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Flashcards in Eric Birling Deck (13)
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1
Q

Eric’s description in the opening stage direction

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“In his early twenties, not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive”

2
Q

“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest
possible prices”

A

“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest
possible prices”

3
Q

“it isn’t as if you can go and work somewhere else.”

A

“it isn’t as if you can go and work somewhere else.”

4
Q

“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out. I call it tough luck.”

A

“He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out. I call it tough luck.”

5
Q

“I’d have let her stay”

A

“I’d have let her stay”

6
Q

“Well I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty- and I
threatened to make a row”

A

“Well I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty- and I
threatened to make a row”

7
Q

“And that’s when it happened. And I don’t even remember- that’s the hellish thing.”

A

“And that’s when it happened. And I don’t even remember- that’s the hellish thing.”

8
Q

“I wasn’t in love with her or anything- but I liked her- she was pretty and a good sport-”

A

“I wasn’t in love with her or anything- but I liked her- she was pretty and a good sport-”

9
Q

“she didn’t want me to marry her. Said I didn’t love her- and all that. In a way, she treated me- as if I were a kid. Though I was nearly as old as she was.”

A

“she didn’t want me to marry her. Said I didn’t love her- and all that. In a way, she treated me- as if I were a kid. Though I was nearly as old as she was.”

10
Q

“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble- that’s why.”

A

“You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble- that’s why.”

11
Q

“Then- you killed her. She came to you to protect me- and you turned her away-yes, and you killed her-and the child she’d have had too- my child- your own grandchild- you killed them both- damn you, damn you-”

A

“Then- you killed her. She came to you to protect me- and you turned her away-yes, and you killed her-and the child she’d have had too- my child- your own grandchild- you killed them both- damn you, damn you-”

12
Q

“He was our police inspector all right”

A

“He was our police inspector all right”

13
Q

“(shouting) And I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her- and that’s what matters-”

A

“(shouting) And I say the girl’s dead and we all helped to kill her- and that’s what matters-”