Episode 2 of Downton Abbey introduces Matthew Crawley as the new heir, exploring family tensions and estate dynamics.
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Key Takeaways
- Matthew Crawley's inheritance challenges traditional class structures.
- Family members have differing opinions on accepting Matthew as heir.
- The estate's management will involve both traditional and modern approaches.
- Social class and duty are central themes in the episode.
- The household staff play a key role in maintaining estate order and tradition.
What the video covers
- Matthew Crawley, a middle-class lawyer, is introduced as the new heir to the Downton Abbey estate.
- The family struggles to accept Matthew due to his social background.
- Lady Mary Crawley is skeptical about the new heir and the changes he represents.
- The household staff and family prepare for Matthew's arrival and integration into estate life.
- Discussions about the estate's management and Matthew's future role take place.
- The episode highlights class distinctions and social expectations of the time.
- Matthew plans to continue his legal career despite inheriting the estate.
- The hospital and local community are mentioned as part of the estate's social environment.
- Tensions arise between traditional aristocratic values and modern professional life.
- The episode sets up future conflicts and relationships within the Crawley family and staff.
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Foreign. [Music] All right. [Music] Here we are. Mum, Crawley House tutorial. I still don't see why I couldn't just refuse it. There's no mechanism for you to do so. You will be allowed. You will inherit the estate. Of course, you can throw it away when you have it. That's up to you. Can I help? I'm mostly, sir, your butler and valet. Mr. Mosley, may I introduce ourselves? I am Mrs. Crawley, and this is my son, Mr. Matthew Crawley. I'll just give Mr. Taylor a handle on the cases. Thank you. Multi never, nothing changed me. Why would they want to? Well, the Lord Grantham has made the unwelcome discovery that his heir is a middle-class lawyer, the son of a middle-class doctor. Upper middle class. He wants to limit the damage by turning me into one of his own kind. When you met him in London, you liked him. Simply do not understand why we are rushing into this. Matthew Crawley is my heir. Patrick was your heir. He never lived here. Patrick was in and out of this house since the day he was born. You saw how many of the village turned out for the service. Nothing settled yet. It is settled, my dearest one, whether you like it or not. I wouldn't say that, not while you're a mother. Breeds air. Foreign. [Music] This is much better than I thought it would be. You have done well. Thank you, man. Would you like this in here, Mum, or take it up to your room in here? Thank you. So, are you the whole of our new household? There's a local girl, Mum, Beth. She's the double under housemaid and kitchen maid. This is ridiculous. Thank you very much, Mosley. Might we have some tea? Very good, Mom. Well, he can go right now. Why? Because we do not need a butler or a valet. If it comes to that, we've always managed perfectly well with the cook and the maid, and they cannot expect us is that we won't know how to behave. So, if you don't mind, I would rather not confirm their expectations. I have to be myself. Mother would be no use to anyone if I can't be myself. And before they all get any ideas, I will choose my own wife. What on earth do you mean? Well, they're clearly going to push one of the daughters at me. They'll have fixed on that when they heard I was a bachelor. Bloody Mary Crawley. Lady Mary, cousin Mary, please. Mama has sent me down to welcome you and to ask you to dine with us tonight, unless you're too tired. We would be delighted. Good commentate. Oh no, you're far too busy, and I wouldn't want to push in. [Music] CH, I think we'll go back by the South Lodge. Very good, my lady. Lady Mary, I hope you didn't misunderstand me. I was only joking, of course, and I agree the whole thing is a complete joke. [Music] So, what do you think we'll make of them? I shouldn't think much. She hasn't even got her lady's maid. A cat offense. She's not a lady's maid. Housemaid that fastens hooks and buttons when she has to. It's not to it than that. You know we want some very precise reporting. When dinner's over, are we to treat him as the heir? Oh yeah, 'cause like a doctor's son from Manchester, it'd be lucky if he gets a civil word out of me. We're all lucky if we get a civil word out of you. When parcel for you came by the evening post. Thank you, Mr. Carson. William, have you seen them yet? Mr. Carson, by them? I assume you mean the new family, in which case no. I have that pleasure to look forward to this evening. Daisy, did you hear me call? Arabic on selectively deaf? No, Mrs. Patma. Then