ACT 2

• gerald talking to inspector about sheila

  "we were celebrating ... and now shes obviously had about as much as she can stand "
• inspector standing up for sheila against gerald

  (massively taking charge) "allow me, miss birling ... miss birling has just been made to understand what she did to this girl ... if she leaves now ... she'll be alone with her responsibility, the rest of tonight, all tomorrow, all the next night-"
• mrs b first opinion of inspector and her role in the investigation

  "i dont think we can help you much"
• sheilas reaction to mrs b introduction to inspector

  " i feel youre beginning all wrong. and im afraid youll say something or do something that youll be sorry for afterwards"
• mrs b response about how sheila talked back to her about the girl

  "please dont contradict me like that. and in any case i dont suppose we can understand why the girl committed suicide. girls of that class-"
• mrs b saying what eric is doing, to inspector

  in an excitable, silly mood
• mrs b reaction to inspector asking if eric is an alcoholic

  "no, of course not =. hes only a boy "
• sheila talking about eric, to inspector

  "this isnt the time to pretend that eric isnt used to drink. hes been steadily drinking too much for the last to years "
• sheila responding to her mother being rude to inspector

  (rather wildly with a laugh) no, hes giving us the rope - so that we'll hang ourselves"
• gerald talking about how he saw eva

  "she looked young and fresh and charming ... and obviously not enjoying herself. old joe meggarty half drunk and goggle eyed, had wedged her into a corner with that obscene fat carcass of his - "
• geralds first chat with eva

  "if she didnt want any more of that sort of thing, shed better let me take her out of there "
• what did gerald say eva wanted

  "all she wanted to do was talk"
• where did gerald put eva

  "it happened that a friend of mine had gone off to canada for six months and had let me have the key of a nice little set of rooms he had"
• gerald explaining how she became his mistress

  "i suppose it was inevitable. she was young and pretty and warm-hearted - and intensely grateful. i became at once the most important person in her life"
• inspectors reaction to mrb trying to remove sheila from the situation

  "your daughter isnt living on the moon"
• sheila describing gerald and how the situation made him feel

  "you were the wonderful fairy prince "
• sheila describing geralds actions that night after gerald admitted he enjoyed it

  "thats probably the best thing youve said to me tonight. at least its honest"
• gerald saying how eva felt when he left her

  "she told me she'd been happier than shed ever been before- but she knew that it couldnt last - hadnt expected it to last. she didnt blame me at all"
• gerald explaining her living situation eith money

  "she lived very economically on what id allowed her"
• inspector decribing how eva felt when she left gerald

  "she felt thered never be anything as good again for her "
• inspector describing to mr b what men should be like

  "public men have responsibilities as well as privilege"
• mrs b versus inspector describing the brumley womens charity

  inspector : "its an organisation to which women in distress can appeal for help in various forms"

  mrsb: "weve done a great deal of useful work in helping the deserving cases"
• mrs birling reacting to eva calling herself mrs b

  "i think it was simply a piece of gross impertinence - quite deliberate - and naturally that was one of the things that prejudiced me against her case"
• mrs b responding to inspector making her continue the story

  "i did nothing i am ashamed of or that wont bear investigation"
• mrs b saying what she

  "i used my influence to have it (her case) refused ... i consider i did my duty"
• mrs b blaming responsibilty on someone

  "go and look for the father of the child. its his responsibility"
• inspector reveals why she went to the womens charity

  she'd come to you for assistance because she didnt want to take stolen money
• what did mrs b say the father should do

  "public confession of responsibility ... i consider that your duty"