AIC Act 3

• Eric


  Confesses to having met Eva in a bar last November when he was drunk<|>Admits to having got her pregnant<|>Admits to having stolen money from his father's firm to help support her
• Eric learns that his mother had refused help to Eva


  Becomes furious
• The Inspector


  Interrupts them and delivers a dramatic speech<|>Exits the stage
• Sheila and Eric


  Attack their parents' lack of guilt
• Sheila


  Begins to doubt whether the Inspector was a real police inspector
• Arthur


  Rebukes Eric and Sheila for having confessed too much
• Gerald


  Returns from his walk and reveals he has learned the Inspector may have been a fraud
• Arthur, Sybil and Gerald


  Rejoice on having avoided a public scandal
• Sheila and Eric


  Chastise Arthur, Sybil and Gerald for their poor behaviour towards Eva
• Gerald


  Suggests that the photograph of Eva may have been of several different girls
• Arthur


  Rings the Infirmary to check whether a girl had been admitted and it is confirmed there has been no such admission
• As Gerald attempts to return the ring to Sheila

  The phone rings
• A police inspector is on his way to the house to make inquiries about a girl who has just died on her way to the Infirmary, having swallowed disinfectant.