Colonel Monologue from Alice Sit-By-The-Fire

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

male · dramatic · 57 sec

‘Why did you ask Amy to follow us here?’ (ALICE: ‘So that we could all be together when we broke it to you, dear.’) ‘Another lie! My shoulders are broad; why shouldn’t I have it to bear as well as you?’ (ALICE: ‘There is nothing to bear but just a little folly.’) ‘Folly! And neither of them able to say a word?’ Indeed they are very cold lovers; Amy’s lip is curled at Steve. To make matters worse, the cupboard door, which has so far had the decency to remain quiet, now presumes to have its say. It opens of itself a few inches, creaking guiltily. Three people are so startled that a new suspicion is roused in the fourth. ALICE, who can read his face so well, ‘She wasn’t there, Robert, she wasn’t.’

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