Monologue

Lady Kitty Monologue from The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts

From The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

female · melancholic · 49 sec

Nobody does. My dear, it's white, prematurely of course, but white. I always think it's a symbol of my life. Are you interested in symbolism? I think it's too wonderful. (ELIZABETH: I don't think I know very much about it.) However tired I've been I've had to be brilliant and gay. I've never let Hughie see the aching heart behind my smiling eyes. (ELIZABETH: You poor dear.) And when I saw he was attracted by some one else the fear and the jealousy that seized me! You see, I didn't dare make a scene as I should have done if I'd been married--I had to pretend not to notice.

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