Monologue

Mary Monologue from The Servant in the House

From The Servant in the House by Charles Rann Kennedy

female · contemplative · 56 sec

You see, ordinary things won't do: they're all wrong, somehow. You'd feel a bit of a sneak to wish for them, wouldn't you? (MANSON: Yes.) Even if you got them, you wouldn't care, after all. They'd all turn to dust and ashes in your hand. That last bit is what Grannie Durden said. (MANSON: Who's she?) She's the poor old woman I've been having breakfast with. Do you know, she said a funny thing about wishing. I must tell you first that she's quite blind and very deaf-- Well, she's been wishing ever so long to see and hear; and at last she says she can!

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20s · longing · identity · isolation · hope · redemption

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