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When Lady Mary's horse spooks while jumping during the hunt, breaking her arm, Mr. Pamuk finds a different way to entertain himself during his stay at Downton.
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“Again and again, I find that for every story that Englishmen tell about foreigners, there’s no shortage of men here who are eager to see if the stories are true,” Mr. Pamuk said, turning away. “What were you hoping to achieve?”
“I think you mistook—”
“I mistook nothing.” He was still fiddling with his tie. He undid the knot that Thomas had just made, and then he tried to tie it again himself. He looked at himself in the mirror, smirked, and turned back around. “It seems Englishmen, be they schoolboys or servants, have the same things in mind.”
Thomas wasn’t sure what to say. Strangely, the only thing his mind could fixate on at that moment was how frustrating it was to watch Mr. Pamuk fail completely to do the tie properly. He stared at his hands.