Don't forget about Thomas trying to frame Bates for stealing the wine that he, Thomas, had stolen and then stealing one of Robert's snuff boxes and hiding it in Bates's room to frame him when the wine plot didn't work. Remember, Carson and Robert agreed to fire Thomas after the garden party in season one and only…

When I was 7 my husband was 25. Well, he's my husband NOW. But I do torment him sometimes when we see crowds of 20-something men and I suggest that one might someday marry our still-perfect little daughter.

I thought Lord G kept Thomas not just for his cricket prowess but because he wanted to exercise his own authority over his own staff rather than bowing to the civil authorities/outsiders. I was surprised he let him come back after knowing he's a thief, but remember it was Lady G who rehired him, and Lord G had never…