Sosie Monologue from Amphitryon

From Amphitryon by Molière

male · comedic · 1:05 min

Good gracious! Gently, gently! If I appear pleased, you must believe that I have a very strong private reason for it; without thinking of it, I never did better than in using you in such a manner as I did. (CLE: Are you laughing at me, you villain?) No, I am speaking openly to you. I was in a wretched state. I had a certain load, which your words have lifted from my soul. I was very apprehensive, and feared that I had played the fool with you. (CLE: What is this fear? Come, let us know what you mean.) The doctors say that, when one is drunk, one should abstain from one's wife, for, in that condition we can only have children who are dull, and who cannot live. Think, if my heart had not armed itself with coldness, what troubles might have followed!

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