Maggie Smith credited as playing...
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
- [Kemal Pamuk, a Turkish diplomat, has been found dead in his bed - he actually died of a heart attack in Lady Mary's bed while they were making love, but only Mary, Cora and Anna the maid know this. Cora and her daughters are in the sitting room when Violet is shown in]
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Oh my dears. Is it really true? I can't believe it. Last night he looked so well. Of course, it *would* happen to a foreigner. It's typical.
- Lady Mary Crawley: Don't be ridiculous.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: I'm not being ridiculous. No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house - especially somebody they didn't even know.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: [talking to Cora about Mary] ... we'd better get her settled before the bloom has gone quite off the rose.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: One can't go to pieces at the death of every foreigner. We'd all be in a constant state of collapse whenever we opened a newspaper.
- Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham: I don't dislike Matthew. In fact, I rather admire him.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Is that sufficient reason to give him your money?
- Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham: Well, of course not!
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Then there's nothing more to be said.