[INT.SERVANTS' CORRIDOR - NIGHT]

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　I'm sorry. The only sure way to get rid of a servant is to have him or her suspected of stealing.

　　THOMAS

　　Aren't you forgetting we've tried that and it didn't work.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　But  last time  we  invented  a  theft. What  we  need  to  do  is  to  make  him  a  suspect  when something's really been stolen.

　　THOMAS

　　How do we know anything's been stolen?

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　Because you stole it, you noodle.

　　THOMAS

　　Oh, you mean the wine.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　Yeah, the wine.

　　THOMAS

　　But that's the whole point; Bates knows I took it. He was threatening to tell Mr Carson.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　Well, he can't, can he? Not if we get in first.

　　[INT. MR CARSON'S OFFICE - NIGHT]

　　MR CARSON

　　Are you telling me you saw him take the cellar key?

　　THOMAS

　　Not exactly, but I saw him in here and I thought the key was swinging on its hook. I just wondered if you'd noticed if any of the wine was missing.

　　[Carson stops and looks at Thomas, then considers.]

　　[INT. LADY GRANTHAM'S BEDROOM - NIGHT]

　　[Robert reads in bed as Cora gets under the covers.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I think I owe you an apology, after the way I spoke at dinner.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Next time you want to treat me like a naughty schoolgirl, you might do it in private, not in front of the servants.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　You're right. I'm sorry.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Of course, it gave your mother her best evening since Christmas.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Hm. Even so, we must try to keep control of Sybil.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Robert, believe me, Sybil is not your problem. We've got to support Mary this year. When we

　　get to London.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　But it's Sybil's first season. We can't have Mary stealing her thunder.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Sybil will do well enough. It's time Mary was settled. High time.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Poor old Edith. We never seem to talk about her.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I'm afraid Edith will be the one to care for us in our old age.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　What a ghastly prospect.

　　[INT. DRAWING ROOM - DAY]

　　[Mary enters in riding clothes.]

　　LADY MARY

　　Mama? Anna said you wanted me.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Look who's paid us a visit.

　　LADY MARY

　　Sir Anthony! How nice. We all thought we'd driven you away with that horrible salty pudding.

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN (chuckles)

　　No, indeed. But I have been away.

　　LADY EDITH

　　He's been in Austria and Germany.

　　LADY MARY

　　How interesting.

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN

　　Interesting...and worrying.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Sir Anthony's here to show you his new car.

　　LADY MARY

　　Oh.

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN

　　I've--I've rather taken to driving myself, and I have to keep finding destinations to justify it.

　　LADY MARY

　　What kind of car is it?

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN

　　It's an open Rolls Royce, and I wondered if you might like a spin in it.

　　LADY MARY

　　Oh, how kind. But alas, not today. I've had Diamond saddled and he's waiting for me.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　You could ride this afternoon.

　　LADY MARY

　　But it's arranged now. But thank you, Sir Anthony. Do ask me again.

　　[Mary leaves and Sir Anthony sits.]

　　LADY EDITH

　　I...don't suppose you'd take me?

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN

　　Of course. I should be delighted.

　　[INT. MR CARSON'S OFFICE - DAY]

　　MR BATES

　　What is it that I'm accused of?

　　MR CARSON

　　Oh, nobody's \"accusing\" you of anything, but there has been a suggestion that you were handling the cellar key, and before I take it any  further, I  want to find if there's a simple explanation.

　　MR BATES

　　Because some wine is missing?

　　MR CARSON

　　How do you know that?

　　[Bates doesn't answer.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Right. Well, we'll leave it there for now.