Jarvis Monologue from The Ghost Breaker: A Melodramatic Farce in Four Acts

From The Ghost Breaker: A Melodramatic Farce in Four Acts by Paul Dickey

male · anguished · 1:34 min

Couldn't I? God only knows what I've been through since. Those two shots you heard--that was the finish. This morning when I got back to my hotel, there was a message waiting for me. It was signed Jim Marcum, head of the family, and proposed that, as we were out of Kentucky, we meet and end the feud amicably. He asked me to meet him at this hotel in his room--no matter what hour--he would be waiting. He was leaving at six in the morning and wanted it settled. It was a pretty scheme. I knew the man and I saw the trap. I came over here prepared and went directly to his room. It was on this floor. I flung open the door and met Jim Marcum face to face. He was waiting. Without a word he fired. I fired, and he dropped. Now do you understand why the law would not give me justice? (PRINCESS: Did you kill him?) I don't know--I didn't wait. (PRINCESS: What are you going to do?) I don't know. Do you know what it means to fight single-handed against fearful odds--to fight an endless fight alone?

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