Downton Abbey season 4
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Season 4[edit]
Episode #4.1 (2013)[edit]
Episode #4.2 (2013)[edit]
Violet and Robert:
- Violet: I don't understand you.
- Violet: Of course you must give it to her.
- Robert: But what if it has no legal status? I don't want to build her hopes up only to have them dashed.
- Violet: Robert, Matthew intended Mary to be his sole heiress.
- Violet: That will mean a great deal to her whether or not it's legal.
- Violet: Can't you see that?
- Robert: But is it right to exclude George?
- Violet: Well, right or not, it is what he wanted.
- Violet: Besides, it's not up to you.
- Robert: I'll send it to Murray.
- Violet: Well, Mary must read it before you send it anywhere.
- Violet: Or are you trying to hide from the truth?
- Robert: What truth?
- Violet: That you would prefer to be in sole charge of the estate and not share the crown with Mary.
- Robert: Don't be silly.
- Robert: This won't make any difference to all that.
- Robert: She won't want to get involved.
- Violet: When you talk like that, I'm tempted to ring for Nanny and have you put to bed with no supper.
Spratt, Tom, Violet, Mary:
- Spratt: Mr Branson, Your ladyship.
- Tom: Sorry if I'm late.
- Tom: I had to call on old Fairclough at Roundhills.
- Violet: You're not at all late.
- Violet: Now I asked Branson to come here because I have an idea.
- Mary: Granny, you must call him Tom.
- Violet: I thought I could call him Branson again now that he's the agent.
- Mary: Well, you can't.
- Tom: I don't mind.
- Violet: No.
- Violet: I see I'm beaten but, oh, how I sympathise with King Canute.
- Mary: Now what is this idea?
- Violet: Well, Mary, either YOU or your baby son own half of Downton.
- Violet: I want you to have a say in the running of it.
- Violet: It's just what you need.
- Mary: But didn't last night's dinner disabuse you of that scheme?
- Violet: Well, that's the point.
- Violet: I want …er Tom.
- Violet: TOM to be your instructor.
- Tom: What?
- Violet: Well, take Mary, you know, on your rounds.
- Violet: Let her learn the farmers' difficulties.
- Violet: Mmm.
- Violet: Explain the crops and the live, the livestock.
- Violet: You know, let her see the problems facing the estate.
- Mary: And are we to do all this without telling Papa? Isn't that rather underhand?
- Violet: There can be too much truth in any relationship.
Michael Gregson and Edith:
- Michael Gregson: I can't persuade you to stay?
- Edith: But, I will say this, it's getting harder and harder to say no.
Mr Carson, Jimmy, Mrs Patmore, Mrs Hughes:
- Mr Carson: Take her to the theatre?
- Jimmy: It is my half day.
- Mr Carson: But not hers and how do we know she'd want to go.
- Mrs Patmore: She'll want to go.
- Mrs Hughes: She could change her half day.
- Mr Carson: Oh, I don't know.
- Mr Carson: It's turning into Liberty Hall round here.
- Mr Carson: Are we entertaining that night?
- Mrs Patmore: I'm not cooking.
- Mrs Patmore: They'll all be dining with Lady Lawson at Brough Hall.
- Mr Carson: Very well but no lingering.
- Mrs Patmore: You can go and give her the good news.
- Jimmy: Thank you, Mr Carson.
- Mrs Patmore: I hope he doesn't break her heart.
- Mrs Hughes: We must all have our hearts broken once or twice before we're done.
- Mrs Patmore: True enough, Mrs Hughes.
- Mr Carson: Strange to think the theatre was part of my life at one time.
- Mrs Hughes: Yours and Mr Griggs'.
- Mrs Hughes: You know he's going to work in Belfast?
- Mr Carson: I had heard.
- Mrs Hughes: He's leaving the village in the morning.
- Mrs Hughes: The 11 o'clock train.
- Mr Carson: What's that to me?
- Mrs Hughes: I'll tell you what it is.
- Mrs Hughes: It's an open wound.
- Mrs Hughes: I don't know why but I do know this: You'd do better to stitch it up and let it heal.
