Straforel Monologue from The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts

From The Romancers: A Comedy in Three Acts by Edmond Rostand

male · romantic · 59 sec

(Gallantly) Why this hostile attitude? I am the man whose letter you love, I am he whose words have had the honor of pleasing you, and upon whose love you just called. Come, fly with me! (SYLVETTE: Man!) You think I am a mason? Charming! Know, then, that I am the Marquis D'Astafiorquercita. My heart is languishing for you, I seek to color my drab existence with a few pigments from your own. I must travel--but with you. That is why I have penetrated into your garden, disguised as a mason! (He throws off his workman's clothes and hat, and appears in a dazzling costume. His wig is powdered and his moustache bristles.) (SYLVETTE: Monsieur!) I learned your story from a man named Straforel. I felt at once a mad, unreasoning love for the victim of that unfortunate affair.

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