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Hilde Monologue from The Lady from the Sea

From The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen

female · dark · 41 sec

Of course--just try and persuade yourself of that, my child! Oh, no! It will never be pleasant between us and her. For she doesn't belong to us at all. And we don't belong to her either. Goodness knows what father dragged her into the house for! I shouldn't wonder if some fine day she went mad under our very eyes. (Bolette: Mad! How can you think such a thing?) Oh! it wouldn't be so extraordinary. Her mother went mad, too. She died mad--I know that.

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