Downton Abbey (TV Series)
A Moorland Holiday (2014)
Laura Carmichael: Lady Edith Crawley
Quotes
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Tom Branson : Are you looking forward to going home?
Lady Edith Crawley : Why, in particularly?
Tom Branson : Aren't you missing Marigold?
Lady Edith Crawley : Aren't you missing Sybbie? Isn't Mary missing George?
Tom Branson : Not quite as much.
Lady Edith Crawley : What are you trying to say?
Tom Branson : Not a lot, really, but these will be my last months at Downton, and you have always been my ally. I'd like to feel we were honest with each other. You see, where I grew up, there were quite a few Marigolds.
Lady Edith Crawley : I'm not sure I understand you.
Tom Branson : I think you do. My cousin, Nuala, had a child that was brought up as her sister. No one talked of it, naturally, but we all knew.
Lady Edith Crawley : I told Papa you'd guessed.
Tom Branson : So they're both in on it?
Lady Edith Crawley : They are now.
Tom Branson : And Mary, does she know?
Lady Edith Crawley : No, she's completely uninterested in me, which should keep me safe. Please, keep it to yourself. Not for my sake so much as for hers.
Tom Branson : You may not believe it, but I'm a signed-up member of this family now.
[He places his hand affectionately on her shoulder and gives a gentle squeeze]
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Lady Edith Crawley : Papa? Is something the matter?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : No, nothing's the matter, and that's what I want to make clear.
Lady Edith Crawley : I don't understand. What's this about?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Marigold.
Lady Edith Crawley : I see. And what do you want to say about Marigold.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : I think you know what I want to say, what I want you to say.
Lady Edith Crawley : I can't give her up.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Of course not. Have you told Tom?
Lady Edith Crawley : No, but he might have guessed.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : So now everyone knows.
Lady Edith Crawley : Everyone except Mary.
[Robert nods]
Lady Edith Crawley : I want your forgiveness, Papa. Am I allowed to say that still?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : It's not the way I'd have had things, I won't lie to you about that. But this is what's happened. I believe Michael Gregson was an honourable man.
Lady Edith Crawley : Oh, he was, Papa; he really was. He would have married me as soon as he could. I know that.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : I think so too. So now we must do the best for his child, for his sake, as well as yours.
Lady Edith Crawley : That's so lovely of you!
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : But I think we should keep it in the family. Even in 1924, there are plenty of people who might be unpleasant.
Lady Edith Crawley : But... do you forgive me, Papa?
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Oh, my darling. I'm sure I need your forgiveness quite as much as you need mine. Now, go to bed
[He kisses her forehead]
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : and sleep well.