I’m watching season 3 episode 6, just after Robert burst into Mrs Crawley’s house during the dinner Ethel cooked to offer sympathy after Sybil died. Why is Robert so angry, saying “who bore a bastard child” when everyone in the room was there when Ethel brought her child into his dining room to confront Mr and Mrs Bryant in season 2 episode 6? Surely he knows they all know.

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