Builder Monologue from A Family Man : in three acts

From A Family Man : in three acts by John Galsworthy

male · defiant · 1:06 min

The maudlin sentimentality in these days is absolutely rotting this country. A man can't be master in his own house, can't require his wife to fulfil her duties, can't attempt to control the conduct of his daughters, without coming up against it and incurring odium. A man can't control his employees; he can't put his foot down on rebellion anywhere, without a lot of humanitarians and licence-lovers howling at him. (JOURNALIST: Excellent, Sir; excellent!) Excellent? It's damnable. Here am I--a man who's always tried to do his duty in private life and public--brought up before the Bench-- my God! because I was doing that duty; with a little too much zeal, perhaps--I'm not an angel! (JOURNALIST: No! No! of course.) A proper Englishman never is. But there are no proper Englishmen nowadays. He crosses the room in his fervour.

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