[INT. LORD GRANTHAM'S DRESSING ROOM - MORNING]

　　[Bates leans on the  bed frame, doubled over in pain. Mrs Hughes enters and Bates straightens.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Now, will you kindly explain what in heaven is going on?

　　MR BATES

　　I'm perfectly well, Mrs Hughes. A bit stiff, that's all.

　　[Mr Bates begins to limp towards the door, but Mrs Hughes closes it.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Just so long as you know, I'm not leaving until you tell me.

　　[Mr Bates sits in a chair and Mrs Hughes turns to him expectantly.]

　　MR BATES

　　I hope you have a strong stomach.

　　[Mr Bates pulls up his pant leg, revealing severe bruising, bleeding, and swelling caused by the limp corrector. Mrs Hughes

　　grimaces.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Oh, my God.

　　[Mrs Hughes puts a hand to her mouth in horror.]

　　[EXT. DOWNTON ABBEY, GROUNDS - DAY]

　　[Matthew walks away from the house to join Mary.]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Cousin Mary?

　　LADY MARY

　　Hello. Are we expecting you?

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　No, but I wanted to see you. I looked for you yesterday at church.

　　LADY MARY

　　I wasn't feeling up to it. None of us were.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Must have been a horrible shock.

　　LADY MARY

　　Yes.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　And he seemed a nice fellow.

　　LADY MARY

　　He was. A very nice fellow.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　So, if there's anything I can do...please ask.

　　LADY MARY

　　There isn't. But thank you.

　　[EXT. DOWNTON ABBEY, LAKE - DAY]

　　[Mrs Hughes precedes Mr Bates down the dock to the lake. Mrs Hughes uncovers the limp corrector she's carrying and hands it to

　　Bates.]

　　MR BATES

　　Well, here goes.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Do you not think we ought to say a few words?

　　MR BATES

　　What? Good riddance?

　　MRS HUGHES

　　That. And your promise.

　　MR BATES

　　Very well. I promise I will never again try to cure myself. I will spend my life happily as the butt of other's jokes, and I will

　　never mind them.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　We all carry scars, Mr Bates, inside or out. You're no different to the rest of us, remember that.

　　MR BATES

　　I will try to. That I do promise.

　　[Mrs Hughes nods and Bates throws the \"limp corrector\" into the lake.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Good riddance!

　　[EXT. COURTYARD - DAY]

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　So, he definitely went in?

　　THOMAS

　　Saw him walk through the door.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　But you don't know if he went back to his own room?

　　THOMAS

　　Yes, I do, 'cause I was the one who found him there the next day.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　What I mean is, you don't know if he went back under his own steam.

　　THOMAS

　　Suppose not, but how else would he a done it?

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　That's what they call \"the big question\".

　　THOMAS

　　I don't want to get in any trouble over this.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　Don't worry. You won't. Your secret's safe with me.