Mr Birling

• clothes mean something different to a woman... a sort of sign or token of their self respect
• as if were all mixed up like bees in a hive
• im talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business
• a man has to look after himself, and his family too, of course
• im not a purple-faced old man
• the way some of these cranks talk
• the famous younger generation who know it all. and they cant even take a joke
• you damned fool
• if you dont come down sharply on some of these people, they'll soon be asking for the earth
• the girl had been causing trouble
• a heavy-looking, rather portentous man
• well my dear, they're so damned exasperating
• it has nothing whatsoever to do with the wretched girl's suicide