John Bates

Mr John Bates, former valet to Lord Grantham, now unemployed. Unhappily married to Vera Bates. I left my heart at Downton Abbey.

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht #thoughtyoudsaythat A man can wish for some insight into his future, but it seems it is #nottobe

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht Really? Then I shall dare to feel #encouraged. But I won't know #hope until my wedding day.

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht Oh, you're from the future are you? #snippy #scaredtohope

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@vickiholzknecht I'll believe it when I see it. #wanttobelieve #ineedanna

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@vickiholzknecht That's very kind of you. But there's still hope; it's not all bad. #kiddingmyself #wanttogohome #toanna

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht It's very kind of you to remember my plight, milady. My situation remains much the same, I'm sorry to say.

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@vickiholzknecht @CoraCrawley @Miss_OBrien Oh believe me, there's a lot of fun involved. #bromance #dontaskdonttell

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht @CoraCrawley @Miss_OBrien #dontaskdonttell

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht @CoraCrawley @Miss_OBrien I was his Batman and he was my Robin... One makes many strange bonds in wartime. #bromance #crack

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht @CoraCrawley @Miss_OBrien she can be forgiven a little snippiness. And of course whatever she think, is Miss O'Brien's law.

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@vickiholzknecht @CoraCrawley @Miss_OBrien That's very kind, milady, but I think her Ladyship is jealous of my #bromance with her husband so

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@vickiholzknecht @Vera_Bates Thank you fo your prayers and support, milady, it's very kind of you. #wanttogetawayfromthis #wanttogohome

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@vickiholzknecht @Vera_Bates I dread to think of what I'd uncover! Best to let sleeping dogs lie and find work quick.

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@vickiholzknecht @Vera_Bates No such luck, I doubt she's been faithful so long but I can't prove it. And I can't let her story get out.

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@vickiholzknecht I've been busy, trying to find work in this dump of a place. #hatelondon #getawayfromthewife @Vera_Bates

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Not looking forward to the prospect of sharing a bed with @Vera_Bates but I cannot keep my eyes open a minute longer. #desperateman

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht #breathesout Thank goodness for that. Trouble is always amidst at #downton, I only hope the people I care about are safe.

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@vickiholzknecht He can't have got into trouble in the week or so he's been enlisted, surely? #moreworriedbytheminute

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht Last I heard he was enlisting in the army... Why? Has something happened? #worried #1916

[John Bates @Mr_JohnBates]

@vickiholzknecht I'm sure I can find work, but the further from the pub the better, right now! But thank you for your kind wishes, m'lady.