Bolette Monologue from The Lady from the Sea

From The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen

female · melancholic · 40 sec

Oh! I suppose it's because there's no real stamina in me either. I certainly take after father in that. (Arnholm: Hm--don't you think you're unjust to yourself there?) No, unfortunately. Besides, father has so little time for thinking of me and my future, and not much desire to either. He prefers to put such things away from him whenever he can. He is so completely taken up with Ellida. (Arnholm: With whom? What?) I mean that he and my stepmother--(breaks off). Father and mother suffice one another, as you see.

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