Secretary Monologue from Egmont

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male · dramatic · 50 sec

He says he will do his utmost, and at length proposes to sue and imprison Raymond, who has been so long in your debt. (Egmont: But he has promised to pay!) The last time he fixed a fortnight himself. (Egmont: Well, grant him another fortnight; after that he may proceed against him.) You do well. His non-payment of the money proceeds not from inability, but from want of inclination. He will trifle no longer when he sees that you are in earnest. The steward further proposes to withhold, for half a month, the pensions which you allow to the old soldiers, widows, and others. In the meantime some expedient may be devised; they must make their arrangements accordingly.

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