"The engagement is announced between Lady Mary Josephine Crawley, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Grantham, and Sir Richard Carlisle, son of Mr and the late Mrs Mark Carlisle of Morningside Edinburgh." Anna: How did you find out he was here? Daisy: What about William? Ethel: Help me, Mrs Hughes. Ethel: Well, then ask him to meet me! He may want to wait till William's well enough to go to church. I promise. Lady Edith: I'll nurse him. Lady Mary: She's gone back to unpack. Major Bryant: What is it? Mary goes to her father.] Matthew. Mr Bates has given her every last penny to keep her quiet, but she's tricked him, and now he's got nothing left to bargain with. Mrs Hughes: I wasn't going to tell you this, but he's coming on a visit this week to see his old pals. Mrs Patmore: Daisy, he's dying. Now he wishes before he dies to marry his sweetheart. Sir Richard Carlisle: And I warn you, I am unforgiving when anyone breaks a contract with me. So everything in our garden is rosy again? You'd have to sign a binding contract to that effect today. [Mary and Robert go to Lavinia and Mary smiles comfortingly at her as she takes her hands and kisses her cheek.] [Vera Bates enters.]
Plan: A: August 1918; Q: When did Matthew suffer a serious spinal injury? A: Matthew; Q: Who is paralyzed from the waist down? A: a serious spinal injury; Q: What has Matthew suffered? A: Lavinia; Q: Who does Matthew want to forget him? A: Mary; Q: Who is trying to nurse Matthew back to health? A: Mrs Hughes; Q: Who secretly helps Ethel and her baby? A: Ethel; Q: Whose lover has ignored her? A: her baby; Q: What does Mrs Hughes help Ethel with? A: Major Bryant; Q: Who is Ethel's lover? A: William's injuries; Q: What is fatal to William? A: William; Q: Who asks Daisy to marry him before he dies? A: Daisy; Q: Who does William ask to marry him before he dies? A: Mrs Patmore; Q: Who persuaded Daisy to marry William before he died? A: a few hours later; Q: How long after Daisy's wedding does William die? A: Bates; Q: Who is taken aback when Vera promises to expose old secrets about Lady Mary and Pamuk's death? A: Vera; Q: Who did Bates pay to divorce him? A: confidentiality obligations; Q: What does the contract that Vera signs with Sir Richard Carlisle contain? A: his engagement; Q: What did Sir Richard announce to Mary in his paper? Summary: August 1918. Matthew has suffered a serious spinal injury and is paralysed from the waist down. He is told that he will never walk again or father children. He wants Lavinia to forget him and sends her away, while Mary attempts to nurse him back to health. Mrs Hughes secretly helps Ethel and her baby since Ethel's lover, Major Bryant, has ignored her. William's injuries are fatal, prompting him to ask Daisy to marry him before he dies. Mrs Patmore persuades Daisy to go through with it; William dies a few hours later. Bates is taken aback when Vera promises to expose old secrets about Lady Mary and Pamuk's death, as he paid her to divorce him. When Mary discovers this, she confesses everything to Sir Richard Carlisle and asks him to help. He pays Vera to sign a contract with confidentiality obligations. Unknown to Mary, Sir Richard announces his engagement to her in his paper. On finding out she was tricked into silence, Vera warns Bates she will still ruin him.