Jack Monologue from The convolvulus: a comedy in three acts

From The convolvulus: a comedy in three acts by Allen Norton

male · dramatic · 1:20 min

That remark was cowardly, Mr. Kent. You know very well that I am not rich enough to go to jail, and that both influence and position are required today for a jail career. ((Snatches pen away.)) For the past fortnight a jail has been my prime ambition. I have a genius for jails, and I need not tell you, Mr. Kent, that I need rest and affection. (HARGRAVE: Hargrave, Jack, Hargrave! And until tonight I must be known by no other name.) Please don't call me Jack, father. It sounds so unartificial. And to think that I who have always perceived the immense superiority of a number, should have been endowed with a monosyllable like that. (HARGRAVE: You had a number once, Jack.) A number! Is it true, father, or do my ears deceive me? HARGRAVE (piously). I shall endeavor to spare your feelings as far as possible. A young man tasting too soon of the bitter fruits of life is apt to form a very wrong impression of this world of ours, and the inhabitants above it.

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