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St Olpherts Monologue from The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith

From The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith by Arthur Wing Pinero

male · dramatic · 56 sec

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We took our places amongst a handful of frowsy folks who cracked nuts and blasphemed. On the platform stood a gaunt, white-faced young lady resolutely engaged in making up by extravagance of gesture for the deficiencies of an exhausted voice. "There," said one of my companions, "that is the notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith." Upon which a person near us, whom I judged from his air of leaden laziness to be a British working man, blurted out, "Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith! Mad Agnes! That's the name her sanguinary friends give her--Mad Agnes!" At that moment the eye of the panting oratress caught mine for an instant, and you and I first met.

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St Olpherts observes a chaotic gathering where a young lady, Mrs. Ebbsmith, is performing despite her exhaustion, leading to a moment of connection between them.

30s · anticipation · identity · madness · isolation · power

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