Bentley Monologue from Misalliance

From Misalliance by Bernard Shaw

male · sarcastic · 1:01 min

I daresay. So would you be pretty green if you were shoved into my father's set. I picked up your silly business in a fortnight. Youve been at it ten years; and you havnt picked it up yet. (JOHNNY: Dont talk rot, child. You know you simply make me pity you.) "Romance of Business" indeed! The real romance of Tarleton's business is the story that you understand anything about it. You never could explain any mortal thing about it to me when I asked you. "See what was done the last time": that was the beginning and the end of your wisdom. Youre nothing but a turnspit. (JOHNNY: A what!) A turnspit. If your father hadnt made a roasting jack for you to turn, youd be earning twenty-four shillings a week behind a counter.

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