Monologue

Ellida Monologue from The Lady from the Sea

From The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen

female · anguished · 45 sec

At once. I wrote him, of course, that all must be at an end between us; and that he must no longer think of me, just as I should no longer think of him. (Wangel: But did he write again?) Yes, he wrote again. (Wangel: And what was his answer to your communication?) He took no notice of it. It was exactly as if I had never broken with him. He wrote quite composedly and calmly that I must wait for him. When he could have me he would let me know, and then I was to go to him at once.

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