to make sure he's the master of a modern going concern." " He's also heir to his grandfather's title for reasons too complicated to bore you with." " So it's very neat and tidy." " Neat and tidy-ish." " But aren't you rather at a loose end?" " I hope this means you're boiling up to make a pass before we're done." "( CLEARS THROAT)" "Probably." " But will you accept?" " No." " But I shall enjoy the process enormously." " I can't believe it." " I feel like I'm standing at the gates of paradise." " I don't think it's any nicer than your old farm." " But it's safe, Daisy." " They'll not sell this estate in my lifetime." " Lady Mary wouldn't allow it." " So I know now where I can lay my bones." " And it's down to you." " You've used your credit to rescue me." " I don't think I have got much credit." " Well, that's where you're wrong." " And here's the proof of it." "  They'll be here in a minute." "  Is that straight?" " Down a bit on the left." " We're not striving for a setting by Diaghilev." " The point is we've made an effort." "  Are you finished?" "  I've unpacked and then they're changing tonight so they can come down and say hello." "  And the trip went well?" "  I think so, yes." " Why?" " Because I believe I know what you're hiding." " And I feel sure I know what it is that took you to London in a rush." " And I hope I'm wrong." " You're not wrong in all of it." " But you're wrong if you think I'm hiding something sad." " What I've been hiding is very, very happy." " Oh, God..." "Are you sure?" "  Really?" "  Really." " MRS PATMORE:" "They're here!" " ALL:" "Aw!" " Home again at last." " I feel I've been away for months." " Very flattering, I don't think!" " ( LAUGHTER)" " Oh, thank you." " Oh, there you all are." " Plotting!" " You're the one who's plotting." " Is it really so important to keep the Crawleys in command, Mama?" " That is my sole motive, is it?" "  Isn't it?" "  No." " No, it is not." " For years, I've watched governments take control of our lives." " And their argument is always the same -- fewer costs, greater efficiency." " But the result is the same, too -- less control by the people, more control by the state." " Until the individual's own wishes count for nothing." " That is what I consider my duty to resist." " By wielding your unelected power?" " You see, the point of a so-called 'great family' is to protect our freedoms." " That is why the barons made King John sign the Magna Carta." " I do see that your argument was more honourable than I'd appreciated." " But, Mama, we're not living in 1215." " And the strengths of great families like ours is going," " that's just fact." "  Your great-grandchildren won't thank you when the state is all-powerful because we didn't fight." " Well, I won't have any, so I can live with that." " They've arrived, so we should go down as soon as Mary gets here." " Have you told her about Mr Mason?" "  I have." "  How'd she take it?" " She's annoyed." " But it seems London went well" " so she's less cross than she might be." "  Good of you to come, Isobel." " We couldn't miss Carson's return." " And Mrs..." "Carson, of course." " ( LAUGHTER)" " I can't get my tongue round it." " We've simply got to learn." " We ought to go down." " I could hear them shouting from my bedroom." " I haven't been into the kitchens for at least 20 years." " Have you got your passport?" " Make sure his Lordship has a drink, Andy." "  Hello, Molesley." "  Has it changed much since your day?" " I only know I shall need Ariande's thread to find my way out." " When are you going to appoint your new editor?" " Why can't it be you?" " Well, I'd like to be a sort of co-editor, but no man will put up with that so I'm going to try and find a woman." " A woman editor?" " I applaud you." " Of course you do." " Presumably we may now look forward to women field marshals and a woman pope!" " Nonsense, Granny." " I think it's a good idea." " It is a magazine for women." " Well, we should congratulate them." " That was nice of you, to praise Edith's plan." " A monkey will type out the Bible if you leave it long enough." " Carson, Mrs Carson." " I'm so sorry I missed the wedding but I'm delighted to be here tonight." " Thank you." "( QUIETLY) "Mrs Carson..."" "It's like Jane Eyre asking to be called Mrs Rochester." "  I'll never get used to it." "  None of us will." " When will the trial be?" " I don't know yet." " No doubt I'll find out when the time comes." " At least he can't hurt you now." " Can't he?" " Mama's slipped away." " She was tired, so I told her to go." "  Quite right." "  I'm afraid she won't give up." " About the hospital." " I shan't think that at her funeral." " Who says she won't be at yours?" " Oh, thank you." "  Thank you." "  Anything to report, Mr Barrow?" " Only that being a butler is more complicated than I'd realised." " If you've learnt that, you've used your time well." " Your cottage is ready and your things have been taken there." " That's very considerate, m'lady." " Thank you." " You must let us know if anything needs to be done, Mrs..." "Mrs Carson." " Well, now, m'lord, this is the thing." " Won't it be confusing if we're to be called Carson and Mrs Carson?" " Rather as we resisted Anna being Mrs Bates, would it be very irregular if we continued to be Carson and Mrs Hughes?" " Oh, hallelujah!" " You've made me a happy man." " Let us raise a glass and drink the health of the newly-weds." " Still to be known in this house at any rate as Carson and Mrs Hughes." " ALL:" "Carson and Mrs Hughes." " Good heavens, there really is a God." "  What a relief." "  To no-one more than his Lordship." "( LAUGHS)" "I just want to go and check my room." " Make sure they've taken everything." " Right you are." " The Minister of Health is paying us a visit." "  Mr Chamberlain?" "  So now that you've settled in have you decided what your next task will be?" "  Good day to you." "  A wonder you've got the nerve to speak to me." "  Edith has a date." "  No, I don't." " Do other butlers have to contend with the police arriving every ten minutes?" "  What are we doing this evening?" "  Mr Rogers is a good driver." " I know, but they take such risks." " There's no such thing as slow motor racing." " When we unleash the dogs of war we must go where they take us."