Broadbent Monologue from John Bull's Other Island

From John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw

male · philosophical · 54 sec

Not to my head, I think. I have no headache; and I could speak distinctly. No: potcheen goes to the heart, not to the head. What ought I to do? (LARRY: Nothing. What need you do?) There is rather a delicate moral question involved. The point is, was I drunk enough not to be morally responsible for my proposal? Or was I sober enough to be bound to repeat it now that I am undoubtedly sober? (LARRY: I should see a little more of her before deciding.) No, no. That would not be right. That would not be fair. I am either under a moral obligation or I am not. I wish I knew how drunk I was.

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