Downton Abbey (TV Series)
Episode #2.3 (2011)
Maggie Smith: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Quotes
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Lavinia Swire : This room is so pretty. Has this house always been the Painswicks' London home?
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : There's no 'always' with the Painswicks, my dear. They were invented from scratch by my son-in-law's grandfather.
Lady Rosamund Painswick : We bought the house when we were married.
Lavinia Swire : You make Mr. Painswick sound rather a rough diamond, Lady Grantham.
Lady Rosamund Painswick : Marmaduke wasn't a rough diamond was he, Mama?
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : No. He was just cut and polished comparatively recently.
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : It's classic Rosamund. She's never so righteous as when she's wrong.
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Good. If anyone is to be in charge let it be our creature.
Isobel Crawley : Why. Are you planning to divide his loyalties?
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I wouldn't say I was planning on it.
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : What these men will need is rest and relaxation. Will that be achieved by mixing ranks and putting everyone on edge?
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [about Sir Richard arguing with Lavinia in the garden] But what do you think it meant?
Lady Mary Crawley : Really, Granny. Lavinia Swire knows Richard Carlisle. So what? One knows lots of people in London.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I don't know many people who'd threaten me behind the laurels.