"I didn't even remember – that's the hellish thing."
Eric confesses to his drunken encounter with Eva Smith, illustrating his profound shame and self-disgust for his past actions.
"And I say the girl's dead and we all helped to kill her."
Eric acknowledges his role in Eva Smith's tragedy and confronts his family's complicity, displaying his sense of guilt and accountability.
"The money's not the important thing. It's what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters."
Eric prioritizes the moral implications of their actions over material concerns, emphasizing his new understandingof social responsibility and human decency.
