Mrs Dubedat Monologue from The Doctor's Dilemma

From The Doctor's Dilemma by Bernard Shaw

female · anguished · 1:07 min

Chosen. No: I cant understand. RIDGEON (sternly) You must understand. Youve got to understand and to face it. In every single one of those ten cases I have had to consider, not only whether the man could be saved, but whether he was worth saving. There were fifty cases to choose from; and forty had to be condemned to death. Some of the forty had young wives and helpless children. If the hardness of their cases could have saved them they would have been saved ten times over. Ive no doubt your case is a hard one: I can see the tears in your eyes (she hastily wipes her eyes): I know that you have a torrent of entreaties ready for me the moment I stop speaking; but it's no use. You must go to another doctor.

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