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Egmont Monologue

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male · contemplative · 1:11 min

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I like her. True, we have each our own views; but that is nothing to the purpose. She is an excellent woman, knows with whom she has to deal, and would be penetrating enough were she not quite so suspicious. I give her plenty of employment, because she is always suspecting some secret motive in my conduct when, in fact, I have none. (Clara: Really none?) Well, with one little exception, perhaps. All wine deposits lees in the cask in the course of time. Orange furnishes her still better entertainment, and is a perpetual riddle. He has got the credit of harbouring some secret design; and she studies his brow to discover his thoughts, and his steps, to learn in what direction they are bent. (Clara: Does she dissemble?) She is Regent--and do you ask?

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30s · trust · power · identity · suspicion · relationships

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