Give him the date for when Mary’s out of mourning. No one wants to kiss a girl in black.
Dowager Countess
I’m a woman, Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose.
Dowager Countess
One way or another, everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.
Dowager Countess
We can’t have him assassinated. I suppose.
Dowager Countess
Your quarrel is with my daughter, Rosamund, and not with me. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Dowager Countess
There can be no special cases, because every man at the front is a special case to someone.
Isobel
If she’s got a boyfriend, I’m a giraffe.
Mrs. O’Brien