Sir Wilfull Witwoud Monologue from The Way of the World

From The Way of the World by William Congreve

male · defiant · 57 sec

’Sheart, and better than to be bound to a maker of fops, where, I suppose, you have served your time, and now you may set up for yourself. (MRS. MAR: You intend to travel, sir, as I’m informed?) Belike I may, madam. I may chance to sail upon the salt seas, if my mind hold. (PET: And the wind serve.) Serve or not serve, I shan’t ask license of you, sir, nor the weathercock your companion. I direct my discourse to the lady, sir. ’Tis like my aunt may have told you, madam? Yes, I have settled my concerns, I may say now, and am minded to see foreign parts. If an how that the peace holds, whereby, that is, taxes abate.

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