[EXT. COUNTRY ROAD, OPEN ROLLS ROYCE - DAY]

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN

　　The Kaiser is such a mercurial figure - one minute the warlord, the next a lovelorn poet.

　　LADY EDITH

　　But a poet in need of an empire.

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN (chuckle)

　　That's very good. \"A poet in need of an empire,\" yes. My late wife used to say that...

　　LADY EDITH

　　What did Lady Strallan used to say?

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN

　　Oh, never mind.

　　LADY EDITH

　　But I should like to hear it.

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN

　　Really?

　　[Edith nods.]

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN

　　Would you really? She used to say that Kaiser Bill loved uniforms and medals, but he never really connected them with fighting.

　　[They both chuckle lightly.]

　　LADY EDITH

　　What was she like?

　　SIR ANTHONY STRALLAN

　　Maud? Oh, she was awfully funny. Some people couldn't see it, but she was.

　　[EXT. THE VILLAGE - DAY]

　　[William is walking in his time off. He meets Lady Mary walking her horse and tips his hat to her.  A blacksmith hammer clangs in the background.]

　　LADY MARY

　　Is Lynch anywhere about?

　　WILLIAM

　　Oh, I haven't seen him, milady.

　　LADY MARY

　　My horse is lame.

　　WILLIAM

　　Oh, I could have a look at him.

　　LADY MARY

　　Do you know about horses?

　　WILLIAM

　　I looked after the horses on my father's farm. It was the best job in the world.

　　LADY MARY

　　Then why did you leave it?

　　WILLIAM

　　Me mother wanted me to have a chance of bettering myself.

　　LADY MARY

　　As a second footman?

　　WILLIAM

　　It's a good place for me, milady.

　　[Mary realises her rudeness.]

　　LADY MARY

　　Of course it is. I'm sorry.

　　WILLIAM

　　She hopes, one day, that I might be first footman, or even get to be...

　　LADY MARY

　　Carson had better watch out.

　　WILLIAM

　　Stranger things happen at sea.

　　[Mary chuckles.]

　　[INT. MR CARSON'S OFFICE - EVENING]

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　I've seen Mr Bates with a bottle from time to time. I must have thought he was helping you.

　　MR CARSON

　　Why would I order a valet to help with the wine?

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　Well, when you put it like that, of course you wouldn't.

　　MR CARSON

　　So, Mr Bates is taking wine. And why would this be? To drink it?

　　THOMAS

　　It's not to clean his boots.

　　MR CARSON

　　Thank you, Thomas. Daisy? Thomas says you have something to add to this.

　　DAISY

　　Well...

　　MR CARSON

　　You're not in any trouble or any danger of trouble.

　　THOMAS

　　You remember what you saw.

　　DAISY

　　I may have seen him coming out of the cellar.

　　MR CARSON

　　\"May\"? Did you or didn't you?

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　It's very hard for the girl, Mr Carson. You're frightening her.

　　MR CARSON

　　I'm sorry. Thank you. You may go.