Eric Flashcards
“Not quite”
“Not quite at ease. Half shy, half assertive”
”[ ]”
“[suddenly guffaws]”
“Well I think”
“Well I think it’s a dam shame”
“Why shouldn’t”
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices?”
“Well I was”
“Well I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty - and I threatened to make a row”
“And that’s”
“And that’s when it happened. And I don’t even remember - that’s the hellish thing”
“And I”
“And I couldn’t remember her name or where she lived”
“I wasn’t”
“I wasn’t in love with her or anything - but I liked her - she was pretty and a good sport”
“And the”
“And the fact remains that I did what I did”
“You’re not”
“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble”
“Then”
“Then - you killed her… you killed her - and the child she’d have had too - my child - your own grandchild - you killed them both - damn you, damn you”
“And I say”
“And I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her”
“And I agree”
“And I agree with Sheila. It frightens me too.”
