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Mrs Birling: Eric? Oh – I'm afraid he may have had rather too much to drink tonight. We were having a little celebration here-- David Thewlis. "David Thewlis to lead cast of BBC One's adaptation of JB Priestley's An Inspector Calls - Media Centre". BBC . Retrieved 23 September 2015. Inspector: ( massively taking charge ) allow me, Miss Birling. (to Gerald.) I can tell you why Miss Birling wants to stay on and why she says it might be better for her if she did. A girl died tonight. A pretty , lively sort of girl, who never did anybody any harm. But she died in misery and agony – hating life – Sheila: (with sharp sarcasm) of course not. You were the wonderful fairy prince. You must have adored it, gerald.
Gerald: (distressed) sorry – I – well, I've suddenly realized – taken it in properly – that's she's dead-- Sheila : ( gaily, possessively ) I should jolly well think not, Gerald , I'd hate you to know all about port – like one of these purple-faced old men.
Inspector: (sternly to them both) You see, we have to share something. If there's nothing else, we'll have to share our guilt. Dunne’s book An Experiment with Time, published in 1927, was a sensation. In it, he described these and other precognitive dreams he had experienced. He encouraged his readers to keep a dream diary, and to train themselves to notice and develop their abilities to see the future. Mrs Birling: Well, really, I don't know. I think we've just about come to an end of this wretched business--
All upcoming public events are going ahead as planned and you can find more information on our events blogMrs Birling: (rebulking them) I'm talking to the inspector now, if you don't mind. (to inspector, rather grandly.) I realize that you may have to conduct some sort of inquiry, but I must say that so far you seem to be conducting in a rather peculiar and offensive manner. You know of course that my husband was lord mayor only two years ago and that he's still a magistrate--
Gerald: (cutting, rather impatiently) Mrs Birling, the inspector knows all that. And I don't think it's a very good idea to remind him--Birling: (to Eric) Look – just you keep out of this . You hadn't even started in the works when this happened. So they went on strike. That didn't last long, of course. When the family talk over what has happened, they begin to question whether their visitor was a real police inspector. Mr Birling makes a phone call to the chief constable, who confirms that there is no Inspector Goole on the force. With a further call to the infirmary confirming that no recent cases of suicide have been reported, the family surmise that the inspector was a fraud and that they have been the victims of a hoax. Gerald and the elder Birlings celebrate in relief, but Eric and Sheila continue to feel guilt. The phone then rings and the police tell them that a young woman has just died in the infirmary in a suspected suicide, and that they are on their way to question the family. The inspector's identity is left unexplained (though a clue is in the name), but it is clear that the family's confessions over the course of the evening have all been true, and that public disgrace will soon befall them.
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