I'm very sorry that I've disturbed you, and I'll try to be more quiet. I didn't suppose I was speaking so loud; but the cars keep up such a rattling that you never can tell how loud you are speaking. Did I understand you to say that you were from California? (THE CALIFORNIAN: Yes, ma'am.) San Francisco? (THE CALIFORNIAN: Yes, ma'am.) Thanks. It's a terribly long journey, isn't it? I know quite how to feel for you. I've a brother myself coming on. In fact we expected him before this. (She scans his face as sharply as the lamp- light will allow, and continues, after a brief hesitation.) It's always such a silly question to ask a person, and I suppose San Francisco is a large place, with a great many people always coming and going, so that it would be only one chance in a thousand if you did. THE CALIFORNIAN (patiently). Did what, ma'am?

Mrs Roberts Monologue from The Sleeping-Car: A Farce

Rehearse Mrs Roberts's monologue