Downton Abbey Devours Human Emotion

Here’s what I think about the order of events and why:

Sir Richard makes some allusion to Mary’s past Turkish Delight, calling her a whore or something, and Matthew punches him in the face.

In the scene where they are outside and Matthew says, “You must not marry him,” they both look flustered, I noticed that Mary’s jacket isn’t completely done up in this scene, indicating they went outside in a rush— so I think it promptly follows the punching scene.

This is the scene we see Matthew walking away from looking extremely upset.

I THINK she tells him after he punches Sir Richard. 

It would be logical for her to feel forced to tell him the truth under such circumstances.

As much as I love the shot of Matthew punching Sir Poop Head, I can’t help but be more transfixed by Mary’s ridiculous expression than anything else.