An Inspector Calls and Other Plays (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Birling: (cutting in) Just a minute, Sheila. Now, Inspector, perhaps you and I had better go and talk this over quietly in a corner-- Inspector: No, not entirely. A good deal happened to her after that. But you're partly to blame . Just as your father is. Birling: (moving) No, leave this to me. I must also have a word with my wife – tell her what's happening . (turns at the door, staring at the Inspector angrily.) We were having a nice family celebration tonight. And a nasty mess you've made of it now , haven't you? Mrs Birling: But I didn't know it was you – I never dreamt. Besides, you're not the type – you don't get drunk. The Agreement and the access granted to use the Service automatically terminate if you fail to comply with any part of this Agreement. Termination of the Agreement (howsoever occasioned) shall not affect any accrued rights or liabilities of either party.

Birling: I don't see we need to tell the Inspector anything more. In fact, there's nothing I can tell him. I told the girl to clear out, and she went. That's the last I heard of her. Have you any idea what happened to her after that? Get into trouble? Go on the streets? An Inspector Calls (lost television adaptation of play; 1948) - The Lost Media Wiki". lostmediawiki.com . Retrieved 16 September 2023. The young girl who allegorically represents the working class in a capitalist society; she doesn't have any lines in the play. All Birling characters behaved in ways that completely altered her life for the worst, culminating in her suicide by drinking some strong disinfectant. The inspector reads her diary before interrogating the Birlings. She is described as being young and pretty, with dark eyes. She also changes her name from Eva Smith to Daisy Renton. Inspector: but if her story was true, if this boy had been giving her stolen money, then she came to you for help because she wanted to keep this youngster out of any more trouble – isn't that so? Gerald: (showing annoyance) Any particular reason why I shouldn't see this girl's photograph, Inspector?

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An Inspector Calls". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016 . Retrieved 26 October 2016. Birling lights his cigar and Gerald, who had lit a cigarette , helps himself to port , then pushes the decanter to Birling.// Birling: All right, Edna. Show him in here. Give us some more light. // Edna does, then goes out .// I’m still on the bench. It may be something about a warrant. Birling: I can't imagine. But he was in one of his excitable queer moods, and even though we don't need him here-- Sheila: (staring at him) yes. That's true. You know. (she goes close to him, wonderingly.) I don't understand about you.

An Inspector Calls – Context and Political Views". OxNotes – English Literature Notes. England: OxNotes.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018 . Retrieved 8 October 2018. Birling: (angrily, to Inspector) Look here, I'm not going to have this, Inspector. You'll apologize at once. Gerald: yes. I asked her questions about herself. She told me her name was Daisy Renton, that she'd lost both parents, that she came originally from somewhere outside Brumley. She also told me she'd had a job in one of the works here and had had to leave after a strike. She said something about the shop too, but wouldn't say which it was, and she was deliberately vague about what happened. I couldn't get any exact details from her about herself – just because she felt I was interested and friendly – but at the same time, she wanted to be Daisy Renton – and not Eva Smith . In fact, I heard that name for the first time tonight. What she did let slip – though she didn't mean to – was that she was desperately hard up and at that moment was actually hungry. I made the people at the county find some food for her. Sheila: I've told my father – he didn't seem to think it amounted to much – but I felt rotten about it at the time and now I feel a lot worse. Did it make much difference to her? Sheila: (rather distressed ) Sorry! It's just that I can't help thinking about this girl – destroying herself so horribly – and I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh, I wish you hadn't told me. What was she like? Quite young?Sheila: no, that's no use . You not only knew her but you knew her very well. Otherwise, you wouldn't look so guilty about it. When did you first get to know her? // he does not reply// Was it after she left Milwards? When she changed her name, as he said, and began to lead a different sort of life? Were you seeing her last spring and summer, during that time you hardly came near me and said you were so busy? Were you? // he does not reply but looks at her.// Yes, of course, you were. Sheila: When I was looking at myself in the mirror I caught sight of her smiling at the assistant , and I was furious with her. I'd been in a bad temper anyhow.