Maggie Smith credited as playing...
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: [referring to Mary] She reads too many novels. One way or another, everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.
- [Lady Sybil has been to a political meeting in Ripon, much to her father's and grandmother's displeasure]
- Lady Mary Crawley: Sybil is entitled to her opinions.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: No. She isn't until she is married, then her husband will tell her what her opinions are.
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Does this mean you won't be presented next month?
- Lady Sybil Crawley: Certainly not. Why should it?
- Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Well I doubt I'd expect to curtsy to their majesties in June when I'd been arrested at a riot in May, but then I 'm old, things may be different now.