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Cards (57)

  • pink and intimate
  • brighter and harsher
  • Sheila is a pretty girl in her early twenties
  • rather provincial in his speech
  • you're squiffy
  • you're just the kind of son-in-law I always wanted
  • for lower costs and higher prices
  • we're in for a time of steadily increasing prosperity
  • The Germans dont want war. Nobody wants war
  • A hard headed, practical man of business
  • unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable
  • community and all that nonsense
  • impression of massiveness
  • still, i cant accept any responsibility
  • I expect you've done things you're ashamed of too
  • otherwise, you wouldnt look so guilty about it
  • dont say anything to the inspector
  • i must obviously be a selfish vindictive creature
  • girls of that class-
  • if you do, then the inspector will just break it down
  • hes been steadily drinking too much for the last two years
  • but youre forgetting im supposed to be engaged to the hero of it
  • ive suddenly realised - taken it in properly - that shes dead-
  • I became at once the most important person in her life
  • i didnt feel about her as she felt about me
  • She didnt blame me at all. I wish to God she had now. Perhaps id feel better about it
  • I rather respect you more that ive ever done before
  • Now Sheila, Im not defending him. But you must understand that a young man-
  • Public Men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges
  • first, she called herself Mrs Birling-
  • I think it was simply a piece of gross impertinence
  • But I think she only had herself to blame
  • unlike the other three, I did nothing Im ashamed of or that wont bear investigation
  • She came to you for help[...]you not only refused it yourself but saw to it that others refused it too
  • As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!
  • But i accept no blame for it at all
  • Public confession of responsibility
  • I consider it your duty
  • You havent made it any easier for me have you mother
  • I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty