Isobel Crawley quotes from Downton Abbey

Isobel Crawley

The treatments available to the village would be vastly superior to anything we can lay claim to now.

You are making a grave mistake and impoverishing the village by doing so. Prudence, tell them.

I expect there's a good deal to be said on both sides.

Don't be so feeble.

How can I present myself as an expert when I don't know the facts?

It's never stopped me.

Isobel Crawley

Even Elizabeth Bennet wanted to see what Pemberley was like inside.

A decision that caused her a great deal of embarrassment, if I remember the novel correctly.

Isobel Crawley

But what can I do? I can hardly push my way past the servants and run upstairs to his bedroom.

I don't see why not. As my late father used to say, "If reason fails, try force."