Monologue

Rosalie Monologue from The Thirteenth Chair: A Play in Three Acts

From The Thirteenth Chair: A Play in Three Acts by Bayard Veiller

female · defiant · 47 sec

She'll come across with nothing. (Crosses R. to table.) (DONOHUE (rises and stands by table.) R.C. HELEN (rises.).) You said that she was the one that did it and you would find the knife on 'er. Well, you did not, did you? You think that she is the person that killed Spencer Lee? (DONOHUE: Yes.) Well, she is not. You say you 'ave the finger-prints of the girl who was in his rooms. Well, take 'er finger-prints and put them side by side with the others, and then you will see. I dare you to do that. HELEN (with a cry). Mother-- ((She stops suddenly.))

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