Lending Library

Epilogue

Glancing down at the ledger in the library in preparation for writing a new entry, Robert called to his wife triumphantly. "It seems while I may have lost the battle, I won the war after all last night."

He boasted. "Mama filled out the ledger."

Wearing a look of disbelief, Cora approached to have a look for herself.

"No, she didn't." Cora looked up at him irritated. "That's not your mother's handwriting. That's Carson's."

Cora frowned at him. "Don't you know your own mother's handwriting?"

"I do, but I had hoped that you didn't." Robert admitted.

Suppressing a sigh, Cora declared. "I'm heading upstairs."

As she started for the door with the book she had been reading still in her hand, Robert spoke up. "You didn't -"

Seeing his wife's glare, Robert stopped himself.

"No, I didn't and you aren't going to either! Not anymore! You are Lord Grantham! This is your house. This is your library! If you want a book, you take it! You answer to no one! Is that understood?"

"Yes, dear." Robert agreed.

Finis