Monologue

Amah Monologue from East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes

From East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

any · defiant · 1:11 min

Belong velly nice pipe. (HARRY: I swore I'd throw the damned thing out myself if I found it lying about.) (Snatching it away.) You no touch my pipe. You velly bad man. Velly bad temper. You no Christian. (HARRY: A fat lot you know about Christianity.) I know plentything about Christianity. My father velly poor man. He say, you go and be Christian. I go Catholic mission and they baptize me. English Church missionary, he come along and say, Catholic mission no good, you go to hell, I baptize you. All right I say, you baptize me. By and by Baptist missionary come along and say, English Church mission no good, you go to hell, I baptize you. All right, I say, you baptize me. By and by Presbyterian missionary come along and say, Baptist mission no good, you go to hell, I baptize you. All right, I say, you baptize me. (To KNOX.) You know Seventh Day Adventists?

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