might I remind you we are preparing dinner for your future employer, and if it goes wrong, I'll be telling them why. Why are they here at all when you're going to undo it? Your father's not convinced it can be undone, but you'll still try. Granny and I are willing to try, and Papa is not. We'll bring him round. You'll see. We're trying to find a lawyer who'll take it on. So, what do they like? She's nice enough, but he's very full of himself. Why do you say that? Just an impression. Let's go down, and you can decide for yourself. Hello again. It's a pleasure to meet you at last, Mrs. Crawley. We're delighted to be here. Andre, Matthew, delighted. Foreign. [Music] Thank you. You've been so kind. What a reception committee. Yes, thank you. This is Carson. We'd all be lost without him. My mom, may I present Matthew Crawley and Mrs. Crawley, my mother, Lady Grantham. What should we call each other? Well, we could always start with Mrs. Crawley and Lady Grantham. Come into the drawing room, and we can make all the proper introductions. [Music] Do you think you'll enjoy village life? It'll be very quiet after life in the city, even Manchester. I'm sure I'll find something to keep me busy. You might like the hospital. What sort of hospital is it? How many beds? Well, it's in rarely a hospital. I don't know. Dr. Clarkson, hear you? He thinks it's secondary. It isn't. Thomas's. It's a cottage hospital, of course, but quite well equipped. Who pays for it? Oh, good. Let's talk about money. My father gave the building and an endowment to run it. In a way, he set up his own memorial, and Mr. Lloyd George's new insurance measures will help. Please don't speak that man's name. We are about to eat. I will hold it steady, and you can help yourself, sir. Yes, I know. Thank you. You'll soon get used to the way things are done here. If you mean that I'm accustomed to a very different life from this, then that is true. What will you do with your time? I've got a job in Ripon. I said I'll start tomorrow. A job in a partnership you might have heard of: Harvling Carter. They need someone who understands industrial law. I'm glad to say, although I'm afraid most of it will be wills and conveyancing. You do know I mean to involve you in the running of the estate. I don't worry. There are plenty of hours in the day, and of course, I'll have the weekend. We'll discuss this later. We mustn't board the ladies. What? What is a weekend? Why should he be a lawyer? Gentlemen don't work. Silly. Not real gentlemen. Don't listen to her, Daisy. No, listen to me and take those kidneys up to the server before I knock you down and serve your brains as fritters. Yes, this is Papa. I wonder what that Mr. Mosley makes with them. Poor old Mosley. A pity the man who's taking that job. And why did you apply for it? I felt it might help me to get away from you. Mr. Bates, I'm so interested to see the hospital. Well, you would be, with your late husband a doctor. Not just my husband, my father and brother too, and I trained as a nurse during the war and sick. I'd love to be involved in some way. Well, you could always help with the bringing base sale next month. That would be most appreciated. [Music] I should say so. She's a match for the old lady. She wasn't going to give him what? Old lady, are you referring to? Thomas, you cannot mean her. Leadership, the Dowager Countess. Not if you wish to remain in this house, Castle. [Music] William, are you aware the C major shoulder is coming apart? I felt it go a bit earlier on Monday when we turned in. You will mend it now, and you will never again appear in public in a similar state of undress. No, Mr. Carson. To progress in your chosen career, William, you must remember that a good servant at all times retains a sense of pride and dignity that reflects the pride and dignity of the family he serves, and never make me remind you of it again. We've all had a smack for Mr. Carson. Yeah, you'll be the butler yourself one day, and you'll do the smacking. I could never be like him. But he comes from a line of butlers that goes back to the Conqueror. He learned his business and sold you. Even Mr. Carson wasn't born standing to attention. I hope not for his mother's sake. [Music] This was at the back door. Thank you, William. [Music] [Music] It's kind of here to take an interest. Afraid it's a case of the war horse and the drowned. You know, my late husband was a doctor. I do. I'm familiar with Dr. Crowley's work on symptoms in infection in children. Even I studied nursing during the South African War. Really distressing. Young farmer John Drake, tenant, Lord Grantham came in today. It's drops here. Thank you. Thank you. May I see him? Is the dropsy of the liver or the heart? Everything points to the heart. [Music] All right, Mr. Drake. You're in safe hands now. [Music] What would happen to his wife? She may try to k...
