Mr Joseph Lebanon Monologue from The Cabinet Minister: A farce in four acts

From The Cabinet Minister: A farce in four acts by Arthur Wing Pinero

male · comedic · 1:12 min

No, I'm not. I wouldn't have had this 'appen for 'alf a sovereign. This 'Ighland 'oliday of mine is gettin' on my nerves. (LADY TWOMBLEY: Your nerves!) Yes, Lady T. Imagine what it must mean to a shy man to spend a rollickin' August with a lot of people whose chief occupation is staring at the tips of their own aquiline noses. (LADY TWOMBLEY: Ha, ha, ha!) Imagine what it must be to a shy man to find himself always leading the conversation, instead of following it with a sparkling comment or two, as I'm in the 'abit of doin' in my own circle. Think of me starting every topic and arguing on it till my throat's sore; making every joke and roaring at it till I get blood to the head. Sometimes when I'm in the middle of a long story and not a soul listening I feel so lonely I--I could almost cry.

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