We-ell, I'm sorry they're such unreasonable folk. I never met people with less notion of which side their bread was buttered. (HILLCRIST: And I never met anyone so pachydermatous.) What's that, in Heaven's name? Ye needn' wrap it up in long words now your good lady's gone. (HILLCRIST: I'm not going in for a slanging match. I resent your conduct much too deeply.) Look here, Hillcrist, I don't object to you personally; ye seem to me a poor creature that's bound to get left with your gout and your dignity; but of course ye can make yourself very disagreeable before ye're done. Now I want to be the movin' spirit here. I'm full of plans. I'm goin' to stand for Parliament; I'm goin' to make this a prosperous place. I'm a good-matured man if you'll treat me as such. Now, you take me on as a neighbour and all that, and I'll manage without chimneys on the Centry. Is it a bargain? (He holds out his hand.)

Hornblower Monologue from The Skin Game (A Tragi-Comedy)

Rehearse Hornblower's monologue