Rita Bevan, a former chambermaid at the hotel where Mary and Lord Gillingham stayed, attempts to blackmail Mary by exposing their tryst to the local papers. Mary refuses to pay the demanded £1,000, so Rita confronts Robert, who buys her off with a meer £50 and the promise of legal action if she tried to blackmail the family again.

From Season 6 Episode 1: The local hospital is threatened with a take-over by the larger County Hospital and the board is split with Violet objecting, and Isobel approving. Elsewhere, Mary is being blackmailed by a maid from the hotel Mary and Lord Gillingham stayed. Anna and Bates have their names cleared after a woman confesses to murdering green, however, Anna is upset because she lost a baby. Later Mrs. Patmore asks Mr. Carson if he expects a "full marriage" on behalf of Mrs. Hughes.

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