[INT. DINING ROOM - EVENING]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I gather your footman Thomas has returned to the village. No.

　　[Violet refuses the sauce Lang offers.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Crikey. Where did you see him?

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　At the hospital. Seems he's working there.

　　[Lang walks around Carson, past Robert to serve Lady Rosamund.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I wonder how he wangled that.

　　MR CARSON (whisper to Lang) Get back behind me!

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE (background) Not as well as I should.

　　[Carson and Lang switch places and Lang serves Robert the sauce. Robert and Rosamund speak in low tones to avoid being overheard.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　What do you make of our [?]?

　　LADY ROSAMUND

　　He's an opportunity. Mary needs a position, and preferably a powerful one. He can provide it.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　You don't think she'd be happier with a more traditional set up?

　　LADY ROSAMUND

　　Will she have the option?

　　[Lang continues down the table to Rosamund.]

　　LADY ROSAMUND

　　Thank you, but I already have some.

　　MR CARSON

　　No, no. Give that to me.

　　[Lang tries to hand Carson the sauce, but Carson drops it and it spills all over Edith.] MR CARSON

　　I--I do apologise, my lady. I-- Mr Lang, get a c--

　　[Mr Carson seizes up.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Carson?

　　[The entire table stands up to help Carson.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Carson, what's the matter?

　　LADY MARY

　　Carson, it's all right. Everything will be fine.

　　[Isobel sits Carson down in her chair.]

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　Edith, go with Branson and fetch Major Clarkson. I'll telephone and explain what's happened.

　　LADY EDITH

　　What about my dress?

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Edith! We'll get you a coat! Come.

　　LADY MARY

　　Sybil will know what to do until the doctor comes.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　You'll find there's never a dull moment in this house.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Lady Sybil and I will take him upstairs. Mrs Hughes will show us the way, please.

　　LADY MARY

　　I can help.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　No, let me. I know what I'm doing.

　　[Still rather incapacitated, Carson still protests.]

　　MR CARSON

　　I'm sure that's not necessary, my lady.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　It's not milady now, Carson.

　　MRS HUGHES (whisper) Mr Lang!

　　LADY SYBIL

　　It's Nurse Crawley.

　　MRS HUGHES (whisper) Mr Lang! Come on.

　　[Mrs Hughes leads him to the doorway where the maids are standing.]

　　MRS HUGHES (whisper)

　　Anna and Ethel, I must trust the dinner to you.

　　ETHEL

　　Well, I'd say the first course is a thing of the past. MRS HUGHES (whisper)

　　Then clear and lay the hot plates. Daisy, you fetch the beef and the rest of it, and Anna, you'll have to serve the wine.

　　[The girls take off.]

　　MRS HUGHES (whisper)

　　Mr Lang, you can clear up the mess.

　　O'BRIEN

　　I'll do that.

　　MRS HUGHES (whisper) There's no need.

　　O'BRIEN

　　I don't mind.

　　MRS HUGHES (whisper)

　　I thank you. Mr Lang, you better go downstairs.

　　[INT. LADY GRANTHAM'S BEDROOM - NIGHT]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Well...Clarkson's seen him. It's definitely not a heart attack, but he does need rest.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　He's working much too hard. For a start, he's just got to let the maids serve in the dining room.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Quite right. There is a war. Even Carson has to make sacrifices.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Poor Lang. He looked like a rabbit in front of a snake.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I don't understand it. He seemed so solid when I met him, even taciturn. Now he's a bundle of nerves.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I heard what you said to Matthew about the regiment.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Everyone else knows what a fool I made of myself, why shouldn't he?

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I don't think you're a fool. Isn't that enough?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　No. Maybe it should be, but it isn't.

　　[INT. VALET'S BEDROOM - NIGHT]

　　[Lang stands in his room, eyes closed, bombs and gunfire echoing in his mind.]

　　O'BRIEN

　　You all right, Mr Lang?

　　[Lang is startled out of his trance.]

　　O'BRIEN

　　You're not, are you? I've seen shellshock before, you know. I had a brother with it. My favourite brother, as it happens. And I was his favourite, too. They sent him back and he's dead now.

　　MR LANG

　　They won't send me back. I'm a gonner as far as they're concerned.

　　O'BRIEN

　　You shouldn't be working yet.

　　MR LANG

　　I must work. I don't know what to do, else. I have to work.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Mr Lang, I thought you'd gone up.

　　O'BRIEN

　　He wanted to hang up the livery before it got creased.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　We can discuss the dinner another time. I'll say goodnight.

　　O'BRIEN

　　Goodnight, Mrs Hughes.

　　MR LANG

　　Goodnight.