Daisy Monologue from East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes

From East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

female · defiant · 44 sec

Don't you think that everyone is the best judge of his own happiness? (HARRY: Not always.) (Disengaging herself from his arms.) Ah, that's the English way. You want to make people happy in your way and not in theirs. You'll never be satisfied till the Chinese wear Norfolk jackets and eat roast beef and plum pudding. (HARRY: Oh, my dear, don't let's argue now.) You say you'll give me everything in the world and you won't give me the one thing I want. What's the good of offering me the moon if I have a nail in my shoe and you won't take it out?

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