Laura Monologue from Class of '29

From Class of '29 by Orrie Lashin

female · anguished · 47 sec

If in some way I could return to him his lovely vanity. When he had no job, he had no thought of me--none--none.... (BISHOP: What is there left for him to believe in, when even I, his father...) Oh don't! It was my fault. Don't blame yourself. And anyway, the only thing that matters is Ken. Don't you see? (BISHOP: You're right, my child.) He's so crushed! And that despair that shuts me out! Why is it? Why is it that a woman loves a man most when he has nothing--and he wants her only when he has everything else? What's going to happen to us?

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