Lady Elaine turned out to be as reasonable as I thought, which is refreshing as mean old lady head maid seems to be the norm in this kind of drama.
It stands to reason though, as she is the head maid of a duke family. If she were not competent and reasonable, I doubt she would be able to become one in the first place.
I can see Alejandro becoming unreasonable about Ibe leaving in the near future. I think that unless the problem of social standing is resolved first, this relationship might not be able to go anywhere. In my opinion, they are not even at the starting line properly yet.