Eric Briling Flashcards
(Éric suddenly guffaws)… I don’t know-really
Suddenly I just felt I had to laugh
What
About war?
(uneasy, sharply) here, what do
You mean?
À joke really (Gérald)
It isn’t if you can’t
Go and work somewhere else
Public school and varsity life
(sulkiky) we don’t need to tell the inspector
I’m sorry-but you see-we were having a little party
-and I’ve had a few drinks… And I’ve got a headache
You told her
Why you little sneak
(miserably) could I
Have a drink first
But I like her-she was pretty
And à good sport
I hate these fat old tarts around town
-the ones I see some of your respectable friends with
(nearly at breaking point) You killed her-and the child she’d have to - my child-
Your own grandchild-you killed them both-damn you, damn you
You don’t understand anything. You never
Did. You never even tried
(laughing) oh-for gods sake! Why does it matter now if they give you a knighthood or not
It doesn’t matter to you. Apparently nothing matters to you.
(sulkiky) Well I didn’t notice you standing
Up to him
(Birling tries to interrupt) I don’t care let him know. The moneys not the important thing.
It’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters
(angrily) the girls dead
Isn’t she?
That doesn’t matter to me
The one I knew is dead.
