Colonel Monologue from Alice Sit-By-The-Fire

From Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

male · dramatic · 1:03 min

‘We’ll soon rout her out of bed.’ (ALICE: ‘Robert! You forget that she has locked the door.’) ‘Sulky little darling. I daresay she is crying her eyes out for you already. But if she doesn’t open that door pretty smartly I’ll force it.’ (ALICE: ‘You wouldn’t do that?’) ‘Wouldn’t I? Oh yes, I would.’ Thus Alice has another problem to meet when Steve returns from his successful quest for a cab. ‘Thank you, Steve, you will excuse us running off, I know. Alice is all nerves to-night. Come along, dear.’ ALICE, signing to the puzzled Steve that he must somehow get the lady out of the house at once, ‘There is no such dreadful hurry, is there?’ She is suddenly interested in some photographs on the wall. ‘Are you in this group, Steve?’

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