Charlotte Monologue from The Contrast

From The Contrast by Royall Tyler

female · sarcastic · 1:02 min

And their faces so soft and sleek. (LETITIA: Their buckles so tonish and bright.) And their hands so slender and white. (LETITIA: I vow, Charlotte, we are quite poetical.) And then, brother, the faces of the beaux are of such a lily-white hue! None of that horrid robustness of constitution, that vulgar corn-fed glow of health, which can only serve to alarm an unmarried lady with apprehensions, and prove a melancholy memento to a married one, that she can never hope for the happiness of being a widow. I will say this to the credit of our city beaux, that such is the delicacy of their complexion, dress, and address, that, even had I no reliance upon the honour of the dear Adonises, I would trust myself in any possible situation with them, without the least apprehensions of rudeness.

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