Exactly! I mean, one does an awful lot of willingly suspending one's disbelief during Downton, but I really think this particular plot point is straining credulity too far. Also, no need for it: Robert would have been just as pissed off and resistant if Matthew had left everything to Mary in a proper will as in a letter.
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Date: 2013-09-30 11:54 am (UTC)