Abbess Monologue from A Miracle Play

From A Miracle Play by Thomas Wood Stevens

female · contemplative · 1:02 min

I will instruct you. By the laws on the serene Republic, a Venetian lady may show one-half of her bosom and no more, and there is no immodesty in the proceeding. This law the lady Judith obeys. Abbe Filosi. I do not dissent from your wisdom, nor from the law of Venice. Still, it seems to me there would be more propriety in it if we were to have a collarette of tissue pinned about her—the eyes of all the novices, remember— Abbess. I remember also our guests, many of them ladies of the first houses, who would certainly take it amiss, and as a reflection upon themselves— Abbe Filosi. I wish with all my heart, Reverendissima, you had excused me.

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