From Pélléas and Mélisande; Alladine and Palomides; Home by Maurice Maeterlinck

He has not done what he would; young people have no will any more.--He astonishes me. I had chosen him among a thousand for my daughter. He should have had a soul as deep as hers.--He has done nothing which may not be excusable, but I had hoped more.... What do you say of him? (ALLADINE: Who?) Palomides? (ALLADINE: I have only seen him one evening....) He astonishes me.--Everything has succeeded with him till now. He would undertake a thing and accomplish it without a word.--He would get out of danger without an effort, while others could not open a door without finding death behind it.--He was of those whom events seem to await on their knees. But a little while ago something snapped. You would say he has no longer the same star, and every step he takes carries him further from himself.--I don't know what it is.--He does not seem to be at all aware, but others can remark it.... Let us speak of something else: look! the night comes; I see it rise along the walls. Would you like to go together to the wood of Astolat, as we do other evenings?

Ablamore Monologue from Pélléas and Mélisande; Alladine and Palomides; Home

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