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when you have it that's up to you can I help I'm mostly sir your Butler and ballot Mr Mosley may I introduce ourselves I am Mrs Crawley and this is my son Mr Matthew Crawley I'll just give Mr Taylor handle the
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cases thank you multi never nothing changed me why would they want to well the Lord Grantham has made the unwelcome discovery that his Heir is a middle class lawyer the son of a middle-class doctor upper middle class he wants to
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limit the damage by turning me into one of his own kind when you met him in London you liked him simply do not understand why we are rushing into this Matthew Crawley is my Heir Patrick was your Heir he never lived here Patrick
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was in and out of this house since the day he was born you saw how many of the village turned out for the service nothing settled yet it is settled my dearest one whether you like it or not I
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wouldn't say that not while you're a mother breeds air foreign [Music] this is much better than I thought it would be you have done well thank you man would you like this in here mum or take it up to your room in here thank
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you so are you the whole of our new household there's a local girl mum Beth she's the double under housemaid and kitchen maid this is ridiculous thank you very much Mosley might we have some tea very good mom
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well he can go right now why because we do not need a butler or a valet if it comes to Van we've always managed perfectly well with the cook and the maid and they cannot expect us is that we won't know how to behave so
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if you don't mind I would rather not confirm their expectations I have to be myself mother would be no use to anyone if I can't be myself and before they all you get any ideas I will choose my own wife what on Earth do
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you mean well they're clearly going to push one of the daughters at me they'll have fixed on that when they heard I Was A Bachelor Bloody Mary Crawley Lady Mary cousin Mary please mama has sent me down to welcome you and to ask
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you to dine with us tonight unless you're too tired we would be delighted good commentate Oh no you're far too busy and I wouldn't want to push in [Music] CH I think we'll go back by the south lodge very good my lady Lady Mary I hope
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you didn't misunderstand me I was only joking of course and I agree the whole thing is a complete joke [Music] so what do you think we'll make of them I shouldn't think much she hasn't even got her ladies made
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a cat offense she's not a lady's name housemaid that fastens hooks and buttons when she has to it's not to it than that you know we want some very precise reporting when dinner's over are we to treat him as the
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air oh yeah cause like a doctor's son from Manchester it'd be lucky if he gets a civil word out of me we're all lucky if we get a civil word out of you when parcel for you came by the evening post
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thank you Mr Carson William have you seen them yet Mr Carson bye them I assume you mean the new family in which case no I have that pleasure to look forward to this evening Daisy did you hear me call Arabic on
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selectively deaf no Mrs patma then might I remind you we are preparing dinner for your future employer and if it goes wrong I'll be telling them why why are they here at all when you're going to undo it
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your father's not convinced it can be undone but you'll still try granny and I are willing to try and papa is not we'll bring him round you'll see we're trying to find a lawyer who'll take it on so what do they like
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she's nice enough but he's very full of himself why do you say that just an impression let's go down and you can decide for yourself hello again it's a pleasure to meet you at last Mrs Crawley we're delighted to be here Andre
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Matthew delighted foreign [Music] thank you you've been so kind what a reception committee yes thank you this is Carson we'd all be lost without him my mom may I present Matthew Crawley and Mrs Crawley my mother Lady Grantham
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what should we call each other well we could always start with Mrs Crawley and Lady Grantham come into the drawing room and we can make all the proper introductions [Music] do you think you'll enjoy Village Life it'll be very quiet after life in the
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city even Manchester I'm sure I'll find something to keep me busy you might like the hospital what sort of hospital is it how many beds well it it's in rarely a hospital I don't know Dr Clarkson hear you
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he thinks it's secondary it isn't Thomas's it's a Cottage Hospital of course but quite well equipped who pays for it oh good let's talk about money my father gave the building and an endowment to run it in a way he set up
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his own memorial and Mr Lloyd George's new insurance measures will help please don't speak that man's name we are about to eat I will hold it steady and you can help yourself sir yes I know thank you you'll soon get used to the way things
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are done here if you mean that I'm accustomed to a very different life from this then that is true what will you do with your time I've got a job in Ripon I said I'll start tomorrow a job in a partnership you might have
