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And they could of at least gone to London to comfort Edith.
Edith did not want to be comforted by her family, she made quite sure to Tom that she wanted to be alone and cope on her own. Which she seemed to do, on the basis of the scene in the office with Laura.
Most of all, there was no comfort because there was no easy solution, unlike it was to Mary to call Henry back.
Lord Merton was told that "the ball is now in Larry's court and only he can play it". This applies also to Bertie. Only he can now make the first step towards reconciliation.
That can happen only after he had realized that he made the decision to part from Edith too rashly in anger and hurt, letting her no chance to tell her part of story and explain why she didn't tell him. Also, just like Matthew in S1, Bertie wanted to be sure and didn't accept that there was a strong possiblity that Edith would have told him - why else she would have needed so much time before accepting his proposal than to collect her courage to tell him? Even after he became a Marquess and could offer him one of the most exalted positions of the realm, she didn't accept him straightaway (and in fact she never said yes).
In their discussion in the park after the breakfast Edith had a chance. She could have said: I tried to tell you last evening but you didn't listen to me. Which is quite true, Bertie was so happy hearing her "I love you" that he jumped to "I take it yes". But evidently she felt that she isn't "worthy" of Bertie (which she said twice and he never asked why she felt that way) and that she is permanently "unlucky" (when she meets a man, it turns to the bad result). Therefore she didn't even try to defend herself.