Monologue

Laura Monologue from The Machine

From The Machine by Upton Sinclair

female · defiant · 52 sec

I will try to explain, if you will be patient with me. (HEGAN: Go on! Go on!) Father, you know what has been happening to me during the past few months. You know how unhappy I have been. And now you have committed a crime... a dreadful, dreadful crime! (HEGAN: My dear!) I wish to make it clear to you... I am in desperate earnest. I have taken all night to think it over, and I am not making any mistake. I have made up my mind that, come what will, and cost what it may, I must clear myself of the responsibility for these evils.

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