The family and staff are preparing for Mary and Matthew's wedding; and Cora's mother is arriving from the U.S. Robert, meanwhile, receives bad news about an investment.
Edith is asked to pen a newspaper column; Isobel offers Ethel a position in her household; Matthew questions the management of the estate; and Sybil goes into labour.
Vorenus sees to it that veteran soldiers receives severance on behalf of Caesar, and is then invited along with Niobe to one of Atia's parties.
A violinist loses his nerve on stage, and some miles away a lonely woman is killed in a hit-and-run accident. How are they connected?
