Monologue

Beermann Monologue from Moral

From Moral by Ludwig Thoma

male · anguished · 58 sec

It is not at all possible. My name is there. Shall I quietly sit and wait until I am ruined? You know that I would be ruined if it became public. Fancy, I, the candidate for the Reichstag; I, the President of the Society for the Suppression of Vice! All the papers would be full of it. (HAUSER: Oh, yes, it would be quite interesting.) Then think of the consequences here in the City! In the family! Why, I would be killed outright! Lord, how I tried to hammer it into the head of that stupid man in the Police Department so he could understand what terrible mischief this will make. HAUSER (frightened). You went to Police Headquarters?

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