Monologue

Dori Monologue from The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman

From The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman by Molière

any · contemplative · 44 sec

In short, I still come back to this; the expenses which you run into for my sake make me anxious for two reasons: the first that they involve me more than I should wish, and the other that I feel certain--pray be not offended with me--that you cannot incur them without much inconvenience to yourself; and I do not wish such a state of things to go on. (DOR: Ah, Madam, these are trifles not worth mentioning, and it is not from that....) I know what I am saying; and, among other things, the diamond you forced upon me is of a price....

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