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heard of it harvling Carter they need someone who understands industrial law I'm glad to say although I'm afraid most of it will be wills and conveyancing you do know I mean to involve you in the running of the estate I don't worry
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there are plenty of hours in the day and of course I'll have the weekend we'll discuss this later we mustn't board the ladies what what is a weekend why should he be a lawyer gentlemen don't work silly not real gentlemen
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don't listen to her Daisy no listen to me and take those kidneys up to the server before I knock you down and serve your brains as fritters yes this is Papa I wonder what that Mr Mosley makes with
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them poor old Mosley a Pity the man who's taking that job and why did you apply for I felt it might help me to get away from you Mr Bates I'm so interested to see the hospital well you would be with your late husband
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a doctor not just my husband my father and brother too and I trained as a nurse during the war and sick I'd love to be involved in some way well you could always help with the bringing base sale next month that would be most
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appreciated [Music] I should say so she's a match for the old lady she wasn't going to give him what old lady are you referring to Thomas you cannot mean her leadership The Dowager Countess not if you wish to
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remain in this house Castle [Music] William are you aware the c major shoulder is coming apart I felt it Go a bit earlier on Monday when we turn in you will mend it now and you will never again appear in public in
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a similar state of undress no Mr Carson to progress in your chosen career William you must remember that a good servant at all times retains a sense of Pride and dignity that reflects the pride and dignity of the family he
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serves and never make me remind you of it again we've all had a smack for Mr Carson yeah you'll be the butler yourself one day and you'll do the smacking I could never be like him but he comes from a line of butlers that
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goes back to the Conqueror he learned his business and sold you even Mr Carson wasn't born standing to attention I hope not for his mother's sake [Music] this was at the back door thank you William [Music] [Music] it's kind of here to take an interest
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afraid it's a case of the war horse and the drowned you know my late husband was a doctor I do I'm familiar with Dr Crowley's work on symptoms in infection in children even I studied nursing during the South
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African War really distressing young Farmer John Drake tenant law Grantham came in today it's drops here thank you thank you may I see him is the dropsy of the liver or the heart everything points to the heart [Music]
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all right Mr Drake you're in safe hands now [Music] what would happen to his wife she may try to keep the farmer Grantham is not a harsh landlord but her children are young what can I do to help
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if I'm to live in this Village I must have an occupation please let me be useful he chooses his clothes himself he puts them out at night and hangs the ones is worn I get to take the linen down to the
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laundry but that's about all that's all I'll do this he said I'll take the other I'll tie that I'm just stood there like a chump watching a man get dressed to be honest Mr Birds I don't see the point of it
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I thought you didn't like him so what I have plenty plenty of friends I don't like would you want Mary to marry one of them why do you always have to pretend to be nicer than the rest of us but I am in
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particular whose Fortune let's go to this odd young man who talks about weak what have you got there nothing what kind of nothing you haven't got an admirer I might have why shouldn't I don't tell Mrs Hughes we should bring the Vic
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around till you exercise how are we supposed to find husbands if we're never allowed to see any men perhaps she thinks the store brings them hey lady Mary's in for a surprise Thomas was in the library when old
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Violet came in from the garden seems they want to fix her up with Mr Crawley well it makes sense she was gonna what'd she have though when it came to it that's the question oh there you are dear I was hoping you'd
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be home in time in time for what I've been paid the compliment of a visit good afternoon we were just saying how Charming this room is now it always seemed rather dark when my mother-in-law lived here then she made
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everything rather talk so no thank you good cup of teaser it's all right I'll help myself so mostly how do you find being home again your father must be glad you're back he is ill Edition might I give you this cup
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I'm afraid we must be going thank you you'll think about it huh I thought no one was here can I help Mr Carson um no no thank you Anna [Music] may I I must compliment you Mrs Crowley when
