Downton Abbey (TV Series)

A Moorland Holiday (2014)

Allen Leech: Tom Branson

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• Tom Branson : Are you looking forward to going home?

  Lady Edith Crawley : Why, in particularly?

  Tom Branson : Aren't you missing Marigold?

  Lady Edith Crawley : Aren't you missing Sybbie? Isn't Mary missing George?

  Tom Branson : Not quite as much.

  Lady Edith Crawley : What are you trying to say?

  Tom Branson : Not a lot, really, but these will be my last months at Downton, and you have always been my ally. I'd like to feel we were honest with each other. You see, where I grew up, there were quite a few Marigolds.

  Lady Edith Crawley : I'm not sure I understand you.

  Tom Branson : I think you do. My cousin, Nuala, had a child that was brought up as her sister. No one talked of it, naturally, but we all knew.

  Lady Edith Crawley : I told Papa you'd guessed.

  Tom Branson : So they're both in on it?

  Lady Edith Crawley : They are now.

  Tom Branson : And Mary, does she know?

  Lady Edith Crawley : No, she's completely uninterested in me, which should keep me safe. Please, keep it to yourself. Not for my sake so much as for hers.

  Tom Branson : You may not believe it, but I'm a signed-up member of this family now.

  [He places his hand affectionately on her shoulder and gives a gentle squeeze] 

• Lady Mary Crawley : Will you shoot tomorrow, or have you given way to the uninvited guest?

  Atticus Aldridge : I don't think I have a choice.

  Tom Branson : You can have my place.

  Atticus Aldridge : Certainly not. I've had two good days, and we're out again on Friday, so I don't merit pity.

  Lady Mary Crawley : I hope your neighbour knows how accommodating you're being.

  Atticus Aldridge : You can tell him, if you like. He's staying the night, so you'll have plenty of opportunity.

  Lady Mary Crawley : Don't tempt me. I do find it astonishing, the way people take these things for granted.

  Tom Branson : [with sarcasm]  We can't all be as unselfish as you, Mary.

  [Mary turns to look behind her, at Tom] 

  Tom Branson : Just joking.

  [Mary, still looking back at Tom, notices Edith arm-and arm with Robert as the two laugh warmly together, so Marry scowls and rolls her eyes]