Lydia Monologue from The Rivals

From The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

female · dramatic · 47 sec

What a scene am I now to go through! surely nothing can be more dreadful than to be obliged to listen to the loathsome addresses of a stranger to one's heart. I have heard of girls persecuted as I am, who have appealed in behalf of their favoured lover to the generosity of his rival--suppose I were to try it--there stands the hated rival--an officer too!--but oh, how unlike my Beverley! I wonder he don't begin--truly he seems a very negligent wooer!--quite at his ease, upon my word!--I'll speak first--Mr. Absolute.

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