Monologue

Krakau Monologue from Autumn Fires

From Autumn Fires by Gustav Wied

male · defiant · 1:45 min

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Yes, I'll tell you about it.... With pleasure, my dear Helms!... I had made up my mind to carry the secret with me to the grave ... but I can't stand your overbearing ways any more.... Now it comes out.... And thank God for it.... You were a devil to your wife and you have been a devil to me, Helms, all the fifteen years we have lived in this room. Yes, a devil—a devil on wheels. You whine and crow and fuss and scold ... nothing suits you ... no matter how hard I try ... and you are mean and niggardly.... Every pfennig must be pulled out of you like a tooth. Nobody throws his money in the street, but you can't get along without spending money, can you? No, but you expected Caroline to. Instead of money you gave her compliments. Naturally she came to me for help. She had to have pin money and clothes. Of course I did. Of course it was humiliating to her. She was very unhappy. I did my best to console her. Yes.

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30s · anger · betrayal · power · family · isolation

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