Downton Abbey (TV Series)
Episode #5.7 (2014)
Maggie Smith: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
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Quotes
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : If anything happens to Edith and Cora learns later we knew all along, she would never forgive us... and I wouldn't blame her. You see, as a mother it is her right.
Lady Rosamund Painswick : But you don't plan to tell Robert. He *is* Edith's father.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : He's a man. Men don't have rights.
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I'm worried about Edith.
Lady Mary Crawley : [dismissively] I can't think why.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : My dear, a lack of compassion can be as vulgar as an excess of tears.