Downton Abbey (TV Series)

Episode #1.2 (2010)

Maggie Smith: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

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Quotes 

• Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : What is a weekEND?

• Isobel Crawley : [about the hospital]  Who pays for it?

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Oh good, let's talk about money.

• Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : I thought you didn't like him.

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : So what? I have plenty of friends I don't like.

• Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : No one wants to kiss a girl in black.

• Isobel Crawley : What should we call each other?

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Well, we could always start with Mrs Crawley and Lady Grantham.

• Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [about the refurbished room at the Crawley house]  It always seemed rather dark when my mother-in-law lived here; but then, she made everything rather dark.

• Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [to Lord Robert]  Why do you always have to be nicer than the rest of us?

• Matthew Crawley : [to Matthew]  What will you do with your time?

  Lady Sybil Crawley : I've got a job in Ripon. I've said I'll start tomorrow.

  Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : A job? You do know I mean to involve you in the running of the estate.

  Matthew Crawley : Don't worry. There are plenty of hours in the day. And, of course, I'll have the weekend.

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : What is a weekend?

• Dr. Clarkson : [about Mrs. Crawley helping out at the hospital]  It seems that she is going to stay on in the foreseeable future.

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Nobody can foresee the future, Doctor. Not you, not I, and *certainly* not Mrs. Crawley.