Downton Abbey (TV Series)

Episode #2.3 (2011)

Brendan Coyle: John Bates

Quotes 

• John Bates : [sitting together at a table]  I can t marry you yet, not legally, and I won't break the law.

  Anna Smith : It's not aginst the law to take a mistress, Mr. Bates.

  John Bates : I know you, Anna Smith, and I love you and that is not the right path for you. It won't be long, now.