Mirabell Monologue from The Way of the World

From The Way of the World by William Congreve

male · sarcastic · 56 sec

Draw off Witwoud. (Aside to MRS. FAINALL.) (MRS. FAIN: Immediately; I have a word or two for Mr. Witwoud.) I would beg a little private audience too. You had the tyranny to deny me last night, though you knew I came to impart a secret to you that concerned my love. (MILLA: You saw I was engaged.) Unkind! You had the leisure to entertain a herd of fools: things who visit you from their excessive idleness, bestowing on your easiness that time which is the incumbrance of their lives. How can you find delight in such society? It is impossible they should admire you; they are not capable; or, if they were, it should be to you as a mortification: for, sure, to please a fool is some degree of folly.

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