Patsy Monologue from John Bull's Other Island

From John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw

male · anguished · 47 sec

Oh, it was no pretending, Fadher dear. Didn't it give three cheers n say it was a divil out o hell? Oh say you'll see me safe home, Fadher; n put a blessin on me or somethin (he moans with terror). (KEEGAN: What were you doin there, Patsy, listnin? Were you spyin on me?) No, Fadher: on me oath an soul I wasn't: I was waitn to meet Masther Larry n carry his luggage from the car; n I fell asleep on the grass; n you woke me talkin to the grasshopper; n I hard its wicked little voice. Oh, d'ye think I'll die before the year's out, Fadher?

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