Monologue

Matthew Monologue from John Bull's Other Island

From John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw

male · defiant · 39 sec

Never mind hwat I suffered. I know what I suffered adhout you tellin me. But did I ever ask for more dhan the farm I made wid me own hans: tell me that, Corny Doyle, and you that knows. Was I fit for the responsibility or was I not? (Snarling angrily at Cornelius) Am I to be compared to Patsy Farrll, that doesn't harly know his right hand from his left? What did he ever suffer, I'd like to know?

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