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you made your offer I thought you might be a great lady nurse and faint at the sight of blood but I see you're made of Sterner stuff I've been thinking about the treatments that are available considerable success has been achieved over the last few
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years by draining the pericardial Sac of the excess fluid and administering adrenaline Mrs Crawley I appreciate your thoroughness but you're unwilling to try it injection of adrenaline is a comparatively new procedure it's a while ago now but I saw
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my husband do it I know her please Mrs Crawley don't don't force me to be uncivil we would be setting an impossible precedent when every villager could could demand the latest Fad in treatment for each new cut and grades I would
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remind you that we're not talking of a cut or a graze but the loss of a man's life and the ruin of his family of course but I beg you to see that it is not reasonable I'm sorry but I have standards
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I've seen something ever so often and if anyone thinks I'm going to pull my forelock and Curts it to this Mr Nobody from nowhere were you discussing Mr Crawley yes my lady is it your place to do so
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[Music] I've got my opinions my lady so miss anybody can I help you leadership this is the button we're missing from my new evening code I found it lying on the gravel but I was shocked the talk I heard as I came in
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Mr Crawley is his lordship's cousin and Heir you will therefore please according the respect he's entitled to you don't like him yourself Milady you never wanted him to go sailing perilously close to the window Brian if we're to be friends you will not speak
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in that way again about the crawlies or any member of Lord grantham's family now I'm going up to rest wake me at the dressing gong [Music] laughs I don't think that's fair not here in the servant's hole I agree
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if she was a real lady she wouldn't have come down here she'd have rung for me and give me the button that's all this isn't it true we could say what we like down here who says the law on Parliament
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there is such a thing as free speech not when I'm in charge don't push your luck Thomas now T is over back to work you'd better take this friends who does she thinks she's falling we're not friends no no you're not friends
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with the girls neither or servants you and me and they appears to do as we're told that's old [Music] may I don't command it I wonder if I put my cufflinks I thought these would make a change on my usual
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ones I know I'm a disappointment to Mosley but it's no good I'll never get used to being dressed like a doll only trying to help so of course and if I've offended you I apologize I'm surely you have better things to do
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this is my job so well it seems a very silly occupation for a grown man [Music] look I'm sorry if I'm [Music] I'm sorry why are you so against him aside from the fact he's planning to steal our inheritance your inheritance
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it makes no difference to Sybil in me we won't inherit whatever happens he isn't one of us because I'm Freddy's studying for the bar and so is Vivian McDonald at Lincoln's Inn I think it's a dirty little desk in
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Ripon besides his father was a doctor there's nothing wrong with doctors we all need doctors we're only Crossing sweepers and Draymond too it doesn't mean we have to dine with them don't we have to dine with Mary doesn't care if her cousin Matthew
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said it'll be a deer and fetch my black evening show a Brian knows which one and Edith can you see that the drawing room's ready glad to catch you alone you've driven the others away no perhaps I have
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pretty the point is my dear I don't want you any of you to feel you have to dislike Matthew you dislike the idea of him that was before he came now he's here I don't see any future in it not the way things are
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I don't believe a woman can be forced to give away all her money to a distant cousin of her husband not in the 20th century it's too ludicrous for words not as simple as that the money isn't mine
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anymore forms a part of the estate even so when a judge here once in your life will you please just listen there's an answer which would secure your future and give you a position you can't be serious just think about it I don't have to
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think about it marry a man who can barely hold his knife like a gentleman oh you exaggerate you're American you don't understand these things have you mentioned this to Granny did she laugh why would she was her idea
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have you been able to explore the village indeed I have and I thought the hospital a great credit to your father's memory but I'm afraid the good doctor and I did not see eye to eye you amaze me
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he's treating one of your tenants John Drake for dropsy but seems reluctant to embrace some of the newer treatments Drake is a good man and far too young to die but I suppose the doctor knows his business not as well as Mrs Crawley
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by the way if ever you want to ride just let Lynch know and he'll sort it out for you our cousin Matthew doesn't Pride all right and do you hunt no I don't hunt I dare say there's not
