Clara Monologue from Egmont

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

female · anguished · 51 sec

Yet thou didst allow it in the beginning. (Mother: Alas! I was too indulgent; I am always too indulgent.) When Egmont rode by, and I ran to the window, did you chide me then? Did you not come to the window yourself? When he looked up, smiled, nodded, and greeted me, was it displeasing to you? Did you not feel yourself honoured in your daughter? (Mother: Go on with your reproaches.) Then, when he passed more frequently, and we felt sure that it was on my account that he came this way, did you not remark it yourself with secret joy? Did you call me away when I stood behind the window-pane and awaited him?

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