Quex Monologue from The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts

From The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero

male · comedic · 1:03 min

(Coolly.) Well? and what then? You listen to a conversation carried on in an open spot, from which your mischievous ears manage to detach the phrase "to-night." My explanation, if I am called upon to make one, will be absurdly simple. (SOPHY: Ha, ha! will it! ha, ha, ha! I daresay!) Yes. You see, I promised her Grace that I would send a book to her room to-night-- to-night. My man had gone to bed; I brought it myself, intending to hand it to Mrs. Watson, her maid. In the meantime, the Duchess had joined Mrs. Eden and I found you here. (SOPHY: You couldn't tell such an abominable lie!) (Imperturbably.) I found you here. And then--what is the obvious sequel to the story? (Shrugging his shoulders.) I'm a wicked man, Sophy, and you're an undeniably pretty girl--and the devil dared me.

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