Monologue

Gregory Monologue from Overruled

From Overruled by Bernard Shaw

male · defiant · 1:28 min

Yes: I maintain that I am responsible for my intentions only, and not for reflex actions over which I have no control. (Mrs. Juno sits down, ashamed). I promised my mother that I would never tell a lie, and that I would never make love to a married woman. I never have told a lie-- (MRS: LUNN Gregory!.) I say never. On many occasions I have resorted to prevarication; but on great occasions I have always told the truth. I regard this as a great occasion; and I won't be intimidated into breaking my promise. I solemnly declare that I did not know until this evening that Mrs. Juno was married. She will bear me out when I say that from that moment my intentions were strictly and resolutely honorable; though my conduct, which I could not control and am therefore not responsible for, was disgraceful--or would have been had this gentleman not walked in and begun making love to my wife under my very nose. JUNO (flinging himself back into his chair) Well, I like this! (MRS. LUNN: Really, darling, there's no use in the pot calling the kettle black.) When you say darling, may I ask which of us you are addressing?

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