"All love is sad, but sad and all, it is the best thing that exists." That is from Campoamor. Doña Laura. Ah! Don Gonzalo. "The daughters of the mothers I once loved, kiss me now as they would kiss a wooden image." Those lines are in the humorous vein. Doña Laura. So I see. Don Gonzalo. There are some beautiful poems in this book. Listen: "Twenty years have passed. He returns." Doña Laura. You cannot imagine how it affects me to see you reading with all those glasses. Don Gonzalo. Can it be possible that you read without requiring any? Doña Laura. Certainly. Don Gonzalo. At your age? You must be jesting. Doña Laura. Pass me the book, please. "Twenty years have passed. He returns. And each upon beholding the other exclaims—Can it be possible that this is he? Merciful heavens, can this be she?"

Don Gonzalo Monologue from A Sunny Morning

Rehearse Don Gonzalo's monologue