Hypatia Monologue from Misalliance

From Misalliance by Bernard Shaw

female · defiant · 44 sec

Another talker! Men like conventions because men made them. I didnt make them: I dont like them: I wont keep them. Now, what will you do? (PERCIVAL: Bolt..) I'll catch you. (She dashes off in pursuit). During this conversation the head of the scandalized man in the Turkish bath has repeatedly risen from the lunette, with a strong expression of moral shock. It vanishes abruptly as the two turn towards it in their flight. At the same moment Tarleton comes back through the vestibule door, exhausted by severe and unaccustomed exercise.

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