Sheila: I don't dislike youas I did half an hour ago,gerald. In fact, in some oddway, Irather respect you morethan I've ever done before.I knew anyhow you werelying about thosemonths last year when youhardly came near meGerald: Allright. I knewher. Let'sleave it atthat.Gerald: all right– I did for atime. Nearlyany man wouldhave done.Gerald: I didn't propose tostay long down there. Ihate those hard-eyeddough-facedwomen. But then I noticeda girl who looked quitedifferent. She was verypretty – soft brownhair and big dark eyes-(breaks off.) My god!Gerald: all right, ifyou must have it. Imet her first,sometime in marchlast year, in thestalls bar at thepalace.Sheila: (with sharpsarcasm) of coursenot. You were thewonderful fairyprince. Youmust have adored it,gerald.Gerald:(hesitatingly) it'shard to say. I didn'tfeel about her asshe felt about me.Gerald: yes. I supposeit was inevitable. Shewas young and prettyand warm hearted –and intensely grateful. Ibecame at once themost important personin her life – youunderstand?Gerald: You'vebeen through it– and now youwant to seesomebody elseput through itSheila: but you'reforgetting I'm supposedto be engaged to thehero of it. Go on,Gerald.You went down into thebar, which is afavourite haunt of thewomen of the town.Gerald (with an effort)inspector, I think missbirling ought to be excusedany more ofthis questioning. She'dnothing more to tell you.She's had a long excitingand tiring day – wewere celebrating ourengagement, you know –and now she's obvio// she looks at himalmost in triumph. Helooks crushed. Thedoors slowly opensand theinspector appears,looking steadily andsearchingly at them.//Gerald: I happened tolook in, one night, aftera long dull day, and asthe show wasn'tvery bright, I wentdown into the bar for adrink. It's a favouritehaunt of women of thetown-- Gerald: she looked youngand fresh and charmingand altogether out of placedown here.And obviously she wasn'tenjoying herself. Old joemeggarty, half-drunk andgoggle-eyed, hadwedged her into a cornerwith that obscene fatcarcass of his--Mrs Birling:(staggered) it isn'ttrue. You know him,Gerald -and you're aman – youmust know it isn'ttrue.Sheila: but just incase you forget – ordecide not to comeback, Gerald, I thinkyou'dbetter take this withyou. (she hands himthe ring.)Birling: Now,sheila, I'm notdefending him. Butyou mustunderstand that alot of youngmenGerald: I'm sorry,Sheila. But it was allover and done with,last summer. I hadn'tset eyeson the girl for at leastsix months. I don'tcome into this suicidebusiness.Sheila: Were youseeing her last springand summer, duringthat time you hardlycame near me andsaid you were sobusy? Were you?Sheila: Oh don't bestupid. We haven'tmuch time. You gaveyourself away assoon as hementioned her othername.Gerald: no. I wasn'ttelling you a completelie when I said i'd beenvery busy at the worksall that time. We werevery busy. But ofcourse I did see agood deal of her.Gerald: Whyshould you?It's bound tobe unpleasantand disturbingGerald: in that case –as I'm rather more –upset – by thisbusiness than Iprobably appearto be – and – well, i'dlike to be alone for awhile – I'd be glad ifyou'd let me go.Gerald:I want you tounderstand that I didn't installher there so that I could makelove to her. I made her go tomorgan Terrace because Iwas sorryfor her, and didn't like the ideaof her going back to thepalace bar. I didn't ask foranything iGerald: the girl sawme looking at her andthen gave me aglance that wasnothing lessthan a cry for helpGerald: No, it wasn't. ( hewaits a moment, then in alow, troubled tone.) she toldmeshe'd been happier thanshe'd ever been before –but that she knew itcouldn't last – hadn'texpected it to last. Shedidn't blame me at all.Sheila: I don't dislike youas I did half an hour ago,gerald. In fact, in some oddway, Irather respect you morethan I've ever done before.I knew anyhow you werelying about thosemonths last year when youhardly came near meGerald: Allright. I knewher. Let'sleave it atthat.Gerald: all right– I did for atime. Nearlyany man wouldhave done.Gerald: I didn't propose tostay long down there. Ihate those hard-eyeddough-facedwomen. But then I noticeda girl who looked quitedifferent. She was verypretty – soft brownhair and big dark eyes-(breaks off.) My god!Gerald: all right, ifyou must have it. Imet her first,sometime in marchlast year, in thestalls bar at thepalace.Sheila: (with sharpsarcasm) of coursenot. You were thewonderful fairyprince. Youmust have adored it,gerald.Gerald:(hesitatingly) it'shard to say. I didn'tfeel about her asshe felt about me.Gerald: yes. I supposeit was inevitable. Shewas young and prettyand warm hearted –and intensely grateful. Ibecame at once themost important personin her life – youunderstand?Gerald: You'vebeen through it– and now youwant to seesomebody elseput through itSheila: but you'reforgetting I'm supposedto be engaged to thehero of it. Go on,Gerald.You went down into thebar, which is afavourite haunt of thewomen of the town.Gerald (with an effort)inspector, I think missbirling ought to be excusedany more ofthis questioning. She'dnothing more to tell you.She's had a long excitingand tiring day – wewere celebrating ourengagement, you know –and now she's obvio// she looks at himalmost in triumph. Helooks crushed. Thedoors slowly opensand theinspector appears,looking steadily andsearchingly at them.