Monologue

Alice Monologue from Dear Brutus

From Dear Brutus by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

female · contemplative · 58 sec

Yes, I thought so. Unlucky days for me, as it has turned out. DEARTH (heartily). Yes, a bad job for you. (Puzzling unsteadily over himself.) I didn't know I was a wrong 'un at the time; thought quite well of myself, thought a vast deal more of you. Crack-in-my-eye-Tommy, how I used to leap out of bed at 6 A.M. all agog to be at my easel; blood ran through my veins in those days. And now I'm middle-aged and done for. Funny! Don't know how it has come about, nor what has made the music mute. (Mildly curious.) When did you begin to despise me, Alice?

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30s · melancholy · identity · regret · time · self-discovery

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