Bessie Monologue from One Day More: A Play In One Act

From One Day More: A Play In One Act by Joseph Conrad

female · anguished · 55 sec

Sh--------! Don't you worry! (Wearily.) I must give that up too, I suppose. ((Aloud.).) I didn't mean it, Captain Hagberd. Capt. H. It's as if I were to have two children to-morrow. My son Harry--and the only sensible girl--------. Why, my dear, I couldn't get on without you. We two are reasonable together. The rest of the people in this town are crazy. The way they stare at you. And the grins--they're all on the grin. It makes me dislike to go out. (Bewildered.) It seems as if there was something wrong about--somewhere. My dear, is there anything wrong--you who are sensible...

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