Downton Abbey (TV Series)

Episode #3.6 (2012)

Phyllis Logan: Mrs. Hughes

Quotes 

• Charles Carson : You can talk as tough as you like. I know you won't abandon me.

  Mrs. Hughes : Well, then, why doesn't that thought make you kinder?

  Charles Carson : Because I am who I am, Mrs. Hughes.

• [the servants are discussing Robert's angry outburst at Mrs Crawley's dinner party concerning Ethel who had worked as a prostitute before Mrs Crawley took her in and gave her a job as cook] 

  Joseph Molesley : You mean they *stayed* in that house, even after they knew?

  Mrs. Hughes : I expect they didn't want to insult Mrs Crawley.

  Joseph Molesley : I couldn't have swallowed another bite. Not once *I* knew.

  Mrs. Hughes : Jesus managed to eat with Mary Magdalene.

  Joseph Molesley : We can't be sure that he *ate* with her. He did allow her to wash his feet.

  Mrs. Hughes : [grinning]  I see. Well, I'll tell Ethel she has a treat in store.