Edith has come to see the Dowager Countess, who asks how she is, and Edith smiles that she supposes she's all right. After the Dowager Countess and Edith agree that what she went through was "horrid," the Dowager Countess offers that Edith must keep busy, but Edith complains that there's nothing to do and wonders if she should take up gardening. The Dowager Countess: "Well, no. You can't be as desperate as that." Hee. When Edith asks how she should occupy her time instead, the Dowager Countess replies, "Edith dear -- you're a woman with a brain and reasonable ability. Stop whining and find something to do." If anyone happens to have that last sentence as a ringtone, my email's in my bio.

Good Lord, Anna, get it together. Mrs. Hughes interrupts her silent suffering to tell her she thinks everything's under control, but stops when she sees Anna's face. Anna confesses it's been weeks since she's had a letter from Bates, and she worries that he's "being gallant" in trying to set her free. Yeah, that's not how I'd define "gallant" either, but the Brits often use words differently. Also, Anna seems to be under the impression that it's Bates who stopped her visiting rather than the prison authorities. I'm not sure if she was given that information or if she jumped to the conclusion, but it does seem tenuous, especially given Bates having mentioned his cellmate to her. Mrs. Hughes doesn't know anything about that, but she is sure that Bates hasn't abandoned Anna, and Anna nods gratefully at the encouraging words...

...while Bates, on work detail, gets the news from that same Good Samaritan that Craig (that's the cellmate) knows Bates tricked him -- brilliant deduction there -- and that he has powerful friends on the outside, I think, who were in on the set-up (the details are unclear to me and I honestly couldn't care less, so no email clarifications necessary), and they're the ones responsible for stopping his visitation and mail privileges, having reported him to the governor as a dangerous prisoner. Bates is just thrilled to learn that Anna hasn't actually abandoned him, but Bates' guardian angel tells him not to celebrate until he finds out what else Craig et al. have in store for him. Bates does not launch into an answering speech about how his and Anna's love will conquer anything that life throws at them, which means that I owe a lot to the guard who just barked, "Stop talking!"