Jeanne Monologue from There Are Crimes and Crimes

From There Are Crimes and Crimes by August Strindberg

female · philosophical · 1:03 min

I can't, I can't! Do you know, there was an Abbe here a while ago, who talked so beautifully to us. My faith--which you haven't destroyed, but just covered up, as when you put chalk on a window to clean it--I couldn't lay hold on it for that reason, but this old man just passed his hand over the chalk, and the light came through, and it was possible again to see that the people within were at home--To-night I will pray for you at St. Germain. (MAURICE: Now I am getting scared.) Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. (MAURICE: God? What is that? Who is he?) It was he who gave joy to your youth and strength to your manhood. And it is he who will carry us through the terrors that lie ahead of us.

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