Mrs Birling Flashcards
“That - I consider- is……”
“That - I consider - is a trifle impertinent Inspector.”
“I’m very sorry. But I think she……”
“I’m very sorry. But I think she had only herself to blame.”
“I blame……”
“I blame the young man who was the father of the child.”
“Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I say I couldn’t……”
“Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I say I couldn’t imagine a real inspector talking like that to us?”
“I don’t think……”
“I don’t think we can help you much.”
“a rather……woman and her husband’s social superior.”
“a rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior.”
[about Eva Smith] “girls of that……”
“girls of that class”
[about her charitable organisation] “(with dignity) We’ve done a great deal of useful work in helping……cases.”
“(with dignity) We’ve done a great deal of useful work in helping deserving cases.”
THINK: WHAT DOES SHE MEAN BY THE WORD “DESERVING”?
“As if a girl of……would every refuse money!”
“As if a girl of that sort would every refuse money!”
