Downton Abbey (TV Series)
Episode #5.3 (2014)
Michelle Dockery: Lady Mary Crawley
Quotes
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : In my day a lady was incapable of feeling physical attraction until she'd been instructed to do so by her mama.
Lady Mary Crawley : I don't believe that.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : Seriously, my dear, you have to take control of your feelings before they take control of you.
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Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : If I was seduced by a man, I would not let any grass grow under his feet, if he offered to do the decent thing.
Lady Mary Crawley : I wasn't seduced, granny.
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : A young woman of good family who finds herself in the bed of a man who is not her husband has invariably been seduced.
Lady Mary Crawley : She couldn't have gone to bed with him of her own free will?
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : *Not* if she was the daughter of an earl.
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Lady Mary Crawley : [to Anthony Gillingham] Nothing is going to happen that isn't properly announced, organized, and executed.