#lady edith

#OTD in 2010:

Mr Carson: “The Dowager Countess.”

Dowager Countess: “Oh my dears, is it really true? I…I can't believe it. Last night he looked so well. Of course, it would happen to a foreigner. It's typical.”

Lady Mary: “Don't be ridiculous.”

Dowager Countess: “I'm not being ridiculous. No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house. Especially someone they didn't even know.”

Lady Sybil: “Oh, Granny, even the English aren't in control of everything.”

Dowager Countess: “Well, I hope we're in control of something, if only ourselves.”

Lady Mary: “But we're not! Don't you see that? We're not in control of anything at all!”

Countess of Grantham: “Edith, go and tell Mary to come back at once and apologise to her Grandmother.”

Dowager Countess: “No, leave her alone. She's had a shock, we all have. Just let her rest. Oh, just the ticket. Nanny always said, ‘Sweet tea is the thing for frayed nerves.’ Though why it has to be sweet, I couldn't tell you.”