The Inspector Flashcards
Description of the insepctor
“Need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of
massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.”
Description of the insepctor
“He is a man in his fifties, dressed in a plain darkish suit of the period.
He speaks carefully, weightily and has a disconcerting habit of looking
hard at the person he addresses before actually speaking”
Description of the death
“Two hours ago a young woman died in the Infirmary. She’d been
taken there this afternoon because she’d swallowed a lot of strong
disinfectant. Burnt her inside out, of course”
A chain of events
“A chain of events”
Better to ask
“it’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it”
Describes his name
“Goole. G. double O-L-E”
Suggests helping out the poor
“it would do us all a bit of good if sometimes we tried to put ourselves
in the place of these young women counting their pennies in their
dingy little back bedroom”
Tells Gerald to protect women
“And you think young women ought to be protected
against unpleasant and disturbing things?”
Says what Eva smith done
“A girl died tonight. A pretty, lively sort of girl, who never did anybody
any harm. But she died in misery and agony- hating life-”
Guilt
“If there’s nothing else we have to share our guilt”
