You've probably thought of this, but I'd place someone--maybe a servant--in each room the public will enter. Just to keep an eye on things.
Literally.
I think that's a good idea.
Carson, can you sort it out?
Of course, my lady. I understand it's only the ground floor.
Not too much of that. They'll start in the small library, then through the big library, into the painting room, the drawing room, the smoking room, the great hall, in and out of the dining room, and back outside.
Rope off across the staircases in the back wing. Who are the guides?
Do we need guides? Can't they just have a look and leave it at that?
I don't think so. Not if you want them to go away happy, and leave behind what's not theirs. Who knows about the history of the house?
Only our librarian...but he's away.
You'll have to fake it. Lady Mary, Edith, Mr. Branson--
Not me. I don't know a thing. I'll sell tickets, but that's it.
Well then, Lady Grantham. You and your daughters can take parties of ten each with no more than 30 in the house at any one time.
Crikey.
Heavens. I feel like the Belgians waiting for the invasion.
Or the monkeys in a zoo.
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