Robert Monologue from Honor: A Play in Four Acts

From Honor: A Play in Four Acts by Hermann Sudermann

male · anguished · 1:18 min

It must be. Your father lifted me out of the gutter in a moment of overflowing generosity. Everything that I think and know and feel I must thank him for. And for that very reason I have lost the right of independent action. I am a dependent of this house, and have not the right to approach its young mistress--in any way whatever. (Leonore: Your own pride punishes your lying words!) Perhaps it is my pride that forces me to accept this position! (Leonore: And you are not willing to sacrifice a little of it for my sake?) Don't torture me! It isn't that alone! Only think what I am suffering. For the first time, this moment, when I sit opposite you, do I realize anything like a home-coming! But I would be terribly selfish if I allowed myself to admit this feeling. Back there in the alley is my family!--Father, mother, sister--and this family--is my family! Oh, I tell you things have happened back there that you in your goodness can't even imagine.

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