Monologue

Nancy Monologue from Giles Corey, Yeoman: A Play

From Giles Corey, Yeoman: A Play by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

female · dramatic · 52 sec

You couldn't see so far without spectacles. (Ann: It blinded me. I could get no sleep.) You think your eyes are mighty sharp. Maybe your ears are too? Maybe you heard 'em kissing at the door when he went home? (Olive: Nancy, be quiet!) You needn't color up and shake your head at me, Olive. They stood kissing there nigh an hour, and he with his arm round her waist, and she with hers round his neck. They'd kiss, then they'd eye each other and kiss again. I know I woke up and thought 'twas Injuns, and I peeked out of my chamber window. Such doings! You'd ought to have seen 'em, Ann.

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