In this Downton Abbey exchange, the cheerful talk of travel masks a far deeper tension. One voice is full of excitement about spending two weeks in Rome, then Florence, then Venice, but the mood in the room is anything but carefree. Behind the polished words and proper manners, there is a growing sense that something is already wrong. Even the mention of Locksley and the work left to be done carries a nervous edge, as if everyone involved can feel that this arrangement is more fragile than it appears.