Monologue

Lady Chiltern Monologue from An Ideal Husband

From An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

female · anguished · 1:14 min

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It was your own wife. Robert, yesterday afternoon Lord Goring told me that if ever I was in trouble I could come to him for help, as he was our oldest and best friend. Later on, after that terrible scene in this room, I wrote to him telling him that I trusted him, that I had need of him, that I was coming to him for help and advice. (SIR ROBERT CHILTERN takes the letter out of his pocket.) Yes, that letter. I didn’t go to Lord Goring’s, after all. I felt that it is from ourselves alone that help can come. Pride made me think that. Mrs. Cheveley went. She stole my letter and sent it anonymously to you this morning, that you should think... Oh! Robert, I cannot tell you what she wished you to think....

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Lady Chiltern confronts her husband about a betrayal involving a stolen letter, revealing her emotional turmoil and the complexities of trust in their relationship.

30s · sadness · betrayal · trust · honor · identity

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