- Lady Mary Crawley: [morosely] The truth is I don't think I'm going to be a very good mother.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Why not?
- Lady Mary Crawley: Because somehow with Matthew's death, all the softness that he found in me seems to have dried up and drained away.
- Isobel Crawley: I'm not going to drive Mary mad by interfering.
- Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: It's the job of grandmothers to interfere!
- Isobel Crawley: I'm grateful, but, you see... when your only child dies, you see, you're not a mother anymore... you're not really anything really and that's what I'm trying to get used to.
- Lady Edith Crawley: You're a grandmother, and I know you're going to be a wonderful one.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: [referring to Mary and Matthew] She loved him very much, and the price of great love is great misery when one of you die.
- Tom Branson: I know that.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: [realizing Tom is a widower] Of course you do. I'm sorry.
- [earlier, Carson had tried to encourage Lady Mary to take a more active role in the running of the estate, on behalf of her son, and she accused him of being impertinent and presumptuous in offering her advice; now she knocks on Carson's door]
- Charles Carson: [standing up as Lady Mary enters] My lady.
- Lady Mary Crawley: I'm sorry to bother you so late, but I think you know why I've come. To apologise.
- Charles Carson: You have nothing to apologise for. I pushed into your room and I spoke impertinently.
- Lady Mary Crawley: I suppose you know my grandmother agrees with you?
- Charles Carson: That doesn't surprise me. So does this mean you have decided to return to the land of living? Because if so, I'm glad.
- Lady Mary Crawley: It means that I... know that I've spent too long in the land of the dead.
- Charles Carson: We were *very* fond of Mr Crawley, my lady - all of us.
- Lady Mary Crawley: I...
- [she bursts into tears; Carson comes over and takes her in his arms; she cries on his shoulder]
- Charles Carson: You cry, my lady. You have a good cry. That's what's needed now. And when you're ready, you can get to work. Because you are strong enough. You're strong enough for the task.
- Lady Mary Crawley: But *am* I, Carson? That's the point. Papa doesn't seem to think so.
- Charles Carson: Don't you owe it to Mr Crawley to protect his work? To fight for the changes he made? To steer Downton in the right direction?
- Lady Mary Crawley: I know I can always count on your for a draught of self-confidence whenever I start to doubt.
- Charles Carson: And you will always find one here.
- Lady Mary Crawley: Goodnight, Carson.
- Charles Carson: Goodnight, my lady.
- Charles Carson: [referring to Grigg] I - I just don't want you to waste your energy and kindness on an unworthy recipient.
- Isobel Crawley: I understand, but you see, Carson, I'd almost forgotten I had energy and kindness in me. So that's something, isn't it?
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: I wonder how Edith's getting on. She has quite a London life these days.
- Lady Mary Crawley: She's seeing that publisher.
- Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham: Is it serious?
- Lady Mary Crawley: Well, he's not bad-looking and he's still alive, which puts him two points ahead of most of men of our generation.