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 · defiant · 1:06 min

I'd rather be an energetic fool than an angel with cold feet. (DUKE: I am sorry for you.) ((Crossing to.) DUKE) Your Excellency, I decline your offer and your advice and your sympathy, and I'll tell you why. I once saw a gambler lay down four aces. Just think of it: four fat aces. He looked the dealer straight in the eye and said: "The play ain't natural." Now, you tried to have me arrested on the steamer, you have tried to block me in every move I have made. Now, all of a sudden you express the utmost anxiety as to what's going to happen to me in the castle. You even offer to buy me off. You advise me to stay out. Shall I take your advice? No. "The play ain't natural."

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