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“for … prices”

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“for lower costs and higher prices”

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“i think Sheila… you men”

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“i think Sheila and i had better go into the drawing room and leave you men”

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“I’m sorry… listening”

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“I’m sorry daddy. actually i was listening”

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“I speak… man”

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“I speak as a hard headed business man”

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“unsinkable…”

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“unsinkable absolutely unsinkable”

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“a man has to make… and his family too”

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“a man has to make his own way, has to look after himself, and his family too of course”

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“that a man has to… -and-“ *door bell rings

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“that a man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own-and-“ *door bell rings

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“yes, yes… come her, inspector”

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“yes, yes horrid business but i don’t understand why you should come here, inspector”

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“you’ve had… Eric”

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“you’ve had enough of that port, Eric”

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“wretched… suicide”

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“wretched girls suicide”

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“oh… accident?”

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“oh how horrible. Was it an accident?”

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“sorry!… this girl”

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“sorry! its just i cant help thinking about this girl”

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“why the devil… the child like that?”

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“why the devil do you want to go upsetting a child like that?”

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“She was… care of herself”

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“She was very pretty and looked like she could take care of herself”

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“she was young… you understand?”

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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 knew… it to last”

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“she knew it couldn’t last, hadn’t expected it to last”

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“public men… as privileges”

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“public men, Mr Birling have responsibilities as well as privileges”

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” i did… of”

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“i did nothing I’m ashamed of”

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“Go and look…his responsibility”

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“Go and look for the father of the child. its his responsibility”

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“but i… for it at all”

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“But i accept no blame for it at all”

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“You’re behaving…tonight”

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“You’re behaving like a hysterical child tonight”

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“well i was in that state… make a row”

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“well i was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty, and i threatened to make a row.”

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“I wasn’t… and a good sport”

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“I wasn’t in love with her or anything, but i liked her, she was pretty and a good sport”

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“In a way… as old as she was”

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“In a way, she treated me as if i were a kid. Though i was nearly as old as she was”

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“Your trouble…spoilt”

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“Your trouble is you’ve been spoilt”

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“You don’t understand…even tried, you”

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“You don’t understand anything. you never did . You never even tried, you”