Julie Monologue from The Father

From The Father by August Strindberg

female · anguished · 46 sec

Oh, what does it matter? My father was utterly at a loss to know where to get money to rebuild with. Then my mother suggested that he try to borrow from a man who had been her friend in her youth--a brick manufacturer here in the neighborhood. My father made the loan, but wasn't allowed to pay any interest, which surprised him. Then the house was rebuilt. (Julie drinks again.) Do you know who burned the house? (JEAN: Her ladyship, your mother?) Do you know who the brick manufacturer was? (JEAN: Your mother's lover?) Do you know whose money it was?

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