Sca Monologue from The Impostures of Scapin

From The Impostures of Scapin by Molière

male · anguished · 58 sec

Such people will never listen to reason. (GER: But what the deuce did he want to go in that galley for?) Ah! what a waste of words! Leave the galley alone; remember that time presses, and that you are running the risk of losing your son for ever. Alas! my poor master, perhaps I shall never see you again, and that at this very moment, whilst I am speaking to you, they are taking you away to make a slave of you in Algiers! But Heaven is my witness that I did all I could, and that, if you are not brought back, it is all owing to the want of love of your father. (GER: Wait a minute, Scapin; I will go and fetch that sum of money.) Be quick, then, for I am afraid of not being in time.

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