Monologue

Sir Jo Monologue from The Old Bachelor

From The Old Bachelor by William Congreve

41 sec

O Lord, sir, by no means, but I might have saved a hundred pound: I meant innocently, as I hope to be saved, sir, only, as I was saying, I let him have all my ready money to redeem his great sword from limbo. But, sir, I have a letter of credit to Alderman Fondlewife, as far as two hundred pound, and this afternoon you shall see I am a person, such a one as you would wish to have met with—

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