Bea Monologue from The Lamp and the Bell: A Drama In Five Acts

From The Lamp and the Bell: A Drama In Five Acts by Edna St. Vincent Millay

female · romantic · 1:14 min

Mario! I have a message for you!--Nay, You need not hang your head and shun me, Mario, Because you loved me once a little and now Love somebody else much more. The going of love Is no less honest than the coming of it. It is a human thing. (MAR: Oh, Beatrice! What can I say to you?) Nay, but indeed. Say nothing. All is said. I need no words To tell me you have been troubled in your heart, Thinking of me. (MAR: What can I say to you!) I tell you, my dear friend, you must forget This thing that makes you sad. I have forgotten, In seeing her so happy, that ever I wished For happiness myself. Indeed, indeed, I am much happier in her happiness Than if it were my own; 'tis doubly dear, I feel it in myself, yet all the time I know it to be hers, and am twice glad.

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