About Thomas

by Roses-N-Runways

This story tells of various characters reaction to "The Incident" (O'Brien orchestrating trouble between Thomas and Jimmy, making Thomas think Jimmy liked him, Alfred witnessing it and the police being contacted). WARNING: things the characters say will be offensive, but remember I am trying to be as realistic as possible with the reactions to homosexuality in this time period.

6. Chapter 6: MOLESLEY

Chapter 6: Mr. Molesley

The news was a bit of a shock to Mr. Molesley.

He didn't know much about men like that. Oh, he knew they existed, but that was about it.

He didn't quite understand it. Was it just a fear of courting? A fear of talking to the ladies?

Mr. Molesley could understand, if that was the case. After all, he himself had always had a fair bit of nerves when approaching the fairer sex.

But he couldn't imagine turning to a man instead. He didn't understand what would make Thomas Barrow do that.

If it was simply a fear of women, he wondered if someone could help Thomas get over that fear, maybe help him approach a nice girl and court her instead?

If it was more than that, if it was some other sort of problem, well, perhaps a doctor…?

Mr. Molesley felt like everybody had something. Everybody had some sort of problem to deal with.

He himself used to have a stutter.

A doctor had helped him to conquer his stutter. Perhaps a doctor could help Thomas too.