At Downton Abbey, the air between Cora, Rosamund, Edith, and Mary is tense with a secret that has clearly been carried too long. When Cora learns that Edith has a third grandchild, her first reaction is not simply anger, but hurt — the kind that comes from realizing the truth was deliberately kept from her. Rosamund and the others try to explain that they wanted to “contain it,” to keep as little noise abroad as possible, but Cora cannot accept that her own daughter and granddaughter’s fate was handled without her knowledge.