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much opportunity in Manchester are you a hunting family families like harl's rule is hunting family not always Billy Skelton won't have them on his land but all the skeletons are mad do you hum occasionally I suppose you're more interested in
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books than Country Sports I probably am you'll tell me that's rather unhealthy not unhealthy just unusual I'm on our kind of people I'm missing my sugar shifter I know I put three out I was talking to Anna earlier
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why she been saying whatever's a matter what did Alice say only that she thinks Thomas is bullying William oh yeah she may have a point I'll keep an eye out it is I've been studying the story of Andromeda do you know it
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why her father was King cepheus country was being ravaged by storms and in the end he decided the only way to appease the gods was to sacrifice his eldest daughter to a hideous sea monster so they chained her naked to a rock
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really Mary we're all need our smelling swords in a minute sea monster didn't get her did he no just when it seemed he was the only solution to her father's problems she was rescued by Perseus that's right Perseus
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son of a god rather more fitting wouldn't you say that depends I'd have to know more about the princess and the sea monster in question [Music] I wish I could dance like that oh you know the grizzly bear
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it could sleep there is if you do certainly I do Mr Brian shall we show them not lightly William give us a tune come on Daisy [Music] stop that silly nonsense before you put your joints out see to the range and go to bed
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thank you that was beautiful [Applause] sorry Mary it was rather sharps or something I doubt cousin Mary and I are destined to be close friends I don't blame her father's home and her mother's fortunate to be passed to me
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it's very harsh what would you say it's the end here we're set aside in Mary's favor I should try to accept it with as good a Grace as I could muster say good night Mr Carson look at that
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scratch just have to get that sorted out when they're up in London you can hardly see it well I'll know it's there are you all right now only you seemed a little upset earlier yeah I'm sorry about that I'm just um
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I'm a bit tired no wonder did the dinner go well oh well enough well they won't make a match between them if that's what they're thinking Bloody Mary doesn't like him and why should she let the man she's been passed over for and why has
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she been that's what I'd like to know it's the law well it's a wicked law why does Mr Castle let you do that with that was a clock maker did you really ask him for the job with the crawlies
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I'd rather be a footman than wait on someone a lot to be a footman himself but Mr Carson shouldn't have told Bates how things were lady G em as usual yes Milady normal lady three bags full I'd like to give her three bags full
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preferably on a dark night were you handing your notice and let her ruin me with a nasty reference oh I think not I don't want to exaggerate she's been very generous in many ways generous to instruct you in your own practice she
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may even have a point but it does not seem to me realistic nor is it put an end to her meddling I am your president and I say get rid of her will that not be awkward I gather she's planning to stay in the
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village for the foreseeable future no one can foresee The Future Doctor not you not I and certainly not Mrs Crowley you do not love the place yet well obviously no you don't love it do you see a million bricks that may
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crumble a thousand gutters and pipes that may block and leak and stone that will crack in the frost that you don't I see my life's work [Music] is it ever in danger many times my dear papa thought the balloon would
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go up in the 1880s what saved Cora [Music] where is everyone they've gone down to the Village some traveling salesman set up at the pub for the afternoon alone at last we shouldn't be without both footman does Mr Carson know Mrs Hughes does
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she's gone with them they won't be long so you see to the girls and you're supposed to be head House made I should put in for a raise what do you mean supposed to be I said they shouldn't have looked both
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football and go well you'll have to answer it Mr Carson wouldn't like a maid answering the front door [Music] sorry to catch you waiting sir I'm here to see Lord Grantham is he expecting you no but he'd be very interested in what I
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have to tell him his lordship is not at home but if you will leave your name dunkable iron Mighty with me I don't know who you are but you're certainly not the butler so don't try and make out you are
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how do you know because Charlie Carson's the butler around here does your business concern him it might do excuse me for one moment sir fetch Mr Carson as fast as you can use the front door if you would like to follow me sir oh no
