Marta wept with relief. The PDF was gone from her desktop. In its place was a single word: GOOD .

The page shimmered. A new sentence typed itself: “You, Marta Finch, fired Eva Smith from your study group last October. She needed the notes to pass. She failed.” Her hands trembled. That was true—Eva had been struggling, and Marta had told her she was “holding the group back.” But that was months ago. “Then you ignored her messages. Then she stopped sending them. Last night, she took an overdose.” “No,” Marta whispered. “That’s not—I didn’t know.” “Does knowing change the act?” The PDF glitched, and for a moment, Marta saw a face: tired, young, familiar. Eva’s face.

She never searched for a pirated play again. She bought the Heinemann edition the next morning—and she never forgot that an inspector doesn’t need a warrant. Sometimes, they just need a PDF and a conscience. If you need a legal copy of the play, check your local library, school database, or platforms like Internet Archive (for authorized scans) or purchase the Heinemann edition. The play is well worth reading in full.

“Eva? It’s Marta. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”

Marta had spent three hours searching for a free PDF of An Inspector Calls . Her exam was tomorrow, and she’d lost the library copy. Finally, a shady link blinked: heinemann-inspector-full.pdf . She clicked.