Mrs Baines Monologue from Major Barbara

From Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw

female · dramatic · 1:04 min

Heaven grant it may! Oh Mr. Undershaft, you have some very rich friends. Can't you help us towards the other five thousand? We are going to hold a great meeting this afternoon at the Assembly Hall in the Mile End Road. If I could only announce that one gentleman had come forward to support Lord Saxmundham, others would follow. Don't you know somebody? Couldn't you? Wouldn't you? (her eyes fill with tears) oh, think of those poor people, Mr Undershaft: think of how much it means to them, and how little to a great man like you. UNDERSHAFT (sardonically gallant) Mrs Baines: you are irresistible. I can't disappoint you; and I can't deny myself the satisfaction of making Bodger pay up. You shall have your five thousand pounds.

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