AIC quotes

28: “unless Eric’s been up to something” Gerald

29: “he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness” inspector

30: “massively” inspector, 55: “massively taking charge”

32: “just keep quiet, Eric” “Perhaps I ought to explain first that this is Mr gerald Croft (…) you know, Crofts Limited” Mr B

33: “the wretched girl’s suicide”, “I can’t accept any responsibility” Mr B

34: “Well it’s my duty to keep labour costs down” Mr B

35: “if you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth” Mr B

36: “Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages” Eric

37: “Nothing to do with you, Sheila. Run along.” Mr B

38: “don’t tell me that’s because I discharged her from my employment nearly two years ago” Mr B, “oh I wish you hadn’t told me” Sheila

41: “these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people” Sheila

42: “And then she got herself into trouble there, I suppose?” Mr B

45: “we’re respectable citizens and not criminals” Gerald

45: Sheila [miserably]: so I’m really responsible?

46: “It was my own fault” Sheila

48: “if I could help her now, I would”, “I’ll never, never do it again to anybody” Sheila

49: “All right. I knew her. Let’s leave it at that.” Gerald, “Otherwise, you wouldn’t look so guilty about it.” Sheila

53: “I think Miss Birling ought to be excuse any more of this questioning. She’s nothing more to tell you. (…) now she’s obviously had about as much as she can stand.” Gerald, “He means that I’m getting hysterical now” Sheila

55: “I know I’m to blame - and I’m desperately sorry” “I won’t believe - it’s simply my fault that in the end she - she committed suicide” Sheila

56: “No, Mother - please!”, “We all started like that” Sheila

57: “We often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable” inspector

57: “Girls of that class” Mrs B