Lady Mary Talbot quotes from Downton Abbey (2019)

Carson is going to move back into the house for the royal visit.

Mr. Barrow

What? [to Carson] You are coming back here as butler, when I am the butler here?

Mr. Carson

Yes, that is--

Mr. Barrow

Can I ask how long this has been planned, milord?

Well, I wouldn't say it's been exactly planned.

Mr. Barrow

Because I don't quite understand where it leaves me.

Well, you can be a sort of--

Mr. Barrow

With your permission, I'd prefer not to be a "sort of" anything, milord. I will surrender my position for the duration of the visit, if I must, and serve you again when Their Majesties have gone, if you so wish. [turns to leave]

Please don't think that--

Mr. Barrow

By the way, the boiler's playing up and there's no hot water. [walks away]

I want everything to stop being such a struggle. Will the staff stay? Will the farms pay? What are we going to do about the roof? When I was putting the chairs in the rain, I kept thinking, "What am I doing?"

I'll tell you what you're doing, milady. You're making a center for the people who work here, for this village, for the county. Downton Abbey is the heart of this community. And you're keeping it beating.

So you think we should battle on?

While there's blood in your veins.

Tell me, what are you playing at with Tom and Cousin Maud's famous maid?

What do you mean?

I heard you at dinner last night. What are you up to?

You know she'll inherit the Brompton estate.

Well, so Mama told me.

Well, then, wouldn't you like Tom to have a proper establishment?

Oh, you devious cat.

Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess

You are the future of Downton.

But I have such doubts, Granny. Are we right to keep it all going, when the world it was built for is fading with each day that passes? Will George and Caroline still be living that life? Are we living it now?

Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess

No, no. Our ancestors lived different lives from us. And our descendants will live differently again. But Downton Abbey will be part of them.

It won't be the same without you.

Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess

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.

Thank you very much.

Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess

You will, my darling. And you'll do it wonderfully. You're the best of me that will live on. Hurrah!