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if you think you're talking me away somewhere you've got another thing coming but you'll be more comfortable sir sorry John [Music] oh why I don't mind waiting in here [Music] thanks this gentleman is an acquaintance of Mr Carson
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he says he has urgent business with his lordship urgent I sent for Mr Carson to come at once and I'll stay with you say explanation Mr Carr said you needed it once in the library how long are you expecting me to wait
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I'm a very busy man you know if you could just be patient for a little longer so may I ask who this is and precisely what is going on support here I'm sorry lordship Mr you may go now stay where you
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are nobody's going anywhere do I take it you know this man don't try and deny it no I won't deny it I do know him my Lord but not what he is doing in the library I tried to take a
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downstairs out of sight Mr Carson but he wouldn't come yeah thank you that was thoughtful but who is he will you tell him or shall I his name is Charles Grigg we worked together at one time oh I'm a little more than that aren't I
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Charlie well our brothers him and me we are not like brothers we were a double Act on the olds you were on the stage Carson is this true it is my Lord the cheerful child is that's what they call this
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we did quite well didn't we until you couldn't keep your hands out of the till would you like us to go Mr Carson no you know it now it might as well bear witness to my shame he turned up in the village with no
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warning some days ago on the Run asking for somewhere to hide and of course for money God in heaven he's wanted for some petty crime of which he is of course guilty here steady on he threatened to expose my past to make me a laughing
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stock in this house and in my vanity and pride I gave him what he wanted you did not have put him in an empty Cottage and fed him from the kitchens I couldn't buy food in the village raise too many questions
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I stole I'm a thief sheep saw it I'd never have said anything and now my disgrace is complete our Lord you have my resignation really Carson there's no need to be quite so melodramatic you're not playing Sydney Carton
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so why have you come here if he has done everything you asked of him because he hasn't he wouldn't give me any money if I had how could I prevent his returning to Downton once it was spent My Dear Mr Greek oh it's nice to see
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someone around here's got some manners hold your tongue I'll tell you what is going to happen when I have given you 20 pounds you will leave Downton immediately and we will never set eyes on you again I'll have to see about that if you
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return to this area I will personally ensure your conviction for theft and blackmail just a minute you will serve from five to ten years in his Majesty's custody you think you're such a big man don't you just because you're a lord you think you
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can do what you like with me I think it because it is true you'll not always be in charge you know the day is coming when your lot will have to tell the line just like the rest of us perhaps
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but happily for Carson that day has not come yet [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] my resignation has not been accepted my dear fellow we all have chapters we would rather unpublished to be honest Carson I'm rather impressed did you really sing and dance and
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everything in front of an audience I did you ever miss it not in the least my Lord Oh Mr Carson have to treat him like a god for a month to calm his nerves I'd be afraid this will change the way we think about it
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then we mustn't let it but it will before Charlie's foreign [Music] we're running out of options the lawyers I write to only have they Echo Murray and say nothing could be done no they don't want the bother of
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opposing him oh precise slip I wish Mary wasn't so confident to grow be put right meanwhile we have to watch that dreadful woman parade around the village as if she owned it I think she means well meaning well is not enough
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portal to Clarkson oh what has he done to deserve that tournament I think he's in for an uncomfortable afternoon but why on my way here I saw her going to the hospital she looked extremely determined not as determined as I am
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I have the adrenaline here in my hand deny the man his chance of life I just wish it was a treatment that was more familiar with will that serve as your excuse when he dies [Music] can you prepare Mr Drake for his
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procedure please foreign [Music] I have a feeling we will sink or swim together [Music] your heart is not functioning properly and as a result your pericardial Sac is full of fluid I'm proposing first to withdraw the fluid and then to inject the adrenaline
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to stimulate the heart and restore normal activity is it dangerous dog the draining may stop the heart and the adrenaline may not be able to restart it Mrs Drake if your husband endures this procedure he may live if not he will die
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I must just as I thought Dr Clarkson tell me you will not permit this amateur to influence your professional opinion amateur my dear woman do not let them bully you they'll not disturb the Peace of your husband's last hours not if I
