Downton has an heir, and the word spreads quickly.

Robert can't hide his pride.

His friends clap his back and congratulate him. Others insinuate he is now relieved of responsibility to his wife. Still others encourage a mistress.

Robert realizes with a start how binding he finds his society, with its shackles of propriety and snobbery, and backwards righteousness; he embraces the freedom Cora has given him.

Perhaps his mother had been right; marrying an American would spell ruin for the way things used to be.

And good riddance.