And her father had to point out to her that publish and be damned would be pretty hard on Tony and Mabel. Mary hadn't even thought of them.
To be fair, neither had you, but if it had been Edith instead of Mary she'd be History's Greatest Monster.

Oh wait, that was HER DAUGHTER.
And more than one viewer was fearful of what might be found in the Drewe's farmhouse when the search part arrived.

Smart indeed. Is it a coincidence that as soon as the field cleared he ran off to Poland to study potatoes?

Still think that Gregson was twice as much man as the pack that chased Mary.

You rascal you!

That's not how Matthew saw it. She wouldn't have him without an earldom. It was a big deal for her—bigger than Matthew, as it turned out—and if she hadn't been so grasping, she could have had four years and several more children with him.

Barrow was the only person left in the house who'd talk to her? Not like he could get up and leave. Little George was the pork chop*

Which proposal?
The first one, when she thought he'd be Earl, and called off when there was a chance he wouldn't be?
Or the second, over Lavinia's dead body?

Here. Saves time:
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

JF has said that he doesn't see an actor in the character he's written until about 3 or 4 episodes in, and then, if he sees possibilities, writes to that actor. That is the greatest single strength of the series for me.
If you look back at season one, Edith and Moseley are indeed thinly outlined stock characters—the…

Well actually Mary's payback was swift and sure 12 years ago, lying to Strallan about Edith contempt for him and ruining her chance for a marriage. This one was the second marriage Mary wrecked.
Edith's speech was a subtle shift in the balance of the relationship. She's telling Mary—nicely—that it all ends now, and on…

He was that way about Gregson until he gave Robert back all the money that the cheat took from him. Surest way to Robert's heart is to give him money, or a dog.

Not quite:
http://www.bentleymotors.co…

Or that the actors aren't driving them. There's "Grand Prix", and then everything else not quite as good.

Exactly. What she's doing queen-beeing it with three supremely eligible young men, while the likes of Madeleine Allsopp is running around unmatched is beyond me.
The Crawleys looking down their collective noses at Bertie Pelham is similarly unlikely. He's whole, sane, cheery and their sort, and Edith's lucky to have…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Mary told them that smart, fashionable people had separate bedrooms. I hope she was joking.

Diana Manners, a near exact contemporary of the Crawley girls, believed and hoped that the Duke was not in fact her father, but rather this man:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…
who is also an example of the kind of man who drove Gregson's world.
You're right about the middle class morality, but that was changing too.…

Find the clip of Robert talking about the brilliant financial rewards from investing with that chap Ponzi. Matthew and Tom are sitting there doing non-palm facepalms. Now Matthew's gone.

In the story he took off to investigate Polish agriculture—which could be a great euphemism along the lines of Ugandan discussions.
But really, he had the same problem as the other two Identikit Suitors. All three had their own estates and dynasties to maintain. If she'd married any of them, they could quite reasonably…