Isobel appeals to Violet’s sense of charity, but it doesn’t come without a fight, and Branson considers a whole new future for himself and baby Sybbie.

Episode 5 airs at 9pm on Sunday 20 October on ITV. To whet your appetite, here are ten teasing lines of dialogue from the episode…

» “I’ve come to say goodbye.”

» “Mrs Patmore is not what you’d call a futurist.”

» “I’m sorry; when’s the funeral?”

» “I think it’s a mistake.”

» “He can read me like a book.”

» “I’m not one of them and that’s the end of it.”

» “I’ve not abandoned all my socialism.”

» “If I’m doing the wrong thing then I ask for the mercy of God.”

» “I don’t think it has any business in the servant hall.”

» “I hate to think of that evil man getting away scot-free.”

> Order Series 4 on DVD on Amazon.

> Buy the complete Series 1-3 boxset on Amazon.

Watch the Series 4 trailer…

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