Gentz Monologue from L'Aiglon

From L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand

male · melancholic · 48 sec

Let not your left know what your right receives. (METTERNICH: Sweetmeats and perfumes! Oh!) Why, yes, of course. I've money; I love sweets and perfumes. Yes, I'm a depraved old baby. (METTERNICH: Affectation! Mere pose of self-contempt. And Fanny?) Elssler? Won't love me. I'm ridiculous From every point of view. She loves the Duke. I'm but a screen; but I'm content to suffer When I remember how it serves the state If he's amused. And so I play the fool, And dance attendance on the little dancer. She bade me bring her here this very night, Just to surprise the Duke.

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