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Downton Abbey · Season 1, Episode 15

Lady Mary Crawley and Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess in “Unfinished Business”

Lady Mary Crawley

You needn't pretend. Your positions have changed. You the widow in the Dower House, Isobel a great lady presiding over a great house. But you simply have to be bigger than that.

VCViolet Crawley, the Dowager Countess

Is that what you think of me? That I care about her change of rank?

Lady Mary Crawley

Well, you're not exactly pleased, are you?

VCViolet Crawley, the Dowager Countess

[soft] No. But that is not the reason.

Lady Mary Crawley

Then what is?

VCViolet Crawley, the Dowager Countess

Well, if you must know, I've got used to having a companion. A friend. You know, someone to talk things over with.

Lady Mary Crawley

Well, you'll still have us.

VCViolet Crawley, the Dowager Countess

You have your own lives and so you should. But Isobel and I had a lot in common [wistful] and I shall miss that.

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