Rhoda Williams Monologue from The Faith Healer: A Play in Three Acts

From The Faith Healer: A Play in Three Acts by William Vaughn Moody

female · dramatic · 1:13 min

(As he enters.) Good morning. (MICHAELIS: Is--is that child afraid of me?) (As she adds the finishing touches to the breakfast table.) Oh, Annie's a queer little body. She has her mother's nerves. And then she sees no one, living here on the back road. If this dreadful fog ever lifts, you'll see that, though we're quite near town, it's almost as if we were in the wilderness. The stair door opens, and an Indian boy, about sixteen years old, enters. He is dressed in ordinary clothes; his dark skin, longish hair, and the noiseless tread of his moccasined feet, are the only suggestions of his race. He bows to Rhoda, who returns his salutation; then, with a glance at Michaelis, he goes out doors. (Rhoda nods toward the closing door.) It's really him Annie's afraid of. He's like a creature from another world, to her. (MICHAELIS: Another world?) Oh, you're used to his people. Your father was a missionary to the Indians, you told me.

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