Alice Monologue from Alice Sit-By-The-Fire

From Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

female · melancholic · 1:03 min

‘I didn’t tell you before, Robert, because I had so little hope; but I called to her through the door that I was coming here to meet you, and I said, “I don’t believe you have a headache, Amy; I believe you have locked yourself in there because you hate the poor mother who loves you,” and I begged her to come with me. I said, “If you won’t come now, come after me and make me happy.”’ (COLONEL: ‘But what an odd message, Alice; so unlike you.’) ‘Was it? I don’t know. I always find it so hard, Robert, to be like myself.’ (COLONEL: ‘But, my dear, a young girl.’) ‘She could have taken a cab; I gave her the address. Don’t be so hard, Robert, I am teaching you to dance.’ She is off with him again.

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