- Isobel Crawley: I suspect she's quite a tough nut.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: And I'm quite a tough nutcracker.
- Charles Carson: But how are you going to cook?
- Mrs. Hughes: I can't cook! I can't lift. But it's not difficult. I'll talk you through it, don't worry.
- Charles Carson: You mean *I'm* going to cook?
- Mrs. Hughes: It's very straightforward. Now get the chicken in the oven right away, then peel the potatoes and prepare the cauliflower - oh, and put a kettle on to boil. You should find bread and an onion for the bread sauce. Butter and milk are in the meat safe outside.
- Mrs. Patmore: Oh, talking of which, has Mr Carson survived his ordeal from last night?
- Mrs. Hughes: Put it this way. He has discovered a new respect for the role of cook and bottle washer. So I think he'll be giving less trouble in the future.
- Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Patmore: [laugh]
- Charles Carson: What's so funny?
- Mrs. Hughes: Just life, Mr Carson. Just life.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: You're a cool little miss, aren't you? I'd feel sorry for Larry, if I didn't dislike him so much.
- Amelia Cruikshank: I shall forget you said that, but you should go now. Much more and we may feel awkward when we meet, which we are bound to do.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: I think not, Miss Cruikshank. Not if I see you first.
- Mrs. Patmore: How's life for the newlyweds?
- Mrs. Hughes: Fine. Only, Mr Carson wants to dine at the cottage again.
- Mrs. Patmore: No need to sound so gloomy. I can rustle up something.
- Mrs. Hughes: Whatever you do rustle up, I won't cook it right, or the plates will be cold or the dressing will be wrong.
- Daisy Mason: Does he appreciate all you do?
- Mrs. Hughes: Does any man?
- [confiding to Isobel why she is spending a month in the south of France]
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: My reason for travelling is to make myself eager to come home. A month among the French should manage it.
- Mrs. Hughes: This crumble's good. My mother's was always a bit soggy.
- Charles Carson: [Snores]
- Mrs. Hughes: [Scrapes spoon noisily]
- Charles Carson: Hmm, crumble. Oh! Is that it now? Are we done?
- Mrs. Hughes: Oh, just put the things in to soak. Make sure you cover the pots with water. You don't have to do the washing up till tomorrow if you don't want to.
- Charles Carson: You won't be better by the morning?
- Mrs. Hughes: Oh, not for that.
- Daisy Mason: [referring to Carson] Does he appreciate all you do?
- Mrs. Hughes: [rhetorically] Does any man?
- Anna Bates: [referring to Mary and Henry Talbot] They say opposites attract.
- Lady Mary Crawley: Yes, they do attract, but do they live happily ever after?
- Lady Rosamund Painswick: Is it hard to be a woman editor? Fleet Street sounds very tough.
- Laura Edmunds: It's hard to be a woman anything if it isn't domestic... but I try my best.