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