Downton Abbey

Cora Crawley, Lady Grantham: Well, isn't that what the monarchy's for? To brighten the lives of the nation with stateliness and glamour? Isobel Merton, Lady Merton: To quote Tennyson, "Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood." Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess: Will you have enough clichés to get you through the visit? Isobel Merton, Lady Merton: If not, I’ll come to you.

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Maud, Lady Bagshaw: How like you. A word of resistance and you slash with your saber. Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess: It is lucky for Miss Smith that I do not own a saber. Maud, Lady Bagshaw: Lucy has taken care of me for many years. I wish to show my gratitude. Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess: With the family house? With the family estate? You belong in a straitjacket. To treat your maid as a blood relation is to unpick every fiber of the English way of life. Maud, Lady Bagshaw: What piffle you talk. Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess: I never argue. I explain.

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Mr. Branson. I wish we had spoken more while we were at Downton Abbey. Certainly. I believe I have more than one reason to be grateful to you. [meaningfully] More than one.

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Maud, Lady Bagshaw: When I get home, I will hire another maid, and Lucy can be my companion. Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess: That's much more suitable. Maud, Lady Bagshaw: And I'm afraid you'll dislike it, but she says that she and Tom Branson have agreed to correspond. Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess: Dislike it? I will lick the stamps myself.

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You are the future of Downton. No, no. Our ancestors lived different lives from us. And our descendants will live differently again. But Downton Abbey will be part of them. Of course it will. You'll take over from where I left off. You'll be the frightening old lady keeping everyone up to the mark. You will, my darling. And you'll do it wonderfully. You're the best of me that will live on. Hurrah!

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