Downton Abbey (TV Series)
Episode #2.4 (2011)
Maggie Smith: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Quotes
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I'm a woman, Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose.
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Are you quite sure about Lavinia?
Lady Mary Crawley : She wasn't Sir Richard's mistress. She gave him the evidence to settle the debt of someone she loved.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : And this is your beau is it? A man who lends money then uses it to blackmail the recipient?
Lady Mary Crawley : He lives in a tough world.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : And will you be joining him there?
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [Drolly sarcastic about converting Downton to a convalesent home] Oh, really it's living in a second-rate hotel, where the guests continue arriving, and no one seems to leave.
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Cora tells me Matthew's gone missing. Is that true?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : There's no proof of anything yet.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I see. Well, I need more than that to make me anxious.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : I'm glad you would be anxious.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Of course, I would be. We're used to Matthew now. God knows who the next heir will be! Probably a chimney sweep from Solihull.