Adolphe Monologue from There Are Crimes and Crimes

From There Are Crimes and Crimes by August Strindberg

male · contemplative · 1:27 min

Am I in the way? Just let me warm myself a little in your sunshine, Maurice, and then I'll go. (MAURICE: Why should you go when you have only just arrived?) Why? Because I have seen what I need not have seen; because I know now that my hour is past. (Pause) That you sent for me, I take as an expression of thoughtfulness, a notice of what has happened, a frankness that hurts less than deceit. You hear that I think well of my fellow-beings, and this I have learned from you, Maurice. (Pause) But, my friend, a few moments ago I passed through the Church of St. Germain, and there I saw a woman and a child. I am not wishing that you had seen them, for what has happened cannot be altered, but if you gave a thought or a word to them before you set them adrift on the waters of the great city, then you could enjoy your happiness undisturbed. And now I bid you good-by. (HENRIETTE: Why must you go?) And you ask that? Do you want me to tell you?

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