What you say is true, true. I must be terribly guilty, but my mind is confused. My will seems to be paralysed by a kind of stupor; I can't understand myself or any one else. (Looks toward the window) Come, let us take a walk, we might be overheard here. (They get up) My dear friend, you should hear the whole story from the beginning if it were not so long and complicated that to tell it would take all night. (They walk up and down) Anna is a splendid, an exceptional woman. She has left her faith, her parents and her fortune for my sake. If I should demand a hundred other sacrifices, she would consent to every one without the quiver of an eyelid. Well, I am not a remarkable man in any way, and have sacrificed nothing. However, the story is a long one. In short, the whole point is, my dear doctor-- (Confused) that I married her for love and promised to love her forever, and now after five years she loves me still and I-- (He waves his hand) Now, when you tell me she is dying, I feel neither love nor pity, only a sort of loneliness and weariness. To all appearances this must seem horrible, and I cannot understand myself what is happening to me. (They go out.) SHABELSKI comes in.

Ivanoff Monologue from Ivanoff: A Play

Rehearse Ivanoff's monologue