Mrs Baines Monologue from Major Barbara

From Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw

female · defiant · 51 sec

No, Sir: the whole nation does not know it, or we should not be crippled as we are for want of money to carry our work through the length and breadth of the land. Let me tell you that there would have been rioting this winter in London but for us. (UNDERSHAFT: You really think so?) I know it. I remember 1886, when you rich gentlemen hardened your hearts against the cry of the poor. They broke the windows of your clubs in Pall Mall. UNDERSHAFT (gleaming with approval of their method) And the Mansion House Fund went up next day from thirty thousand pounds to seventy-nine thousand! I remember quite well.

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