//Gerald: I happened tolook in, one night, aftera long dull day, and asthe show wasn'tvery bright, I wentdown into the bar for adrink. It's a favouritehaunt of women of thetown-- Gerald: she looked youngand fresh and charmingand altogether out of placedown here.And obviously she wasn'tenjoying herself. Old joemeggarty, half-drunk andgoggle-eyed, hadwedged her into a cornerwith that obscene fatcarcass of his--Mrs Birling:(staggered) it isn'ttrue. You know him,Gerald -and you're aman – youmust know it isn'ttrue.Sheila: but just incase you forget – ordecide not to comeback, Gerald, I thinkyou'dbetter take this withyou. (she hands himthe ring.)Birling: Now,sheila, I'm notdefending him. Butyou mustunderstand that alot of youngmenGerald: I'm sorry,Sheila. But it was allover and done with,last summer. I hadn'tset eyeson the girl for at leastsix months. I don'tcome into this suicidebusiness.Sheila: Were youseeing her last springand summer, duringthat time you hardlycame near me andsaid you were sobusy? Were you?Sheila: Oh don't bestupid. We haven'tmuch time. You gaveyourself away assoon as hementioned her othername.Gerald: no. I wasn'ttelling you a completelie when I said i'd beenvery busy at the worksall that time. We werevery busy. But ofcourse I did see agood deal of her.Gerald: Whyshould you?It's bound tobe unpleasantand disturbingGerald: in that case –as I'm rather more –upset – by thisbusiness than Iprobably appearto be – and – well, i'dlike to be alone for awhile – I'd be glad ifyou'd let me go.Gerald:I want you tounderstand that I didn't installher there so that I could makelove to her. I made her go tomorgan Terrace because Iwas sorryfor her, and didn't like the ideaof her going back to thepalace bar. I didn't ask foranything iGerald: the girl sawme looking at her andthen gave me aglance that wasnothing lessthan a cry for helpGerald: No, it wasn't. ( hewaits a moment, then in alow, troubled tone.) she toldmeshe'd been happier thanshe'd ever been before –but that she knew itcouldn't last – hadn'texpected it to last. Shedidn't blame me at all.

Gerald AIC - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Sheila: I don't dislike you as I did half an hour ago, gerald. In fact, in some odd way, I rather respect you more than I've ever done before. I knew anyhow you were lying about those months last year when you hardly came near me
  2. Gerald: All right. I knew her. Let's leave it at that.
  3. Gerald: all right – I did for a time. Nearly any man would have done.
  4. Gerald: I didn't propose to stay long down there. I hate those hard-eyed dough-faced women. But then I noticed a girl who looked quite different. She was very pretty – soft brown hair and big dark eyes- (breaks off.) My god!
  5. Gerald: all right, if you must have it. I met her first, sometime in march last year, in the stalls bar at the palace.
  6. Sheila: (with sharp sarcasm) of course not. You were the wonderful fairy prince. You must have adored it, gerald.
  7. Gerald: (hesitatingly) it's hard to say. I didn't feel about her as she felt about me.
  8. Gerald: yes. I suppose it was inevitable. She was young and pretty and warm hearted – and intensely grateful. I became at once the most important person in her life – you understand?
  9. Gerald: You've been through it – and now you want to see somebody else put through it
  10. Sheila: but you're forgetting I'm supposed to be engaged to the hero of it. Go on, Gerald. You went down into the bar, which is a favourite haunt of the women of the town.
  11. Gerald (with an effort) inspector, I think miss birling ought to be excused any more of this questioning. She'd nothing more to tell you. She's had a long exciting and tiring day – we were celebrating our engagement, you know – and now she's obvio
  12. // she looks at him almost in triumph. He looks crushed. The doors slowly opens and the inspector appears, looking steadily and searchingly at them.//
  13. Gerald: I happened to look in, one night, after a long dull day, and as the show wasn't very bright, I went down into the bar for a drink. It's a favourite haunt of women of the town--
  14. Gerald: she looked young and fresh and charming and altogether out of place down here. And obviously she wasn't enjoying herself. Old joe meggarty, half-drunk and goggle-eyed, had wedged her into a corner with that obscene fat carcass of his--
  15. Mrs Birling: (staggered) it isn't true. You know him, Gerald -and you're a man – you must know it isn't true.
  16. Sheila: but just in case you forget – or decide not to come back, Gerald, I think you'd better take this with you. (she hands him the ring.)
  17. Birling: Now, sheila, I'm not defending him. But you must understand that a lot of young men
  18. Gerald: I'm sorry, Sheila. But it was all over and done with, last summer. I hadn't set eyes on the girl for at least six months. I don't come into this suicide business.
  19. Sheila: Were you seeing her last spring and summer, during that time you hardly came near me and said you were so busy? Were you?
  20. Sheila: Oh don't be stupid. We haven't much time. You gave yourself away as soon as he mentioned her other name.
  21. Gerald: no. I wasn't telling you a complete lie when I said i'd been very busy at the works all that time. We were very busy. But of course I did see a good deal of her.
  22. Gerald: Why should you? It's bound to be unpleasant and disturbing
  23. Gerald: in that case – as I'm rather more – upset – by this business than I probably appear to be – and – well, i'd like to be alone for a while – I'd be glad if you'd let me go.
  24. Gerald:I want you to understand that I didn't install her there so that I could make love to her. I made her go to morgan Terrace because I was sorry for her, and didn't like the idea of her going back to the palace bar. I didn't ask for anything i
  25. Gerald: the girl saw me looking at her and then gave me a glance that was nothing less than a cry for help
  26. Gerald: No, it wasn't. ( he waits a moment, then in a low, troubled tone.) she told me she'd been happier than she'd ever been before – but that she knew it couldn't last – hadn't expected it to last. She didn't blame me at all.