Monologue

Chloe Monologue from The Skin Game (A Tragi-Comedy)

From The Skin Game (A Tragi-Comedy) by John Galsworthy

female · anguished · 1:19 min

(Dully) I've been on hot bricks all this month, ever since that day here. I knew it was in the wind. What gets in the wind never gets out. (She rises and throws out her arms) Never! It just blows here and there (Desolately) and then--blows home. (Her voice changes to resentment) But I've paid for being a fool-- 'tisn't fun, that sort of life, I can tell you. I'm not ashamed and repentant, and all that. If it wasn't for him! I'm afraid he'll never forgive me; it's such a disgrace for him--and then, to have his child! Being fond of him, I feel it much worse than anything I ever felt, and that's saying a good bit. It is. (JILL: Look here! He simply mustn't find out.) That's it; but it's started, and he's bound to keep on because he knows there's something. A man isn't going to be satisfied when there's something he suspects about his wife, Charlie wouldn't never. He's clever, and he's jealous; and he's coming here. (She stops, and looks round wildly, listening.)

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