- [Lady Violet reveals that she has just inherited a villa in the south of France as a result of an affair that she had many years earlier, before Robert was born]
- Violet Crawley: I will say goodnight... and leave you to discuss my mysterious past.
- Cora Grantham: How did you become a film actress?
- Myrna Dalgleish: A talent scout spotted me. Because I'm so beautiful.
- Lady Edith: It seems wonderfully romantic.
- Myrna Dalgleish: Well, it's not that romantic. Not when you know that every man in the room just wants to give you one.
- Mr. Carson: I have found when dealing with foreigners, if one speaks loudly and slowly, they'll bend to your will.
- Mr. Carson: They're very French, the French, aren't they?
- Jack Barber: I suppose they're bound to be.
- Mr. Carson: I suppose they are... Poor things.