Yes I know I know; my own mind is quite easy about it, it is true. But we should not be able to prevent a wrong and injurious interpretation of our action. And that sort of thing, moreover, might very easily end in exercising a hampering influence on the work of the Orphanage. (Mrs. Alving: Oh, well, if that is likely to be the effect of it--) Nor can I entirely overlook the difficult--indeed, I may say, painful--position I might possibly be placed in. In the best circles in town the matter of this Orphanage is attracting a great deal of attention. Indeed the Orphanage is to some extent built for the benefit of the town too, and it is to be hoped that it may result in the lowering of our poor-rate by a considerable amount. But as I have been your adviser in the matter and have taken charge of the business side of it, I should be afraid that it would be I that spiteful persons would attack first of all. (Mrs. Alving: Yes, you ought not to expose yourself to that.) Not to mention the attacks that would undoubtedly be made upon me in certain newspapers and reviews.

Manders Monologue from Ghosts: A Domestic Tragedy in Three Acts

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