Downton Abbey (TV Series)
Episode #2.8 (2011)
Hugh Bonneville: Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
Quotes
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[during dinner, several of the Grantham family have been stricken with Spanish flu]
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Wasn't there a masked ball in Paris when cholera broke out? Half the guests were dead before they left the ballroom.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : [sarcastically] Thank you, Mama. That's cheered us up no end.
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Jane Moorsum : [as he appears to offer her a piece of paper or his man in town after she tells him she intend to resign] You don't owe me anything.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : It's not for you; it's for Freddie. Let me give him a start in life.
Jane Moorsum : I'm not sure.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : It would make me very happy.
Jane Moorsum : If I thought that, then I'd take it gladly.
Jane Moorsum : [after a pause Robert nods affirmatively] Will you be happy?... Will you?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : I have no right to be unhappy, which is almost the same...
Jane Moorsum : Almost. Not quite.
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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : [referring to Sybil] She's a wonderful nurse and she's worked very hard, but in the process she's forgotten who she is.
Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham : Has she, Robert, or have we overlooked who she really is?
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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : I suppose you'll be going to Dublin now?
Lady Sybil Crawley : In a day or two. Mama is well again and I see no reason to delay. Though I do wish we could have parted friends.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Do you wish to part friends?
Tom Branson : I do. Though I don't expect it.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : All right.
Lady Sybil Crawley : What?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Well, if I can't stop you I see no point in a quarrel. It'll be a very different life to the one you might have had but if you're sure it's what you want.
Lady Sybil Crawley : I am.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Then you may take my blessing with you. Whatever it may mean.
Lady Sybil Crawley : Oh, Papa! It means more than anything! More than anything!
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : If you mistreat her, I will personally have you torn to pieces by wild dogs.
Tom Branson : I'd expect nothing less.
Lady Sybil Crawley : Will you come over for the wedding?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : We'll see, we'll talk about that later. And there'll be some money but not much.
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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : [despairing] God Almighty, how can this be? My whole life gone over a cliff in the course of a single day!
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Now, Sybil, dear, this sort of thing is all very well in novels, but in reality, it can prove very uncomfortable. And while I am sure Branson has many virtues...
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : [Robert looks at her in shock]
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [Puts her hand up to prevent Robert from interrupting] Well, no, no... he's a good driver.