Cora circled her hand over Robert's back. He was still retching. "It was a bit sour, was it not?" She said, trying not to laugh.

Robert gave her a side eye before he spewed again.

They had eaten Robert's dish, but something had been wrong. Cora's stomach was upset, but Robert had tp run to the bathroom.

Cora kept circling his back until he sat back and she felt him relax. "I do not understand how you are not reacting to this awful taste." He said.

Cora chuckled. "It was not a nice taste and my stomach is protesting a bit, but I did not eat as much as you did. What did you use to make this so sour?"

"I will show you." Robert got up and walked towards the kitchen. He opened one of the cabinets and took a bottle. "This." He showed Cora the bottle of wine vinegar.

"And how much did you use?"

"I filled this measuring cup."

Cora started to laugh. "You filled this to the top?

Robert started to stutter. "Uhm, yes?"

"Did Mrs. Patmore not tell you how much you needed to use?

"50ml, so that is what I did."

"Darling this is a 500ml cup." Cora said still laughing.

Robert's cheeks were now burning red. "No wonder it tasted this awful and made me throw up."

"You tried and that is what counts. I love the fact you wanted to cook for me. Let's throw this." She was holding up the pan. "In the trash and I will make something else." Cora paused and looked at Robert. "If you still want to eat something?"

Robert moved his hand to his stomach. "I am not sure."

"I will make a simple dish, mashed potato with peas. It will help calm down your stomach."

Rosamund saw a familiar figure coming out of a building onto the streets. "Mary?" She said surprised, when she noticed what building she just came out of.

Startled Mary turned around. "Aunt Rosamund?"

Rosamund looked at the building and back to Mary. "Are you?"

"Do not tell anybody, but yes."

"Oh Mary, congratulations, what a wonderful news." Rosamund stopped her enthusiasm when she saw Mary's face. "It is good news? Is it not?"

Mary gave her a faint smile. "I am pregnant, but there are some complications, so Matthew and I are not telling it to anyone yet."

"I understand, so I will withhold my congratulations just yet."

"Does Mama have to work today? Or do you think she is at home?"

Rosamund felt her cheeks colour. "Maybe you better call her to check."

"If she is not home, that is alright. I have a key, I can wait inside."

"I truly think it is better when you first call." Rosamund tried. She did not want Mary to walk in on her parents. And at the same time she knew they wanted to tell the girls together.

"Aunt Rosamund does my mother have a boyfriend or something, that I am not supposed to know about?"

Rosamund almost choked, her bright red cheeks told Mary everything.

"Well, although I had hoped that one day, Papa would be able to get Mama back. I understand why she has moved on."

"It is not quite that." How was she going to get out of this situation without telling Mary what was really going on.

Mary's eyes grew big. "Papa is here with Mama! Is he not?" Mary's voice went one octave higher. "He said he was going away for business, but he never said where he went. He is here in London, is he not?"

Rosamund nodded. "You were not supposed to know this already. They want to tell you girls when you are all together and they also need to sort some things out."

"I am not sure if I could ever go back to Matthew when he cheated on me."

Rosamund looked at Mary in shock. "Did your mother tell you that?"

"What? That Papa cheated on her? No, they did not say it in those words. But the gossip from the staff and Papa's own words, that he did something unforgivable, made it easy to connect the dots."

Rosamund let out a deep sigh. "Please do not tell your mother you know."

"Mama is not stupid. She knows that we all know what Papa did."

"That is not what I meant. Do not tell her you know that they are back together. Let them have their time to figure out how the future will look."

Cora was lying on her side. Robert had been with her here in London, for three days now. It was time to tell the girls and Mama. She looked at Robert's sleeping figure. They had spent this day walking around Richmond and watching a movie in a cinema. Luckily Robert's stomach had stopped hurting this morning. When they woke up he was not complaining about it.

It was weird still, to wake up and fall asleep next to Robert in this house. She was nervous about how it would be at Downton. Here Robert was stress-free and did not worry about the estate. Or at least, it felt that way. And also how would she feel being back where it all happened. The place where Robert kissed that maid.

She shook her head. No, she should not think about that. There were many more beautiful memories she could recall. The day Robert came back from a long trip to the mainland. She had been in one of the backrooms, she did not remember what she was doing and why she was there. But she remembered that it got dark all of a sudden when the door behind her closed. Before she could walk towards the door to open it again, she was pushed against the wall. Warm, soft and hungry lips pressed onto hers. Robert was back and he showed her how much he had missed her. She remembered trying not to make a sound when he got down on her and with his tongue circling her towards her high. She could feel her body still shutter from the pleasure he brought her.