Monologue

Golaud Monologue from Pélléas and Mélisande; Alladine and Palomides; Home

From Pélléas and Mélisande; Alladine and Palomides; Home by Maurice Maeterlinck

male · contemplative · 1:11 min

What is it, then?--Can you not get used to the life one leads here? Is it too gloomy here?--It is true the castle is very old and very sombre.... It is very cold, and very deep. And all those who dwell in it, are already old. And the country may seem gloomy too, with all its forests, all its old forests without light. But that may all be enlivened if we will. And then, joy, joy, one does not have it every day; we must take things as they come. But tell me something; no matter what; I will do everything you could wish.... MÉLISANDE. Yes, yes; it is true.... You never see the sky here. I saw it for the first time this morning....

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