From East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

(Going on with his own thoughts.) And afterwards your tears, your happiness, the dread of giving you pain and the hot love that burnt me--I was in the toils then. I too knew a happiness that I had never known before. On one side was honesty and duty and everything that makes a man respect himself--and on the other was love. I thought you'd be going away in two or three weeks and that would be the end of it. Oh, it was no excuse--there are no excuses for me, I can never look Harry in the face again, but though my heart was breaking at the thought, I--I knew that in a few days I should see you for the last time. (DAISY: Do you think I'd have gone then?) And then came that sudden, unexpected, disastrous change in all Harry's plans. And this house and all the sordid horror of an intrigue. And then there was nothing to do but face the fact that I was a cur. I wouldn't wish my worst enemy the torture that I've undergone. (DAISY: Oh, my darling, you know I'd do anything in the world to give you happiness!) (Sombrely looking away from her.) Daisy, I think you can never give me happiness, but you can help me, not to make amends because that's impossible, but to... (Impulsively, looking at her now.) Oh, Daisy, do you really love me?

George Conway Monologue from East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes

Rehearse George Conway's monologue