TV show quotes
[The newly installed telephone is ringing]
Oh my Lord, listen to that! It's like the cry of the banshee! [Branson walks in]
That's Mr. Carson's telephone ringing. [the phone rings again] Is someone going to answer it?
I wouldn't touch that thing with a ten foot pole!
Well, I will then.
Well, Rosamund, I'm afraid your meddling has cost Mary the only decent offer she'll ever get.
I'm sorry, Mama, but you know me. I have to say what I think.
Why? Nobody else does.
I know you have spirit, my lady, and that's what counts. It's all that counts in the end.
Silence! May I ask for silence?! It is my great regret to say...that we are at war with Germany!
The thing is, I've had a letter from Matthew. Of course, he doesn't tell me what he's actually doing.
No, he wouldn't. But I'm glad he's alright. I miss him.
Well that's the point. You must know he's been down here a few times since the war started.
We had heard.
Downton is hardly a metropolis.
Is he still determined to go back to Manchester when it's all over?
He doesn't talk much about life after the war. None of them do. I suppose they don't want to tempt fate. Until now, that is. He writes that he is engaged to be married to a Miss Lavinia Swire.
[Cora, Robert and Violet are silent]
Well I--I suppose we all knew it would happen someday.
...
The trouble is, Mary's back from London today as well. She gets in at five o'clock.
Matthew's driving down in Lavinia's car. They won't meet on the train.
Oh, that's a relief. [Everyone looks confused] I hate Greek drama, you know where everything happens off stage.
[about Lavinia] So that's Mary's replacement. Well, I suppose looks aren't everything.
I think she seems rather sweet. I'm afraid meeting us all together must be very intimidating.
I do hope so.
I think it means, at long last, I'm able to get a divorce.
Mr. Bates, is this a proposal?
If that's what you want to call it. And you might start calling me John.
...
Will we have to leave Downton?
Not until we want to. I've spoken to his lordship, and he will find a cottage for us near the house.
You told him you want to marry me?
I did.
Before you spoke to me?
You don't mind, do you?
Of course I mind! In fact, I'd give you a smack if I didn't want to kiss you so much I could burst!
What's it been like?
You know the thing is, [pause] I just can't talk about it.
Please don't make fun of me. It's cost me all I've got to say these things.
You were praying.
Don't be ridiculous.
Thank you. Thank you for my deliverance.
I wanted you to know I sent a note down to Clarkson, which should do the trick.
What did you say?
Only that I gathered you'd asked a favour, and given that the estate shoulders the hospital costs, it did seem a little unfair if we weren't allowed a few perks.
Quite right. Thank you, darling.
[later]
I gather your footman Thomas has returned to the village.
Crikey. Where did you see him?
At the hospital. Seems he's working there.
I wonder how he wangled that.
Well now, still in one piece. Thank God.
Touch wood.
I never stop touching it.
[The staff are getting ready to serve dinner.]
Start with old Lady Grantham, then his lordship, then just go on round. You must have done this before.
Not since the war started.
I don't think I ever knew that. Why isn't it just ladies first? Wouldn't it be more polite?
That's the way it's done on the continent. We don't like foreign ways here.
You'll find there's never a dull moment in this house.
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