Downton Abbey (TV Series)
Episode #1.4 (2010)
Dan Stevens: Matthew Crawley
Quotes
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Matthew Crawley : The question is, what do I say to Cousin Violet?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Oh, don't worry about that. I can handle her.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : [Violet enters the room] Really? Well if you can, you must have learned to *very* recently.
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Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Good heavens, what am I sitting on?
Matthew Crawley : A swivel chair.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Another modern brain wave?
Matthew Crawley : Not very modern. They were invented by Thomas Jefferson.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Why does every day involve a fight with an American?
Matthew Crawley : I'll fetch you a different one.
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham : No, no, no, no, I'm a good sailor.
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Matthew Crawley : Is your life proving satisfactory, apart from the "Great Matter," of course?
Lady Mary Crawley : Women like me don't have a life. We choose clothes, and pay calls, and work for charity, and do the season. But, really, we're stuck in a waiting room, until we marry.
Matthew Crawley : I've made you angry.
Lady Mary Crawley : My life makes me angry, not you.