At last. Oh, if I might only have a holiday in an asylum for the dumb. How I envy the animals! They cant talk. If Johnny could only put back his ears or wag his tail instead of laying down the law, how much better it would be! We should know when he was cross and when he was pleased; and thats all we know now, with all his talk. It never stops: talk, talk, talk, talk. Thats my life. All the day I listen to mamma talking; at dinner I listen to papa talking; and when papa stops for breath I listen to Johnny talking. (LORD SUMMERHAYS: You make me feel very guilty. I talk too, I'm afraid.) Oh, I dont mind that, because your talk is a novelty. But it must have been dreadful for your daughters. (LORD SUMMERHAYS: I suppose so.) If parents would only realize how they bore their children! Three or four times in the last half hour Ive been on the point of screaming.

Hypatia Monologue from Misalliance

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