act 1 Flashcards
eric : it isn’t if…
it isn’t if you can’t go and work somewhere else
eric : she’d a bit more
she’d a bit more spirit than the others
eric: can’t …
can’t blame her
Mr B: juzt let me
just let me finish, Eric. You’ve a lot to learn yet
Mr B: Hard
hard - headed business man
Mrs B: (reproachfully) Arther you
(reproachfully) Arthur , you’re not supposed to say such things-
Gerald : Don’t look
Don’t look like that sheila
Gerald: And i domt
And i don’t really see that this inquiry gets you antwhere
Gerald : And we can’t
And we can’t help you there because we don’t know
Sheila: Now i
Now i really feel engaged
Mr B: she was a
she was a lively good looking girl
Mr B: working together
working together- for lower costs and higher prices
Mr B: a very good
a very good time - and soon it’ll be an even better time
Mr B: evrrutbing to
evrrutbing to lose and nothing to gain by war
Mr B: it’ll make
it’ll make war impossible
Mr b: well it’s
well, it’s my duty to keep labour costs down
Mrs b: what an expression
what an expression, sheila! really
the things you
girls pick up these days
sheila: yes of
yes of course you were
sheila : was it afyer
was it afyer she left milwards? we’re u seeing her last spring ?
sheila - what - what did
what- what did this girl look like
sheila: recognizes it with
recognizes it with a little cry, gives a half- stifled job
sheila : (laughs rather hysterically) why - you
(laughs rather hysterically) why- you fool- he knows. of course he knows
sheila: (she almost breaks down, but just controls herself) how could i
(she almost breaks down, but just controls herself) how could i know what would happen
sheila: if she’d been some
if she’d been some miserable plain little creature, i don’t suppose i’d have done it
