Mrs Birling Quotes Flashcards
“Please don’t _______ me like that, ____ of that ____”
Mrs B
“Please don’t contradict me like that, girl of that class”
“That - I ______ - is a trifle ________, inspector”
Mrs B
“That - I consider - is a trifle impertinent, inspector”
“You know of course that my _______ was Lord _____ only ____ years ago and that he’s still a _______”
Mrs B
“You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor only two years ago and that he’s still a magistrate”
“Surely you don’t mean alderman Meggarty”
“I must say we are ______ something ______”
Mrs B
“Surely you don’t mean alderman Meggarty”
“I must say we are learning something tonight”
“I think it was _____ a piece of gross ________- quite _______- and naturally that was _____ of the things that ___________ me _______ her”
Ms Birling
“I think it was simply a piece of gross impertinence- quite deliberate- and naturally that was one of the things that prejudiced me against her”
“I think she only had _____ to _____”
Mrs B
“I think she only had herself to blame”
“I did ______ I’m _______ of”
“I did nothing I’m ashamed of”
“Go and ____ for the _____ of the ____ it’s his ________”
Mrs B
“Go and look for the father of the child it’s his responsibility”
“She was giving herself ridiculous ____. She was claiming _______ fine ________ and scruples that were simple _____ in a girl of her _______”
Mrs B
“She was giving herself ridiculous airs. She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simple absurd in a girl of her position”
“As if a ____ of that ___ would ever ______ ______ “
Mrs B
“As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money”
“You’re ____ wrong to _______ I shall ____\ what I did”
Mrs B
“You’re quiet wrong to suppose I shall regret what I did”
“I was perfectly _______”
Mrs B
“I was perfectly justified”
“You’re ________ like an ________ _____ tonight”
Mrs B
“You’re behaving like an hysterical child tonight”
“They’re over-_____. In the ______ they’ll be as ______ as we are”
Mrs B
“They’re over-tired. In the morning they’ll be as amused as we are”
