Baron Wildenhaim Monologue from Lovers' Vows

From Lovers' Vows by August von Kotzebue

male · inspirational · 1:12 min

Been in battle too!—I am glad to hear it. You have known hard services, but now they are over, and joy and happiness will succeed.—The reproach of your birth shall be removed, for I will acknowledge you my son, and heir to my estate. (FREDERICK: And my mother——) She shall live in peace and affluence. Do you think I would leave your mother unprovided, unprotected? No! About a mile from this castle I have an estate called Weldendorf—there she shall live, and call her own whatever it produces. There she shall reign, and be sole mistress of the little paradise. There her past sufferings shall be changed to peace and tranquility. On a summer’s morning, we, my son, will ride to visit her; pass a day, a week with her; and in this social intercourse time will glide pleasantly. (FREDERICK: And, pray, my Lord—under what name is my mother to live then?) (confused). How?

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