That there is already between me and Almighty God. I am at peace with the God that made me, and made me proud. With men who humiliate me I am at war. Between me and the shameful humble there is war to the end, though they are millions and I am one. I hate the people. Between my race and them and my children--for ever war, for ever and ever. (MR. BARLOW: Ah, Henrietta--you have said all this before.) And say it again. Fight, Gerald. You have my blood in you, thank God. Fight for it, Gerald. Spend it as if it were costly, Gerald, drop by drop. Let no dogs lap it.--Look at your father. He set his heart on a plate at the door, for the poorest mongrel to eat up. See him now, wasted and crossed out like a mistake--and swear, Gerald, swear to be true to my blood in you. Never lie down before the mob, Gerald. Fight it and stab it, and die fighting. It's a lost hope--but fight! (GERALD: Don't say these things here, mother.) Yes, I will--I will. I'll say them before you, and the child Winifred--she knows. And before Oliver and the young woman--they know, too.

Mrs Barlow Monologue from Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts

Rehearse Mrs Barlow's monologue