I've not seen much of her of late years. I've not been in this house—it's more than a year. County Attorney. And why was that? You didn't like her? Mrs. Hale. I liked her all well enough. Farmers' wives have their hands full, Mr. Henderson. And then— County Attorney. Yes—? Mrs. Hale. It never seemed a very cheerful place. County Attorney. No—it's not cheerful. I shouldn't say she had the homemaking instinct. Mrs. Hale. Well, I don't know as Wright had, either. County Attorney. You mean that they didn't get on very well? Mrs. Hale. No, I don't mean anything. But I don't think a place'd be any cheerful for John Wright's being in it. County Attorney. I'd like to talk more of that a little later. I want to get the lay of things upstairs now.

Hale Monologue from Trifles

Rehearse Hale's monologue