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It’s been gone for a couple of weeks now, but in case anyone is still looking for an excuse to have another conversation about ITV’s phenomenally successful costume drama, do read on. As those who watched the show will know, one of the sub plots involved Lady Sybil, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Grantham, trying to help housemaid Gwen to obtain a position as a secretary – an aspiration of self-betterment generally resented by servants and masters alike. I don’t think anyone could argue that Gwen should have been prevented from trying to move up in the world, nor that it is a tragic injustice that she had to fight so hard even to convince her friends of her right to do so.