March 1909 Lady Marjorie's affair of three years earlier in 1906 comes back to haunt her in the form of some discovered love letters she wrote to Captain Charles Hammond (now dead) by his Batman. He turns up at Eaton Place requesting an audience with Lady Marjorie. Of course Hudson sends him on his way, but he makes himself agreeable to 'Watkins' (John Alderton, who plays the new Chauffeur) around the back of the house.
Between them, they intend to 'blackmail' Lady Marjorie, but Sarah (now no longer employed as a 'domestic'), having become 'intimate' with Thomas talks him out of it. Watkins gets all the credit, but little do the Bellamy's ever know, that it was little Sarah who really saved the day!
In this episode, it is made obvious once again Pauline Collins' ability at comedy. She would excel at this in the coming series 'No-Honestly', which both she and her husband starred after they both left 'Upstairs, Downstairs' a couple of years later.
Between them, they intend to 'blackmail' Lady Marjorie, but Sarah (now no longer employed as a 'domestic'), having become 'intimate' with Thomas talks him out of it. Watkins gets all the credit, but little do the Bellamy's ever know, that it was little Sarah who really saved the day!
In this episode, it is made obvious once again Pauline Collins' ability at comedy. She would excel at this in the coming series 'No-Honestly', which both she and her husband starred after they both left 'Upstairs, Downstairs' a couple of years later.
