Apparently Hallam gets quite moved over random items on the floor.
First it was marbles and now it’s white yarn. I shall explain. Maud the Mom has “connections” to a place for Lotte since she stopped talking because of her mother’s asthma death. I guess in 1936 you are sent to an institution if you are not able to shake off your grief right away. Anyway, Hallam is enraged about Lotte’s departure and goes after her. At the nice, homey institution he sees something on the floor. I said, “Marble!” to the TV but I was wrong. It was “White Yarn!” See, Hallam’s dead sister always played with white yarn. She wasn’t a cat. And she wasn’t dead. Maud put her in the institution because she had Down’s Syndrome. Bro and sis reunited!
Uh oh. Trouble in Fascist paradise: the chauffeur feels guilty about Rachel and Lotte so he backs off the Fascism thing. Lady Persie, however, is determined to have beliefs so she starts hanging with the German ambassador. She’s off to Berlin. Good luck!
Amanjit moment: he types up a bio for Lotte to tell her about her parents and where she came from. Sniff. Another moment: Amanjit apparently coifs his beard and curls it under because at one point we see him Hair Unfurled.
In other news, King Edward abdicated. And King George doesn’t stutter. Which fictionalized account do I believe?
So what did I learn from Part Three? Pritchard can deliver babies. More specifically Lady Agnes’s baby. A guy named Cecil Beaton was a famous photographer around this time and the cook was a fan. Hey, Johnny’s back! Out of jail. He gets rehired. And he gets to put the star on top of the Christmas tree. All is forgiven!
