Downton Abbey 4×5

Anna Bates: You know the old saying: There's nowt so queer as folk.

Isobel Crawley: Then will you take young Pegg? He impressed me so favorably.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: I wonder your halo doesn't grow heavy. It must be like wearing a tiara round the clock.
Isobel Crawley: Will you help him? His mother would be very grateful. And so would I.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Yes, but your gratitude never seems to last. I've no sooner said yes, than you come back with another request.
Isobel Crawley: Will you?

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: If we don't respect the past, we'll find it harder to build our future.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Where did you read that?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: I made it up. I thought it was rather good.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: It's too good. The one thing we don't want is a poet in the family.
Lady Edith Crawley: Would it be so bad?
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: The only poet-peer I am familiar with is Lord Byron, and I presume we all know how that ended.

Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham: So you'd let Mr. Drewe stay on?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Since he wants to repay the debt, I think it only fair. Besides, he talks of the partnership between the farmers and the family, and I like that.
Isobel Crawley: Well, I think it's splendid.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Says the Queen of the Rebels.

Lady Mary Crawley: Which side are you on?
Tom Branson: Well, the farmer's, of course. I've not abandoned all my Socialism even though it feels like it sometimes.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: In this one and only instance, I am glad to hear it.

Mrs. Patmore: I just don't see why it's better than an icebox.
Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham: Well, a refrigerator is more efficient. It keeps food fresh longer. We won't need ice to be delivered.
Mrs. Patmore: But the papers will still be delivered and the groceries and all sorts, or are we to stop that, too?
Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham: Mrs. Patmore, is there any aspect of the present day that you can accept without resistance?
Mrs. Patmore: Well, m'lady, I wouldn't mind getting rid of my corset.

Mr. Carson: What do you mean you'll have to think about it?
Joseph Molesley: What I say. I didn't mind helping you out when you were short-staffed...
Mr. Carson: How good of you.
Joseph Molesley: But to accept a permanent position as a footman... I am a trained valet, Mr. Carson! I am a trained butler! To accept my fall by taking a permanent inferior place... You keep telling me it's permanent. But from where I'm sitting, it's looking less permanent by the minute. I shall give it every consideration.
Mr. Carson: Very generous, I must say.
Joseph Molesley: I will let you know my answer when I have one.
Mr. Carson: I shall wait with bated breath.

Joseph Molesley: Might I have a word, Mr. Carson?
Mr. Carson: Certainly.
Joseph Molesley: I've given it a lot of thought.
Mr. Carson: Have you, indeed?
Joseph Molesley: First, I needed to deal with my father's disappointment when he learned of my downward path. But I weighed it against the power to do good that all employment brings.
Mr. Carson: Did you, now? And you thought all that?
Joseph Molesley: I feel I could contain my skills and guide them into a more modest channel without loss of dignity.
Mr. Carson: Just fancy.
Joseph Molesley: So all in all, and after mature deliberation, you will be pleased to hear that I can accept your offer.
Mr. Carson: What offer?

John Bates: Be aware, nothing is over and nothing is done with.

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