Sheila Flashcards
“I don’t believe I will (half playful, half serious, to Gerald.) So you be careful.”
Sheila’s relationship with Gerald, page 3
“(Half serious, half playful) Yes, that’s what you say.”
Sheila’s relationship with Gerald, page 3
“(Bitterly) Of course he did.”
Sheila’s relationship with Gerald, page 33
“But you’re forgetting I’m supposed to be engaged to the hero of it. Go on, Gerald. You went down into the bar, which is a favourite haunt of women of the town.”
Sheila’s relationship with Gerald, page 34
“You’re squiffy”
Sheila’s relationship with Eric, page 3
“Don’t be an ass, Eric”
Sheila’s relationship with Eric, page 3
“I could’ve told her months ago, but of course I didn’t”
Sheila’s relationship with Eric, page 50
“(frightened) Eric, don’t - don’t—“
Sheila’s relationship with Eric, page 55
“What business? What’s happening?”
Sheila’s reaction to the inspector, page 17
“(Rather distressed) Sorry! It’s just that I can’t help thinking about this girl - destroying herself so horribly - and I’ve been so happy tonight.”
Sheila’s reaction to the inspector, page 17
“Yes but it didn’t seem to be anything very terrible at the time. Don’t you understand?”
Sheila’s reaction to the inspector, page 24
“(Laughs rather hysterically) Why - you fool - he knows. Of course he knows.”
Sheila’s reaction to the inspector, page 26
“(Rather wildly, with laugh) No, he’s giving us rope - so that we’ll hand ourselves.”
Sheila’s reaction to the inspector, page 33
“(Eagerly) That’s just what I feel, Eric. And it’s what they don’t seem to understand.”
Sheila’s reaction at the end, page 64
“And Eric’s absolutely right. And it’s the best thing any one of us has said tonight and it makes me feel a bit less ashamed of us. You’re just beginning to pretend all over again.”
Sheila’s reaction at the end, page 65
