Sail Maker Quotes Flashcards
After breaking the news to Alec that his mum died, davie says that they will have to rely on each other
‘There’s just you an me now son. We’ll have tae make the best of it. (Turns away).’
Alec tells Ian that davie is going to repair his toy yacht
‘Ah’m gonna get ma da tae fix it up. Ma da’s a sailmaker’
Ian points out to Alec that davie is no longer doing the job he was trained to do and has a much worse job now
‘Your da sells stuff on the never never […] he’s a tick man’
Davie makes Alec take bets to the bookie for him
‘ALEC: […] ah don’t like that bookie. He’s creepy. DAVIE: Away ye go!’
Davie tells Billy of his confidence in Alec
‘Oh aye. He’s clever. He’ll get on’
At the end of act 1, Alec puts away the yatch
‘Ah’ll shove this in the Glory Hole. Out the road’
Alec describes to the audience what he gets out of going to the Christian organisation meetings
‘Ian thought I was soft in the head for going so much to the mission […] I felt this glow’
Alec finds out that Davie has been using his school money for betting
‘ALEC: Did you gamble wi that bursary money? DAVIE: Just a couple quid.’
Alec’s resentment at davie boils over and he mocks him about the woman he has been seeing
‘ALEC: Why don’t ye just admit that ye fancy her? (Davie slaps him, exits)
Davie and Alec discuss what has happened to billy
‘Yer Uncle Billy had the right idea. Took his redundancy money and moved tae Aberdeen’
The last thing Alec burns is the toy yatch
‘When the last bit of furniture had burned down, I wedged the yatch in the great’
