”Yes - except for all last summer, when you never came near me, and I wondered what had happened to you“
Shiela Birling
“I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty - and I threatened to make a row”
Eric Birling
“I insisted on giving her enough money”
Eric Birling
“I hated those hard-eyeddough-faced women”
Gerald Croft
“Shelia. Run along”
Mrs Birling
“But these girls aren’t cheaplabour - they’re people“
Shelia Birling
“Whoever that chap was, the fact remains that I did what I did… it’s still the samerotten story whether it’s been told to a policeinspector or to somebody else”
Eric Birling
“Nearly anyman would have done”
Gerald Croft
“What girl? There were probably four or five different girls”
Gerald Croft
“Go look for the fatherofthe child. It’s his responsibility“
Mrs Birling
“As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!”
Mrs Birling
“Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are workingtogether - for lower costs and higher prices”
Mr Birling
“I say there isn’t a chance of war”
Mr Birling
“… That’s what’s important- and not if whether a man is a policeinspector or not”
Sheila Birling
“The moneys not the important thing. It’s whathappened to the girl and what weall did to her that matters”
Eric Birling
“How do you know it’s the samegirl?”
Gerald Croft
“A man has to make hisownway - has to look after himself and his family of course”