Branksome子爵继承人Evelyn Napier和他英俊的朋友土耳其大使馆随员Kemal Pamuk到访。Mary被Pamuk英俊的外表所吸引。夜晚Pamuk悄悄潜入Mary的房间，两人欢好之时，Pamuk因心梗而猝死。为了挽回自己的名声并避免不必要的影响，Mary，伯爵夫人和女仆Anna将Pamuk运回了客房，但却被Daisy看到。Pamuk的死让Mary深受打击，也为日后埋下隐患。为了和大姐作对，二女儿Edith带领Matthew参观教堂并试图勾引他。Gwen在学习打字和速记，希望以后能成为一名秘书。此举遭到了庄园内很多人的鄙视，但是三小姐Sybil却非常支持她。

　　Mary: Are you looking for something?

　　Carson: Lady Mary? I just wanted to make sure the room had been tidied up after the...after the people had left.

　　Mary: Life can be terribly unfair, can't it?

　　Carson: It certainly can.

　　Mary: Everything seems so golden one minute, then turns to ashes the next. Can I ask you a question, Carson? Have you ever felt your life was somehow slipping away and there was nothing you could do to stop it?

　　Carson: I think everyone feels that at one time or another.

　　Mary: The odd thing is I feel, for the first time, really, I understand what it is to be happy. It's just I know that I won't be.

　　Carson: Oh, don't say that, My Lady. Don't raise the white flag quite yet. You'll still be mistress of Downton. Old Lady Grantham hasn't given up the fight, not by a long chalk.

　　Mary: Oh, that...I wasn't even thinking about that.

　　Carson: And if I may say so, My Lady, you're still very young.

　　Mary: Am I? I don't feel it.

　　Carson: We're all behind you, My Lady. The staff. We're all on your side.

　　Mary: Thank you, Carson. You've always been so kind to me. Always. From when I was quite a little girl. Why is that?

　　Carson: Even a butler has his favourites, My Lady.

　　Mary: Does he? I'm glad.

　　Anna: Lady Mary. Oh, My Lady, I thought...

　　Mary: Carson and I were just making sure that everything was ship-shape and Bristol fashion. And it is.