Arm Monologue from The Learned Women

From The Learned Women by Molière

male · defiant · 1:15 min

If I were you, I would not allow him to become Henriette's husband. It would be wrong to impute to me the least thought of speaking like an interested person in this matter, and false to think that the base trick he is playing me secretly vexes me. By the help of philosophy, my soul is fortified against such trials; by it we can rise above everything. But to see him treat you so, provokes me beyond all endurance. Honour requires you to resist his wishes, and he is not a man in whom you could find pleasure. In our talks together I never could see that he had in his heart any respect for you. (PHI: Poor idiot!) In spite of all the reports of your glory, he was always cold in praising you. (PHI: The churl!) And twenty times have I read to him some of your new productions, without his ever thinking them fine.

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