Gerald Croft Quotes

• “Well, it came just at the right moment. That was clever of you, Gerald.”
• “You couldn’t have done anything else” (sacking Eva Smith)
• “After all, y’know, we’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
• (about Sheila): “She’s obviously had about as much as she can stand”
• "Why should you [stay]? It’s bound to be unpleasant and disturbing”
• “It’s a favourite haunt of women of the town”
• ‘[Daisy] gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help”
• “I insisted on Daisy moving into these rooms and I made her take some money to keep her going there…I want you to understand that I didn’t install her there so I could make love to her…I was sorry for her…I didn’t ask for anything in return”
• “She was young and pretty and warm-hearted- and intensely grateful. I became at once the most important person in her life- you understand?”
• “She told me she’d been happier than she’d ever been before”
• “Nearly any man would have done” (adored being ‘fairy prince’)
• “That man wasn’t a police officer…I’m almost certain”
• “But how do you know it’s the same girl? ... We’ve no proof it was the same photograph and therefore no proof it was the same girl”
• “Everything’s all right now Sheila. What about this ring?”
• "notorious womaniser"
• "We're respectable citizens, not criminals."