Newte Monologue from Fanny and the Servant Problem

From Fanny and the Servant Problem by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

male · dramatic · 57 sec

If he wants to. A couple of telegrams, one to His Grace the Bishop of Waiapu, the other to Judge Denis O’Gorman, Columbus, Ohio, would have brought him back the information that neither gentlemen had ever heard of you. If he hadn’t been careful not to send them. He wasn’t marrying you with the idea of strengthening his family connections. He was marrying you because he was just gone on you. Couldn’t help himself. (FANNY: In that case, you might just as well have told him the truth.) Which he would then have had to pass on to everyone entitled to ask questions. Can’t you understand? Somebody, in the interest of everybody, had to tell a lie. Well, what’s a business manager for?

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