kingrat wrote:I wondered if perhaps Sir Anthony's war wounds included some of a more personal nature than he had ever managed to tell Edith about. Though SueSue's scenario is a lot more fun!
That does seem more logical. It's just that every moment Edith saddled up to Sir Anthony, he just seemed to become more anxious, and I am not sure if it was an internal reaction to her proximity or an external one. Maybe it was both!
So I feel if it was internal, it might have something to do with Thomas.
And if it was external, it might have had something to do with "extended war wounds."
Might even the Dowager Countess and the Earl of Grantham have heard such rumors concerning Sir Anthony which had previously prejudiced them against such a union with Edith in their discussions to quash the "blending of souls" at the portal of love?
Whatever might be the case, it would seem Sir Anthony "quivereth" resoundingly at the prospect...
I fear the next episode might find Sir Anthony a victim of his own regret, sprawled in a dishelved manner upon his canopied bedchamber, with the barrister later ministering his estate to his beloved Edith.
Thomas, ever the enterprising opportunist, always seems to be seeking a sympathetic superior, lest we forget his overtures to Kemal Pamuk, the overly taxed, hormonally compromised Turkish diplomat who bit the Downton dust in season one.
And David, I guess I'm always "cooking" up something!
