Gerald Croft Flashcards
First description
“An attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but
very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town”
Birling show how clever he thinks Croft is.
“Well, it came just at the right moment. That was clever of you,
Gerald.”
Showing the cruel business side of himself
“You couldn’t have done anything else” (sacking Eva Smith)
Quote about his family
“After all, y’know, we’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
Showing tension between him and Sheila
(about Sheila): “She’s obviously had about as much as she can stand”
What he thinks of Women
“Why should you [stay]? It’s bound to be unpleasant and disturbing”
Describing is role in Daisy Reston’s death
‘[Daisy] gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help”
What he says to justify his behaviour
“I insisted on Daisy moving into these rooms and I made her take some
money to keep her going there…I want you to understand that I didn’t
install her there so I could make love to her…I was sorry for her…I
didn’t ask for anything in return”
Justifying his behaviour again
“She told me she’d been happier than she’d ever been before”
His realisation of the inspector when he leaves
“That man wasn’t a police officer…I’m almost certain”
Finding the truth about the Inspector
“But how do you know it’s the same girl? … We’ve no proof it was the
same photograph and therefore no proof it was the same girl”
