Sir Arthur Little Monologue from Cæsar's Wife: A Comedy in Three Acts

From Cæsar's Wife: A Comedy in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

male · anguished · 55 sec

The battle has been so unfair. All the dice are loaded against me. He has every advantage over me. But at last I thought I'd won. I thought Violet was getting more resigned. She told me herself just now that the worst was over. And those confounded people must go and upset the applecart. Damn their eyes! (ANNE: Why?) The Applebys told her about Miss Pender. It was very natural. They knew no reason for not repeating the hotel gossip. (ANNE: Was that why she asked Ronny to dance with her?) Yes. It's the crisis. She had the strength to keep him at arm's length when she knew he loved her. What will she do now?

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