Captain Monologue from The Father

From The Father by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 52 sec

Just so, you old dear. She has only one burden, but I have three, and I have her burden too. Don't you think that I should hold a better position in the world than that of a poor soldier if I had not had her and her child? (NURSE: Well, that isn't what I wanted to talk about.) I can well believe that, for you wanted to make it appear that I am in the wrong. (NURSE: Don't you believe, Mr. Adolf, that I wish you well?) Yes, dear friend, I do believe it; but you don't know what is for my good. You see it isn't enough for me to have given the child life, I want to give her my soul, too.

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