Robert discovers that his wife is pregnant. He discusses the repercussions of the pregnancy with Matthew and offers to give him the "Belgian Waffle box" (Crawley House) if there is a boy in the litter. A telephone system is installed in Downton and Lady Hairy and Lady Eat-It use it to make crank calls. Thomas asks to join the war effort by signing up as a vet in the Territorial Rodent Hospital. This is how the rat tail ends. By Bill Boyd-Wilson; rats by Ankixa Risk.