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Mary was boinking an Ambassador (not sure what he was actually but an official title) from another country and he kicked the bucket while in the midst of the dirty deed in Mary's bed at Downton. She, Cora and Anna dragged his body out of the room back to his assigned room and Edith saw them from a distance on the same floor. She then wrote to someone in his country alluding to said deed or questioning the details surrounding his death.
Sorry it's been a while, every little detail not forthcoming from my brain.
It was in Season 1. Kemal Pamuk, the Turkish diplomat, died in her bed. It was Daisy who saw them dragging the body. The story eventually got to Edith and she sent a letter to the Turkish ambassador. (She did this after a series of rather mean remarks Mary made about her.)
Rose's mother, Lady Flincher, helped spread the story. Bates' wife Vera used it to blackmail him, and Mary's beau Richard Carlisle used it to force Mary to marry him. She wisely dumped him and was prepared for him to publish the story, but he didn't.
Mary and Edith really, really don't like each other.
The poor relationship between Mary and Edith didn't start just like that after this one incident. I would supsect Mary has sense that Edith is such a mealy mouth, passive person that it is easy for the hard nosed, I'm better than you Mary to have picked on her even when they were children. Hence, Edith turning the knife on Mary.
There was that one scene after Sybil died when Edith asked Mary if she thought they'd be closer now. Mary sighed and said, "I doubt it." The woman is cold.
There was that one scene after Sybil died when Edith asked Mary if she thought they'd be closer now. Mary sighed and said, "I doubt it." The woman is cold.
Yes, I rmemeber that little interation. I'm not sure one is any owrse than the other. To me, they both are obnoxious in their own way.
There was that one scene after Sybil died when Edith asked Mary if she thought they'd be closer now. Mary sighed and said, "I doubt it." The woman is cold.
Perfectly understandable. Writing the Turkish Ambassador about that scandalous (for the time) indiscretion is unforgivable. I don't believe Cora, to this day, knows Edith did that. Does Granny even know Edith was the source of that rumor? I don't recall.
The poor relationship between Mary and Edith didn't start just like that after this one incident. I would supsect Mary has sense that Edith is such a mealy mouth, passive person that it is easy for the hard nosed, I'm better than you Mary to have picked on her even when they were children. Hence, Edith turning the knife on Mary.
Mary is a bit of a tart at this point.
tart noun
: an open pie that usually has a sweet filling (such as fruit or custard)
: a woman who wears very sexy clothing and has sex with many men
Doubtful. I imagine Mary is acting no differently than many women of her day and class.
I think some posters on here should mind their own business what Lady Mary does, your all talking behind her back too bet you wouldn't say it to her face Lol
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