Downton Abbey (TV Series)
Episode #3.1 (2012)
Hugh Bonneville: Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
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Quotes
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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Are you really telling me that all the money is gone?
George Murray : I'm afraid so.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : The lion's share of Cora's fortune?
[Murray nods yes]
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : I won't give in, Murray. I've sacrificed too much to Downton to give in now. I refuse to be the failure - the earl who dropped the torch and let the flame go out.
George Murray : I hate to state the obvious, but if there's not enough money to run it, Downton must go... unless you break it up and sell it off piece-meal.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : I couldn't do that; I have a duty beyond saving my own skin. The estate must be a major employer and support the house, or there's no point to it - to any of it.
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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham : Hello Mama, can I tempt you to one of these new cocktails?
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham : I don't think so - they look too exciting for so early in the evening...