AIC Key Quotes

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Sheila (to Gerald) - " Yes, except for..."
all last summer, when you never came near me
1 of 74
Sheila (to Eric) - "You're..."
squiffy
2 of 74
Mrs B - "What an..."
expression, Sheila!
3 of 74
Mr B - "for lower..."
costs and higher prices
4 of 74
Sheila - "Look - Mummy - ..."
isn't it a beauty?
5 of 74
Mr B - "hard-headed..."
business man
6 of 74
Mr B - "The Germans..."
don't want war
7 of 74
Mr B - "unsinkable,..."
absolutely unsinkable
8 of 74
Mr B - "there's a very good..."
chance of a knighthood
9 of 74
Gerald (to Mr B) - "You seem to be..."
a nice well-behaved family
10 of 74
Mr B - "a man has to..."
make his own way - had to look after himself
11 of 74
Mr B - "like bees in..."
a hive - community and all that nonsense
12 of 74
Inspector - "Burnt her..."
inside out, or course
13 of 74
Mr B - "Mr Gerald Croft -..."
the son of Sir George Croft
14 of 74
Mr B - "the wretched..."
girl's suicide
15 of 74
Mr B - "Well, it's my duty..."
to keep labour costs down
16 of 74
Gerald (to Mr B) - "You couldn't have..."
done anything else
17 of 74
Mr B - "they'd soon be..."
asking for the earth
18 of 74
Inspector - "it's better to ask..."
for the earth than to take it
19 of 74
Sheila - "But these girls aren't..."
cheap labour - they're people
20 of 74
Mr B - "if they didn't..."
get rid of that girl, I'd never go near the place again
21 of 74
Inspector (to Sheila) - "It's too late..."
She's dead
22 of 74
Sheila - "I'll never, never..."
do it again to anybody
23 of 74
Sheila (to Gerald) - Oh don't be..."
stupid. We haven't much time
24 of 74
Sheila (to Gerald) - "Why - you..."
fool - he knows
25 of 74
Inspector (to Gerald) - "you think young women..."
ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things?
26 of 74
Sheila - "I know I'm..."
to blame
27 of 74
Inspector - "If there's nothing else,..."
we'll have to share our guilt
28 of 74
Inspector (to Mrs B) - "They're more..."
impressionable
29 of 74
Mrs B - "Girls of..."
that class
30 of 74
Mrs B (to Inspector) - "You know of course that..."
my husband was Lord Mayor only two years
31 of 74
Sheila (to Mrs B) - "This isn't the time to..."
pretend that Eric isn't used to drink
32 of 74
Mrs B - "It isn't true. You know..."
him Gerald...you must know it isn't true
33 of 74
Sheila - "No, he's giving us rope-..."
so that we'll hang ourselves
34 of 74
Gerald - "It's a favourite..."
haunt of women of the town
35 of 74
Sheila - "And probably between us..."
we killed her
36 of 74
Sheila - "But everybody knows about..."
that horrible old Meggarty
37 of 74
Gerald - "I didn't ask for..."
anything in return
38 of 74
Gerald - "I suppose it..."
was inevitable
39 of 74
Mr B - "I only did what..."
any employer might have done
40 of 74
Inspector - "She felt there'd never be..."
anything as good again for her
41 of 74
Mr B (to Sheila) - "you must understand..."
that a lot of young men-
42 of 74
Inspector - "Public men, Mr Birling,..."
have responsibilities as well as privileges
43 of 74
Mrs B - "useful work in..."
helping deserving cases
44 of 74
Mrs B - "I used my..."
influence to have it refused
45 of 74
Mrs B - "Go and look for..."
the father of the child. It's his responsibility
46 of 74
Mr B - "The press might..."
easily take it up
47 of 74
Mrs B - As if a girl of..."
that sort would ever refuse money
48 of 74
Eric - "she was pretty..."
and a good sport
49 of 74
Mr B (to Eric) - "Fifty pounds -..."
on top of drinking and going round the town!
50 of 74
Mr B - "I've got to cover..."
this up as soon as I can
51 of 74
Eric (to Mr B) - "you're not the..."
kind of father a chap could go to
52 of 74
Inspector - "each of you helped to..."
kill her. Remember that. Never forget it
53 of 74
Inspector (to Eric) - "as if she were an..."
animal, a thing, not a person
54 of 74
Mr B (to Inspector) - "I'd give..."
thousands - yes, thousands
55 of 74
Inspector - millions and millions and..."
millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths
56 of 74
Inspector - "We are members..."
of one body
57 of 74
Inspector - "taught in..."
fire and blood and anguish
58 of 74
Mr B - "There'll be a..."
public scandal
59 of 74
Mr B - "There's every excuse for what..."
both your mother and I did
60 of 74
Sheila (to Mr B) - you don't seem to..."
have learnt anything
61 of 74
Eric - "He was our..."
police inspector all right
62 of 74
Mr B - "Probably a Socialist or..."
some sort of crank
63 of 74
Gerald (to Mr B) - "Well, you were..."
right...We've been had
64 of 74
Sheila - "I suppose we're..."
all nice people now
65 of 74
Mrs B - "I was the only one of you..."
who didn't give in to him
66 of 74
Sheila - "You're just beginning to..."
pretend all over again
67 of 74
Sheila (to Mr B) - "But that won't bring..."
Eva Smith back to life, will it?
68 of 74
Eric - "We all helped..."
to kill her
69 of 74
Gerald - "It's a..."
hoax of some kind
70 of 74
Mr B - "I'd a special reason for not..."
wanting any public scandal just now
71 of 74
Mr B (to Sheila) - "you'd better ask Gerald for..."
that ring you gave back
72 of 74
Gerald (to Sheila) - "Everything's all..."
right now, Sheila
73 of 74
Mr B - "the famous younger..."
generation who know it all
74 of 74

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Card 2

Front

squiffy

Back

Sheila (to Eric) - "You're..."

Card 3

Front

expression, Sheila!

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

costs and higher prices

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

isn't it a beauty?

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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