Martha Monologue from Possession: A Peep-Show in Paradise

From Possession: A Peep-Show in Paradise by Laurence Housman

female · melancholic · 57 sec

I always go and stay with her, as long as I can--three months, I'm supposed to. But this year--well, I couldn't manage with it. (JULIA: Is she so much more difficult than she used to be?) Of course, I don't know what she's like here. (JULIA: Oh, she has been very much herself-- poor Laura!) I know! Julia, I know! And I try to make allowances. All her life she's had her own way with somebody. Poor William! Of course I know he had his faults. But he used to come and say to me: 'Martha, I can't please her.' Well, poor man, he's at peace now, let's hope! Oh, Julia, I've just thought: whatever will poor William do? He's here, I suppose, somewhere?

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