Sheila Birling - Key Quotations Flashcards
A pretty girl in her early twenties, …
A pretty girl in her early twenties, … very pleased with life and rather excited
yes go on, …
yes go on, … mummy
(rather distressed) I can’t help thinking about this girl - destroying …
(rather distressed) I can’t help thinking about this girl - destroying … herself to horribly - and Ive been so happy tonight Oh I wish you hadn’t told me
But these girls aren’t cheap labour …
But these girls aren’t cheap labour … they’re people
She was a very pretty girl …
She was a very pretty girl … that didn’t make it any better
I went to the manager and told him …
I went to the manager and told him … this girl had been very impertinent - and - and
and if I could help her now …,
and if I could help her now, … I would
“I’ll never, never do it again to anybody…
I’ll never, never do it again to anybody…I feel now I can never go there again
“Why- you fool- he knows. Of course he knows. And I 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.”
“You mustn’t try to build up a kind of wall between us and that girl. If you do …
“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”
“No, he’s giving us the rope- …
“No, he’s giving us the rope- so that we’ll hang ourselves”
(Bitterly) ”I suppose …
(Bitterly) ”I suppose … we’re all nice people now”
He inspected …
He inspected … us all right
it frightens me …
It frightens me the way you talk
