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“You’re just the kind of

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son-in-law I always wanted”

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“I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical

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man of business… there isn’t a chance of war”

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“… unsinkable,

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absolutely unsinkable”

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4
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“…might find my way

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into the next Honours list”

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“I was almost certain

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for a knighthood”

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“…a man has to make his own way – has to look

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after himself… community and all that nonsense”

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“I can’t accept

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any responsibility”

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8
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“It’s my duty to

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keep labour costs down”

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“She’d had a lot to say

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– far too much – so she had to go”

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“How do you get on with our

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Chief Constable, Colonel Roberts?”

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“Probably a Socialist or

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some sort of crank”

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“The famous younger generation who

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know it all. And they can’t even take a joke-”

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“When you’re married you’ll realize that men with important work to

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do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business”

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14
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“You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor

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only two years ago and that he’s still a magistrate”

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“I’m very sorry. But I think

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she had only herself to blame”

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“Unlike the other three, I did

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nothing I’m ashamed of”

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17
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Go and look for the father of

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the child. It’s his responsibility”

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“She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples

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that were simply absurd in a girl in her position”

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“I accept no blame at all”; “I blame

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the young man who was the father of the child”

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“You’re not the type

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you don’t get drunk”

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“I was the only one

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of you who didn’t give in to him”

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“Don’t be

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an ass, Eric”

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“I’ve been so happy tonight.

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Oh I wish you hadn’t told me”

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“I think it was a mean thing to do.

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Perhaps that spoilt everything for her”

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“These girls aren’t cheap

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labour. They’re people”

26
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“I’ll never, never do it again

Sheila

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to anybody… I feel I can never go there again”

27
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“Why – you fool – he knows.

Sheila

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Of course he knows”

28
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“He’s been steadily drinking too

Sheila

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much for the past two years”

29
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“I don’t dislike you as I did half an hour ago, Gerald. In fact, in some odd way,

Sheila

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I rather respect you more than I’ve ever done before”

30
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“You and I aren’t the same people

Sheila

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who sat down to dinner here”

31
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“Mother, I think it was

Sheila

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cruel and vile” (Earlier “Mummy”)

32
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“You’re beginning to pretend all over again

Sheila

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that nothing much has happened”

33
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“He could have kept her on

Eric

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instead of throwing her out”

34
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“I’ve had a few drinks

Eric

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including rather a lot of champagne”

35
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“I was in that state

Eric

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when a chap easily gets nasty”

36
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“I didn’t even remember

Eric

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that’s the hellish thing”

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“She didn’t want me to marry her

Eric

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In a way, she treated me as if I were a kid”

38
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“I got it – from the office

Eric

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I intended to pay it back”

39
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“…you’re not the kind of father

Eric

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a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”

40
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“…my child – your own grandchild – you

Eric

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killed them both – damn you, damn you”

41
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“You lot may be letting yourself out

Eric

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nicely, but I can’t… we did her in all right”

42
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“You couldn’t have done

Gerald

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anything else” (To Mr B on firing “ringleaders”)

43
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“I think Miss Birling ought to be

Gerald

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excused any more of this questioning”

44
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“Sorry – I – well, I’ve suddenly realized

Gerald

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– taken it in properly – that she’s dead”

45
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“I didn’t install here there

Gerald

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so that I could make love to her”

46
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“I didn’t feel about her

Gerald

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as she felt about me”

47
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“She told me she’d been happier

Gerald

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than she’d ever been before”

48
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“What girl? There were probably

Gerald

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four or five different girls”

49
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“Everything’s all right now, Sheila

Gerald

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What about this ring?”

50
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“Burnt her inside out…

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she was in great agony”

51
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“What happened to her…

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a chain of events”

52
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“It’s better to ask for

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the earth than to take it”

53
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“There are a lot of young women living that sort of existence

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in every city and big town in this country”

54
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“We have to share something. If there’s

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nothing else, we’ll have to share our guilt”

55
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“She felt there’d never be

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anything as good again for her”

56
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“Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities

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as well as privileges”

57
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“She needed not only money but advice, sympathy,

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friendliness… you slammed the door in her face”

58
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“…each of you helped to kill her.

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Remember that. Never forget it”

59
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“There are millions and millions and millions of

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Eva Smiths and John Smiths”

60
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“We are members

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of one body”.

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“If men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught

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it in fire and blood and anguish”.

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