- [news of the sinking of the Titanic has just reached Downton Abbey]
- Lady Edith Crawley: I thought it was supposed to be unsinkable.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Every mountain is "unclimbable" until someone climbs it. So every ship is "unsinkable" until it sinks.
- Matthew Crawley: [reading a letter] It's from Lord Grantham.
- Isobel Crawley: Really? What on earth does he want?
- Matthew Crawley: He wants to change our lives.
- Isobel Crawley: What should we call each other?
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Well, we could always start with Mrs. Crawley and Lady Grantham.
- Lady Edith Crawley: [commenting about the Duke, whom Mary was hoping to marry] So he slipped the hook.
- Lady Mary Crawley: At least I'm not fishing with no bait.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Do you miss the army, Bates?
- John Bates: I miss a lot of things, but you have to keep moving, don't you.
- Cora, Countess of Grantham: [smiling] Are we to be friends then?
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: [after a very long pause] We are allies, which can be a good deal more effective.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: It does seem odd that my third cousin should be a doctor.
- George Murray: There are worse professions.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Indeed.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Well... give him a date for when Mary's out of mourning. No one wants to kiss a girl in black...
- Duke of Crowborough: Why did you apologize to that man? It's not his business what we do.
- Lady Mary Crawley: I always apologize when I'm in the wrong. It's a habit of mine.
- Mr. Carson: We may have to have a maid in the dining room.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Cheer up, Carson. There are worse things happening in the world.
- Mr. Carson: Not worse than a maid serving a duke.
- Mr. Carson: My Lord, would it be acceptable for Bates to ride in front with Taylor? Otherwise it means getting the other car out. He and His Grace are catching the same train.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Perfectly acceptable and if His Grace doesn't like it, he can lump it.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Don't you care about Downton?
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: What do you think? I have given my life to Downton. I was born here, and I hope to die here. I claim no career beyond the nurture of this house and the estate. It's my third parent and my fourth child.
- Lady Sybil Crawley: I know you're sad about Patrick - whtever you say - I know it.
- Lady Mary Crawley: You're a darling, but you see I'm not as sad as I ought t be, and that's what makes me sad.
- Daisy Robinson: Seems like a lot of food, when you think they're all in mourning.
- Mrs. Patmore: Nothin' makes you hungrier or more tired than grief. When my sister died, god rest her soul, I ate my way through four platefuls of sandwiches at one sitting and slept round the clock.
- Daisy Robinson: Did it make you feel better?
- Mrs. Patmore: Not much, but it passed the time.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Oh, dear, such a glare. I feel as if I were on stage at the Gaiety.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: [Speaking to Lady Grantham, who has responded to a summons to speak with Violet] Tell her about James and Patrick-she won't have heard.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: [Scene switches to Drawing Room]
- [Speaking to Lady Grantham]
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Of course I've heard! Why else would I be here?
- Duke of Crowborough: You'll give up your entire estate - your wife's money into the bargain -to a perfect stranger ? You won't even put up a fight?
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: I hope he proves to be perfect, but I rather doubt it.
- Duke of Crowborough: Very odd thing to joke about .
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: No odder than this conversation.
- Thomas Barrow: [as both men are moving in different directions] Where have you been?
- William Mason: I'm not late, am I?
- Thomas Barrow: [condescendingly] You're late when I say you're late.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: There's been some tragic news about the Titanic.
- Lady Mary Crawley: The Titanic? What is it?
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: It's an enormous ship, but that's not important right now.