Gerald Croft Quotes Flashcards
“An attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town”
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“Well, it came just at the right moment. That was clever of you,
Gerald.”
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“You couldn’t have done anything else” (sacking Eva Smith)
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“After all, y’know, we’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
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(about Sheila): “She’s obviously had about as much as she can stand”
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“Why should you [stay]? It’s bound to be unpleasant and disturbing”
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“It’s a favourite haunt of women of the town”
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‘[Daisy] gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help”
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“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”
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“She was young and pretty and warm-hearted- and intensely grateful. I became at once the most important person in her life- you understand?”
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“She told me she’d been happier than she’d ever been before”
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“Nearly any man would have done” (adored being ‘fairy prince’)
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“That man wasn’t a police officer…I’m almost certain”
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“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”
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“Everything’s all right now Sheila. What about this ring?”
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