Domingo Monologue from Don Carlos: A Play

From Don Carlos: A Play by Friedrich Schiller

male · dramatic · 56 sec

It was Duke ALVA. Most gracious princess, he requests you will Admit him to an audience after me. (PRINCESS: Duke Alva! How? What can he want with me? You can, perhaps, inform me?) I?--and that Before I learn to what important chance I owe the favor, long denied, to stand Before the Princess Eboli once more? [Pauses awaiting her answer. Has any circumstance occurred at last To favor the king's wishes? Have my hopes Been not in vain, that more deliberate thought Would reconcile you to an offer which Caprice alone and waywardness could spurn? I seek your presence full of expectation---- (PRINCESS: Was my last answer to the king conveyed?) I have delayed to inflict this mortal wound. There still is time, it rests with you, princess, To mitigate its rigor.

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