Sir H Monologue from The Silver Shield: An Original Comedy in Three Acts

From The Silver Shield: An Original Comedy in Three Acts by Sydney Grundy

male · dramatic · 1:16 min

Strange as it may sound, what you've just told me makes my task a little easier. Miss Preston also has a history. Her mother died when she was quite a child. Her father was my very oldest friend, whom I respected beyond everything, and it was only on his death, when I felt I could not repudiate the guardianship I'd undertaken, that I made a discovery which shocked me inexpressibly. I tell it you in confidence; I have told no one but my son, whom it was my duty to put upon his guard. Of course it puts an end to the proposal you have made, but, as a man of honour, I am bound to tell you. (TOM: Well, sir?) The girl is illegitimate. ((turning, L.)) (TOM: What's that?) (turns and stares at him) Mr. Potter, you call yourself a Bohemian, but you are a distant--very distant--relative of my own, and you must have at least the instincts of a gentleman.

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