Clem Monologue from Literature

From Literature by Arthur Schnitzler

male · contemplative · 1:00 min

That's just it. That's what makes me ask: How can a lady indulge in visions of that character? (Reads.) "Abandoned on thy breast and suckled by thy lips" (shaking his head). How can a lady write such stuff—how can a lady have such stuff printed? That's what I simply cannot make out. Everybody who reads will inevitably conjure up the person of the authoress, and the particular breast mentioned, and the particular abandonment hinted at. (Marg: But, I'm telling you, no such breast ever existed.) I can't bring myself to imagine that it did. That's lucky for both of us, Margaret. But where did these visions originate? These glowing passion-poems could not have been inspired by your first husband. Besides, he could never appreciate you, as you yourself always say.

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