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can help it but that's just it my lady I don't want them to be his last hours not if there's a chance please don't do what you must [Music] as steady [Music] nice and steady as president of this hospital I feel I
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must wow [Music] should bring this to the attention of the board you're doing very well [Music] you know pity adrenaline quickly quickly his heart stopped [Music] ready yes [Music] ah you don't have to worry she may be president but I'm the patron so you're
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quite safe with me please my mother was right then the man's life is safe well I like to think that we were both right but I'm not sure lady grandson will be seriously convinced then we must strengthen the argument
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cousin Isabel wants something to do very well let's make her chairman of the board she'd like that wouldn't she certainly she was then my mother will have to listen to her she's been an absolute ruler there for long enough
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it's time for some loyal opposition well if you're quite certain what were you going to say well the risk of being impertinent on your own head be it about your scheme for restoring the estate Cottages you don't mind my
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interfering my dear fellow I brought you here to interfere in fact why don't you stay for dinner and we'll talk about it we'll send down to Mosley for your clothes I'd better not my mother's expecting me but in fact
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I've been meaning to speak to you about Mosley oh would you find me very ungrateful if I've dispensed with his services why was he displeased her in some way not at all it's simply that he's Superfluous to our style of living
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is that quite fair to deprive a man of his livelihood when he's done nothing wrong well I wouldn't quite put it your mother derived satisfaction from her work at the hospital I think some sense of self-worth certainly would you really
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deny the same to poor old Mosley and when you're a master here is the butler to be dismissed or the footman how many major kitchen staff will be allowed to stay almost everyone be driven out we all have different parts to play
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Matthew and we must all be allowed to play them why must we all go to the hospital I'm afraid papa wants to teach granny a lesson poor Granny a month ago these people were strangers now she must share power
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with the mother and I must marry the son you won't marry him though will you what marry a sea monster we shouldn't laugh that's so unkind but he must marry someone Edith what are you thinking you know I don't dislike him as much as
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you do perhaps you don't dislike him at all perhaps I don't well it's nothing to me I have bigger fish to fry what fish are we talking about en you know that have you been poking around in my thing of course not come on
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who is he it's not fair if you both know you won't be any other wiser but his name is Evelyn Napier The Honorable Evelyn Napier sun and heir to Viscount Branson who wants an old sea monster when they can have Perseus
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if you go into the ceremony I thought we might walk together certainly I'm going I want to see the old bat's face when they announce it I must try not to look too cheerful or shouldn't I talk like that in your
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presence did you find me very ridiculous Mrs Hughes putting on heirs and Graces have no right to what's brought this on nothing except at times I wonder if I'm just a saddle fool Mr Carson you are a man of integrity and honor who
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raises the tone of this household by being part of it so no more of that please I wondered if you'd like to walk with me down today Thomas going well I think everyone is sorry what were you saying
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nothing doesn't matter put this away before you go never mind you're flirting I wasn't flirting not within Williams not a bad lad you're nice enough but even like Thomas no he's not those are a dull option for such an
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occasion don't you agree might I suggest the crested there so they seem more appropriate if you don't mind the same a little bit fiddly I wonder if you could help me certainly so you've got that Mark out of the sleeve
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how did you do it I tried it with this and tried it with that until it yielded very well done [Music] you go in Mrs Hughes I want a quick word with Mr Bates here Mr Bates [Music] um
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I must thank you both for what you did and for keeping silent afterwards kind of you and Anna it was nothing I hope you don't judge me too harshly I don't judge you at all I have no right
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to judge you all anymore [Music] ladies and gentlemen welcome to this happy event the investiture of our first chairwoman Mrs Reginald Crawley who has graciously agreed to share the duties of our beloved president The Dowager counters of Grantham
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our little Hospital must surely grow and Thrive with two such Doty Champions United as they are by the strongest ties of all family and friendship thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music]
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