Downton Abbey (TV Series)

Episode #2.1 (2011)

Maggie Smith: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

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• Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I hate Greek drama where everything happens offstage.

• Lady Edith Crawley : [to Sybil]  Why don't I drive you?

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [sarcstically]  She's taking enough chance with her life as it is.

  Lady Edith Crawley : Oh Granny...

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : What is this driving mania?

• Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Good morning, Mama. This is very early for you to be up and about.

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : War makes early risers of us all.

• Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Goodbye, Sybil, and good luck with it all.

  Lady Sybil Crawley : Thank you for being such a sport.

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : It's a big step you're taking, dear, but war deals out strange tasks. Remember your great aunt Roberta.

  Lady Mary Crawley : What about her?

  Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : She loaded the guns at Lakhnau.