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Mary Monologue from The Servant in the House

From The Servant in the House by Charles Rann Kennedy

female · dramatic · 1:42 min

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He says it's the DRAIN! (MANSON: The--the drain?...) Um! You know, in spite of what uncle says, there is a smell: I had it in my nose all last Sunday morning. Up in the choir it's bad enough, and round by the pulpit-- Ugh! I can't think how uncle stands it! That's why the people won't come to church-- They say so: they stand in the market-place listening to old Bletchley, instead of listening to uncle and trying to be good. The odd thing Is, it must be that very same drain that's causing the trouble in uncle's study-- That's his study out there, where they've been digging: it's where he writes his sermons. You know, I've noticed the smell for some time, but uncle got so cross whenever I mentioned it, that I learned to hold my tongue. At last, auntie smelt it, too, and that soon brought the men in! Ugh! Perhaps you've... (MANSON: I have! But what has all this to do with...) Don't get impatient: it's all part of the story.... Well, we thought we should have poor dear Uncle William perfectly ill...

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20s · disgust · family · isolation · identity · power

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