Mrs Patmore to Daisy:
- Mrs Patmore: Nothing's as changeable as a young man's heart.
- Mrs Patmore: Take hope and a warning from that.
Jimmy and Rose:
- Jimmy: What the …
- Rose: Say nothing and I'll be your friend forever.
Episode #4.3 (2013)[edit]
Lord Gillingham, Mary, Violet:
- Lord Gillingham: What about it?
- Mary: I thought I'd keep Granny company.
- Violet: Don't use me as an excuse.
- Violet: If you don't want to dance, tell him.
???, Tom, Cora, Mr Carson, Isobel, Violet, Robert:
- ???: Do you know Isabella Moncrieffe?
- Tom: No.
- ???: She's blown up like a balloon!
- Cora: She's in her room? How long has she been there?
- Mr Carson: Her maid took her some tea when she arrived
- Cora: What?
- Mr Carson: I'm about to send up dinner.
- Isobel: Doesn't she want to eat with us?
- Mr Carson: I didn't think it appropriate, ma'am, and his lordship agreed with me.
- Isobel: I can't believe my ears.
- Cora: Robert? A world-famous singer is in our house, a great artist honoured by the King, but you felt it beneath your dignity to eat with her?
- Robert: I don't recall
- Cora: Am I the only member of this family who lives in the twentieth century? What room is she in?
- Mr Carson: Princess Amelia, m'lady.
- Cora: You will have her next to you at dinner and you will like it!
- Robert: But what do I say to her? What does one say to a singer? (Towards Mr Carson) I blame you!
Episode #4.4 (2013)[edit]
Cora and Mary:
- Cora: Will you meet Tony Gillingham while you're there? I don't think so.
- Mary: Why should I?
- Cora: Just thought you might.
- Mary: Don't be transparent, Mama.
- Mary: It doesn't suit you.
Episode #4.5 (2013)[edit]
Mary, Robert, Violet, Cora, Isobel, Tom:
- Mary: You might've talked it over with us before you made up your mind.
- Robert: But I haven't.
- Robert: I told him we'd think about it.
- Robert: That's all.
- Mary: Sounds to me as if you've come to a decision.
- Robert: If we don't respect the past, it'll be harder to build our future.
- Violet: Where did you read that?
- Robert: I made it up.
- Robert: I thought it was rather good.
- Violet: It's too good.
- Violet: One thing we don't want is a poet in the family (!)
- Isobel: Would it be so bad?
- Violet: The only poet peer I am familiar with is Lord Byron.
- Violet: And I presume you all know how that ended.
- Cora: So, you'd let Mr Drewe stay on.
- Robert: Since he wants to repay the debt, I think it only fair.
- Robert: Besides, he talks of the partnership between the farmers and the family, and I like that.
- Isobel: Well, I think it's splendid.
- Violet: Says the queen of the rebels (!)
- Isobel: Thank you.
- Mary: And you agree, even though he has no right to renew the lease?
- Cora: No right legally, no.
- Cora: But we think he has a moral right.
- Tom: It's a pity it should be Yew Tree.
- Tom: It would've filled a hole in the land we farm.
- Isobel: You've managed without it till now.
- Mary: You haven't said what you think.
- Mary: Which side are you on?
- Tom: The farmer's, of course.
- Tom: I've not abandoned all my socialism.
- Tom: Even though it feels like it sometimes.
- Robert: In this one and only instance, I am glad to hear it.
- Mary: When will you tell him?
- Robert: There's no tearing rush.
- Robert: We've a day or two to talk it over.
- Robert: And then you can tell him.
Episode #4.6 (2013)[edit]
Isobel, Violet:
- Isobel: Aren't you going to say you're sorry?
- Violet: Certainly not.
- Violet: He may not have taken this, or he may have sneaked it into the maid's bucket when we weren't looking.
- Isobel: How you hate to be wrong.
- Violet: I wouldn't know.
- Violet: I'm not familiar with the sensation.
- Isobel: So you're determined to dig in your heels.
- Violet: I am sorry.
- Violet: But whether or not he took this, he certainly took the knife.
- Violet: That is all I have to say on the subject.