J. B. Priestley
An Inspector Calls - Sheila Birling
SHEILA: I'll never let it go out of my sight for an instant.
SHEILA: It's just I can't help thinking about this girl - destroying herself so horribly - and I've been so happy tonight. (ACT 1)
SHEILA I’d gone in to try something on. It was an idea of my own-mother had been against it, and so had the assistant-but I insisted. As soon as I tried it on, I knew they’d been right. It just didn’t suit me at all.
SHEILA: It frightens me te way you talk.
SHEILA:You're squiffy
SHEILA:Careful! I'll never let it go out of my sight for an instant
Sheila It’s just that I can’t help thinking about this girl-destroying herself so horribly.
Sheila But these girls aren’t cheap labour- they’re people.
Sheila Oh – it’s wonderful! Look mummy- isn’t it beauty?
Sheila What do you mean by saying that? You talk as if we were responsible.
Sheila No not really, it was my own fault.
Sheila No, that’s no use. You not only knew her but knew her very well. Otherwise, you wouldn’t look guilty it. When did you first get to know her?