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Burlacombe Monologue from A Bit O' Love

From A Bit O' Love by John Galsworthy

male · contemplative · 1:25 min

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I wanted for yu to know, zurr, that me an' mine 'adn't nothin' to du wi' that darned fulishness, just now. (STRANGWAY: Thank you, Burlacombe. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter a bit.) I 'ope yu won't take no notice of it. Like a lot o' silly bees they get. (After an uneasy pause) Yu'll excuse me spakin' of this mornin', an' what 'appened. 'Tes a brave pity it cam' on yu so sudden-like before yu 'ad time to think. 'Tes a sort o' thing a man shude zet an' chew upon. Certainly 'tes not a bit o' yuse goin' against human nature. Ef yu don't stand up for yureself there's no one else not goin' to. 'Tes yure not 'avin' done that 'as made 'em so rampageous. (Stealing another look at STRANGWAY) Yu'll excuse me, zurr, spakin' of it, but 'tes amazin' sad to zee a man let go his own, without a word o' darin'. 'Tea as ef 'e 'ad no passions like.

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40s · sadness · identity · human nature · self-advocacy · loss

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