Rita Monologue from Little Eyolf

From Little Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen

female · melancholic · 53 sec

Yes, now that it is safely over.--But I can tell you it has been a terrible time for me, Asta. I have never cared to talk about it--and you so seldom came out to see me, too-- (ASTA: Yes, I daresay that wasn't very nice of me--but--) Well, well, well, of course you had your school to attend to in town. (Smiling.) And then our road-maker friend--of course he was away too. (ASTA: Oh, don't talk like that, Rita.) Very well, then; we will leave the road-maker out of the question.--You can't think how I have been longing for Alfred! How empty the place seemed! How desolate! Ugh, it felt as if there had been a funeral in the house!

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