Sir William Evergreen Monologue from A Rough Diamond: A Comic Drama in One Act

From A Rough Diamond: A Comic Drama in One Act by John Baldwin Buckstone

male · comedic · 58 sec

I did, to the great disgust of my connexions; indeed, my uncle, Lord Plato, has never visited me since my union--has never written, or noticed me in any way. (BLEN: But you found happiness in combining the character of husband and tutor?) I surrounded her with masters--an English master, a French master, a music master, a dancing master, a singing master, a philosophical lecturer, and a political economist. (BLEN: And what has been her progress?) Her progress has been entirely stationary. I can do nothing with her--she seems to rejoice in her ignorance--and, though I sometimes think she has a capacity for learning, my hopes have been so often disappointed that I now give her up. She's a female Orson, Sir, though I confess I was once her Valentine. (MARGERY, laughs without.) --There she is.

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