Downton Abbey (TV Series)
A Moorland Holiday (2014)
Maggie Smith: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Quotes
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [to Robert] Why do you always treat me as if I were a salmon who laid my eggs in the gravel and then swam back to the sea?
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : The presence of strangers is the only guarantee of good behavior.
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Isobel Crawley : And you've never strayed again?
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I've never risked everything again.
Isobel Crawley : That's not quite what I asked.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : It's all the answer you'll get. Remember, we were the Edwardians.
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Spratt : [walks into kitchen; to Denker] So, this is the famous broth.
Miss Denker : What else would it be?
Spratt : Are you ready to be judged on it?
Miss Denker : I should be judged by you, Mr. Spratt, whatever happens.
Spratt : If you mean I will judge you for promoting yourself through lies and fraud, then, yes, I will. So will she. Your unmasking is at hand.
[leaves the room]
Spratt : [Miss Denker smells the broth, and whimpers]
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [enters the room with Spratt] Oh, Denker.
Miss Denker : Oh.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I was talking menus with Mrs. Potter and Spratt reminded me about the broth. He didn't want your efforts to be overlooked.
Miss Denker : I'm sure he didn't. Not a chance.
Spratt : Of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating, m'lady.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Indeed.
[to Denker]
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : May I taste it?
Miss Denker : [frightened] Uh... uh...
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [takes a spoon from Denker] Thank you.
[tastes the broth; purses lips in a sign of disgust]
Spratt : I warned you, m'lady.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [obviously lying] It is... delicious.
Spratt : [shocked] It can't be. It's not possible!
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : There's a point, Spratt, where malice ceases to be amusing. I thank you, Denker, very much. I'm not hungry enough to do your soup justice this evening. Let us save its delights for another day.
Miss Denker : Whatever you wish, Your Ladyship. Thank you.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Thank you.
[leaves]
Miss Denker : Ha ha!
[laughs at Spratt and throws a towel at him]