Margaret Monologue from Fanny's First Play

From Fanny's First Play by Bernard Shaw

female · defiant · 1:02 min

I did. I had that satisfaction at all events. I knocked two of his teeth out. (KNOX: And you sit there coolly and tell me this!) Well, where do you want me to sit? Whats the use of saying things like that? (KNOX: My daughter in Holloway Gaol!) All the women in Holloway are somebody's daughters. Really, father, you must make up your mind to it. If you had sat in that cell for fourteen days making up your mind to it, you would understand that I'm not in the humor to be gaped at while youre trying to persuade yourself that it cant be real. These things really do happen to real people every day; and you read about them in the papers and think it's all right. Well, theyve happened to me: thats all.

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