Sheila Flashcards
Description of Sheila
“A pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather
excited”
How did sheila show her childishness
“Yes, go on, Mummy”
What did sheila wish she didn’t hear
“(rather distressed) I can’t help thinking about this girl- destroying
herself so horribly- and I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh I wish you
hadn’t told me.”
Pretty girls
“But these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people.”
“She was a very pretty girl…that didn’t make it any better.”
What did sheila say to the manager
“I went to the manager and told him this girl had been very
impertinent – and – and - ”
What would sheila do now
“And if I could help her now, I would-”
Wont do something again
“I’ll never, never do it again to anybody…I feel now I can never go
there again”
What dies she hate to think
“Why- you fool- he knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to think
how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see.”
Between the girl and Sheila
“You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl. If
you do the Inspector will just break it down. And it’ll be all the worse
when he does”
Giving what to do what with ourselves
“No, he’s giving us the rope- so that we’ll hang ourselves”
What are they now
Bitterly ”I suppose we’re all nice people now”
What has been done all right
“He inspected us all right.”
What is she frightened about
“It frightens me the way you talk”
