[INT. LADY GRANTHAM'S BEDROOM - NIGHT]

　　[Cora is reading in bed when Mary enters.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Has Matthew gone?

　　LADY MARY

　　Yes.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Thank the Lord he was there.

　　[Mary closes the door and sits on the bed.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I hope you thanked Matthew properly.

　　LADY MARY

　　I got them to make him some sandwiches.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　That's not quite what I meant.

　　LADY MARY

　　And he asked me to marry him.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM (chuckles)

　　Heavens! What did they put in them?

　　LADY MARY

　　I'm serious. He proposed to me.

　　[Cora's expression changes to excitement.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Oh, my dear... Have you given him an answer?

　　LADY MARY

　　Only that I'd think about it.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Well, that's an advance on what it would have been a year ago. Do you want to marry him?

　　LADY MARY

　　I know you want me to marry him.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　What we want doesn't matter.

　　[Mary looks at Cora.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　At least, it's not all that matters.

　　[Mary nods with a slight smile.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Do you love Matthew?

　　LADY MARY

　　Yes.

　　[Cora smiles.]

　　LADY MARY

　　I think perhaps I do. I think I may have loved him for much longer than I knew.

　　[Mary tears up.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Oh, my darling.

　　[Cora takes Mary's hand.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Let's not pretend this isn't the answer to every one of our prayers.

　　[Mary is upset by that.]

　　LADY MARY

　　I'd have to tell him.

　　[Cora grimaces, realising what Mary means.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Oh... is it absolutely necessary?

　　LADY MARY

　　If I didn't, I'd feel as if I'd caught him with a lie.

　　LADY MARY

　　[Robert enters and is surprised to find Mary there. Mary stands.]

　　LADY MARY

　　I hope you know that really smart people sleep in separate rooms.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I always keep the bed made up in the dressing room, so at least I pretend we sleep apart. Isn't that enough?

　　LADY MARY

　　No. Never mind. Good night.

　　[Mary leaves through another door.]

　　[INT. SERVANTS' CORRIDOR - NIGHT]

　　[Mrs Patmore walks past O'Brien and Thomas.]

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Oh, haven't you gone up yet? Blow this out.

　　[Mrs Patmore hands O'Brien an oil lamp.]

　　MRS PATMORE

　　You're the last. Goodnight.

　　THOMAS

　　Goodnight.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　Goodnight.

　　[Thomas step closer to O'Brien as Mrs Patmore ascends the stairs.]

　　THOMAS

　　I'm going to bloody get him. I don't care what you say.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　What would I say? Everything comes to him who waits.

　　THOMAS

　　Well, I've waited long enough.

　　[Thomas ascends the stairs and O'Brien blows out the lamp.]