Downton Abbey (TV Series)
A Moorland Holiday (2014)
Allen Leech: Tom Branson
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Quotes
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Tom Branson : Are you looking forward to going home?
Lady Edith Crawley : Why, in particularly?
Tom Branson : Aren't you missing Marigold?
Lady Edith Crawley : Aren't you missing Sybbie? Isn't Mary missing George?
Tom Branson : Not quite as much.
Lady Edith Crawley : What are you trying to say?
Tom Branson : Not a lot, really, but these will be my last months at Downton, and you have always been my ally. I'd like to feel we were honest with each other. You see, where I grew up, there were quite a few Marigolds.
Lady Edith Crawley : I'm not sure I understand you.
Tom Branson : I think you do. My cousin, Nuala, had a child that was brought up as her sister. No one talked of it, naturally, but we all knew.
Lady Edith Crawley : I told Papa you'd guessed.
Tom Branson : So they're both in on it?
Lady Edith Crawley : They are now.
Tom Branson : And Mary, does she know?
Lady Edith Crawley : No, she's completely uninterested in me, which should keep me safe. Please, keep it to yourself. Not for my sake so much as for hers.
Tom Branson : You may not believe it, but I'm a signed-up member of this family now.
[He places his hand affectionately on her shoulder and gives a gentle squeeze]
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Lady Mary Crawley : Will you shoot tomorrow, or have you given way to the uninvited guest?
Atticus Aldridge : I don't think I have a choice.
Tom Branson : You can have my place.
Atticus Aldridge : Certainly not. I've had two good days, and we're out again on Friday, so I don't merit pity.
Lady Mary Crawley : I hope your neighbour knows how accommodating you're being.
Atticus Aldridge : You can tell him, if you like. He's staying the night, so you'll have plenty of opportunity.
Lady Mary Crawley : Don't tempt me. I do find it astonishing, the way people take these things for granted.
Tom Branson : [with sarcasm] We can't all be as unselfish as you, Mary.
[Mary turns to look behind her, at Tom]
Tom Branson : Just joking.
[Mary, still looking back at Tom, notices Edith arm-and arm with Robert as the two laugh warmly together, so Marry scowls and rolls her eyes]