An Inspector Calls - Eric And Shiela Flashcards
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour – they’re people.”
“I know I’m to blame – and I’m desperately sorry.”
“It’s you two who are being childish – trying not to face the facts.”
“You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl.”
“I behaved badly too. I know I did. I’m ashamed of it.”
“Fire and blood and anguish.”
“Why – you fool – he knows! Of course he knows.”
“At least I’m trying to tell the truth.”
“He’s giving us the rope – so that we’ll hang ourselves.”
““If it didn’t end tragically, then that’s lucky for us. But it might have done.”
“I don’t see why she should have been sacked just because she’d a bit more spirit than the others.”
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble.”
“She was pretty and a good sport.”
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty.”
“Then – you killed her. She came to you to protect me – and you turned her away.”
“My God – I’m not likely to forget.”
“And I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her – and that’s what matters.”
“The money’s not the important thing. It’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters.”
“It’s what we did to the girl that matters.”
“We all helped to kill her – and that’s what matters.”
