Social constriction by touchy-feely aristocrats as depicted in the series, Downton Abbey, concluded with gusto on British TV screens over Christmas, partly because, like a fading rose, its demise was palpably near. To never hear again Maggie Smith’s capriciously funny lines delivered with bug-eyed indignation, or pause over the bedtime routines of Lady-God-forbid-I-dress-myself-Mary, unrolling miles of black glove, is to lose the chance to bask once a week in the warm nostalgia for an old way of doing things, like waving goodbye with a handkerchief or using Kodak film.

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