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- Gerald
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There is a bitter meeting between Eric and his parents, which the Inspector so that he can question Eric. Eric tells the story of his own involvement with the girl. He had met her in the same theatre bar as , had got drunk and had accompanied her back to her lodgings. He almost turned when she didn't let him in, so she relented and they made love. When he met her two weeks later they slept together again and soon afterwards she discovered that she was . She did not want to marry Eric because she knew he didn't her, but she did accept gifts of money from him until she realised it was . Eric admits that he had taken about £50 from Mr Birling's office - at which Mr and Mrs Birling are .All the Birlings now know they played a in the girl's death. Mr and Mrs Birling are concerned about up their involvement, whereas Sheila and Eric are more aware of the personal tragedy and feel . The Inspector leaves, after delivering a strong message about how we all should be for each other.
After he has left, and the family has begun to consider the of what has been revealed, they gradually begin to wonder about the Inspector. Was he ? When Gerald returns from his walk he explains that he also had about the Inspector and had found out that there is no Inspector Goole on the force, which Birling with a phone call.
They gradually realise that the Inspector conned them - he could have showed each person a different - and when they telephone the infirmary, they realise that there hasn't been a suicide case for months. Birling is delighted, assuming they are now all off the , while Sheila and Eric maintain that nothing has changed - each of them still the acts that the Inspector had accused them of, even if they did turn out to be against five different girls.
Then the telephone rings. Mr Birling answers it, and after hanging up tells the family that it was the on the line: an inspector is on his way to ask questions about the of a young girl...