Hand Monologue from A Vision of Venus; Or, A Midsummer-Night's Nightmare

From A Vision of Venus; Or, A Midsummer-Night's Nightmare by Harry Pleon

male · dramatic · 1:14 min

Well, up to the present I haven't seen any suspicious-looking characters round here! I've been sent down here because there's been some daring robberies of antique sculpture, and one among 'em is a genuine antique of Venus, worth thousands of pounds; and it's been hidden away in some public gardens and palmed on to the manager as merely plaster, and took a trifle for it, so that when the coast was clear they'd be able to come for it again, and take it abroad. A very clever idea! But I'll find out where this figure is. It is in some public gardens. ((Looks at figures.)) I don't suppose it's among those; but I'll wait a bit. Why, blow me, here's one covered up! ((Looks under cloth of C. figure.)) My eye, what a beauty! What, if this should be the missing Venus. So soon! I'll hang about here anyhow. [ (Strolls off, L. 1 E.) (Enter JANE, R. U. E.)

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