Ellida Monologue from The Lady from the Sea

From The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen

female · anguished · 51 sec

Yes, yes, so I was. Oh, this--this is so stupid of me. (Looking about her uneasily.) If only Wangel would come! He promised me so faithfully he would. And yet he does not come. Dear Mr. Arnholm, won't you try and find him for me? (Arnholm: Gladly!) Tell him he must come here directly now. For now I can't see him. (Arnholm: Not see him?) Oh! you don't understand. When he is not by me I often can't remember how he looks. And then it is as if I had quite lost him. That is so terribly painful. But do go, please. (She paces round the pond.)

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