Monologue

Ammos Fiodorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin Monologue from The Inspector-General

From The Inspector-General by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

male · dark · 51 sec

Well, my mind's at ease. Who's going to visit the court? Supposing he does look at the papers, he'll wish he had left them alone. I have been on the bench fifteen years, and when I take a look into a report, I despair. King Solomon in all his wisdom could not tell what is true and what is not true in it. The Judge, the Superintendent of Charities, the School Inspector, and Postmaster go out and bump up against the Sergeant in the doorway as the latter returns. SCENE IV The Governor, Bobchinsky, Dobchinsky, and Sergeant Svistunov.

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