Lee Tai Cheng Monologue from East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes

From East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

male · defiant · 1:11 min

I like the horror that makes your body tremble when I hold you in my arms. And sometimes the horror turns on a sudden into a wild tempest of passion. (DAISY: You liar.) Leave this stupid white man. What is he to you? (DAISY: He is my husband.) It is a year to-day since you were married. What has marriage done for you? You thought when you married a white man you'd become a white woman. Do you think they can look at you and forget? How many white women do you know? How many friends have you got? You're a prisoner. I'll take you to Singapore or Calcutta. Don't you want to amuse yourself? Do you want to go to Europe? I'll take you to Paris. I'll give you more money to spend in a week than your husband earns in a year.

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