Harry Egerton Monologue from The Americans

From The Americans by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker

male · anguished · 57 sec

In Public Life, if I had chosen that, And after six years' work that you approved, If one day I had come---- (EGERTON: You want the mill.) 'Father, I can't go on; my way is blocked And all my hopes are falling to the ground.' There's nothing, not one thing you wouldn't have done. Or if I had a building half way up, My masterpiece, a mighty capitol That finished would be known throughout the land, And I had met with interference, men Who had no vision--you know what I mean-- And I had come to you, 'Father, I'm thwarted,' O I can see with one sweep of your hand How you would clear the skies. (EGERTON: You want the mill.) Yes, father.

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