Monologue

Bennet Monologue from Fanny and the Servant Problem

From Fanny and the Servant Problem by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

male · defiant · 41 sec

I thought I would let you know he had arrived, in case you might be getting anxious about him. I propose giving him a glass of beer and sending him away again. FANNY (flares up). Look here, uncle, you and I have got to understand one another. I may put up with being bullied myself—if I can’t see any help for it—but I’m not going to stand my friends being insulted. You show Mr. Newte up here. A silence.

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