Eric Birling

• I couldn’t remember her name
• I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty
• He could have kept her on instead of throwing her out
• His whole manner of handling the drink shows his familatity with quick heavy drinking
• He was our police inspector all right
• You lot may be letting yourself out nicely, but I can’t
• … don’t forget I’m ashamed of you as well
• I insisted on giving her enough money to keep her going
• In a way, she treated me - as if I were a kid
• Just you keep out of this
• You youngsters
• Just keep quiet, Eric, and don’t get excited
• Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices
• You’re beginning to pretend now that nothing’s really happened at all. And I can’t see it like that
• (In response to “it’s a free country”) It isn’t if you can’t go and work somewhere else
• You’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble
• How can it? The girl’s dead, isn’t she?
• Then - you killed her
• …my child - your own grandchild - you killed them both
• And that’s when it happened. And I didn’t even remember
• I wasn’t in love with her or anything - but I liked her - she was pretty and a good sport -
• You told her. Why, you little sneak!
• You haven’t made it any easier dor me, have you, Mother?
• It isn’t if you can’t go and work somewhere else
• Yes I know - but still -
• Just let me finish, Eric. You’ve a lot to learn yet