Mrs. Hughes quotes from Downton Abbey

Mrs. Hughes

Mr. Bates, what's the matter?

Mr. Bates

Nothing, not a thing. I'm fine.

Mrs. Hughes

Let me help you.

Mr. Bates

I'm perfectly alright. Thank you, Mrs. Hughes.

Mrs. Hughes

Are you sure? You're as white as a sheet.

Mr. Bates

It's my wonderful complexion, inherited from my Irish mother.

Mrs. Hughes

Are you all right Mr. Carson?

I knew her all her life, you see. I've known her since she was born.

Human nature's a funny business, isn't it?

Mrs. Hughes

Now why didn't the poets come to you, Mr. Carson? They'd have saved themselves a lot of time and trouble.

Your ladyship! I didn't see you there.

Obviously not.

I was just--I was just having a game with Miss Sybbie.

I want you to pack tonight and leave first thing in the morning.

But your ladyship--

Please put Master George back into his crib. You are not to touch the children again.

Mrs. Hughes

Oh, I thought it was Nanny West ringing.

No. Mrs. Hughes, Nanny West is leaving. Can you find her a bed for the night and ask one of the maids to sleep with the children?

But, your ladyship, I was only joking!

Please, Miss West, I prefer not to discuss it. Except to say that your values have no place in a civilized home. Now Mrs. Hughes, I will wait here while Nanny West packs. You will fetch a maid and prepare a room. You understand me? Miss West is not to be left alone with the children, not for one minute.

Mrs. Hughes

No man should be able to do what he did and get away with it.

Anna

And when Mr. Bates has killed him, will you come with me to the prison when my husband is hanged?

Mrs. Hughes

But the poor man's heart is breaking for not knowing.

Anna

Better a broken heart than a broken neck.

Mrs. Hughes

They said you were in here.

What can I do for you Mrs. Hughes?

Mrs. Hughes

Nothing!! You can do nothing for me! Because I know who you are and I know what you've done!! And while you're here, if you value your life, I should stop playing the joker and keep to the shadows!

Why does Lady Edith look so tired? She goes away to Geneva for eight months and returns looking more tired than when she left.

Mrs. Hughes

We're all tired, but not as tired as we're going to be.

Lady Mary Crawley

So Bates was in London that day.

Mrs. Hughes

You say it as if you already knew? Does Anna suspect anything?

Lady Mary Crawley

Of course not. She;s knows nothing.

Mrs. Hughes

So will you tell her now, Millay?

Lady Mary Crawley

I gather you won't?

Mrs. Hughes

No. I'm handing this over to you.

Lady Mary Crawley

Meaning, leave it alone?

Mrs. Hughes

We can't know what happened on that street. Maybe he was in London for an innocent reason and nowhere near Piccadilly. But this I will say: If he was there to avenge his wife's honor, I won't condemn him for it. I'm sorry but I won't.

Mrs. Hughes

But why did you ask him?

Because he's a man, I suppose.

Mrs. Hughes

I'm not sure that's a good enough reason.

Nor am I, now. But I don't want to hurt his feelings.

Mrs. Hughes

I wish men worried about our feelings a quarter as much as we worry about theirs.

Lady Mary Crawley

[to Carson] I'm so happy for you. I'm sorry if I made things awkward about the reception. Please forgive me.

Mrs. Hughes

My lady, Mr. Carson would forgive you if you attacked him with a brick.

Tom Branson

To the bride and groom.

Lady Mary Crawley

Tom! And Sybbie, darling! What are you doing here? And how did you know where to find us?

Tom Branson

I went to the house and the hall boy on duty told me where you were. And that means I can congratulate you in person, Mr. and Mrs. Carson.

Mrs. Hughes

Oh, are you back for a holiday?

Lady Mary Crawley

Oh, say you'll stay!

Tom Branson

That's just the point: I can stay as long as you want me.

Oh, Daisy. Mr. Dawes has been given a date by the examining board.

Daisy

Blimey. When is it?

The 20th.

Daisy

Oh, my God!

Mrs. Hughes

I will thank you not to take the name of the Lord in vain.

Daisy

I hope it's not in vain. I need all the help I can get.

But she can't have it now!

Mrs. Hughes

She hasn't a lot of choice.