Mrs Don Monologue from Echoes of the War

From Echoes of the War by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

female · melancholic · 1:32 min

'You have not gone away, have you? We must be patient. Are you still there?' (ROGERS: 'I think I felt a movement.') 'Don't talk, please. Are you still there?' The table moves. 'Yes! It is your mother who is speaking; do you understand that?' The table moves. 'Yes. What shall I ask him now?' (ROGERS: 'We leave it to you, Mrs. Don.') 'Have you any message you want to send us? Yes. Is it important? Yes. Are we to spell it out in the usual way? Yes. Is the first letter of the first word A? Is it B?' She continues through the alphabet to L, when the table responds. Similarly she finds that the second letter is O. 'Is the word Love? Yes. But I don't understand that movement. You are not displeased with us, are you? No. Does the second word begin with A?--with B? Yes.' The second word is spelt out Bade and the third Me. 'Love Bade Me----If it is a quotation, I believe I know it! Is the fourth word Welcome? Yes.'

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