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She later takes his arm at the Thirsk Fair. At one point Edna enters Tom's room whilst he is changing and impulsively kisses him, after he asks her to leave. She later tells Mrs Hughes and [[Charles Carson|Mr Carson]] that she had made plans to meet Tom, inappropriately using his first name, when they ask her to do a job that clashes with those plans, asking them if she must do what they asked her to do. After hearing this news, both Mr Carson and Mrs Hughes immediately agree that she has to go. Mrs Hughes does not approve of the way Edna has attempted to pursue Tom and says to Tom that he let Edna made him feel ashamed of his new life. Edna doesn't think she has done anything wrong, insisting she is just as good as him and that there was nothing improper. But Mrs Hughes say that, "there are rules to this way of life and, if you don't intend to abide by them, it is not the life for you." Edna leaves soon after being fired. Tom kindly asks Mrs Hughes to give her a decent reference. She does, though she thinks Edna is not cut out to be a housemaid, having told Tom that "the work would no longer satisfy her. I've seen it before. She'd unsettled the other maids." |
She later takes his arm at the Thirsk Fair. At one point Edna enters Tom's room whilst he is changing and impulsively kisses him, after he asks her to leave. She later tells Mrs Hughes and [[Charles Carson|Mr Carson]] that she had made plans to meet Tom, inappropriately using his first name, when they ask her to do a job that clashes with those plans, asking them if she must do what they asked her to do. After hearing this news, both Mr Carson and Mrs Hughes immediately agree that she has to go. Mrs Hughes does not approve of the way Edna has attempted to pursue Tom and says to Tom that he let Edna made him feel ashamed of his new life. Edna doesn't think she has done anything wrong, insisting she is just as good as him and that there was nothing improper. But Mrs Hughes say that, "there are rules to this way of life and, if you don't intend to abide by them, it is not the life for you." Edna leaves soon after being fired. Tom kindly asks Mrs Hughes to give her a decent reference. She does, though she thinks Edna is not cut out to be a housemaid, having told Tom that "the work would no longer satisfy her. I've seen it before. She'd unsettled the other maids." |
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+ | Edna returns to Downton Abbey, having honed her skills as a lady's maid. She responds to an application posted by [[Rose MacClare]] for lady's maid for [[Cora Crawley]], [[Sarah O'Brien]] having unexpectedly left. She holds her interview in [[Ripon]], and lies about why she left Downton a year earlier, claiming it was her own choice to help a sick relative. |
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| + | [[Tom Branson]], [[Charles Carson|Carson]], and [[Elsie Hughes]] are upset that she is back, remembering her unorthodox behavior towards Tom. Unfortunately Mrs. Hughes has no choice but to hire her. She, Carson, and Branson resolve to keep an eye on her. |
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| + | Tensions rise between her and [[Anna Bates]], which get the latter in trouble and the former earning [[John Bates]]'s suspicion. But eventually, Edna leaves. |
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==Appearances== |
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Revision as of 00:51, 23 September 2013
Edna Braithwaite was a general maid who arrived at Downton Abbey in September 1921 and left soon after.
Biography
2012 Christmas Special
Headstrong, ambitious, and determined, Edna sets her sights on recent widower, Tom Branson.[1] He however is not ready for romance because he is still mourning his wife, Lady Sybil Branson.
Edna immediately starts asking questions and making comments about Tom and Sybil, such as him being handsome and that Lady Sybil could have done better, to which Mrs Hughes immediately tells her to mind her place. Unlike the other servants she does not show any respect in talking with Tom and refuses to stand up when he enters the servant´s hall. He seems to be taken aback by her behavior, but responds in a polite way to her forwardness. She even skips work to go see him in the Grantham Arms, after hearing that he would be eating lunch there. She makes him feel guilty about having moved up in the world, going so far as to get him to eat downstairs again and suggests that he drive them to the Thirsk Fair, after urging him to come with them. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hughes is watching her suspicously, especially after Tom beings to feel uneasy about moving upstairs.
She later takes his arm at the Thirsk Fair. At one point Edna enters Tom's room whilst he is changing and impulsively kisses him, after he asks her to leave. She later tells Mrs Hughes and Mr Carson that she had made plans to meet Tom, inappropriately using his first name, when they ask her to do a job that clashes with those plans, asking them if she must do what they asked her to do. After hearing this news, both Mr Carson and Mrs Hughes immediately agree that she has to go. Mrs Hughes does not approve of the way Edna has attempted to pursue Tom and says to Tom that he let Edna made him feel ashamed of his new life. Edna doesn't think she has done anything wrong, insisting she is just as good as him and that there was nothing improper. But Mrs Hughes say that, "there are rules to this way of life and, if you don't intend to abide by them, it is not the life for you." Edna leaves soon after being fired. Tom kindly asks Mrs Hughes to give her a decent reference. She does, though she thinks Edna is not cut out to be a housemaid, having told Tom that "the work would no longer satisfy her. I've seen it before. She'd unsettled the other maids."
Series 4
Edna returns to Downton Abbey, having honed her skills as a lady's maid. She responds to an application posted by Rose MacClare for lady's maid for Cora Crawley, Sarah O'Brien having unexpectedly left. She holds her interview in Ripon, and lies about why she left Downton a year earlier, claiming it was her own choice to help a sick relative.
Tom Branson, Carson, and Elsie Hughes are upset that she is back, remembering her unorthodox behavior towards Tom. Unfortunately Mrs. Hughes has no choice but to hire her. She, Carson, and Branson resolve to keep an eye on her.
Tensions rise between her and Anna Bates, which get the latter in trouble and the former earning John Bates's suspicion. But eventually, Edna leaves.
Appearances
References
- ↑ DailyMail.co.uk, A racy new maid, another shock for Lady Edith and simmering tension between Matthew and Lady Mary. Hold on to your hats as Downton decamps to Scotland By Nicole Lampert, PUBLISHED: 17:31 EST, 21 December 2012 | UPDATED: 17:59 EST, 21 December 2012; excerpt: "New maid Edna takes a shine to Branson but who wouldn't?"