Anathema Monologue from Anathema: A Tragedy in Seven Scenes

From Anathema: A Tragedy in Seven Scenes by Leonid Andreyev

male · defiant · 58 sec

(With self-satisfaction.) Yes. I have a large practice--I am a lawyer. (SARAH: Quickly. David has no debts.) Oh, I haven't come for that at all, madam Leizer. When you know me better, you will see that I bring, but do not take, that I make gifts, but do not take them back. (SARAH: Do you come from God?) It would be too much honor for me and for you, madam Leizer, if I came from God. No, I have come of my own accord. Naum comes over, looks at the customer with amazement, and sits down, exhausted, upon a rock. Naum is a tall, thin young man, with a narrow chest and a large, pale nose. He looks around on all sides.

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