Sylvia Monologue from The Philanderer

From The Philanderer by Bernard Shaw

female · dramatic · 1:13 min

That makes it worse. But what I mean is that you never bother about their being only women: you talk to them just as you do to me or any other fellow. That's the secret of your success. You can't think how sick they get of being treated with the respect due to their sex. (CHARTERIS: Ah, if Julia only had your wisdom, Craven!) She can't take things easy, can she, old man? But don't you be afraid of breaking her heart: she gets over her little tragedies. We found that out at home when our great sorrow came. (CHARTERIS: What was that?) I mean when we learned that poor papa had Paramore's disease. But it was too late to inoculate papa. All they could do was to prolong his life for two years more by putting him on a strict diet. Poor old boy! they cut off his liquor; and he's not allowed to eat meat.

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