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Mrs Cheveley Monologue from An Ideal Husband

From An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

female · defiant · 1:09 min

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Yes. That is agreed. I will be in the Ladies’ Gallery to-morrow night at half-past eleven. If by that time—and you will have had heaps of opportunity—you have made an announcement to the House in the terms I wish, I shall hand you back your letter with the prettiest thanks, and the best, or at any rate the most suitable, compliment I can think of. I intend to play quite fairly with you. One should always play fairly... when one has the winning cards. The Baron taught me that... amongst other things. (SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: You must let me have time to consider your proposal.) No; you must settle now! (SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: Give me a week—three days!) Impossible! I have got to telegraph to Vienna to-night.

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Mrs. Cheveley is negotiating a deal with a political figure, asserting her power and intentions while revealing her strategic mindset.

30s · determination · power · betrayal · ambition · honor

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